The Federalist Daily Briefing for 11/08/2019

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](. November 8, 2019 [Mexican Ambassador Blames Drug Cartel Violence On Addicted Americans]( By Tristan Justice The letter from the Mexican government insinuating American demand for illicit substances is a key driver for cartel violence comes a few days after an ambush that killed nine Americans on Monday. [Full article]( [Kamala Harris Proposes Warehousing Children In Public Schools Until Dinner Every Day]( By Joy Pullmann Harris's proposal very visually falls in the category of making all parents into divorced dads, with visiting rights to their own children only on evenings and weekends. [Full article]( [Why Drug Legalization And Hugs For Terrorists Won’t Solve The Border Crisis]( By Sumantra Maitra At best, Mexico is a failed state. At worst, it is a rogue state, hostile to regional peace. The silence from politicians who would have otherwise cried intervention speaks volumes. [Full article]( [What’s ‘Incredibly Damaging To The Gospel,’ Joshua Harris, Are Your Lies About It]( By Katy Faust It seems to me that if Christians are serious about avoiding errors that are 'incredibly damaging to the gospel and the church,' we will be careful to get sex and marriage exactly right. [Full article]( [Chuck Schumer Is Perfectly Willing To Vote For ‘Not Qualified’ Judges When It’s Not Trump Appointing Them]( By Thomas Jipping Is there any reason that anonymous negative information from the American Bar Association should be discounted for Vanessa Bryant’s nomination but not for Lawrence VanDyke’s? [Full article]( [California Prof Tries To Shift Blame From Leftist Dumpster Fire For ‘Californiapocalypse’]( By Chuck DeVore Amy Wilentz, an English professor at the University of California, Irvine, details for The New York Times a truthy series of myths about California’s fiery, electric-less travails. [Full article]( [In Defense Of Sean Spicer’s Delightfully Talentless Romp Through ‘Dancing with the Stars’]( By Emily Jashinsky For many, a vote for Sean Spicer on 'Dancing with the Stars' is a vote for Trump, and sometimes a vote for Trump is a vote against the haters. [Full article]( [Nationalism, Populism, And Saving Ourselves From A Dark Future]( By Nathanael Blake First Things editor R.R. Reno's book, 'Return of the Strong Gods,' persuasively argues that tolerance and liberalism are now at odds with our community bonds and spiritual convictions. [Full article]( [Warren Advisor Admits Her Health Plan Raises Taxes On The Middle Class]( By Christopher Jacobs Unfortunately for Elizabeth Warren, her health advisor ‘authenticated’ Joe Biden’s attack that her required employer contribution will hit workers, and thus middle-class families. [Full article]( [Rich Lowry Makes A Clear And Compelling Defense Of Nationalism]( By Kyle Sammin National Review editor Rich Lowry's new book, 'The Case For Nationalism,' offers up a proper understanding and lucid defense of one of the most controversial words in the political lexicon. [Full article]( [Spain’s Socialists Will Do Whatever It Takes To Stay In Power — Even Exhuming Francisco Franco]( By Itxu Díaz Spanish socialists have discovered a goldmine of votes to dig out — along with the corpse of the general that defeated them in 1936 and kept Spain from becoming Stalin’s backyard. [Full article]( [America Is Not A Democracy, And We Don’t Want It To Be]( By David Weinberger Our Founding Fathers were keenly aware about the risks of governing solely by majority rule, which is why they gave us a constitutional republic laden with checks and balances. [Full article]( [Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions Endorses Trump In First Campaign Ad To Reclaim Senate Seat]( By Tristan Justice In the 30-second ad, Sessions noted the fact that he has refrained from criticizing the president as others have after leaving the administration. [Full article]( [Emails Reveal Burisma Consulting Firm Leveraged Hunter Biden To Get State Dept. Meetings]( By Erielle Davidson A State Department email from February 2016 cited specifically Hunter Biden’s involvement with Burisma when discussing the possibility of setting up a meeting with Burisma’s consulting firm. [Full article]( [No, Bret Stephens, Let’s Not Do In Mexico What We Did In Iraq]( By John Daniel Davidson No matter what elite media pundits say, Mexico’s troubles aren’t President Trump’s fault, and an Iraq War-style counterinsurgency campaign won’t solve them. [Full article]( [Mississippi Food Stamp Work Requirements Save State Taxpayers $93 Million Every Year]( By Tristan Justice The authors found that those weaned off of taxpayer support flourished across 716 industries and saw wages double just one year off of government assistance. [Full article]( [Somebody Please Tell Elizabeth Warren: Taxes Aren’t Philanthropy]( By Kylee Zempel While this may come as a shock to Warren and the media, philanthropy filtered through her plans isn’t philanthropy at all — it’s a political power grab. [Full article]( [Podcast: Rich Lowry On Nationalism And Why America Needs It]( By The Federalist Staff Rich Lowry and Ben Domenech discuss the foundations of nationalism, the cutlure war, and the post-liberal debate. [Full article]( [Tom Steyer’s Top Aide Tried To Bribe Local Politicians For Endorsements]( By Chrissy Clark A top aide to 2020 Democratic hopeful and billionaire Tom Steyer has reportedly offered money to local Iowa politicians in exchange for their endorsement. [Full article]( [ABC Declares War On Epstein Whistleblower, Then Attacks Trump Jr. For Naming CIA Whistleblower]( By Madeline Osburn On ABC's "The View" Thursday morning, host Abby Huntsman attacked guest Donald Trump Jr. for his tweet naming the White House whistleblower at the same time ABC network executives were hunting down and punishing their own internal whistleblower. [Full article]( YES, VIRGINIA, YOU’RE A BLUE STATE a KKK hood, alleged sexual assault, and horrendous comments about post-birth abortion? No problem for Virginia Democrats, who had the best night of any Democratic Party on Tuesday. This result was absolutely unsurprising, given the phenomenal and expensive effort put in by former Governor Terry McAuliffe to take over the General Assembly. Tram Nguyen, the head of the effort, crowed about the effort in the NYT. It’s a piece remarkable for mentioning not one single current elected statewide official – it’s as if the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Attorney General don’t even exist. How very odd. 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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