The Federalist Daily Briefing for 08/30/2019

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](. August 30, 2019 [Inspector General Rebukes James Comey For Putting Himself Above The Nation]( By Margot Cleveland The IG report rebuked Comey for mishandling official FBI records, and for his many violations of regulations, DOJ and FBI policies, and Comey’s employment agreement. [Full article]( [Why Is The FBI Obstructing The Release Of James Comey’s Memos?]( By Adam Mill Whatever harm releasing these memos might cause to the FBI’s crime-fighting ability is surely offset by the lack of accountability for one of the most controversial episodes in its history. [Full article]( [Most People Are Called To Marriage; It’s Not Idolatrous To Act Accordingly]( By Matthew Cochran Marriage is the highest earthly calling for most people, so it is entirely appropriate for Christians to treat it as a normative aspiration—especially in a culture that so desperately attacks it. [Full article]( [Portland State U Punishes Professor For Proving Gender Studies Is A Joke]( By Peter Wood and David Randall Portland State University is punishing Peter Boghossian for demonstrating that grievance studies are nonsense by getting hoax grievance studies papers published. [Full article]( [Here’s What People Who Used To Be Transgender Are Telling The Supreme Court]( By Nicole Russell In an unusual amicus brief, a group of people who used to be transgender say that not only should gender identity not be a protected class, but that it's an imaginary construct of traumatized minds. [Full article]( [Republican Primary Challengers To Trump Circulate, Mostly On Twitter]( By Tristan Justice Mark Sanford is traveling in Iowa this week for a possible presidential run, joining two other candidates challenging the president in the GOP primary. [Full article]( [Sen. Whitehouse Threatens U.S. Supreme Court Over New York Gun Case]( By William Maurer Democratic Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse bases his brief on an argument that the Supreme Court must change because the public will not like the court’s decisions. [Full article]( [How A ‘Star Spangled’ Murder Gave Us The Temporary Insanity Defense]( By Tyler Curtis Chris Derose's new book, 'Star Spangled Scandal: Sex, Murder, and the Trial that Changed America,' vividly recounts how the murder of Francis Scott Key's son was one of the 19th century's most sensational murder trials and left a lasting legal legacy. [Full article]( [Trump Administration To Expand Research Into Marijuana While Advertising Its Recreational Dangers]( By Nicole Fisher Thursday morning, U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams and Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar held a joint press conference about scientific research into marijuana. [Full article]( [Canada’s ‘Free’ Parental Leave Is One Reason I Don’t Live There]( By Ilya Shapiro Democrats and Republicans may shame the United States for not featuring yet another welfare state program, but they ignore that Canada's taxes to fund subsidies to parents of newborns cost working families dearly. [Full article]( [10 Lana Del Rey Deep Tracks To Prep You For Her New Album]( By Barry Lenser Lana Del Rey's retro persona is built on images ranging from boozy film-noir fatalism to the open road and California self-invention. [Full article]( [This Week In Weird Twitter, Volume 127]( By Rich Cromwell He swept his right arm across hall, looked me in the eye, and said three little words that every benevolent ruler wants to hear: 'We’re commanding them.' [Full article]( [Experts: ‘Math Guy’ Andrew Yang’s Calculations For Universal Basic Income Are Pretty Far Off]( By Chrissy Clark Yang says he's done the math to make sure a universal basic income could be properly implemented in the United States, but experts say he got the math all wrong. [Full article]( [Grassley: Comey’s ‘Self-Serving Abuses Of Power’ Did ‘Great Harm’ To FBI]( By Tristan Justice 'This behavior is especially unbecoming of public servants who cultivate an appearance of honesty, integrity and transparency,' Grassley said of revelations inside a new inspector general report. [Full article]( [The September Debate Is Set To Be A Discussion Of Who Can Hand Out The Most Free Stuff]( By Tristan Justice In a race where progressives have dominated the top-tier field of candidates, few moderates qualified for the September debate. [Full article]( [DOJ Inspector General Confirms James Comey Leaked Classified Info, Violated Multiple FBI Policies]( By Sean Davis A scathing investigation by the DOJ inspector general confirmed that James Comey leaked classified information and violated FBI rules after he was fired. [Full article]( [Hemingway: Months After Mueller Report, Media Russia Truthers Are Embarrassing And Sad]( By Madeline Osburn "Rather than seeing any self-examination, or looking at why they were able to fall for such a ridiculous story, people got awards for their reporting." [Full article]( [Dave Chappelle’s New Stand-Up Special Is Hilarious (And Even Subversively Pro-Life)]( By Mollie Hemingway In his new stand-up special, Dave Chappelle is at his offensive best, taking aim at everyone. But one seemingly pro-abortion joke was surprisingly pro-life. [Full article]( THE CHINA TRADE IMBALANCE Sammin. “In contract negotiations between labor and management, it is not uncommon for both sides to agree to kick the can down the road on certain issues. Management might extract a smaller salary increase now in exchange for labor’s demand for more generous pensions or retiree benefits later on.” 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. 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