The Federalist Daily Briefing for 02/15/2019

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 15, 2019 [President Trump Should Take Some Credit For Our New Morning In America]( By Joshua Lawson Ronald Reagan beat Walter Mondale with wit, optimism, and a simple question in the 1984 election: Are Americans better off now than we were? Donald Trump should do the same. [Full article]( [Russia Hysteria Proves America’s Foreign Policy Establishment Is A Raging Dumpster Fire]( By Willis L. Krumholz The MSNBC foreign policy gurus think Trump is crazy, but they quite literally don’t know what they are talking about. They think that smart, nuanced foreign policy must be a sign of collusion. [Full article]( [Netflix’s ‘Russian Doll’ Mirrors The Mid-Life Crises Of Gen X Women]( By Libby Emmons 'Russian Doll' is a great watch for those long nights where you want to indulge the fantasy of getting a whole-life do-over. [Full article]( [How America Can Survive Following ‘The Flight 93 Election’]( By Jim Hanson Former Trump national security official Michael Anton has just published a short book, 'After the Flight 93 Election,' that further illuminates his hugely influential essay on the 2016 presidential race. [Full article]( [President Trump Needs To Stop Activists From Controlling The Country With Universal Injunctions]( By Ben Weingarten So long as universal injunctions exist, plaintiffs will be able to impose their policy preferences on the entire country, if they find a willing judge. [Full article]( [How New York’s Radical Abortion Law Will Hurt Preemies And People With Down Syndrome]( By Georgi Boorman As states rush to legalize third-trimester abortions, consider how pro-abortion ideology results in a ripple effect of injustice and tragedy. [Full article]( [What’s Behind Turkey’s Demand That China Stop Mass-Imprisoning Muslim Minorities]( By Helen Raleigh Erdogan's human rights record is far from spotless, but Turkey is right to pressure the Chinese government to stop persecuting Muslim minority groups. [Full article]( [O’Rourke: I’d Destroy The Entire Border Wall If I Could]( By Madeline Osburn '[The border wall] has pushed migrants and asylum seekers and refugees to the most inhospitable stretches of the U.S.-Mexico border, ensuring their suffering and death,' former member of Congress Beto O’Rourke says. [Full article]( [How Trump’s Conservative UN Social Policies Strengthen Foreign Relations]( By Shea Garrison The Trump administration’s instruction to strike references to ‘sexual reproductive health’ and clearly define ‘gender’ terms at the UN makes sense for U.S. foreign policy. [Full article]( [By Weaponizing Border Policy, Democrats Play Political Games With People’s Lives]( By Beth Bailey Nancy Pelosi's flippant wall remarks show that she's not taking this crisis seriously. Meanwhile, Americans continue to die from illegal drug overdoses and children continue to be trafficked as U.S. entry tickets. [Full article]( [How To Improve Yourself By Reading Really Old Books]( By Glenn T. Stanton A huge number of books have survived to this very day, never having gone out of print, for a simple reason: bibliographical Darwinism. They deserve readers. [Full article]( [10 Ways Congress Can Apply The Green New Deal To Itself]( By Christopher Jacobs If they wish to persist in their socialistic delusions, members of Congress who believe in the Green New Deal should first apply it to themselves. Hence the following list of proposals. [Full article]( [By Scuttling The Amazon Deal, AOC Just Opened Herself Up To A Primary Challenge]( By David Marcus Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez killed a deal to bring 25,000 jobs to New York City that was overwhelmingly popular, especially among minorities. Will she pay a price? [Full article]( [Anti-Semite Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Attempt To Re-Litigate The Cold War Is Absurd]( By Mark Hemingway There’s a very strong case to be made that in the long-term, Central America, for all its problems, is a lot safer and more stable because of U.S. foreign policy in the 1980s. [Full article]( [Andrew McCabe Admits Top NatSec Officials Plotted Coup Against Trump]( By Madeline Osburn After the James Comey firing, McCabe discussed removing Trump from office and began a counterintelligence investigation of Trump's alleged ties to Russia. [Full article]( [Congress To Vote On Yet Another Huge Spending Bill No One Has Read]( By Christopher Jacobs Speaker Pelosi breaks her promise, that members of Congress would be allowed time to read each bill, merely six weeks after she made it. [Full article]( DON’T STOP BELIEVING was the Russia collusion investigation ever about collusion, or was it an unconscionable and unethical overreaction to the firing of James Comey and the loss of Hillary Clinton? It brings to mind George Costanza’s “let’s get nuts” fictional house in the Hamptons. “The episode comes to mind as the media has started backing away from the Russia collusion hoax. Like Costanza, many of the media perpetrators seem to know a reckoning is coming. Politico warned Trump haters, “Prepare for disappointment.” Other examples of expectation managing can be found, such as here, here, here, and here. Mueller’s longtime top deputy at the FBI recently warned, “A public narrative has built an expectation that the special counsel will explain his conclusions, but I think that expectation may be seriously misplaced.” 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](