The Federalist Daily Briefing for 04/20/2017

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](. April 20, 2017 [Sorry, College Kids, There’s No Such Thing As Hate Speech]( By John Daniel Davidson Progressive college students seem to think violence is okay as long as it's silencing 'hate speech.' Someone should tell them there's no such thing. [Full article]( [We Need To Talk About The Dangers Of Facebook Live]( By Gracy Olmstead Steve Stephens offered a live murder account to unsuspecting Facebook viewers, achieving viral (and horrific) fame. And he's not the first. [Full article]( [Education Is A Market Whether Liberals Like It Or Not]( By Joy Pullmann Republians prefer fascistic education programs, and Democrats prefer socialistic ones, but both are different costumes on the same old central planning wolf. [Full article]( [Tom Brady Owes No One An Explanation For His Friendship With Donald Trump]( By William Vaillancourt Now that the New England Patriots have paid Donald Trump a White House visit, what better time to rehash a story that began more than a year and a half ago? [Full article]( [De Blasio’s Anti-Smoking Crusade Will Only Hurt New Yorkers]( By David Harsanyi Bill de Blasio efforts to raise the base price of a pack of cigarettes to $13 is just another example of the progressive impulse to control the lives of constituents. [Full article]( [Why Americans Are Gobbling Up Adam Sandler Movies On Netflix]( By Kira Davis His politically incorrect humor hearkens back to a generation when stardom was less common, and comedians weren't so paranoid. [Full article]( [The Tesla Bubble Reveals The Tech Media’s Bubble]( By Robert Tracinski Arguments in favor of Tesla's subsidies would make a whole lot less sense if the tech media had the slightest familiarity with pro-free-market economics. [Full article]( [Lawmakers Claiming Trump’s Budget Hurts African-Americans Are Simply Grandstanding]( By Omari Faulker Tennessee Rep. Steve Cohen has been an elected official since 1977. He has no excuse to pass the buck for Memphis’s problems onto a proposed federal budget. [Full article]( [I Tried Starbucks’ Unicorn Frappuccino And It Was An Abomination]( By Madeline Orr The new 'Unicorn Frappuccino' from Starbucks tastes like they blended a blue raspberry Baby Bottle Pop and children's medicine. [Full article]( [Obamacare May Increase Doctor Visits, But It Isn’t Making Anyone Healthier]( By Charlie Katebi Meanwhile, Obamacare prevents needy patients from getting help. [Full article]( [March For Science Organizers Are Accidentally Advocating For The Unborn]( By Cullen Herout Their website says "science serves the interests of all humans, not just those in power." Pro-life advocates couldn't agree more. [Full article]( [It’s News When Professors Can Teach A Class Without Bashing Trump]( By David Randall It’s newsworthy that Scott Talan has decided to avoid politics in his class, even though that was once a minimum professional standard expected of college professors. [Full article]( [It’s Never Been Easier To Get Really Good Food Delivered]( By Brad Jackson Just about no matter where you live, you have plenty of options. From Uber Eats to Grubhub or one of your local services, you can get all sorts of cuisines brought to your doorstep. [Full article]( [Stop Talking About Melania Trump Like She’s A Hostage]( By Bre Payton A writer argues that Melania's Instagram posts prove she's being held hostage in Trump Tower, which makes her a really bad feminist. [Full article]( [How To Keep The Hackers Out And Protect Your Information Online]( By The Federalist Staff Eric Geller talks DNC leaks, professional hackers, and behind-the-scenes intelligence gathering on today's Federalist Radio Hour. [Full article]( [UPenn Student Journalists Condemn Violent Responses To Free Speech]( By Ashe Schow Until administrators start standing up to protesters, it’s going to be up to students to defend free speech in the age of outrage. [Full article]( MARKETS IN EVERYTHING INCLUDING LIFE had a conversation the other day with the folks at MTV about why I think the GOP got its voters wrong. Much of it will be familiar to you if you listen to The Federalist Radio Hour, but here’s a portion of it that sparked some controversy. “I think the real problem is that a lot of the religiously minded [wanted and still want] to use the power of government to try to create the society that they wished [existed] within the United States. This is not something that’s new, of course. Now, there’s a good side to that, which is, of course, the civil rights movement, and the kind of effort that you saw America’s Christians play in that role. You saw it, of course, in the antislavery movement, well before that. But you also saw it in [those who were] basically being busybodies about the way people live their lives. The question I would [ask] to social conservatives is: Are you confident that the way you view a life well-lived is a compelling enough model that it will win on its own merits?” Read more of The Transom by signing up for a [free trial]( today. 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