The Federalist Daily Briefing for 08/27/2018

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](. August 27, 2018 [Here Are The Questions Bruce Ohr Needs To Answer In His Testimony Before Congress]( By Margot Cleveland Should Ohr show up ready to talk, House oversight committee chairman Trey Gowdy and his fellow members of Congress should get answers to these questions Tuesday. [Full article]( [The Murder Of Mollie Tibbetts Is Reason To Loosen Immigration Laws, Not Restrict Them]( By John Daniel Davidson The real lesson is that people who want to come here and work will find a way to do it, regardless of the barriers in their path. [Full article]( [The Silence Over A Potential Chinese Spy In Feinstein’s Office Is Deafening]( By Ben Weingarten From the start, this was a story the media had no interest in covering. Now it is apparent that our political class has no interest in probing it. [Full article]( [If Amazon Can Ban My Best-Selling Gun-Blueprint Book, It Can Ban Anything]( By Max McGuire The left is now arguing we may have a right to buy guns and a right to free speech, but we have no right to talk about how to make guns. [Full article]( [Is Careless Talk About Socialism How We Get President Elizabeth Warren?]( By Warren Henry The right needs to be precise in its language when it attacks socialism or the social welfare state, and careful to educate voters. [Full article]( [Trump Is Right: Regional Allies, Not The United States, Should Rebuild Syria]( By Willis L. Krumholz The Trump administration’s move to cut off aid to Syria is in America's best interests, and it's good for the Syrian people too. [Full article]( [Craft Store Takes Unprecedented Measures To Cope With Trump’s Tariffs]( By Ross Marchand Many of the items set to be taxed are craft supplies — like yarn and fleece — that are purchased from China and sold in U.S. stores. [Full article]( [Interview: CIA Operative Charles Sam Faddis On The State Of U.S. Counterintelligence]( By The Federalist Staff Ben Weingarten interviews a former CIA operative and leader of the CIA's Counter Terrorism Center’s WMD unit on the greatest threats to our national security. [Full article]( CALLS FOR COUPS AND IMPEACHMENT Todd says that a responsible Paul Ryan would start impeachment proceedings right now. “You now have a president of the United States accused of committing a federal crime,” Todd said on Wednesday’s Today Show. “The way a functional Washington would work is that Congress, there is a process here. The sitting president is accused of a crime. The Judiciary Committee in the House of Representatives would begin to look to see if there’s enough evidence to start investigating and drawing up articles of impeachment, but this is not a functional Congress. This is a Congress controlled by Republicans.” Read more of The Transom by signing up for a [free trial]( today. [follow on Twitter]( | [friend on Facebook]( | [forward to a friend]( Copyright © 2018 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](