The Federalist Daily Briefing for 07/31/2017

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](. July 31, 2017 [Why Anthony Scaramucci Is The Man Trump And America Need]( By David Marcus It’s better that we know what the president genuinely thinks, not what his comms team thinks is the best message. [Full article]( [Trump And Schumer’s Spat Over Obamacare’s Cost-Sharing Reductions Is Ominous]( By Christopher Jacobs For the president, as for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, the cost-sharing reduction payments should be a binary choice: Does a lawful appropriation for the payments exist, or not? [Full article]( [Congress Promises The World To Charlie Gard While Ignoring Thousands Of Veterans Dying Under Their Care]( By Maureen Mullarkey The personal tragedy of the Gard family and their dying baby elicited a spectacle of hypocrisy and grandstanding from Rome to DC. [Full article]( [Why Single-Payer Will Only Make Health Care More Expensive]( By Scott Ehrlich The arguments for single-payer are full of ridiculous extrapolations, economically illiterate assumptions, and pie in the sky dreams of abundant providers to treat millions of patients. [Full article]( [Why It’s Panic Time For Vladimir Putin]( By Herbert E. Meyer At precisely that moment when his country’s economic prospects are tanking, Vladimir Putin is hobbled with a spy service that’s more like Inspector Clouseau than the KGB. [Full article]( [Why The Hysterical Left Wants To Keep A White Woman From Painting A Black Man]( By David Marcus It's abhorrent to insist that, merely because of her skin color, Dana Schutz shouldn’t paint an image that is meaningful, respectful, and striking. [Full article]( [Military Service Is A Privilege That Transgender People Aren’t Qualified For]( By James Hasson Military service is a privilege, not a right. And the military has an obligation only to admit and retain soldiers who make it more effective at fighting wars. [Full article]( [J.K. Rowling’s Bizarre Leadership Of The Unhinged Anti-Trump Left]( By Daniel Payne J.K. Rowling provides more proof that, in the Age of Trump, the Left is losing its grip with reality. [Full article]( [‘Ozark’s’ Jason Bateman Is An Anti-Hero With A Soft Streak]( By Christian Toto Jason Bateman’s character may be crooked, but he’s got a redeeming quality that keeps us coming back for more. [Full article]( [Ben Domenech: The GOP Is To Blame For The Repeal And Replace Lie]( By The Federalist Staff 'This is a failure that is at the core of the Republican experience in the last several years and it depends on the fact that they chose to lie.' [Full article]( [In The Name Of Social Justice, Seattle Plans To Make Disabled People Unemployable]( By Thomas Parker Persons with disabilities lead much more difficult lives than most of us, and attempting to legislate them into wage equality will only make life more difficult. [Full article]( [5 Most Common Myths About Human Trafficking For Its World Awareness Day]( By Nicole Fisher After drug dealing, trafficking of humans is tied with arms dealing as the second largest criminal industry in the world—and is the fastest growing. [Full article]( REPEAL IS GETTING SKINNIER ALL THE TIME on the cusp of vote-a-rama, Skinny Obamacare Repeal is the mantra of the day. “Even a bare-bones repeal of Obamacare is no sure thing in the Senate. A handful of key Republican senators who had spurned earlier overtures from GOP leadership endorsed the latest plan to gut Obamacare’s individual and employer coverage mandates and its medical device tax. But several centrists said they’re undecided on the so-called skinny repeal, leaving the GOP in limbo through at least the end of the week.” More details here. Read more of The Transom by signing up for a [free trial]( today. [follow on Twitter]( | friend on Facebook | [forward to a friend]( Copyright © 2017 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 8647 Richmond Highway Suite 618Alexandria, VA 22309 [Add us to your address book]( [unsubscribe from this list]( | [update subscription preferences]( | [view email in browser](