The Federalist Daily Briefing for 11/21/2017

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](. November 21, 2017 [Sex Scandals Reveal How The Left Uses Shame To Destroy Morality]( By Casey Chalk Shame, we are now told, is back in vogue, particularly if directed towards sexual harassment. Yet the Left has been appropriating shame to serve its ideological objectives for generations. [Full article]( [5 Simple Thanksgiving Traditions To Start With Your Family]( By Vanessa Rasanen Our best efforts to establish routine don’t always go smoothly and we may be left wondering what to do now. Here are five fresh ideas to help you create new and lasting holiday traditions. [Full article]( [NFL Kneelers’ Biggest Problem Is That We’re All Bored With Their Protest]( By J.T. Young The Left is inherently inclined to self-indulgent subjectivity that often alienates the majority they need to win over. [Full article]( [This Year’s Starbucks Christmas Cup Controversy Is The Most Fake Yet]( By Mollie Hemingway This year, the entirety of the evidence for this New York Times article appears to be -- and I'm completely serious -- a single tweet by someone with 16 followers as of press time. [Full article]( [Netflix’s ‘Punisher’ Uses A Blue-Collar Hero To Heap Scorn On America]( By Titus Techera Netflix can be happy that after duds like ‘Iron Fist’ and ‘The Defenders’ they’ve returned to something gritty that works without ridiculous fairy tales. [Full article]( [Rolling Stone’s 50th Anniversary Is Also Its Time For An Obituary]( By Bruce Edward Walker In the wake of a somewhat unflattering Jann Wenner biography and two boneheaded exercises in journalism, Rolling Stone is mounting a full-court defense of its 50-year legacy. [Full article]( [Lena Dunham’s Rape Virtue-Signaling Comes Back To Haunt Her]( By Ashe Schow When her ‘Girls’ writing partner Murray Miller was accused of sexual assault last week, Dunham defended him. Big no-no. [Full article]( [5 Ways Taylor Swift Is A Capitalist Clairvoyant]( By Nicole Russell With ‘Reputation,’ Taylor Swift has sold more albums in four days than any other album has sold the entire year. This is the free market at its finest. [Full article]( [Democrats Have Zero Credibility To Attack Trump After Hiding Bill Clinton’s Sexcapades]( By Margot Cleveland Just one year ago, when denouncing serial predator and likely rapist Bill Clinton might have mattered, the Left instead embraced him and cheered on his chief enabler. [Full article]( [How You Can Beta Test An Add-On That Turns Your Smartphone Into A Classic Game Boy]( By Sarah Dezelin Hyperkin is developing a device that would allow you to play Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Game Boy Advance games on your Android. [Full article]( [Podcast: What’s Going On With The Current Religious Liberty Court Cases]( By Madeline Orr Jeremy Dys is deputy general counsel at the First Liberty Institute, the largest legal organization in the nation dedicated to protecting religious liberty. Dys joins Federalist Read More ( [Full article]( THE MEDIA BUBBLE the past several years, multiple digital entities have raised funds with absurd valuations – valuations that had no rational justification. BuzzFeed and Vice have been the most prominent example of this, but there are many others. The idea that these properties have more value than other media entities is mostly based in absurdity – if they really were this valuable, their best people would simply be poached by a new entity that could replicate their success quickly. The bubble this approach has formed is an open secret in media, and as Facebook and Google have snarfed up more and more of the ad dollars available to other entities, we’ve all just been waiting for it to pop. 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](//thefederalist.us7.list-manage.com/vcard?u=4a863c819bceae0e9989e096f&id=cfcb868ceb) [unsubscribe from this list]( | [update subscription preferences]( | [view email in browser](