The Federalist Daily Briefing for 12/12/2019

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](. December 12, 2019 [Joe Biden Promises To Restore Obama’s Disastrous Campus Kangaroo Courts]( By Inez Feltscher Stepman By signaling his intention to restore the Obama administration’s unfair guidance, Joe Biden is showing voters he is willing to eviscerate those principles to please far-left activists. [Full article]( [Yes, Chick-Fil-A Really Is Funding A Group That Hosts Drag Queen Story Hour]( By Georgi Boorman IRS forms show the Chick-fil-A Foundation has switched from financially supporting antipoverty and other charitable organizations to underwriting pro-abortion and pro-LGBT groups. [Full article]( [Seattle Prosecutes Pastor For Trying To Pray For Kids At Public Library Drag Queen Show]( By Anna Bohach In Spokane, 649 rape kits are awaiting attention, an opioid crisis is raging, and a serial killer hasn’t been caught, yet the city is throwing the book at a pastor who objects to a sexual minstrel show performed for children. [Full article]( [In ‘Silicon Valley’ Finale Season, Pied Piper Succeeds All Too Well]( By Libby Emmons As a satire of the technology industry, ‘Silicon Valley’ cautions against believing that our good intentions are enough to save us from our methods. [Full article]( [Don’t Let Big Tech Sneak Immunity From Congress Into This Trade Deal]( By Rachel Bovard It’s a shady move by Big Tech to avoid accountability and oversight by Congress, which rightly wants to examine whether these companies deserve the legal immunity from which they have profited for decades. [Full article]( [Obama Was Wrong To Get Us Into Syria, And Trump Is Wrong To Keep Us There]( By Daniel L. Davis Remaining actively engaged militarily in the Middle East only deepens our strategic failure and extends the forever war that Trump has repeatedly criticized. [Full article]( [Left Attacks President Trump For Executive Order On Combatting Antisemitism]( By Erielle Davidson Trump’s EO 'Combating Anti-Semitism' arrives as antisemitism continues to proliferate on college campuses, largely under the guise of 'anti-Zionism.' [Full article]( [Democrats’ Impeachment Is A Political Kamikaze Attack]( By Adam Mill Impeachment feels a lot like a political kamikaze attack on President Trump. It may hurt him, but it’s going to be worse for Democrats. [Full article]( [The Federalist’s Best Books Of 2019]( By Mark Hemingway Another year has nearly passed, and so we present another long list of compelling book recommendations from The Federalist's staff and contributors. [Full article]( [Like Pepsi, Democrats Need To Reverse Course On Boycotting Israel]( By Melissa Langsam Braunstein A growing number of Democrats tolerate, or even gladly support, the movement to boycott Israel. They justify it in the name of free speech and social justice, but it’s economic warfare. [Full article]( [4 Reasons To Binge ‘Outlander’s’ Newest Season On Netflix]( By Nicole Russell This is a powerful story of freedom, political power, and a search for independence, but the heart and soul of ‘Outlander’ is love and sacrifice. [Full article]( [Here’s A Fresh Christmas Pops Playlist To Liven Up Your Holiday]( By Cheryl Magness Good holiday music is so abundant that, if we wanted, we could easily play it from Thanksgiving through Epiphany and never repeat a track. [Full article]( [10 Times FBI Officials Conveniently Could ‘Not Remember’ Key Details Of Trump-Russia Probe]( By Madeline Osburn The DOJ IG interviewed more than 100 witnesses about what happened behind-the-scenes of the Crossfire Hurricane operation, but the details were a little fuzzy for some key players involved. [Full article]( [FBI Lied To Congress About Fake ‘Defensive’ Briefing Of Trump Campaign In 2016]( By Chrissy Clark During the Senate Judiciary hearings with Michael Horowitz, it was uncovered that the FBI lied to Congress about briefing the Trump campaign in 2016. [Full article]( [Impeachment Deeply Unpopular In Key Swing Congressional Districts]( By Tristan Justice The Democrats’ latest attempt to undo the 2016 election are not going over well with voters in several key congressional swing districts across the country. [Full article]( [Impeachment Articles Reveal It’s All About Stopping Trump From Winning In 2020]( By Thomas Jipping This is why Democrats have been pushing to impeach Donald Trump for as long as he’s been in office: they do not want risk that he might get re-elected. [Full article]( [Lindsey Graham On Steele Dossier: ‘It Is Damning, It Is Salacious, And It Is A Bunch Of Crap’]( By Tristan Justice “It is stunning. It is damning. It is salacious. And it is a bunch of crap,” Graham declared before the Senate Judiciary Committee. [Full article]( [Horowitz: FBI’s FISA Applications Against Carter Page Relied ‘Entirely’ On Steele’s Sources]( By Tristan Justice DOJ IG Michael Horowitz admitted Wednesday that the FBI’s FISA applications used surveille the Trump campaign were based on the debunked Steele Dossier. [Full article]( [Horowitz Blasts Comey: IG Report Findings ‘Don’t Vindicate Anybody Who Touched’ Anti-Trump Investigation]( By Chrissy Clark Michael Horowitz said the DOJ Inspector General report findings did not vindicate the FBI's actions or absolve former FBI Director James Comey from wrongdoing. [Full article]( [CNN, MSNBC Refuse To Air DOJ Inspector General Hearing Live]( By Chrissy Clark After providing months of wall to wall impeachment coverage, CNN decided not to air the hearings with Inspector General Michael Horowitz. [Full article]( THE PERSON OF THE YEAR magazine has named its Person of the Year, a teenager who skipped school to travel around the world telling people that they are horrible and the planet is doomed. It’s a living. Perhaps her Malthusian visions will be fulfilled by future experience. But it’s not very likely. In fact, her position is at odds with what we know: that a more responsible approach to climate requires action from China and India, not the West. But that makes for less convenient judgmental events, what with having to ride a catamaran across the Pacific instead of the Atlantic. She sticks to challenges with less risk, like speaking to groups of people who entirely agree with her. 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. Our mailing address is: The Federalist 611 Pennsylvania Ave SE #247Washington, DC 20003-4303 [Add us to your address book]( [unsubscribe from this list]( | [update subscription preferences]( | [view email in browser](