The Federalist Daily Briefing for 10/08/2018

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](. October 8, 2018 [‘We’re Coming For You’: Illiberal Left Goes Bananas Over Kavanaugh]( By Joy Pullmann Republican lawmakers report an unprecedented level of aggression, violence, and threats in the aftermath of Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation -- even higher than the aftermath of President Trump's election. [Full article]( [China’s Freaky Treatment Of Megastar Fan Bingbing Proves Communism Is Still Viciously Kicking]( By Helen Raleigh Anyone who thinks today's China is an open and free society, unlike the Communist China under Chairman Mao, should read Fan's letter word for word. [Full article]( [Three Academics And Seven Hoax Papers Expose The Western Academy’s Deep Corruption]( By Sumantra Maitra In an ideal world, this should be the death knell for academic feminism, race and gender studies, and other such activist departments. Their funding should dry out. [Full article]( [Why Bob Odenkirk Makes ‘Better Call Saul’ The Best Show On TV]( By Ellie Bufkin No other fictional person contained in a TV series has better portrayed unrelenting conflict and struggle like Jimmy McGill. [Full article]( [Democrats Dumbfounded To Find That Women Think For Themselves About Politics]( By Ellie Bufkin Conservative women today reject their casting as second-class citizens. They vote for what they believe to be a better America. The left just can’t understand it. [Full article]( [Facebook Stifles Ads For Film On Abortion Monster Kermit Gosnell]( By Rich Cromwell Producer: 'Facebook is censoring this story and destroying our attempts to get the news about this film out to the public.' [Full article]( [If Women Want To Be Free To Make Choices About Sex, They Need To Accept Responsibility For Bad Choices Too]( By Libby Emmons Do women really want an organized list of workplace demands over lifestyle that includes sexual behavior? [Full article]( [I’m Fed Up With Christians Pretending God Sanctions Their Politics]( By Jennie Treadway-Miller Is there a place for us on Sunday mornings where the week’s headlines aren’t repeated or subtly inserted into the liturgy, where God is at the center of the conversation, not a politician? [Full article]( [Democrats Have Taken The Abortion Debate Into Another Stratosphere]( By Theresa Bonopartis Democrats are amping up their rhetoric on abortion as the fight over Roe heats up. 'Safe, legal and rare' is far-gone slogan. [Full article]( [The Kavanaugh Confirmation Motivated Me To Rejoin The Republican Party]( By Krista Kafer Something about the Brett Kavanaugh circus these past two weeks made me reconsider staying on the sidelines. The new low in political gamesmanship disturbed me. [Full article]( [Why California’s Gun Ban For People With ‘Mental Illness’ Is A Bad Idea]( By Brad Polumbo and Liz Wolfe Conservatives and libertarians should take note of this new strategy that could be used to restrict gun rights under the guise of safety. [Full article]( [The Left Has Ripped Away The Pretense That The Supreme Court Isn’t Political]( By Julio Gonzalez The whole reason the nation has been subjected to the traumatic Brett Kavanaugh confirmation is because liberals know the Supreme Court is inherently political. [Full article]( [The ‘He Fights’ Mantra Of Trump Supporters Pays Off With Big Wins]( By Ben Domenech This is a radicalizing moment for Republicans who have grown tired of the sad, graceful loser and now prefer rude, offensive victor. [Full article]( POLLS: VOTERS AREN’T DOWN WITH KAVANAUGH ATTACKS to Harvard’s CAP/Harris Poll: 60% of voters support the confirmation of Kavanaugh if the FBI review finds no corroborating evidence, including 40% of Democrats and 58% of Independents. “A majority of Americans (60 percent) support Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court if the FBI finds no other evidence to corroborate Christine Blasey Ford’s accusation that he sexually assaulted her at a drunken high school party in the early 1980s, a new Harvard CAP / Harris Poll finds.” 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](