The Federalist Daily Briefing 2021-12-07

[View in browser]( Your daily update of new content from The Federalist Be lovers of freedom and anxious for the fray 2021-12-07 [GOP’s Fortenberry Targeted In Yet Another Questionable And Politicized Case From Troubled Department Of Justice]( [GOP’s Fortenberry Targeted In Yet Another Questionable And Politicized Case From Troubled Department Of Justice]( 'This set up of a highly effective and well-respected member of Congress is another alarming example of a Justice Department and FBI that are out of control.' Mollie Hemingway [Biden’s Border Crisis Is Killing More Americans Than Ever With Spike In Drug Trafficking]( [Biden’s Border Crisis Is Killing More Americans Than Ever With Spike In Drug Trafficking]( Cartels are taking advantage of law enforcement weaknesses and policy failures to smuggle record amounts of fentanyl into the United States. Vince Bielski [We Need A More Forceful Pushback To A Hostile Media]( [We Need A More Forceful Pushback To A Hostile Media]( In the book 'Bad News: How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy,' Batya Ungar-Sargon urges news consumers to champion unpopular opinions—but is it enough? Casey Chalk [The Media Isn’t Reporting It, But The Biden Administration Is Using A Trump Deportation Strategy]( [The Media Isn’t Reporting It, But The Biden Administration Is Using A Trump Deportation Strategy]( President Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security is carrying out secretive and escalating air deportations of tens of thousands of migrant border-crossers. Todd Bensman [If The Supreme Court Whiffs On Abortion, They’ll Blow Up The Conservative Legal Movement]( [If The Supreme Court Whiffs On Abortion, They’ll Blow Up The Conservative Legal Movement]( The Dobbs case challenging Roe v. Wade could bring grassroots conservatives back into the originalist fold, or it could ignite a civil war that would destroy the conservative legal movement. Nathanael Blake [Email Shows Biden’s FDA Pressured Google To Take Down YouTube Video On Monoclonal Antibody Drug]( [Email Shows Biden’s FDA Pressured Google To Take Down YouTube Video On Monoclonal Antibody Drug]( The Food and Drug Administration attempted to pressure a Google lobbyist into suppressing a YouTube video about monoclonal antibody treatments for COVID-19. Elle Reynolds [Unionizing Truckers Will Only Make The Supply Chain Crisis Worse]( [Unionizing Truckers Will Only Make The Supply Chain Crisis Worse]( The problem with trucking is not the pay, the trucking companies, nor the inherent danger of the work, it is the government artificially inserting itself into the industry. Matthew Garnett [Scared People, Stay Home And Leave Life To The Rest Of Us]( [Scared People, Stay Home And Leave Life To The Rest Of Us]( People conditioned to stay home now see no issue with ordering others to do the same, seemingly oblivious to their own demonstrated ability to do just that. Tristan Justice [Fairfax County Residents Oppose Renaming Lee Highway, But Unelected Bureaucrats Are Changing It Anyway]( [Fairfax County Residents Oppose Renaming Lee Highway, But Unelected Bureaucrats Are Changing It Anyway]( A majority of Fairfax County residents want to keep prominent highway names, yet members of the 'Confederate Names Task Force' voted overwhelmingly against their wishes. Casey Chalk [Any Place That Still Requires Masks Is No Different Than Oregon’s ‘Permanent’ Mask Plan]( [Any Place That Still Requires Masks Is No Different Than Oregon’s ‘Permanent’ Mask Plan]( Oregon's 'permanent' mask mandate plan is no different than what's happening elsewhere, even if other counties and states won't say it out loud. Kylee Zempel [Sign Up for a FREE Trial of The Transom]( The Transom is a daily email newsletter written by publisher of The Federalist Ben Domenech for political and media insiders, which arrives in your inbox each morning, collecting news, notes, and thoughts from around the web. , [facebook]( [twitter]( [instagram]( You received this email because you signed up on our website. [Unsubscribe]( [MailerLite](