The Federalist Daily Briefing for 09/21/2017

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](. September 21, 2017 [Trump’s Straight Talk At The United Nations Disturbs Global Elite]( By Megan G. Oprea What really irked the international community was that Trump called into question the fantasy of the internationalist order. [Full article]( [If You Want Medicare For All, Get Used To Eating Rabbit Now]( By Helen Raleigh When socialism runs out of money and has no more free stuff to give, it wreaks havoc on a country's economy and its people. Just ask Venezuela. [Full article]( [Ken Burns’ New Vietnam War Documentary Speaks For Silent Soldiers Like My Father]( By Casey Chalk Despite his liberal, pacifist inclinations, my father answered his country's call during the Vietnam War, and worked as a U.S. Army medic. [Full article]( [I’m A Conservative Harvard Student, And Rescinding Manning’s Invite Worries Me]( By Brett Banker Although I believe Chelsea Manning is a traitor, the decision to rescind Manning’s fellowship will set a dangerous precedent that could damage Republicans on campus. [Full article]( [‘What Happened’ Is The Love Song Of Hillary Rodham Clinton]( By Kyle Sammin 'What Happened,' Hillary Clinton's campaign memoir, is a tone-deaf litany of predictable excuses for her 2016 loss. But is it an attempt to set herself up for another run for public office? [Full article]( [5 Factors That Could Interfere With Graham-Cassidy’s State Health Care Waivers]( By Christopher Jacobs On the two critical questions—will it lower insurance premiums, and will it generate a system that works for states?—a textual analysis of Graham-Cassidy yields significant doubts. [Full article]( [Watching The 1950s ‘What’s My Line?’ Will Challenge Your Assumptions About Humanity]( By David Breitenbeck Just by watching an old game show, we meet a way of thinking about the world that is noticeably different from our own. [Full article]( [Why Handmade Western Boots Will Never Go Out Of Style]( By Zarah Parker A boot-maker and his customers see the tradition in the handmade boot and want to hold onto the past in this vastly changing world that distorts classic American culture. [Full article]( [Westerners Who Hate On Christianity Have No Idea How It Shapes Their Thoughts]( By Michael Morris The effect of Christian thought in our lives is so ubiquitous that, even as controversial as they are in our public discourse, the injunctions of the Ten Commandments appear obvious. [Full article]( [A Health Care Solution So Simple, Even Congress Could Pass It]( By Justin Haskins Lost in the political drama is why health-care reform legislation is so difficult to pass in the first place and why the solution to the problem, which is exceedingly simple, is being ignored. [Full article]( [Why Women Will Feel More Fulfilled If They Ditch Women’s Magazines]( By Katrina Willis Although once an effective tool to foster sorority, women’s magazines are slowly dismantling womanhood, one feminist idea at a time. [Full article]( [Podcast: Campus Speech, Hollywood’s Politicization, And Jimmy Kimmel On Health Care]( By The Federalist Staff Emily Jashinsky, commentary writer at the Washington Examiner, talks Emmys, campus crazies, and health care on the Federalist Radio Hour. [Full article]( [PHOTOS: This Is The Luxury Resort Sen. Menendez Stayed In Thanks To Wealthy Donor]( By Bre Payton Here's a closer look at the luxury resort prosecutors say Sen. Bob Menendez stayed at on his co-defendant's dime. [Full article]( [How Graham-Cassidy’s Funding Formula Gives Washington Unprecedented Power]( By Christopher Jacobs Which states will end up the proverbial winners and losers under the Graham-Cassidy bill? The answer is simple: Nope. [Full article]( [Why Does Jimmy Kimmel Want Americans To Suffer?]( By David Harsanyi The Graham-Cassidy proposal does not break 'The Jimmy Kimmel Test.' If anything, it more fairly divvies up federal dollars to the states. [Full article]( [Single Payer Support Makes a Bipartisan Health Care Deal Impossible]( By Ben Domenech No health care deal can happen at a federal level when the two sides are so opposed, and where Republicans know that is where we are headed next. [Full article]( SINGLE PAYER SUPPORT EQUALS NO HEALTH CARE DEAL Senate is leaving town at the moment with no vote set on the proposed Obamacare overhaul, but the possibility that they could be voting within the next ten days is real. The number one thing opponents of the Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson proposal need to understand is the impossibility at this juncture of true repeal on the one hand or a bipartisan solution on the other. True repeal, while promised by Republicans repeatedly, was a lie that they were never going to deliver on. So we must deal in the real world, and not the imaginary one where principles matter. 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](