The Federalist Daily Briefing for 07/06/2017

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](. July 6, 2017 [Obamacare Is Causing Insurers To Delay Surgeries Patients Need]( By Richard Menger A new study in a leading neurosurgical journal proves that insurance companies are refusing to pay for especially higher-cost surgeries because Obamacare has slashed their profits. [Full article]( [Why ‘Baby Driver’ May Have The Most Redemptive Antihero Ever]( By Matthew Garnett We all love to watch films about troubled human beings who struggle with their sin, and ultimately find redemption. Because ultimately, they offer us hope. [Full article]( [I Bought Poets And Writers Magazine And All I Found Was This Lousy Resistance]( By Timothy D. Lusch The pathetic fragility of writers shouting hysterically to the rest of the planet that nebulous resistance is the way forward is something recent. [Full article]( [Leading Climate Scientist Says Debating Scientific Theories Would Be ‘Un-American’]( By Julie Kelly You'd think the 97 percent of scientists who supposedly all agree about climate change would eagerly line up to vanquish climate deniers—but apparently not. [Full article]( [One Year After Philando Castile’s Death, 4 Black Christian Leaders Share Why It Still Haunts Them]( By Josh Shepherd Black voices from across America offer their views on this tragedy, and what we can learn as we share in the family’s grief. [Full article]( [Why Chris Christie Finally Crossed The Line From Populism Into Arrogance]( By Jonathan S. Tobin Gov. Chris Christie’s ability to rise above controversy is at an end. Therein hangs a lesson for all politicians about the difference between populism and arrogance. [Full article]( [‘Star Wars’ Killed American Cinema By Creating The Blockbuster]( By Benjamin Kerstein By the simple fact of making and continuing to make so much money, ‘Star Wars’ became the film everyone wanted to make again. [Full article]( [Reading Jules Verne This Summer Could Introduce Children To Endless Worlds Of Adventure]( By Jamie Gass As vacation begins, decades of K-12 education research tells us that summertime is when the academic paths of higher- and lower-performing students most radically diverge. [Full article]( [5 Folk Tales That Would Have Taught Rob Kardashian How To Handle Blac Chyna]( By Nicole Fisher As the latest Kardashian drama continues to unfold, several lessons have, too. Fables, folktales, and the golden rule offer timeless wisdom. [Full article]( [Watch 20 GIFs Of CNN Getting Bodyslammed]( By Jordyn Pair After CNN threatened to unmask an anonymous Reddit user for creating a GIF making fun of them, the Internet fired back. [Full article]( [Reactions To Globalist Elites, An Outraged CNN, And Trump’s Political Future]( By The Federalist Staff Will Rahn is the politics editor at CBS News digital. He discusses CNN's reaction to a Reddit Gif and other news from the week. [Full article]( [Ted Cruz: CNN May Have Broken The Law With Doxxing Threat]( By The Federalist Staff Ted Cruz said CNN may have broken the law after they threatened to publicly expose the person who created a GIF of Donald Trump beating up CNN. [Full article]( [What CNN’s Threat To Dox A Redditor Tells Us About The State Of Journalism]( By David Harsanyi Inducing some random meme-making troll to grovel and apologize for his wrongthink isn't journalism. [Full article]( [CNN Just Published A Fake Quote From Abraham Lincoln]( By Mollie Hemingway To celebrate the Fourth of July, CNN tweeted out quotes from notable Americans including one from Abraham Lincoln. The thing is, it's fake. [Full article]( THE FREEDOM TO MEME you were thinking that upon emerging from this holiday weekend, we would be discussing today the importance of the G-20 summit, the seriousness of the North Korean threat, and the potential blowback for Republicans challenged on their health care legislation from constituents back home. But those are conversations for days that are long gone and far less dumb than the current days we inhabit, which involve feats of extraordinary stupidity and self-owns on a scale rarely experienced in the history of this young nation. You see, yesterday – perhaps because the smarter editors were out of the building celebrating Independence Day, shaking their heads over the latest ratings, wondering openly about the AT&T merger – CNN decided that in order to exact their revenge on President Trump’s decision to tweet out a GIF of fake wrestling to mock them, they needed to target the random Reddit poster who created the meme in the first place. 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