The Federalist Daily Briefing for 06/20/2017

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](. June 20, 2017 [Ignoring The Radical Left Is Worse Than Ignoring Alex Jones]( By John Daniel Davidson Charlie Sykes argues that it’s dangerous for the Right to ignore fringe figures like Alex Jones. But the Left has a much worse track record. [Full article]( [Why The Watergate Comparison Best Fits The Obama Administration]( By Claudine Feledick Is it possible that the machinations in the Nixon administration resemble recent reports about the intelligence agencies under the Obama administration? [Full article]( [Top 10 Wins And Failures Of President Trump’s First 5 Months]( By Josh Shepherd Many are still seeking to understand this unpredictable president—what he’s accomplished, how he’s failed, and the hard truths both sides refuse to admit. [Full article]( [New Kind Of Terror In London Sees Potential Vigilante Attacking Muslims]( By Megan G. Oprea The mosque attack does suggest that Britain is at a dangerous boiling point and that the violence is now coming from both sides of the spectrum. [Full article]( [Even Lena Dunham Can No Longer Defend Obama’s Contraception Mandate]( By Annie R. MacLean Lena Dunham doesn’t argue that commitment-free sex and abortion are more foundational to self-government than the right of Catholic nuns to serve others according to their faith. [Full article]( [Senate’s Delayed Medicaid Phase-Out Idea Will Equal No Phase-Out At All]( By Christopher Jacobs Senators have floated a lengthy phase-out of the enhanced federal match associated with Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion. That likely dooms any real Medicaid restraint. [Full article]( [How The Nanny State May Soon Destroy Fans’ View Of Baseball Games]( By Jonathan S. Tobin The Mets announced they will extend field nets to the camera wells beyond the dugouts. That will both shield far more spectators while reducing the value of many more seats. [Full article]( [Here’s The Graceful Commencement Speech Hillary Clinton Should Have Given This Year]( By Mary Hallan FioRito Commencement season has just about capped up. No commencement address this year was more closely watched and analyzed than the one Hillary Clinton gave at her alma mater, Wellesley. [Full article]( [Jeff Koons’ ‘Ballerina’ Reminds Us That Originality Matters]( By Robin Ridless The artist didn't break any laws by copying a sculptor's work. But he did deprive us of an amazing story about that woman's creativity and imagination. [Full article]( [Congressional Democrats Defend Obamacare At Their Own Peril]( By Christopher Jacobs In their efforts to keep the Affordable Care Act alive, Congressional Democrats don't seem to notice that they're giving ever more power to the executive. [Full article]( [We Should Trust The Cubans Who Fled Communism And Testify Of Its Horrors]( By C'zar Bernstein People who’ve experienced Castroism are far more qualified than the relatively affluent Cuban-Americans who’ve lived far away from the harms of communism. [Full article]( [China Isn’t The Only Country To Blame For The World’s North Korea Problem]( By James Hasson Conspicuously missing is significant attention to the country that bears a large share of the blame for the current crisis and could play a crucial role in the future: Pakistan. [Full article]( [Chris Bedford: Political Violence, Economic Populism, And Corporate Political Power]( By The Federalist Staff Ben Domenech is back hosting the Federalist Radio Hour with Chris Bedford of the Daily Caller News Foundation. [Full article]( [Mary Katharine Ham Calls Out Reporters For Re-Writing History On Obamacare]( By The Federalist Staff Federalist senior writer Mary Katharine Ham called out reporters for rewriting history by reminding them that the process to pass Obamacare was not transparent. [Full article]( [Sorry, But Men Can’t Get Periods]( By Bre Payton Pretending the confines of biology and physics do not apply does not make it so. [Full article]( [Republicans Aren’t “Sabotaging” Obamacare. It’s Failing On Its Own.]( By David Harsanyi As Obamacare continues its slow-motion collapse, liberals have latched onto an effective talking point: accusing Republicans of 'sabotaging' the law by creating 'uncertainty.' [Full article]( [Globalism And Why We Hate Each Other]( By Ben Domenech We shouldn’t make the mistake of thinking that the current escalations in political rhetoric and acts of violence are divorced from these broader globalist trends. [Full article]( GLOBALISM AND WHY WE HATE EACH OTHER of the most persistent problems within the coverage of politics today is the lack of definition of commonly used terms. This is particularly irritating within the policy space, but it inhabits the legal and political space as well, given a commentariat that typically must cram their points into 30 second bites – 15 seconds if you are on one of CNN’s infamous Council of Trent panels. A term that is particularly lacking in this arena is how we define “globalism” and “globalists”. We have been talking about them for years, and still we lack a real definition of what this term means. Globalism can certainly mean NAFTA, the WTO, and maintaining post-war order in Europe. It can mean Angela Merkel-like technocracy, the global system of property rights, a lenient attitude toward borders and a welcoming attitude toward Middle Eastern refugees. As a general rule, this mindset is well represented by Bret Stephens, whose book stressed the importance of being the world’s policeman, and whose latest column has a tongue in cheek call (I assume) for deporting Americans who don’t excel at the things he values. So globalism can also be an abiding belief that a nation is just where you happen to be walking about at a particular time. 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](