The Federalist Daily Briefing for 12/02/2019

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](. December 2, 2019 [Why Sen. Josh Hawley Is Right To Go After Negligent Landlords]( By Nathanael Blake Conservatives should join Hawley in his campaign against St. Louis slumlords. The self-appointed defenders of the free market only discredit themselves and their system by appearing indifferent to bad actors within it. [Full article]( [21 Reasons Not To Believe Christine Blasey Ford’s Claims About Justice Kavanaugh]( By Mollie Hemingway and Carrie Severino The ACLU recently awarded Brett Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford. It is unclear why politicians and pundits still claim to believe Ford, given the lack of evidence in support of her serious accusations. [Full article]( [Why Trump Should Hit Pause On Designating Mexican Cartels As Terrorists]( By Todd Bensman The terrorist designation is not official yet. That’s good, because someone needs to hit the pause button on this. [Full article]( [Unprecedented Leaks Underscore Deep Discontent Inside China]( By Helen Raleigh While the world was still digesting the Xinjiang Papers, two more China-related intelligence information bombs were dropped the weekend before Thanksgiving. [Full article]( [Democratic Presidential Hopefuls Meet With Terrorist-Run Pay-To-Slay Group]( By Benjamin Baird Why did Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders meet with a legal advocacy group founded by a convicted terrorist and that functions as a de facto ‘martyrs fund’ for American jihadists? [Full article]( [10 Reflections From A First-Time NICU Mom]( By Kelsey Bolar Never did I imagine the NICU would be where my daughter would spend the first month and three days of her life. Here’s what I learned. [Full article]( [No, Nancy Pelosi Won’t Be President If Trump And Pence Are Impeached]( By Kyle Sammin By putting constitutionally ineligible officers into the presidential succession, the Congress in 1947 guaranteed a court fight should a double vacancy ever occur. [Full article]( [The Only Person Ruining Kamala Harris’s Presidential Campaign Is Kamala Harris]( By Libby Emmons Kamala Harris came onto the presidential scene January 2019, and since then she’s done very little to distinguish herself. [Full article]( [Most Americans Think Cohabitation Is Fine, But That’s Not What Social Science Says]( By Peter Sprigg A new Pew Research Center study shows more Americans both cohabitate and find cohabitation acceptable than ever before. But cohabitation actually hurts people, especially kids. [Full article]( [I Lost My Girlfriend In A Hallmark Movie. This Is My Story]( By David Marcus This is the side of the story you never hear in a Hallmark movie. [Full article]( [How U.K. Free-Riding On U.S. Drug Innovation Is Affecting Brexit]( By Christopher Jacobs The Labour Party has raised the specter of the Conservatives ‘putting the NHS up for sale’ to reach a post-Brexit trade agreement with the United States. [Full article]( GEORGE WASHINGTON’S THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor – and whereas both Houses of Congress have by their joint Committee requested me to recommend to the People of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness. 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](