The Federalist Daily Briefing for 06/15/2020

 Your daily update of new content from The Federalist Be lovers of freedom and anxious for the fray   06/15/2020 [Don’t Forget: The Party That Wants To Defund The Police Also Wants To Disarm You]( Kylee Zempel A social worker and an abortionist won't do you much good when an armed intruder is breaking into your home in the night — and if Democrats had their way, you'd be rendered defenseless as well. [Seattle ‘Autonomous Zone’ Imposes Border Control And ID Checks, Celebrates Guns]( Paulina Enck Instead of serving as a communist utopia of collectivism and social justice, CHAZ highlights how similar the 'revolution' looks to everything it professes to combat. [New Mexico Is Open For Restaurants, Protests — But Not For This Lifelong Army Family To Bury Master Sgt. Velasquez]( Christopher Bedford 'I'm getting all sorts of excuses of why I can't give my brother the honorable service and burial that he is is entitled to. He was promised that in the event of death, this country will take care of you.' [How White Privilege Theory Encourages The Destruction of Property]( Georgi Boorman With privilege theory quickly taking over the American discourse on race, sympathy for looters and vandals is on the rise and not slowing down. [What I Learned From Training To Become A Contact Tracer]( Allison Schuster Contact tracing is on the rise in the United States. I took the free online training course. Here’s what I learned. [How Socialists Like Black Lives Matter Weaponize Our Fears Of Loneliness]( Stella Morabito The threat of ostracism is a primal and universal human terror, and thus an extremely powerful weapon, especially when mobs enforce it. [NASCAR Made The Right Move To Ban The Confederate Flag]( Christopher Jacobs The sport’s statement on the Confederate flag finally sends the right kind of welcoming message to auto racing fans—and could win it more fans. [Michael Flynn Circus Devolves Into Court-Weaponized Partisanship]( Margot Cleveland By opening his courtroom to John Gleeson and other anti-Flynn amici, Judge Sullivan has converted the judicial branch into an emissary of the Democratic Party. [No, West Point Grads Don’t Need To Learn Anything From The Resistance]( John Lucas and James R. McDonough The contradiction between their virtue-signaling platitudes and what they say reveals the hypocrisy of these ‘concerned’ graduates of West Point. [After Elites’ COVID And Protest Hypocrisy, Nobody Trusts Them — Nor Should We]( Andrew Johnson If one consistent storyline has emerged this century, it is that our elites have continuously revealed themselves to be incompetent and depraved.  SIGN UP FOR A [FREE TRIAL]( HERE. The Transom is a daily email newsletter written by publisher of The Federalist Ben Domenech for political and media insiders, which arrives in your inbox each morning, collecting news, notes, and thoughts from around the web. "You must read The Transom. With brilliant political analysis and insight into the news that matters most, it is essential to understanding this incredible moment in history. I read it every day!" - Newt Gingrich      mailto:info@thefederalist.com Sent to: {EMAIL} [Unsubscribe]( The Federalist, 611 Pennsylvania Ave SE, #247, Washington, DC 20003, United States