The Federalist Daily Briefing for 10/04/2019

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 4, 2019 [Joaquin Phoenix Rises To Create Devastatingly Deranged ‘Joker’]( By James Dawson 'Joker' is such an original and immersive journey into madness that its distracting comic-book connection could be considered a drawback. [Full article]( [Federal Judge To Harvard: Racial Discrimination Is Bad, Except Against Whites And Asians]( By Helen Raleigh In this country where everyone is created equal, we need a color-blind college admission process. No one should be penalized or rewarded because of the color of his skin. [Full article]( [Why What You Do In The Bedroom Doesn’t Ever Stay There]( By Glenn T. Stanton Social science and cultural analysis reveal that sex affects everything and everybody, from the community park to the foundations of democracy itself. [Full article]( [President Trump Is Absolutely Right To Assume Federal Agencies Are Against Him]( By Inez Feltscher Stepman Too many of the unelected bureaucrats who staff the alphabet soup agencies seem to feel entitled to circumvent the will of the American people when it conflicts with their priors. [Full article]( [Presidents Clinton, Obama Objected To How Whistleblower Law Was Used To Get Trump]( By Matt Beebe Should Congress have been allowed to force the release of classified information and foreign policy secrets by manipulating the whistleblower laws in the first place? [Full article]( [Jeff Flake’s Call For The GOP To Reject Trump Shows He Has Learned Nothing Since 2016]( By Nathanael Blake When Republicans praise Trump for being a fighter, it is because he is willing to aggressively challenge the left’s dishonest tactics in a way the Jeff Flakes of the GOP do not. [Full article]( [‘Hustlers’ Is Probably Not The Movie You Think It Is]( By Emily Jashinsky 'Hustlers' is stimulating, but for reasons that have little to do with stripping. It's a class commentary at heart, and a surprisingly neutral one. [Full article]( [Using The Oxford Comma Is A Sign Of Grace And Clarity]( By Kylee Zempel Nathanael Blake argued here this week that the Oxford comma is a crutch for bad writing, and I must protest. All things considered, this punctuation mark may be more divisive than partisan politics. [Full article]( [Survey: Family Health Insurance Now Averages More Than $20,000 A Year]( By Christopher Jacobs The average family has spent tens of thousands of dollars in higher health insurance premiums because Obamacare has not met Obama’s pledges. [Full article]( [What Desperate 2020 Democrats Are Doing To Get Media Attention]( By Tristan Justice Please. Somebody. Bring a TV camera over here. Hello? [Full article]( [North Carolina Energy Company Finds Solar Power Actually Increases Pollution]( By Donald van der Vaart If we expect to create a prosperous future fueled by low-cost clean energy, it’s time to recalibrate the way we think about renewables. [Full article]( [A Book On The Enhanced Interrogation Program That Tortures The Truth]( By Matthew Braun Mark Fallon’s book, 'Unjustifiable Means: The Inside Story of How the CIA, Pentagon, and US Government Conspired to Torture,' purports to be an exposé but only reveals his limited understanding of very controversial issues. [Full article]( [It’s Not A Crime For Trump To Ask China And Ukraine To Investigate Biden]( By David Marcus Today the president reiterated that he wants Ukraine and China to investigate Joe Biden. Democrats have not made clear why that is a crime. [Full article]( [Kamala Harris’ Crusade To De-Platform Trump On Twitter Is Emblematic Of A Larger Problem]( By Tristan Justice 2020 Democratic White House hopeful Sen. Kamala Harris of California sent an open letter to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey demanding the social media executive suspend President Donald Trump from the platform. [Full article]( [Reminder: Jimmy Carter Is Our Worst Ex-President]( By David Harsanyi No ex-president of the United States has undermined freedom around the world more than Jimmy Carter. And it's not even close. [Full article]( [Rashida Tlaib Scolds Black Police Chief: Facial Recognition ‘Analysts Need To Be African American’]( By Erielle Davidson Rep. Rashida Tlaib recently paid a visit to the Real Time Crime Center, where she said, “Non-African Americans think African Americans all look the same.” [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. 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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