The Federalist Daily Briefing for 05/09/2017

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](. May 9, 2017 [Trump’s Travel Ban Has Nothing To Do With The First Amendment]( By John Daniel Davidson The furor over Trump’s executive order on immigration isn’t about the Constitution. It’s about liberals’ contempt for Trump. [Full article]( [What Brad Pitt Could Learn From Prince Harry About Life’s Tragedies]( By Melissa Langsam Braunstein Sometimes, celebrities are open and vulnerable to a fault. GQ Magazine's recent interview with Brad Pitt definitely falls into that category. [Full article]( [Having Pets Instead Of Kids Should Be Considered A Psychiatric Disorder]( By G. Shane Morris By deferring kids for ‘fur-babies,’ the dog-boomer generation is missing out on the real joys of parenthood and pets. [Full article]( [Music Legend Ella Fitzgerald Proves Cultural Appropriation Complaints Are Vapid]( By Jay Weiser Amid the Ella Fitzgerald centennial celebrations, few note that she revived her career by consciously ‘whitening’ her vocal style in her nine Songbook albums. [Full article]( [The FCC’s Investigation Of Stephen Colbert Is Normal, But Shouldn’t Be]( By Anthony Fisher The real problem is that it’s standard operating procedure for an unelected commission of bureaucrats to investigate complaints about what some guy says on air. [Full article]( [Parents Magazine Needs To Check The Facts Before Scaring Moms About Pre-Existing Conditions]( By Hadley Heath Manning Parents Magazine's article on the AHCA misinforms readers about the potential effects of the legislation and the state of health care today. [Full article]( [Attack Sebastian Gorka’s Ideas, Not His Credentials Or Person]( By Kevin Stuart Before you try to destroy a man’s career, you should make sure to get the details right. Attacks on Trump advisor Sebastian Gorka’s academic credentials are so far thin. [Full article]( [Why DeVos Should Rescind Obama’s Ban On Disciplining Minority Kids In School]( By Max Eden Increasing evidence supports the common sense intuition that when you tie teachers’ hands on maintaining order, bad things will happen to kids. [Full article]( [Why We’ll Miss The United Kingdom’s Prince Philip Now That He’s Retired]( By Holly Scheer Prince Philip may be retiring from the level of service and activity he’s maintained for more than half a century, but he’s still a vivid and important figure. [Full article]( [Apple Is Throttling Its New iPhones To Make More Money]( By Stacy Washington Rather than incorporating the best innovations, Apple now resorts to intimidating its partners, while locking consumers into their products rather than earning their loyalty. [Full article]( [James Mattis Should Focus On Islamic Terror Instead Of Palestinian Grievances]( By Andrew Lappin Defense Secretary James Mattis squandered an opportunity to start molding a strategic doctrine that would focus on the goal of isolating political Islam. [Full article]( [Podcast: An Up Close Look At The Infamous Mexican Border Wall]( By The Federalist Staff Kelsey Harkness returns from her trip to the San Diego border, joining the Federalist Radio Hour to discuss the wall, religious liberty, and some yoga. [Full article]( [Solar Energy Jobs Are Economic Potemkin Villages]( By David Harsanyi A productive sector has the fewest number of people producing the greatest number of things we need. Solar does the opposite. [Full article]( [No, GOP’s Obamacare Update Doesn’t Make Rape A Pre-Existing Condition]( By Robert Tracinski The left has been freaking out so long they can't tell true from false. Take the headlines that the AHCA makes sexual assault a 'pre-existing condition.' [Full article]( THE GLOBALISTS FINALLY CATCH A BREAK Macron is the youngest head of state in France since Napoleon Bonaparte. At the time of his ascension, Napoleon had put down a royal insurrection, conquered the entire Italian peninsula, and led an expedition to Egypt which discovered the Rosetta Stone. At the time of his, Macron has graduated from the École nationale d’administration, worked as an investment banker for Rothschild & Cie Banque, and later as a civil servant. Macron has never led an organization of any size – not an army, not a business, not even a pastry shop. And now he is the great hope of the globalists in France who view his rise as their first glimmer of optimism after a run of defeats in the UK and the US. It may be that Macron is just a slightly more pro-business version of Hollande who will not rock the boat. Or it could be that he is an inexperienced leader who only rose because the more experienced options ate each other. We shall see. 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 618Alexandria, VA 22309 [Add us to your address book]( [unsubscribe from this list]( | [update subscription preferences]( | [view email in browser](