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The Federalist is an online magazine that covers politics, policy, culture, and religion. It was co-founded by Ben Domenech and Sean Davis; senior editors include David Harsanyi and Mollie Hemingway.
Federalism is defined as a system of government where there is one strong, central controlling authority, or the principles of a political party called the Federalists. An example of federalism is when there is one strong main government for the entire United States that has a lot of power and the individual states don't have much power.