The Federalist Daily Briefing for 10/03/2019

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](. October 3, 2019 [GOP Senators Demand Investigation Of Classified Leaks From Anti-Trump Whistleblower Complaint]( By Chrissy Clark GOP senators demanded the intelligence community inspector general investigate classified leaks from the Russia probe and the Ukraine call. [Full article]( [Ukrainian Officials Didn’t Believe Trump Used Funding As Bargaining Chip]( By Erielle Davidson According to BuzzFeed News, at the time of the infamous phone call, the Ukrainian president already thought U.S. aid was on its way. It's hard to have a quid pro quo without the other party knowing he is being threatened. [Full article]( [2020 Is All About The Binary, And That Means Impeachment Could Hurt Democrats]( By Emily Jashinsky The impeachment inquiry challenges Democrats to a delicate balancing act for one critical reason: their effort plays into the GOP's 2020 strategy. [Full article]( [Natalie Portman’s Disappointing ‘Lucy In The Sky’ Is Definitely No Diamond]( By James Dawson 'Lucy in the Sky' is the second flick in two weeks about an emotionally broken astronaut who goes rogue with no regard for the consequences. [Full article]( [Late-Term Abortionist Offers Mothers The Chance To Cuddle Their Dead Babies]( By Stella Morabito The open practice of killing then cuddling does not simply represent a ghastly declaration that children are both fully human and disposable. It signifies a war against the mother-child bond. [Full article]( [Impeachment Is Nothing But Throwing More Dirt And Hoping Some Will Stick]( By Andy Biggs Democrats have tossed every piece of dirt and dung at the president hoping that something would stick. Well, nothing has. [Full article]( [How The Media’s Lies About Innocent Fathers Also Harm Their Daughters]( By Vanessa Kohorst While Justice Brett Kavanaugh made it through the confirmation process, my dad didn’t. His nomination was defeated because of completely unsupported abuse allegations. [Full article]( [The New York Times’ 1619 Project Reeks Of Herbert Marcuse’s Divisive Ideology]( By Mike Gonzalez Full of essays presenting slavery as the central issue of the American story, and accusing the free market of creating such bondage, the '1619 Project' is another attempt to make Americans question their country’s very core. [Full article]( [Why The Star Wars Franchise’s Decline Is A True Loss For American Culture]( By David Breitenbeck If it were only 'Star Wars' being destroyed, we might pass over it as a mere unfortunate mistake, but hardly a major fictional franchise or character remains that has not suffered, from Marvel Comics to James Bond. [Full article]( [According To Democrats, Everything Is A ‘Right!’ Except Owning A Firearm]( By Tristan Justice While they might be convenient and sometimes in need, these are not 'rights' that warrant government infringement on the rights of others to secure them. [Full article]( [How The Media Uses Twitter To Exacerbate Cancel Culture]( By Orrin Konheim Entertainment media outlets need to be more responsible, and toe the line between defining cancel culture conflicts and manufacturing them. [Full article]( [Far-Left Elizabeth Warren Picking Up Steam Against Biden And Sanders]( By Tristan Justice Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts is on the rise, at a cost for Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, who is sinking in critical states. [Full article]( [BREAKING: Anti-Trump Whistleblower Colluded With House Democrats Before Filing Complaint]( By Sean Davis The anti-Trump whistleblower and his CIA colleagues actively colluded with House Democrats before filing a complaint with the inspector general. [Full article]( [Watch: Morrissey To Protester: ‘Go, Goodbye, We Don’t Need You’]( By David Marcus In Portland, Oregon on Sunday night, the singer Morrissey kicked out a lefty protestor before going on with his show. [Full article]( [IC Inspector General Didn’t Review Ukraine Call Before Forwarding Whistleblower Complaint]( By Matt Beebe In a recently declassified letter from Michael Atkinson, we learn that his investigation didn’t even include a review of the phone transcript at the core of the entire complaint. [Full article]( [Nancy Pelosi Is Acting In Bad Faith On The Impeachment Inquiry]( By John Daniel Davidson Pelosi thinks the White House should work with House Democrats to pass legislation even as they pursue a partisan impeachment inquiry. [Full article]( [The Key Point About Whistleblowers’ First-Hand Knowledge Isn’t The Law, It’s The Shady Regulation Changes]( By Margot Cleveland The problem is not altering the directions to comply with the statute. It is that the instruction suggests the inspector general’s office changed its policy to get Trump. [Full article]( [Hillary Clinton Repeats Falsehood She Once Said Endangered Democracy]( By Madeline Osburn Clinton once claimed that if Trump refused to accept the 2016 election results, it would be a "direct threat to our democracy." Now she's threatening democracy, according to her own definition. [Full article]( [Bernie Sanders Hospitalized For Emergency Heart Procedure Following Arterial Blockage]( By Chrissy Clark During a campaign event Tuesday evening, Bernie Sanders experienced "chest discomfort." Doctors found a blockage in the senator's artery. [Full article]( [Fourth Employee Sues NYC Education Department For Anti-White Racism]( By David Marcus This week, Leslie Miller Chislett became the fourth employee of the New York City DOE to bring suit against the department for its anti-white bias. [Full article]( IMPEACHMENT: POMPEO WAS ON UKRAINE CALL: attempts to loop Barr and Pompeo into the impeachment process is very obvious. “Secretary of State Mike Pompeo acknowledged for the first time that he listened in on the phone call between President Trump and Ukraine’s leader that has resulted in a House impeachment inquiry, and said the conversation occurred in the context of normal U.S. foreign policy toward Ukraine. 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