The Federalist Daily Briefing for 10/05/2018

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](. October 5, 2018 [I’m An Immigrant, Minority Woman Going Republican Over Democrats’ Treatment Of Kavanaugh]( By Adele Scalia All it took was Democrats’ treatment of Brett Kavanaugh over the last few weeks to turn me into that elusive creature: a minority, immigrant woman who supports Republicans. [Full article]( [One Year In, Me Too Hasn’t Made Me Feel Any Safer Or More Empowered To Speak Out]( By Bre Payton The way Christine Blasey Ford and other women have been treated demonstrates the Me Too movement is no longer about justice, but about political vengeance. [Full article]( [As Catholic Scandal Unfolds, Pope Francis Looks Increasingly Blameworthy]( By Willis L. Krumholz and Robert Delahunty The report reveals a pope indifferent to the complaints of abuse survivors, and who has surrounded himself with others accused of covering up claims. [Full article]( [America Is Abdicating Its Role In Global Leadership]( By Brian Stewart A new book by Robert Kagan, 'The Jungle Grows Back: America and Our Imperiled World,' argues that the liberal world order is unraveling at a frightening pace, hastened in no small measure by its chief custodian and beneficiary. [Full article]( [Why Feminists And Conservatives Should Agree To Talk About Me Too’s ‘Gray Areas’]( By Emily Jashinsky A widely circulated Jezebel article suggested late last month that Me Too’s next frontier must be 'the gray areas,' defined by the author as 'behavior that is harmful and inequitable but isn’t illegal.' [Full article]( [Scary-Good ‘Venom’ Is Perfect Halloween Season Antihero]( By James Dawson ‘Venom’ is the first movie in what Sony hopes to construct as a separate universe from the one where Spider-Man now hangs out with The Avengers. [Full article]( [‘White Boy Rick’ Shines A Needed Spotlight On Problems With Mandatory Minimums]( By Ellie Bufkin Rick is dealing drugs, sure, but he’s a goofy kid in a bad neighborhood who likes girls and oversized gold jewelry. He’s hardly painted as a bad guy. [Full article]( [Its Campaign Against Kavanaugh Exposes The ACLU As A Massive Hypocrite]( By Scott Bledsoe In the case of Kavanaugh, the ACLU has abandoned its mission as the 'nation’s premier defender of the rights enshrined in the U.S. Constitution.' [Full article]( [It’s Well-Established In Psychological Research That Memories Are Unreliable]( By G.W. Thielman In her seminal article, researcher Elizabeth Loftus warned against trusting therapists due to their bias towards assuming the reality of reconstructed memories. [Full article]( [10 Gloomy Radiohead Songs To Celebrate Thom Yorke’s Birthday]( By Barry Lenser Think of it as both a thematically unified playlist and a career overview that highlights a handful of Radiohead’s greatest songs. [Full article]( [Bill To Require Reusable Rockets Benefits SpaceX At Taxpayers’ Expense]( By David Hogberg New legislation will bias a military satellite program in favor of futuristic, unproven technology that could cost taxpayers billions. [Full article]( [Alex Trebek Should Have Moderated The Pennsylvania Debate Like He Does ‘Jeopardy’]( By Christopher Jacobs As with Alex Trebek the quiz show host, Trebek the moderator should seek to blend himself into the background, rather than seeking even more power to make a spectacle of himself: [Full article]( [NBC Owes Brett Kavanaugh A Retraction And Apology For ‘Perjury’ Claims Based On Ramirez Texts]( By Willis L. Krumholz NBC’s evidence really just shows a progressive activist harassing her friend to get her to lie that Brett Kavanaugh did anything untoward. [Full article]( [Exploring America’s Innovative And Revolutionary History With The Gun]( By The Federalist Staff David Harsanyi joins the Federalist Radio Hour to discuss his new book, 'First Freedom: A Ride Through America's Enduring History with the Gun.' [Full article]( [Watch This Man Roundhouse Kick A Young, Pro-Life Woman]( By Bre Payton During a demonstration, a man roundhouse kicked a pro-life woman on Sunday because he didn't like what she had to say about abortion. [Full article]( [Conservative Women Will Make Democrats Pay For Kavanaugh In November]( By Ellie Bufkin Democrats assumed Republican women would play into their identity politics instead of seeking truth, and that assumption is blowing up in their faces. [Full article]( POLLS: VOTERS AREN’T DOWN WITH KAVANAUGH ATTACKS to Harvard’s CAP/Harris Poll: 60% of voters support the confirmation of Kavanaugh if the FBI review finds no corroborating evidence, including 40% of Democrats and 58% of Independents. “A majority of Americans (60 percent) support Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court if the FBI finds no other evidence to corroborate Christine Blasey Ford’s accusation that he sexually assaulted her at a drunken high school party in the early 1980s, a new Harvard CAP / Harris Poll finds.” Read more of The Transom by signing up for a [free trial]( today. [follow on Twitter]( | [friend on Facebook](#) | [forward to a friend]( Copyright © 2018 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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