The Federalist Daily Briefing for 12/16/2019

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 16, 2019 [CNN Spends Five Days On Thanos Meme While Ignoring The Afghan Papers]( By David Marcus CNN obsessed over a Marvel Comics meme shared by the Trump campaign while brushing aside reports of decades of Pentagon and presidential lies about the Afghanistan War. [Full article]( [IG Report Proves Adam Schiff Has Been Lying About Spygate Since The Beginning]( By Margot Cleveland Following the inspector general’s FISA report that proved nearly every sentence wrong in Rep. Adam Schiff’s last high-profile report, Schiff’s work should be deemed worthless. [Full article]( [Why Is The Western Left So Quiet About Hong Kong?]( By Lyman Stone For some leftists, criticizing America matters more than supporting democracy. But support for Hong Kong protesters is easily a bipartisan issue. [Full article]( [The Only Thing Marvelous About Season Three’s Mrs. Maisel Is Her Selfishness]( By Kelly Marcum Midge Maisel’s brand of enlightenment clearly involves placing their own desires above the needs and wants of those she has a duty to put first. [Full article]( [Did The U.S. Kill An American Citizen After Taking Out ISIS Leader Al-Baghdadi?]( By Todd Bensman Was the Abu al-Hassan al-Muhaijir killed in October’s second operation this very same Most Wanted of American citizens who reportedly went by the name Abu Hassan al-Muhaijir? [Full article]( [How Paul Volcker Put The Country Above Himself And Wall Street]( By Willis L. Krumholz There’s a sense that the bureaucrats who command the federal leviathan work for themselves, not for the country at large. That wasn’t true of Paul Volcker. [Full article]( [How To Turn The Reviving North Korea Crisis Into A Triumph For Both Nations]( By Harry Kazianis We can't undo decades of mutual mistrust overnight. But Kim Jong-un exercising restraint would be a solid step toward a goal of a peaceful regime on the Korean Peninsula. [Full article]( [Nunes To Schiff About IG Report Lies: ‘You Are In Need Of Rehabilitation’]( By Tristan Justice Nunes outlines repeated assertions from Schiff that the inspector general’s report found to be completely untrue, including the idea that 'FBI and DOJ officials did not omit material information from the FISA warrant.' [Full article]( [No, Trump Hasn’t Waged The ‘Most Sustained Assault On Press Freedom In History’]( By Jon Miltimore From the Alien and Sedition Acts to the Pentagon Papers, Chris Wallace ignores basic history by claiming Trump has made ‘the most direct sustained assault on freedom of the press in our history.’ [Full article]( [CNN National Security Analyst Reveals He’s Clueless About IG Report]( By Tristan Justice Steven Hall, a CNN national security analyst and former CIA chief of Russian operations, questioned which parts of the Steele dossier were false right after another federal report showing it was riddled with errors. [Full article]( [‘Holiday Candles’ Can’t Change The Fact That Abortion Isn’t ‘Magical’]( By Ashley Bateman The physical ramifications of abortion are serious and can be life-threatening to the mother, besides of course ending the life of a child—as ‘magical’ as that sounds. [Full article]( [Don’t Be A Grinch. Set Aside Politics To Revel In Christmas Joy]( By Beth Bailey If the political Grinches do not put aside their efforts to sow discord, how many American children will experience a holiday marked not by unqualified love but by judgments and tension? [Full article]( [Chris Wallace Grills James Comey On FISA Abuse: ‘You Were The Head Of The FBI’]( By Chrissy Clark After the release of the Department of Justice's inspector general report, former FBI Director James Comey finally admitted he's been misleading the country about the FBI's integrity and reliability. [Full article]( BORIS CRUSHES A HISTORIC ELECTION Johnson bested his detractors and racked up a clear election win, crushing Labour yesterday in district after district where they had held power for most of the past century. The victory delivers a definitive destruction of Corbynism, with humbled Labour MPs struggling to make an argument that they were swamped in a Brexit-focused election – but voter testimonials and polling showed that Jeremy Corbyn was itself a significant drag on their campaign. There’s no way to spin this: it is a major win that redefines the Conservative coalition in England and carries with it unique challenges and opportunities for Boris and his team. 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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