The Federalist Daily Briefing for 06/15/2018

Your daily update of new content from The Federalist Be lovers of freedom and anxious for the fray Is this email not displaying correctly? [View it in your browser](. June 15, 2018 [11 Quick Things To Know About The Inspector General’s Report]( By Mollie Hemingway The Justice Department inspector general report about the FBI reveals a shocking anti-Trump, pro-Hillary bias endemic to the agency's related investigations. [Full article]( [Comey’s FBI Was Protecting The Legitimacy Of The Presumed Clinton Presidency]( By David Marcus James Comey and the FBI decided to come clean on Anthony Weiner's laptop because they thought they were protecting a Hillary Clinton presidency. [Full article]( [The Masterpiece Cakeshop Case Proves America’s State Religion Is Leftism]( By Russell Dawn The orthodoxy of the American public square is progressivism. That is our civil religion, our established faith. Not officially or expressly, but in effect. [Full article]( [Here’s The Message Young Americans Need To Hear: Don’t ‘Follow Your Passion’]( By Jay Richards In the real world, our interests wax and wane with our experiences and choices. They rarely provide the grist that sustains a career over the long haul. [Full article]( [De Blasio: Kick Asian-Americans Out Of Selective Schools To Give Unearned Preferences To Blacks, Hispanics]( By Kenny Xu The New York City mayor’s affirmative action plan discriminates against Asian-Americans in order to unfairly privilege blacks and Hispanics. [Full article]( [How Free Speech Makes The Modern University Possible]( By Wilson Shirley In his new book, 'Speak Freely: Why Universities Must Defend Free Speech,' Princeton professor Keith Whittington highlights a variety of compelling historical arguments demonstrating that free speech created modern universities as we know it. [Full article]( [Why The Justice Department’s Obamacare Lawsuit Intervention Is Absurd]( By Christopher Jacobs DOJ’s action represented the right policy outcome, but in the wrong venue. Congress and not the courts has proper jurisdiction to strike down the structure of the law. [Full article]( [National Campaigns Aren’t Going To Cut It. To Beat Opioids, Everyone Needs To Step Up]( By Ericka Andersen These kinds of prevention campaigns are important for targeting potential addicts, but don’t do as much for the people already languishing in the midst of their problems. [Full article]( [‘The Incredibles’ Gave Us The Gift Of Family As An Answer To Meaningless Celebrity]( By Titus Techera This weekend, ‘The Incredibles 2’ hits theaters, 14 years after the original. Before you go see the new movie, let’s talk about the original. [Full article]( [Watch The Trailers For The 12 Best New Games From E3 2018]( By Brad Jackson This year Microsoft gave a sneak peek at the next Halo game, Sony gave an in-depth look at ‘Spider-Man,’ Bethesda let us wander the wasteland of West Virginia, and much, much more. [Full article]( [Through Her Bags, Kate Spade Was Always With Us. I Wish We Could Have Reciprocated]( By Beth Herman Only a designer with a strong sensibility can please women in both camps: those who like bold, colorful bags with occasional flowers or flamingoes, and the more shape-oriented, like me. [Full article]( [Meghan McCain: A Nation That Cannot Control Its Borders Is Not A Nation]( By Bre Payton In a segment on ABC's 'The View' on Wednesday, Meghan McCain said that part of what makes a nation is its ability to secure its own border. [Full article]( [FBI Agent Joked Clinton Associate Who Lied Would Never Be Charged]( By Rachel Stoltzfoos 'Even if he said the truth and didnt have a clearance when handling the secure fax – aint noone gonna do s--t.' [Full article]( [8 Times The DOJ Inspector General Slammed James Comey In Blistering Report]( By Bre Payton "Comey’s description of his choice as being between 'two doors,' one labeled 'speak' and one labeled 'conceal,' was a false dichotomy," the report states. "The two doors were actually labeled 'follow policy/practice' and 'depart from policy/practice.'" [Full article]( [The Inspector General Put Together An Insane FBI Leak Chart Upon Finding Rules ‘Widely Ignored’]( By Madeline Osburn 'Although FBI policy strictly limits the employees who are authorized to speak to the media, we found that this policy appeared to be widely ignored.' [Full article]( [FBI Lawyer Told Colleagues To Go Easy On Hillary: ‘She Might Be Our Next President’]( By Rachel Stoltzfoos 'She might be our next president,' Lisa Page told Peter Strzok. 'The last thing you need us going in there loaded for bear.' [Full article]( [3 Takeaways From The IG Report That Seriously Undermine The FBI’s Credibility]( By David Harsanyi Americans have a right to be skeptical about the foundations of the Russia collusion investigation after this report. [Full article]( [IG Report Slams FBI Agent Peter Strzok For Political Bias, Using Personal Email]( By Juliana Knot 'At a minimum, we found that the employees’ use of FBI systems and devices to send the identified messages demonstrated extremely poor judgment and a gross lack of professionalism.' [Full article]( [U.S. Appellate Judge Addresses Promises And Failures Of Baby Boomers And American Institutions]( By The Federalist Staff Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson joins Ben Domenech on The Federalist Radio Hour to discuss history, education, rule of law, faith, and more. [Full article]( [IG Report Shows Obama Lied When He Said He Knew Nothing About Hillary’s Secret E-mail Scheme]( By Joy Pullmann 'The policy of my administration is to encourage transparency,' Obama told CBS News during the same interview in which he lied. [Full article]( HAPPY IG REPORT RELEASE DAY is bracing for the release of the long-awaited IG report on the process that led to Hillary Clinton’s public exoneration over her inappropriate handling of emails. Margot Cleveland has a primer for you on what to expect when the IG report is released today. “On the big picture, there will be two final take-aways of note from Horowitz’s report: first, whether the IG’s conclusions raise the possibility of criminal prosecution and, if so, of whom. The IG has already referred a criminal case against former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe to DC’s U.S. attorney’s office. That was based on Horowitz’s findings that McCabe was responsible for leaks to the Wall Street Journal but lied about his role both to his former boss, FBI director James Comey, and to investigators.” Read more of The Transom by signing up for a [free trial]( today. [follow on Twitter]( | [friend on Facebook]( | [forward to a friend]( Copyright © 2018 The Federalist, All rights reserved. You are receiving this e-mail because you opted in to receive e-mail updates from TheFederalist.com. Our mailing address is: The Federalist 8647 Richmond Highway Suite 618Alexandria, VA 22309 [Add us to your address book](//thefederalist.us7.list-manage.com/vcard?u=4a863c819bceae0e9989e096f&id=cfcb868ceb) [unsubscribe from this list]( | [update subscription preferences]( | [view email in browser](