The Federalist Daily Briefing for 04/23/2019

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](. April 23, 2019 [I Fought In The Battle Of Mogadishu. Here’s What Rep. Ilhan Omar Gets Wrong About ‘Black Hawk Down’]( By Kyle Lamb Omar enjoys the fruits of American combat deaths, yet she can't even bring herself to acknowledge the ultimate sacrifice that was made on her behalf. [Full article]( [Niche-ified Pop Culture Could Lead To Either A Renaissance Or A Dark Age]( By Auguste Meyrat If Americans resist the urge to huddle in niches and use entertainment for validation and pleasure, they will continue progressing towards a brighter future with stronger communities. [Full article]( [If We Cancel Kate Smith, We Must Cancel The New York Yankees]( By David Marcus The Yankees have banished Kate Smith to the dustbin for singing silly songs. Let's banish the Yankees for their decades of racism. [Full article]( [Stop Assuming The Intellectual Dark Web Is A Political Movement]( By Libby Emmons What should intellectuals do when everything they believe in regarding individual liberty is recast as cultural imperialism? [Full article]( [7 Glaring Omissions In The Mueller Report That Kill Its Credibility]( By Ben Weingarten While there is much within the Mueller report that suggests skepticism was well-founded, what is perhaps most probative is what the report omitted. [Full article]( [Almost Everything You Know About Alcohol Prohibition Is Wrong]( By Timothy Hsiao We should stop comparing alcohol prohibition to other kinds of prohibition. Yes, it did fail, but the reasons for its failure cannot be extrapolated to other forms of prohibition. [Full article]( [Sri Lanka Attacks Highlight Growing Worldwide Persecution Of Christians]( By Kenny Xu Pew Research lists Christians as the most harassed faith in the world, with significant levels of persecution in 144 countries, according to 2016 data. [Full article]( [Yes, ‘Chick Flick’ Is Still A Perfectly Valid Label]( By Emily Jashinsky It’s okay that we have a gendered and trivializing label for these movies because they’re reasonably gendered and reasonably trivial. [Full article]( [Medicare Trustees Report Reality-Checks Bernie Sanders’ Socialist Delusions]( By Christopher Jacobs The report once again demonstrates Medicare’s shaky financial standing, as the retirement of 10,000 Baby Boomers every day continues to tax the program’s limited resources. [Full article]( [Violence Against Women Act Would Abuse Battered Women To Destroy Gun Rights]( By Matthew Larosiere We can’t let ideologically motivated politicians sneak serious due process violations into popular laws just because it sounds compelling. [Full article]( [What Research Says About How Religion Affects Your Health]( By Nicole Fisher Despite ample reason to believe that faith in a higher power is associated with improved health, very little is still known about the effect religion has on the living body. [Full article]( [‘Bachelor’ Contestant Talks Behind-The-Scenes Of America’s Favorite Reality TV Show]( By The Federalist Staff Former "Bachelor" contestant Jillian Anderson discusses getting on the show, the experience of on-camera dates, and life after reality television. [Full article]( [Islamic Terrorism Remains The World’s Greatest Threat To Peace]( By David Harsanyi No modern movement has created more mayhem, terrorism, and oppression than political Islam. The Sri Lankan massacre is just another harrowing reminder. [Full article]( [How Jordan Peterson Lost His ‘Debate’ Against Slavoj Zizek]( By David Marcus In a debate between two of the world's leading intellectuals, one got the better, but both helped explain the strange state of the modern world. [Full article]( MAYOR PETE IS PROBLEMATIC Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg is likely to be a flash in the pan candidate for 2020. Facing off against candidates who’ve won far more votes and winning campaigns in much more meaningful states, he’s unlikely to maintain his current poll standing as effectively third in the race. But he also comes across as smart, capable, and a responsible executive in a pool of candidates who come across as – well – desperate table-jumpers who want to give the crowds whatever they ask. Pete is abidingly midwestern, a gay veteran married to a teacher with their plaid and their dogs. But now according to lefty academics and The Daily Beast, that’s part of the problem. 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