The Federalist Daily Briefing for 06/20/2018

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 20, 2018 [4 Things The Media Won’t Tell You About The Border Crisis]( By John Daniel Davidson President Trump’s policy of separating parents and children at the border is certainly cruel, but the media isn’t telling the entire story. [Full article]( [Whatever Happened To Losing An Argument If You Invoke Nazis?]( By Stella Morabito The comparison of Trump and Trump supporters to Hitler and Nazis serves exactly the same purpose as Godwin’s Law -- to suppress speech and thought. [Full article]( [Why Congress Deserves More Blame For The Border Mess Than Trump Does]( By Matthew Boomer At the root of the present border nightmare is the abandonment of responsibility for immigration policy by the legislative branch. [Full article]( [3 Benefits Of A Border Wall That No One Is Talking About]( By Benjamin R. Dierker In addition to taking a strong stance to reassert the rule of law, a southern border wall would save untold lives, reduce the flow of people and drugs, and protect private property. [Full article]( [Why There’s No Such Thing As Local Government Any More, And What To Do About It]( By Joy Pullmann Nonprofits, states, and local governments now typically behave like big-box stores: same entity, different location. Maybe the aisles run side to side instead of front to back, but largely everything is the same. [Full article]( [5 Ways EU Regulations Will Make An Internet With One Neck, Ready For One Leash]( By Robert Tracinski The EU's proposed Article 13 is supposed to enforce copyrights on the Internet, but it will really establish big tech companies as information gatekeepers. [Full article]( [‘Incredibles 2’ Leaves Good Storytelling Behind For A Politically Correct Narrative]( By Titus Techera Not only does the movie get its themes confused when it comes to the villain, its plot is an embarrassment. [Full article]( [It’s Not Spotify’s Job To Judge Artists’ Content And Character, It’s Ours]( By Madeline Fry Spotify was right to abandon its ‘hateful conduct’ policy, but consumers should make a point of judging artists' quality themselves. [Full article]( [James Comey And Peter Strzok Walk Into A Courtroom And Meet The America They Sold Out]( By Adam Mill Here’s what might happen if an ‘uneducated, lazy POS’ American happened to spend some time around FBI henchmen Peter Strzok and James Comey. [Full article]( [Here’s What’s Inside The New ‘Consensus’ Health Policy Proposal]( By Christopher Jacobs The plan includes parameters for a state-based block grant that would combine funds from Obamacare’s insurance subsidies and its Medicaid expansion into one pot of money. [Full article]( [Quit Saying The Bible Supports Your Immigration Preferences]( By Donna Carol Voss Scripture does not prove that anybody’s immigration stance is the one, definitive, true one. Whipping it out is merely an appeal to authority. [Full article]( [Revisiting Battlestar Galactica: ‘Epiphanies’ And ‘Black Market’]( By Warren Henry The end of the Pegasus storyline is followed by two episodes taking the audience deeper into the characters of Pres. Roslin, Apollo, and Baltar. [Full article]( [Trump To Business Owners: Southern Border Lawlessness Hurts U.S. Economy]( By Bre Payton In a speech Tuesday, Trump said immigration is necessary to sustain economic growth, but lawlessness along the southern border will not stand. [Full article]( [Trans Activists Lose Their Minds Over Balanced Atlantic Cover Story]( By David Marcus Trans advocates don't want parents to know that kids who change genders sometimes regret it. They treat their narrative as more important than your kids. [Full article]( [Democrats’ Border Separation Bill Would Let Nearly All Parents Who Commit Federal Crimes Get Off Scot-Free]( By Gabriel Malor Every Senate Democrat has signed on to cosponsor a bill written so carelessly that it does not distinguish between foreign children at the border and U.S. citizen children. [Full article]( [Hemingway And Harsanyi: Border Enforcement, IG Report, And FBI Investigation]( By The Federalist Staff On this episode of Federalist Radio Hour, Mollie Hemingway and David Harsanyi dive into immigration news, IG report findings, movies, music, and more. [Full article]( [Initiative 77 Would Spell Disaster For Dining In The District]( By Ellie Bufkin Hiking the minimum wage so dramatically would force many restaurants to raise prices, eliminate staff, or close altogether. [Full article]( [Watch Chris Pratt Preach The Gospel On MTV]( By Rachel Stoltzfoos Pratt expounded on God as the divine creator and humans as hopelessly sinful, and Jesus as the sacrificial lamb on the cross. [Full article]( DIVIDED PERCEPTION latest Gallup poll shows satisfaction with the way things are going in the United States has reached a 13 year high. “Only 13% of Democrats are satisfied with the way things are going, while 36% of independents and 68% of Republicans are satisfied.” This renewed optimism, paired with upgraded economic expectations, increased wages, and market success is the sort of thing everyone would be talking about – if not for a media that frames nearly every day as another one where your hair is literally on fire. 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. 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