The Federalist Daily Briefing -0001-11-30

[View in browser]( Your daily update of new content from The Federalist Be lovers of freedom and anxious for the fray 2022-01-21 [If Trump Had Greenlighted Russia To Invade Ukraine Like Biden Just Did, Media Would Have Gone Nuts]( [If Trump Had Greenlighted Russia To Invade Ukraine Like Biden Just Did, Media Would Have Gone Nuts]( After yesterday’s press conference, the Kremlin likely sees little risk to invading its western neighbor. That's not all. Margot Cleveland [How The United States Needs To Start Deterring China From Taking Over Taiwan]( [How The United States Needs To Start Deterring China From Taking Over Taiwan]( Deterring Chinese aggression against Taiwan is realistic and must be the commitment of any U.S. leader who refuses to accept American decline. Americans agree that China poses a serious threat to the United States, but there is disagreement about the ways China poses a problem and to what degree we can and should do something […] Rebeccah Heinrichs [Australian Authorities Treat Average Citizens Even Worse Than They Did Novak Djokovic]( [Australian Authorities Treat Average Citizens Even Worse Than They Did Novak Djokovic]( I don’t want to make light of the atrocious way the world’s number-one ranked tennis player Novak Djokovic was tormented by Australian authorities over his choice to not get the Covid jab, nor the stress and disappointment that his detention and subsequent deportation must have caused. However, if Djokovic were to put a positive spin […] Carina Benton [If You’re A Tennis Star, Being Unvaxxed Is As Scandalous As Being Disappeared By A Communist Government]( [If You’re A Tennis Star, Being Unvaxxed Is As Scandalous As Being Disappeared By A Communist Government]( Not only are media pearl-clutching as much over Djokovic as they did over Peng Shuai, this time they're on the authoritarians' side. Elle Reynolds [NPR Publishes Hit Piece On Advocates Seeking Due Process For J6 Detainees]( [NPR Publishes Hit Piece On Advocates Seeking Due Process For J6 Detainees]( The article centers on the charity's founder, Cynthia Hughes, who launched the group to support Jan. 6 defendants held for months on end Tristan Justice [How A Chinese Spy Infiltrated U.K. Politics And Why It Can Happen Here]( [How A Chinese Spy Infiltrated U.K. Politics And Why It Can Happen Here]( The U.S. should take MI5's warning seriously because American politicians are not immune from similar 'grey-zone' interference. Helen Raleigh [The CDC Has Destroyed Public Trust By Pushing Obvious Falsehoods]( [The CDC Has Destroyed Public Trust By Pushing Obvious Falsehoods]( Tens of millions of Americans who have relied on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s advice on dealing with Covid-19 are now adrift. Maggie Koerth, a senior science writer for FiveThirtyEight, charges that the agency “mired in political influence” has “failed to address many of the most relevant questions for day-to-day decision-making.” This lack of leadership […] Doug Badger [Afghanistan Emerges As Global Leader In Christian Persecution]( [Afghanistan Emerges As Global Leader In Christian Persecution]( It hasn't gotten any easier to be a Christian in North Korea or China – it's just significantly worse under the Taliban. Casey Chalk [Women Deserve Better Representation Than They Get In ‘The 355’]( [Women Deserve Better Representation Than They Get In ‘The 355’]( You can’t just take a stupid movie, stick a bunch of foxes in it, and call it a success. You still have to tell a compelling story. Rich Cromwell [Ending Expectations That Adults Work For A Living Erases Human Dignity]( [Ending Expectations That Adults Work For A Living Erases Human Dignity]( During the Great Depression of the 1930s, the most crippling form of poverty was seen as the poverty of dignity. To read all the letters and diaries and recollections of the time is to see that the severe economic hardship caused by the loss of a job was often considered temporary and survivable. But what […] Patrick Garry [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](