The Federalist Daily Briefing for 03/28/2017

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](. March 28, 2017 [The Freedom Caucus Is The Silver Lining In The Obamacare Debacle]( By Robert Tracinski The only way the Obamacare replacement bill could have turned out worse is if Republicans had actually passed it. Thank the House Freedom Caucus. [Full article]( [Trump Should Ask Denmark’s PM Why His Government Is Promoting Genocide]( By Georgi Boorman Denmark has boasted that 98 percent of their Down Syndrome babies were aborted in 2014, and say they hope to be 'Down Syndrome free' in the next 10 years. [Full article]( [The Benedict Option Can’t Save Your Faith Or Family]( By Luma Simms Ultimately, our faith in methods of ‘intentional Christian community,’ and our journey in and out of this pre-Dreher Benedict Option, exhausted our faith and estranged one of our children. [Full article]( [The Worst Thing Schools Do Is Teach Kids To Ask The Wrong Questions]( By S. A. Dance In our fallen world, asking questions is how one truly learns, seeks truth, and finds wisdom. Yet in most schools, the questions in students’ souls are ignored or formalized into lifelessness. [Full article]( [Oregon Seeks To Regulate ‘Dangerous, Preventable’ Cow Farts]( By Patrick Fletchall It all just goes to show how government regulation can be silent, but deadly. [Full article]( [How The Fourth Circuit’s Support For ‘Assault Weapon’ Bans May End Them]( By Matthew Larosiere The Fourth Circuit’s wild departure in Kolbe may be what finally forces the Supreme Court to rule on state ‘assault weapon’ regulations once and for all. [Full article]( [Foreign Junkets Are Pork For Privileged Kids Sponsored By Their Debt-Deadened Futures]( By Samuel Sweeney No longer taking money out of working families’ paychecks to send upper middle-class kids abroad seems like a good place to start. [Full article]( [5 Reasons To Stop Calling Dads Of Unborn Babies A ‘Father To Be’]( By Jonathan Graham The human in utero is fully human, and when we casually dismiss this tiny, precious human, we dismiss and disrespect so much more of the human experience. [Full article]( [Campus Intersectionalism Breeds Anti-Semitism Like Chicago ‘Jewish Privilege’ Flyers]( By Abraham Miller The flyers reflect a dominant ideology that is inculcated on the campuses to a captive audience in frequently required classes that resemble the Workmen’s Circle of early Marxism. [Full article]( [‘Legion’ Is The Best Superhero Show On TV Because It Doesn’t Act Like One]( By Brian Willett Rather than on superpowers, FX’s ‘Legion’ focuses much more on treating (and supposedly saving) a broken man dealing with his demons, figurative and otherwise. [Full article]( [McKay Coppins On Paul Ryan, White House Media Coverage, And Tucker Carlson]( By The Federalist Staff Staff writer at The Atlantic, McKay Coppins, joins the Federalist Radio Hour to discuss his recent reporting on the House GOP bill, President Trump, and Tucker Carlson. [Full article]( [Fox News Signs Mollie Hemingway As A Contributor]( By The Federalist Staff Fox News has added The Federalist's Mollie Hemingway to its roster of contributors. [Full article]( [United Benefit Holders Aren’t The Only Ones Who Should Stop Wearing Leggings On Flights]( By Hans Fiene Americans have developed a bad habit of dressing like slobs while flying, and it’s high time we experience some national shame over this. [Full article]( CAN PAUL RYAN SURVIVE THE FREEDOM CAUCUS? embarrassment of the failure of Republicans to deliver on their signature promise for the past seven years is falling, more than on anyone else, on House Speaker Paul Ryan. This is not irrational – after all, Ryan started working on this repeal effort at a time when Donald Trump was still just a reality TV star. And the tick-tock anecdotes out today do not paint a pretty picture of Ryan’s attempts to convince other lawmakers to get on board with the AHCA and his three step plan: “Leaders continued to plead with individual lawmakers to support the measure well into Thursday night, with the House Rules Committee slated to meet early Friday morning to consider the proposed changes. Ryan got down on a knee to plead with Rep. Don Young, an 83-year-old from Alaska who is the longest-serving Republican in Congress and remains undecided.” 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](