The Federalist Daily Briefing for 01/30/2020

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](. January 30, 2020 [This Senate Witness Game Is Lose-Lose For Republicans, But One Path Leads To Ruin]( By Christopher Bedford Don't be fooled by high-minded pontificating about this duty or that -- muddied paralysis at the hands of a media-cheered sham is not the noble business of statesmen. [Full article]( [Barr: The Real People Trying To ‘Impose Their Values’ On Others Are ‘Militant Secularists’]( By Joy Pullmann It has been long convenient for secularists to insist that it is possible for government to be neutral about religion by imposing their religion on everyone. [Full article]( [What’s Inside The Latest Court Filings In Michael Flynn’s Case]( By Margot Cleveland Sidney Powell exposed several more troubling details about the prosecution of Flynn, involving both the special counsel team and Flynn’s previous attorneys. [Full article]( [Google Docs Prove Tech Giant Is Lying About Its Leftwing Bias]( By Peter Hasson Internal communications prove Google is lying about its censorship decisions while paying for leftist propaganda and relying on the leftwing SPLC for its decisions. [Full article]( [Watch Dem Impeachment Managers Give Murkowski The Middle Finger When She Asks About Witnesses]( By Tristan Justice GOP Sen. Lisa Murkoski posed a relevant question to the House impeachment managers Tuesday night that the prosecutors refused to answer. [Full article]( [New Brain Scans Show Screen Time Makes Kids Dumber]( By Auguste Meyrat Concentrated white matter invariably results in better cognitive performance in the kids who stay off screens: they focus better, learn faster, and show greater mental flexibility and creativity. [Full article]( [Media Continues Dishonesty On Dershowitz’s Argument Against Impeachment]( By David Marcus Of course Alan Dershowitz is not arguing that nothing a president does in pursuit of reelection can be impeachable. And the news media knows it. [Full article]( [Families Don’t Want More Day Care. They Want More Home Work]( By Nathanael Blake For many parents, both working-class and white-collar professionals, work is not what really matters. Work is simply the means to support what really matters: family. [Full article]( [Joe Rogan Said He Would ‘Probably’ Vote For Bernie. The Freakout Showed Why Washington Doesn’t Get New Media]( By Emily Jashinsky Joe Rogan's somewhat endorsement of Bernie Sanders shows how poorly the political class understands Rogan and new media. [Full article]( [Supreme Court Justices Signal Potential Crackdown On Nationwide Injunctions]( By Shawn Fleetwood Justice Neil Gorsuch issued a concurring opinion about the threat nationwide injunctions present to separation of powers and the role of the courts under the Constitution. [Full article]( [How It Took Six Years To Put California On Notice For Forcing Abortion Coverage]( By Madeline Osburn Planned Parenthood kickstarted the state's attack on religious liberty and conscience, but it was the Obama administration's HHS who sustained it. [Full article]( [In 2010 Fox Interview, John Bolton Confessed He Would ‘Absolutely’ Lie About National Security Matters]( By Sean Davis Fired former White House National Security Adviser John Bolton admitted in a 2010 interview that he would "absolutely" lie to the public if necessary. [Full article]( [Sly ‘Bachelor’ Producers Outdo Petty Pageant Queens At Stirring Up Drama]( By Kylee Zempel As if Victoria and Peter hadn't had enough roller coasters for one day, the manipulative masterminds behind 'The Bachelor' took the duo on an emotional one, booking country singer — and Victoria's ex — Chase Rice. [Full article]( [Charles Murray: How Genetics Disprove Woke Dogma On Race, Gender, And Class]( By The Federalist Staff On this episode of the Federalist Radio Hour, Host Ben Domenech and Murray discuss why we can't ignore genetic differences between race and gender. [Full article]( [New York Times Downplays Crucial Arab Support Of Trump’s Mideast Peace Plan]( By Erielle Davidson The foreign policy media crowd minimizes the fact that Trump's plan for peace in the Mideast is supported by many Arab countries. [Full article]( JOHN BOLTON ROILS IMPEACHMENT PLANS are demanding that John Bolton be called to give testimony after leaks concerning is upcoming book have roiled the conversation. But it isn’t necessarily going to have any big impact on the outcome – just the schedule and the performance art of the coming week leading up to Iowa and the State of the Union. Bolton doesn’t shake loose the Republican coalition, but he does exact more pain for the president in the process. 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 © 2020 The Federalist, All rights reserved. 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