The Federalist Daily Briefing for 12/14/2018

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](. December 14, 2018 [How Ballot-Harvesting Became The New Way To Steal An Election]( By Eric Eggers With ballot-harvesting, paper votes are collected by intermediaries who deliver them to polling officials, presumably increasing voter turnout but also creating opportunities for mischief. [Full article]( [Why Does Lin-Manuel Miranda Enthusiastically Support A Domestic Terrorist?]( By David Hines It turns out that there’s actually an answer to the question 'Who do you have to kill to get a ticket to ‘Hamilton?’' and the answer is 'Harold Sherburne, Frank Connor, James Gezork, Alejandro Berger, and Charles Steinberg.' [Full article]( [Why Puberty Blockers Are A Clear Danger To Children’s Health]( By Jane Robbins As much as transgender ideologues disguised as doctors want to claim otherwise, some drugs pose serious and lasting risks to children. [Full article]( [The Case For Making The GOP A Working-Class Party]( By William Turton In F.H. Buckley's new book, 'The Republican Workers Party,' the professor and Trump speechwriter argues that the party needs to address inequality and make a persuasive case for nationalism based on liberty. [Full article]( [Women Find Internet Algorithms Completely Insensitive To Their Grief Over Losing A Baby]( By Nicole Russell Algorithms help women celebrate babies on the way, but when that baby is miscarried or stillborn, they seem to magnify the pain. [Full article]( [Liberals Derided Mike Pompeo For His EU Speech. But The Paris Riots Prove Him Right]( By Sumantra Maitra The people are turning against the European Union, something U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned would happen, but establishment liberals don't get. [Full article]( [A&E’s Docuseries ‘The Clinton Affair’ Illuminates Our Stunted Politics]( By Emily Jashinsky 'The Clinton Affair' is a compelling and worthwhile trip down memory lane. [Full article]( [Solzhenitsyn’s ‘In The First Circle’ Is A Surprisingly Appropriate Advent Read]( By Michael Sikorski The book asks, 'How do you go on living when suffering and injustice will follow you all the way to the grave?' [Full article]( [I Like Smoking, And All The Regulations In The World Won’t Make Me Stop]( By David Marcus Smokers are the worst pariahs in American society. But we aren't going anywhere and we want better options. [Full article]( [Charging Trump Over Hush Money Payouts Implicates Congress In The Same Behavior]( By Elad Hakim If they charge President Trump for paying women to not publish scandalous claims, would prosecutors then be compelled to pursue members of Congress who have also made such payoffs? [Full article]( [Anticipating Blowback From Feminists, Megan Fox Keeps Me Too Stories Private]( By Emily Jashinsky Women who diverge at all from progressive dogma don't feel supported by the people professionally dedicated to the cause of sexual equality. That's a problem. [Full article]( [Poll: People Care More About High Health Costs Than About Pre-Existing Conditions]( By Christopher Jacobs A new Gallup poll confirms that Americans care more about rising health insurance premiums than coverage of pre-existing condition protections. [Full article]( [As American Religion Declines, Identity Politics And Tribalism Rises]( By The Federalist Staff Jon Ward is a Senior Political Correspondent at Yahoo News and host of the podcast, “The Long Game.” Ward recently interviewed Andrew Sullivan on his ideas Read More ( [Full article]( [DOJ Destroyed Missing Strzok/Page Text Messages Before The IG Could Review Them]( By Bre Payton The DOJ wiped text messages between former FBI employees, Lisa Page and Peter Strozk, before the Office of the Inspector General could review them. [Full article]( [Everyday Feminism Seminar Offers To Heal ‘Internalized Whiteness’]( By David Marcus Across the country this spring, three-day training sessions will be taking place to help heal the condition of whiteness. [Full article]( NAVIGATING THE SHAME STORM the best essay of the year, by Helen Andrews. “There is a celebrity fashion blog called Go Fug Yourself that specializes—or specialized back in 2011, the one and only time I visited the site—in unflattering paparazzi shots and red carpet disasters. The odd thing about Go Fug Yourself, I discovered, was that all its nastiest posts featured the same tic. After unloading whatever brutal snark she had for Jennifer Lawrence or whomever, the writer would always include the same disclaimer: A celebrity has one job, and that’s to look glamorous, so if you can’t manage the one thing you owe us in exchange for all the money and fame, then find another line of work, and until then lay off the cheeseburgers and hire a decent stylist. This dime-store Joan Rivers can’t think she’s fooling anyone, I thought as I scrolled through the archives to see if every post really included this lame moral alibi. Her motivation has nothing to do with celebrities falling short of their duty to the public. She’s making fun of ugliness for the same reason anyone does: It stimulates our lizard brains.” Read more of The Transom by signing up for a [free trial]( today. [follow on Twitter](Twitter Account not yet Authorized) | [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]( [unsubscribe from this list]( | [update subscription preferences]( | [view email in browser](