The Federalist Daily Briefing for 05/22/2019

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](. May 22, 2019 [What Do Rape Victims Say About Their Pregnancies?]( By Stephanie Gray Women who faced the unspeakable horror of rape, with a resulting pregnancy, speak out on what that experience was like and why they chose life. [Full article]( [‘Game Of Thrones’ Reminds Us The Road To Utopia Is Paved With Blood And Ashes]( By Helen Raleigh Daenerys didn’t suddenly become a tyrant in season eight. She was on her way to becoming one right in front of our very own eyes for several seasons. [Full article]( [18 Months Into Me Too, Male Bosses Are Afraid To Meet With Female Employees]( By Emily Jashinsky A recent poll commissioned by Lean In found some men are increasingly struggling to interact with women in professional settings. [Full article]( [Why Joe Biden Should Put The Damper On Trump Impeachment Talk]( By David Marcus Joe Biden is running a campaign based on national unity. An impeachment battle is the worst thing that could happen to his efforts. [Full article]( [Media Loves Book Insisting Boys Are The Problem With Boyhood]( By Glenn T. Stanton The much-lauded parenting author Michael Reichert believes the only thing we have to fear about boyhood is boyhood itself. [Full article]( [Why It Doesn’t Matter Who Wins Democrats’ 2020 Primary]( By Saritha Prabhu What the heck happens after this much-ballyhooed 2020 election? Will there be any compromise, will anything get done? We know the answer to that. [Full article]( [Trans Activists Silence The Science So They Can Claim It’s On Their Side]( By Nathanael Blake It's telling that, in order to claim that science is on their side, trans activists need to bully actual scientists into silence about what the data and human experience actually suggests. [Full article]( [Superhero-Horror Hybrid ‘Brightburn’ Proves Less Can Be More]( By James Dawson At exactly half the length of 'Avengers: Endgame,' 'Brightburn' efficiently delivers a simple but solid story that's so fresh, frightening, and franchise-worthy you'll wish you could binge on a sequel as soon as it's over. [Full article]( [Why The Democratic Establishment Won’t Stand Up To Their Party’s Anti-Semites]( By Ben Weingarten Democratic leaders seem to have surmised that to keep together a party splitting both generationally and ideologically, they had to either court the radicals or risk early retirement. [Full article]( [Washington Post Publishes Abortion Article So Stupid You Won’t Believe It]( By Lew Jan Olowski The paper of record doesn't seem to grasp pro-lifers' basic arguments or to be capable of googling to avoid public embarrassment. [Full article]( [Hunt’s Apologizes For Assuming Manwich’s Sex]( By Rich Cromwell Hunt’s, the company known for making tomato products, has officially apologized for assuming the sex of its canned sloppy Joe mix. [Full article]( [Both Democratic Frontrunners Voted For The Religious Freedom Restoration Act In 1993. Do They Still Support It?]( By David Marcus Do Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders still believe in the religious freedom they both voted for in 1993? [Full article]( [Life In The Hollow Golden Age Of Television]( By Ben Domenech Are shows likes Game of Thrones really what we want history to record what we were doing when the debt ballooned and fertility collapsed? [Full article]( [Obama-Era State Department Official Provides More Evidence Of FISA Abuse]( By Margot Cleveland Kathleen Kavalec’s notes provide at least four more pieces of proof to the already-conclusive case of FISA abuse and wrongful government targeting. [Full article]( [Carter Page: Obama’s FBI, DOJ May Have Spied On Trump Admin, Not Just Campaign]( By Margot Cleveland Carter Page’s revelation that he remained in touch with Steve Bannon and others during the transition period and following Trump’s inauguration raises a much larger question. [Full article]( [Is Concern For Rebuilding Notre Dame About Piety Or Aesthetics?]( By Maureen Mullarkey No tears fall for these parishes in Florida's panhandle, devastated by hurricanes, that lack the supernal sheen of great architecture. [Full article]( [The Conventional Wisdom About Millennial Suffering Is A Myth]( By David Harsanyi Despite a sense of unearned victimhood, millennials haven't had it harder than those who came before them. In most ways, the opposite is true. [Full article]( [Why Daenerys Targaryen’s Transformation Into A Totalitarian Was Perfectly Logical]( By Jonathan S. Tobin The ending of the TV saga may not have pleased everyone, but its warning about messianic movements like the one Daenerys Targaryen led should be taken to heart. [Full article]( [In Wake Of Federal Tax Reform, Blue States Scramble To Hide High Taxes]( By Kyle Sammin Democrats insist richer people need to pay more taxes. When that becomes slightly more true because of a Republican initiative, they hide income. [Full article]( [3 Negative Consequences From Not Prosecuting Parents For Obtaining Abortions]( By Georgi Boorman and James Silberman Pro-lifers have unintentionally sowed the seeds of injustice by exempting mothers who get abortions from prosecution. They, too, should face consequences. [Full article]( THUNDERDOME: NORMALCY, AMBITION, ASPIRATION Biden is finally officially entered into the 2020 stakes, and that means it’s time to welcome you to THUNDERDOME. Twenty three Democrats are currently vying for the opportunity to take on Donald Trump, and while only one can be the chosen champion, the fight to seize that opportunity is likely to be extremely bloody and aggressive. There are built in competing narratives about the future of the country that will be unavoidable for Democrats, and while much of the electorate is indeed pragmatic and willing to back the candidate who, on paper, looks likeliest to win, getting there is not going to be an easy or painless process. And as always, we should expect unexpected twists along the way. Read more of The Transom by signing up for a [free trial]( today. [follow on Twitter](Twitter Account not yet Authorized) | [friend on Facebook](#) | [forward to a friend]( Copyright © 2019 The Federalist, All rights reserved. You are receiving this e-mail because you opted in to receive e-mail updates from TheFederalist.com. 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