The Federalist Daily Briefing for 02/13/2019

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](. February 13, 2019 [FEC Still Refuses To Investigate Alleged $84 Million Clinton Campaign Money Laundering]( By Margot Cleveland ‘It’s outrageous that the FEC has sat around and done nothing—especially with such a detailed, comprehensive paper trail handed to them,’ lawyer Dan Backer told The Federalist. [Full article]( [GOP Governor Embraces Radical Muslim Cleric Who Somehow Makes Westboro Baptist Look Acceptable]( By Ilya Feoktistov How Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker and Imam Yasir Fahmy became strange bedfellows, sidelining the latter's anti-gay and anti-Semitic rhetoric. [Full article]( [Senate Republicans’ Higher Ed Agenda Leaves Much To Be Desired]( By Rachelle Peterson The Senate’s outgoing education chairman is focusing on reforms that are worthwhile but paltry compared to the problems of politicization and trivialization in higher education. [Full article]( [Press: Trump Is A Racist Because He Put The Word ‘Trail’ In All Caps]( By Michael Malice Even if Donald Trump had literally killed Elizabeth Warren, it would not be an extension or endorsement of the Native American genocide. And all he actually did was tweet. [Full article]( [Why Bullying Chris Pratt Into Denouncing His Church Won’t Make Ellen Page Happy]( By Nathanael Blake Welcome to Hollywood today: are you now or have you ever been a member of an orthodox Christian congregation? [Full article]( [Trump’s Executive Time On Twitter Is What Makes Him Successful]( By David Marcus Critics complain that Trump spends too much time just sitting around tweeting and watching cable news. But Twitter and cable news are why he is president. [Full article]( [Cory Booker: A Man Of Fake Cheese And Fake Friends]( By Emily Jashinsky If you are what you eat, Cory Booker is the vegan cheese of politicians. [Full article]( [God’s Forgiveness Is No Excuse For Letting Religious Child Molesters Off The Hook]( By Rebecca Lemke Abusers within the grace-focused sector of the church have long twisted scripture, emphasizing forgiveness as a way of bypassing consequences. [Full article]( [California’s High-Speed Rail Project Crashes After Spending $77 Billion]( By Inez Feltscher Stepman Instead of running 400 miles of track through farmland in the Central Valley, Rep. Alexandra Oscasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal promises the same boondoggle on a bicoastal scale. [Full article]( [Liam Neeson Loves Heroes With Guns In Movies But Not In Real Life]( By Brad Slager Liam Neeson has built a career on wielding guns in Hollywood-created action movies, but he still demonizes gun owners and manufacturers. [Full article]( [Revisiting ‘Be A Clown’ From ‘Batman: The Animated Series’]( By Warren Henry The Joker turns assassin in an episode about fathers and sons -- real, imagined, and lost. [Full article]( [Rep. Ilhan Omar Whines That Criticizing Her Anti-Semitism Is—Wait For It—Racist]( By Daniella Greenbaum Davis It’s not exactly good look for a sitting politician to spread harmful anti-Semitic stereotypes about big bad Jews and their big bad money. [Full article]( [Political Journalists Are Trying To Gaslight America]( By David Harsanyi Democrats and liberal journalists are now simply refusing to concede inconvenient but irrefutable facts. We’ve moved from rank bias to amateur gaslighting. [Full article]( [Andrew Cuomo’s Approval Rating Sinks To All-Time Low]( By Emily Jashinsky According to a new poll, Andrew Cuomo's approval rating fell eight points in one month, dropping from 51 to 43 percent over recent weeks. [Full article]( THINGS JUST KEEP GETTING WORSE IN VIRGINIA had to be one of the craziest political days in the modern history of the Old Dominion. When the revelation that the attorney general was himself a former wearer of blackface is only the second worst thing to happen to the Democratic leadership in the state, you know it’s a bad day. When you are trying to figure out what the succession process would be if all three statewide officials resigned, you know it’s even worse. 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 © 2019 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](