The Federalist Daily Briefing for 01/30/2017

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, 2017 [Telling People They Can’t Say ‘This Is Why Trump Won’ Is Why Trump Won] By Mollie Hemingway Rather than tell people what they can discuss politically, we should be listening and learning from our political opponents. [Full article] [No, Trump’s Immigration Order Isn’t Racist Or Reminiscent Of The Holocaust] By D.C. McAllister President Trump’s order is straightforward and reasonable, designed ‘to protect Americans’ and to ‘ensure that those admitted to this country’ don’t hate America. [Full article] [Here’s A Primer On Pro-Life Responses To Common Counter-Arguments] By Daniel Payne The ideas of the pro-life movement are much richer and more interesting than many commentators would have you believe. [Full article] [A Muslim Reformer Speaks Out About His Battle Against Islamism And PC] By Steve Postal ‘Muslims cannot reform their interpretations of Islam under the boots of regimes that manifest interpretations of Islam through blasphemy, apostasy, and treason laws.’ [Full article] [Islamists Join Environmentalists At Standing Rock To Delegitimize America] By Shireen Qudosi What unites these two seemingly antithetical movements is their shared desires to accumulate power and topple a common enemy. [Full article] [Don’t Ignore The Child’s Perspective On Gay Couples Commissioning Babies] By Katy Faust What is it like for a child to grow up not just without knowledge of her mother, but with the knowledge that she was bought and paid for? [Full article] [Here Are 9 Of The Most Unhinged Reactions To Trump’s Executive Order On Immigration] By Bre Payton After President Trump signed an executive order on Friday pausing immigration from seven countries, people lost their minds. Here are some of the most insane reactions thus far. [Full article] [To Improve Our Country, Women Need To Do Way More Than March] By Emily Domenech While protesting might feel satisfying, it doesn't accomplish a whole lot unless you're willing to back it up with a lot of hard work and civic engagement. [Full article] [If You Have Lots Of Kids, Don’t Take People’s Curious Comments Too Seriously] By Carrie Lukas When people ask me questions or make comments about my five kids, I understand why. Many are asking about a path not taken, or one that they are toying going down, but worry about the unknowns. [Full article] [At March For Life, Single Mom Personifies The Power To Overcome Evil With Good] By Jay Hobbs Janai was only a few classes shy of earning her bachelor’s degree when she was date-raped. She kept her baby. [Full article] [4 False Memes Abortion Supporters Pushed About The March For Life] By Margot Cleveland If you don’t think government is better at meeting people’s needs than families and communities, you can’t be pro-life. Or, at least, that’s what abortion proponents want you to think. [Full article] [Why Judges Should Forget About Finding Legislative Intent] By Adam Jarchow Once I had the opportunity to serve in the Wisconsin legislature I realized just how severely flawed is the idea of looking to legislative history for guidance in statutory interpretation. [Full article] [Sex And Skin Color Doesn’t Mean Trump’s Potential Supreme Court Picks Lack Diversity] By Ilya Shapiro If you look at characteristics other than skin tone and Y-chromosome, you could hardly get a more varied set of candidates to fill the vacant Supreme Court seat. [Full article] REPUBLICANS RETURN TO THEIR NATURAL STATE The emerging tension between the White House and the Republican Congress is not what the latter claims it is. Congressional Republicans and their staff maintain that this is a matter of a new president running into the obstacles inherent in the system. They really want to pass his agenda, you see, but help help they’re being repressed by the restrictions of the legislative process. This is a lie. The reality is that even without those restrictions, Congressional Republicans cannot bring themselves into unity in pursuit of the agenda President Trump wishes to enact. And they’re not even putting on a good show of it. Read more of The Transom by signing up for a [free trial] today. [follow on Twitter] | [friend on Facebook] | [forward to a friend] Copyright © 2017 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 8647 Richmond Highway Suite 618 Alexandria, VA 22309 [Add us to your address book] [unsubscribe from this list] | [update subscription preferences] | [view email in browser]