The Federalist Daily Briefing for 02/23/2019

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 23, 2019 [What Christians Can Learn From Saint Polycarp About Boldly Keeping The Faith]( By Casey Chalk As attacks on Christ Pratt, Karen Pence, and the Gaines family become commonplace, Christians must remember to stand tall and affirm their faith in Christ. [Full article]( [New Federal Rule To Yank Tax Funds From Planned Parenthood If It Keeps Doing Abortions]( By Joy Pullmann The Trump administration has announced a new rule banning taxpayer dollars from all organizations that promote abortion as a method of birth control. [Full article]( [Former Trump Aide Defends Writing His West Wing Tell-All]( By The Federalist Staff Former aide Cliff Sims joins the Federalist Radio Hour to discuss his new book about his time in the White House, and the current staff surrounding the President. [Full article]( [Charles Barkley Mocks Jussie Smollett: He Should’ve Just Gone To Liam Neeson’s Neighborhood]( By Madeline Osburn "America, let me just tell you something: Do not commit crimes with checks," Charles Barkley joked on TNT's NBA halftime show Thursday night. [Full article]( THE MANUFACTURED THREAT OF ADVERTISING BOYCOTTS Hemingway. “If you think a robust public debate involving many differing viewpoints is a precondition for healthy democratic debates—and let’s face it, increasing numbers of politically motivated people don’t—a cursory examination of the organization driving the Carlson boycott ought to be alarming. They go by the name Sleeping Giants. The organization is really just two people, Matt Rivitz and Nandini Jammi, who direct almost all of Sleeping Giants’ boycott activities around a Twitter account and Facebook page. The name “Sleeping Giants” might be a bit of a misnomer. Their Twitter account has only 218,000 followers and their Facebook page has just 56,000 followers, neither of which is much in relative terms. Tucker Carlson has 2.4 million Twitter followers, and Fox News has 18.6 million. (In the interest of disclosure, my wife, Mollie Hemingway, a Fox News contributor who has appeared on Carlson’s show, has 220,000 Twitter followers, which is also more than Sleeping Giants’ total.) 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](