The Federalist Daily Briefing for 08/01/2019

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](. August 1, 2019 [Baltimore’s Homicide Rate Is So High, Residents Could Claim U.S. Asylum If They Weren’t Americans]( By Ellie Bufkin People have long misrepresented Baltimore, but much of what President Trump said this past weekend about my cherished hometown was right on the nose. [Full article]( [The Big Loser In Last Night’s Debate Was Barack Obama]( By David Marcus The former president so closely tied to frontrunner Joe Biden saw much of his legacy thrown under the bus. [Full article]( [5 Real Solutions For The Troubled Cities Democrats Helped Cripple]( By Joshua Lawson Democrats have run America's most dangerous cities for decades. They have no answers. Here are five solutions to fix the problems Democrat policies made worse. [Full article]( [Why Christian Women Don’t Need To Be Pastors To Be Equal With Men]( By Hans Fiene Christianity offers countless joys to the lost and fallen sinners of this world. But if you’re looking for the joy that comes from receiving equal access to every aspect of the church’s ministry, you’re going to be disappointed. [Full article]( [Court Strikes Down Effort To Punish Trump For WikiLeaks Release Of DNC Emails]( By Adam Mill A Bill Clinton-appointed judge dismissed a case that, at its core, was a private effort to punish and deter free speech because it embarrassed the left. [Full article]( [How Capital Punishment Preserves The Value Of Human Life]( By Jonathan Lange Capital punishment acknowledges both the existence of objective evil and human government’s responsibility to execute justice. To conflate it with the killing of the innocent is reprehensible. [Full article]( [Bret Stephens Touts Willa Cather As ‘Perfect Antidote’ To Trump. NYT Readers Shred Them Both]( By Kevin Mims Dozens of leftist readers wrote to accuse Willa Cather of anti-Semitism, nativist bias, white-washing Indian genocide, and other crimes against humanity. [Full article]( [8 Top Highlights From Night Two Of The Second Round Of Democratic Debates]( By Tristan Justice Ten candidates seeking the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination took to the stage again Wednesday to make their case to voters for 2020. [Full article]( [Turkey Is A Case Study In What’s Wrong With NATO]( By Willis L. Krumholz Will you send your son or daughter to die for autocratic Turkey? Then why is the United States committed to defending this nation if any other country attacks it? [Full article]( [Another Chart Proves Democrats’ Health Proposals Will Strip Your Current Coverage]( By Christopher Jacobs Most Democrats ultimately want to get to a government-run system. They only differ on how quickly to throw Americans off their current health coverage. [Full article]( [To Skeptical Students, Hawley Defends New Bill Banning Social Media Features]( By Tristan Justice Hawley has been one of the leading senators advocating for more regulation of big tech, joining unlikely allies including 2020 White House hopefuls Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI.) [Full article]( [Top Tweets Of Night Two Of The Second Round Of Democratic Debates]( By Kyle Sammin We've collected the best tweets about the round two of the Democratic debate from Detroit. You can feel like you really watched it without the discomfort of having actually done so. [Full article]( [Amid Gangbusters Economy, Democrats Struggle To Make Their Case]( By Paulina Enck The 20 Democrats running for president offer one thing President Trump is not: free stuff, paid for by even higher taxes on the rich people who employ everybody else. [Full article]( [Kamala Harris Calls Out Joe Biden For Flip-Flopping On The Hyde Amendment]( By Madeline Osburn Harris conveniently did not explain that the "health care" funding she was criticizing Biden for not supporting was taxpayer-funded abortions. [Full article]( [Tulsi Gabbard Wrecks Kamala Harris Over Abusive Prosecutorial Record]( By Chrissy Clark During the second night of the Democratic primary debates in Detroit, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard attacked Sen. Kamala Harris on her questionable record as California attorney general. [Full article]( [Joe Biden Throws First Punch At Kamala Harris During Second Democratic Debate]( By Chrissy Clark In night two of the second round of Democratic debates, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris fought hard about their health care proposals. [Full article]( [John Delaney Strikes Back At Warren, Getting The Last Word Before Second Debate]( By Tristan Justice Former Rep. John Delaney released a statement Wednesday before the debate, blasting Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren for their debate strategy. [Full article]( [First CNN Debate Suffers Big Ratings Drop]( By Emily Jashinsky The network presided over a significant decline in viewership following NBC's debate broadcasts in late June. Tuesday night's ten-candidate match-up drew only 8.7 million television viewers. [Full article]( [Josh Hawley’s New Tech Bill Would Make The Government America’s Mom]( By Susanna Hoffman People can be their own monitors of media time, not the government. [Full article]( [Compared To The Democrats, Donald Trump Is Moderate]( By David Harsanyi When it comes to policy, Donald Trump makes the presidential hopefuls of the Democratic Party look like a gaggle of extremists. [Full article]( DETROIT NIGHT ONE DEBATE REAX night’s debate was a long, brutal slog for the candidates on stage, and all the more so for the viewers. The approach used by CNN resulted in an absurd amount of debate time for former Rep. John Delaney as he was repeatedly used as a stand-in for Joe Biden or other centrists in numerous ways, despite his zero percent polling average. Focusing on Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, Delaney, Hickenlooper, Bullock, and Ryan tried to make the most of their time offering critiques of the aggressive progressivism of other candidates – these were largely dismissed as “Republican talking points”, which they are, which is exactly why they ought to be tested and overcome at this stage instead of in a general election. But it’s easier to dismiss them and promise free college. 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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