The Federalist Daily Briefing for 06/20/2019

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](. June 20, 2019 [If Media Don’t Want To Be Called Propagandists, They Need To Stop Publishing Chinese and Russian Propaganda]( By Mark Hemingway The American media’s Trump-Russia hysteria of the last few years gains some real perspective when you consider that they are more than willing to take blood money to distribute publications that whitewash authoritarian crimes. [Full article]( [Driver’s Licenses For Illegals Are A Huge Opening For New York’s GOP]( By Jonathan S. Tobin By granting illegal immigrants driver’s licenses, Albany Democrats could put some life into a state party that seemed to have given up trying. [Full article]( [The Last Thing America Needs Is Yet Another Open-Ended War In The Middle East]( By Sumantra Maitra The Western dependency on Middle Eastern energy supplies is ever diminishing. Foreign policy should reflect that strategic reality. [Full article]( [Why Conservatives Should Support Rebuilding Penn Station]( By Kyle Sammin Reconstructing New York’s Penn Station in its original grandeur could be just the thing to reinvigorate conservatism in America’s cities and suburbs. [Full article]( [No, Maintaining U.S. Borders Is Not The Same As Ethnic Cleansing]( By Vivian Jones Ocasio-Cortez’ claim equivocates law enforcement with racist incarceration and ethnic cleansing, delegitimizing the suffering of actual concentration camp victims. [Full article]( [Here Are The Best Conservative Films To Watch This Summer]( By Joshua Lawson As Hollywood moves further left, here are some of the best conservative films that promote liberty, truth, family, patriotism, and the fight against evil. [Full article]( [The Jonas Brothers Are Back, But They Took Off Their Purity Rings]( By Zoey Maraist In a new documentary, the band members laugh off their purity rings instead of chastising the adults who mocked them for acknowledging that sex truly matters. [Full article]( [Police Shouldn’t React Harshly To Moms Who Won’t Put Down Their Babies]( By Georgi Boorman If police responses are ‘determined by the totality of the circumstances,’ then a pregnant woman holding a baby, having just come from the Dollar Store, shouldn’t be considered a threat. [Full article]( [You’re On The Hook For Trillions In Pension Overpromises, And Divestment Is Making It Worse]( By Helen Raleigh U.S. public pension liability is equivalent to $18,300 for every resident. Public pensions can’t afford not to invest in companies that generate impressive growth and profits. [Full article]( [Special Counsel Case Against Russian Company Takes A Page Out Of The Soviet Handbook]( By Adam Mill The Department of Justice betrays America’s values when it appears to only crack down on speech damaging to one political party. [Full article]( [America Under Democrats: Forcing Americans To Pay For Abortion And Banning Chick-Fil-A]( By Christine Goss It’s very concerning that so many U.S. lawmakers and elected officials are now ignorant, or maybe just dismissive, of the constitutional rights of those they govern. [Full article]( [8 Things To Keep Doing With Your Children Even When They’re Teenagers]( By Cheryl Magness While many parents discontinue these practices when their children reach a certain age, there’s no good reason to do so. [Full article]( [Big Tech’s Big Problems And A Conversation With The Pinterest Whistleblower]( By The Federalist Staff Pinterest Whistleblower Eric Cochran joins the Federalist Radio Hour to discuss the rampant censorship of conservatives and Christians in Silicon Valley. [Full article]( [In New Bill, Sen. Josh Hawley Warns Big Tech: Stop Political Censorship Or Lose Your Precious Legal Immunity]( By Emily Jashinsky Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced legislation on Wednesday aimed at cracking down on 'Big Tech's political censorship.' [Full article]( [Watch CNN’s Chris Cuomo Own Himself On AOC’s Nazi Instagram Post]( By David Marcus Chris Cuomo thought he nailed Steve Cortes with a gotcha question. In reality, he proved Cortes' point. [Full article]( [If It Were Up To Jon Stewart, ‘Hamilton’ Never Would’ve Been Made]( By Madeline Osburn Jon Stewart's sassy segment mocking Lin-Manuel Miranda in 2009 did not age well. [Full article]( THUNDERDOME: TO WIN RE-ELECTION, TRUMP NEEDS AOC night President Trump launched his re-election bid in classic Trumpian fashion with a long-winded, over the top rally in Orlando that was packed with supporters. He played the hits, but he also had a few new lines that we should expect to hear again. “Trump cited many of the same political enemies Tuesday night that he ran against last time, grumbling about “Washington insiders” and “career politicians.” But he identified new foils, as well: Democratic congressional investigators, special counsel Robert Mueller, and the “radical socialism” he claims his political opponents have enthusiastically embraced. “They’ve been afflicted with an ideological sickness,” Trump said of Democrats, attracting deafening applause as he affirmed that “America is not a socialist country.” “Republicans do not believe in socialism. We believe in freedom,” he added.” Read more of The Transom by signing up for a [free trial]( today. 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