The Federalist Daily Briefing for 11/18/2019

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 18, 2019 [Americans Ignore Democrats’ Demands To Watch Their Impeachment Farce]( By Joy Pullmann Apparently 'I’m Sorry, Is Impeachment Not Entertaining Enough for You?' is the only messaging Democrats have left after actual evidence failed to surface for their latest set of wild anti-Trump claims. [Full article]( [Federalist Society Drowns Out Unhinged Protesters With Applause For Brett Kavanaugh]( By Erielle Davidson Kavanaugh’s speech, which spoke overwhelmingly of his gratitude for people who helped him and his family to weather his confirmation hearings, also offered another message: one of supreme fearlessness. [Full article]( [Why The Planned Parenthood Whistleblower Case Will Likely Hit The Supreme Court]( By Margot Cleveland The country’s largest abortion provider sued undercover journalists after the 2015 release of a series of investigative videos that exposed Planned Parenthood’s trafficking in fetal parts. [Full article]( [Barr: Left Projecting Their Hatred Of Law, Self-Government Onto Trump]( By Joy Pullmann Barr recounted numerous significant instances in which a coalition of primarily unelected bureaucrats have obstructed Trump's use of presidential powers to an extent they never have for any other president. [Full article]( [9 Hits And Misses During Disney Plus’s Launch Week]( By Josh Shepherd On the strength of Star Wars, Marvel, and nearly a century’s worth of animated nostalgia, Disney Plus pulled in 10 million subscribers on day one — despite its tech problems. [Full article]( [Why ‘Jojo Rabbit’ Is Social Justice Filmmaking Done Right]( By Caroline D'Agati Director Taika Waititi lures us in with what makes us laugh, then shows us his true brilliance by making us cry. [Full article]( [Is Kavanaugh, The Supreme Court, Or The First Circuit Right About The Second Amendment?]( By Mark Overstreet Heller preemptively rejected the First Circuit’s notion that the right to keep and bear arms should be balanced against government’s claimed interest in banning guns and magazines. [Full article]( [Don’t Try Those Reinvented Mashed Potatoes For Thanksgiving. Use This No-Fail Classic]( By Ellie and Dave Bufkin If you can’t make a pretty convincing scale replica of Devil’s Tower in Wyoming out of your Thanksgiving mashed potatoes, you are using the wrong recipe. [Full article]( [The Untold Story Of T.S. Eliot And A Legendary Book Publisher]( By Clay Waters In 'Faber & Faber: The Untold Story,' Toby Faber tells the engaging history of his grandfather's literary institution and dishes on many of its more notable authors. [Full article]( [The Hardware Store Proves We’ll Never Erase The Sexes From Our Language]( By J.C. Bourque You see, I needed a self-centering hole locator to finish a rim joist on the deck we were building, and a pipe nipple, ballcock, and pipe dope for some plumbing repairs. I also needed to buttress a groin vault. [Full article]( [Intercept: Buttigieg Campaign Falsely Claimed Endorsements From Black South Carolina Leaders]( By Chrissy Clark Buttigieg's campaign falsified endorsements of prominent black South Carolinians and used Kenyan stock photos as promotional material for his Douglass Plan. [Full article]( [In Des Moines Register Poll, Pete Buttigieg Skyrockets To First Place In Iowa]( By Chrissy Clark A new Des Moines Register/CNN poll shows Pete Buttigieg skyrocketing past the three former front-runners in Iowa, polling at 25 percent. [Full article]( A FEW THOUGHTS ON IMPEACHMENT edition of The Transom ran into the snags of insufficient cross-Atlantic airplane wifi and a medical emergency (not mine) on the plane – but here are a few thoughts regarding the first day of public impeachment hearings: Whatever that was, it was not a blockbuster. There were no sexy new revelations. The only thing new we learned is of a phone call with Ambassador Sondland, overheard by a staffer to Bill Taylor. To the degree anticipated revelations were designed to fuel impeachment, this is yet another example of Congressional Democrats conceding their leadership strategy to the American media. 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. Our mailing address is: The Federalist 611 Pennsylvania Ave SE #247Washington, DC 20003-4303 [Add us to your address book]( [unsubscribe from this list]( | [update subscription preferences]( | [view email in browser](