FFWN: Syria pullout, Alice Walker loves David Icke: Some good news for a change!

1) PSA: Leave FFWN some cookies!  https://fundrazr.com/31RISb

Syria Pullout — Afghanistan Next?

2) Trump orders rapid withdrawal from Syria in apparent reversal https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/19/politics/us-syria-withdrawal/index.html

3) Report: U.S. To Leave Syria Immediately – Updated https://www.moonofalabama.org/2018/12/report-us-to-leave-syria-immediately.html#more

4) Why Trump’s Syria withdrawal is the right move https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/trumps-syria-withdrawal-is-the-right-move

5) US approves Patriot missile sale worth $3.5bn to Turkey (it this why US is pulling its troops out of Syria?) https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/12/approves-patriot-missile-sale-worth-35bn-turkey-181219185757375.html

6) Mattis Out, the Man Who Stopped Trump from Nuking Syria https://www.veteranstoday.com/2018/12/20/mattis-out-the-man-who-stopped-trump-from-nuking-syria/

7) US offers to withdraw troops from Afghanistan https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/us-offers-to-withdraw-from-afghanistan-ch99clps8

8) Trump administration orders Pentagon to draw up Afghan troop withdrawal plans https://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/white-house-has-asked-pentagon-draw-plans-afghanistan-troop-withdrawal-n950591

Zios vs. Free Speech

9) New York Times assailed for Alice Walker interview endorsing ‘anti-Semitic’ conspiracy theorist https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/12/18/new-york-times-criticized-alice-walker-interview-touting-book-that-blames-jews-holocaust/

10) A Texas Elementary School Speech Pathologist Refused to Sign a Pro-Israel Oath, Now Mandatory in Many States — So She Lost Her Job https://theintercept.com/2018/12/17/israel-texas-anti-bds-law/

11) Mega-censored musician-philosopher Gilad Atzmon discusses “Blockhead ban” in Islington https://www.patreon.com/posts/mega-censored-on-23441514

12) NYT editorializes against “Curbing Speech in the Name of Helping Israel”  https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/18/opinion/editorials/israel-bds.html

13) Rampant Deplatforming May Come Back to Bite the Censors https://russia-insider.com/en/rampant-deplatforming-may-come-back-bite-censors/ri25699

Israel Makes Everyone –Even American Jewish Donors – Want to Vomit

14) UJA Federation Chief Executive: ‘Israel Makes Donors Want to Vomit’ https://www.richardsilverstein.com/2018/12/20/uja-federation-chief-executive-israel-makes-donors-want-to-vomit/

15) Senior Israeli Lawmaker Calls For Killing All Palestinians https://www.globalresearch.ca/senior-israeli-lawmaker-calls-for-killing-all-palestinians-because-they-are-just-nazis-anyhow/5662548

16) Miami Herald Editorial Board: Ridiculously lenient Acosta/Epstein plea deal demands a federal investigation https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/article223089740.html

17) Tom Rogan:  Israel Is Being A Bad Ally To the US Over China https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/israel-is-being-a-bad-ally-to-the-us-over-china

18) Here’s How The Chief Palestinian Negotiator Described His Last Meeting With Jared Kushner https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tomgara/saeb-erekat-kushner-last-meeting-jerusalem-embassy

19) All 10 University of California Chancellors Condemn Boycott of Israel as ‘Direct, Serious Threat to Academic Freedom’ https://www.algemeiner.com/2018/12/13/all-10-university-of-california-chancellors-condemn-academic-boycott-of-israel-as-direct-serious-threat-to-academic-freedom/

Saudi Israelia

20) MBS said to be plotting Camp David-style handshake with Netanyahu https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/mbs-plotting-camp-david-style-handshake-netanyahu-446814831

21) Saudi official sacked over Khashoggi murder ‘made secret visits to Israel’ https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/saudi-official-sacked-over-khashoggi-murder-made-secret-visits-israel-2101959076

22) Mueller Dropping Russia Probe, Says Trump Working for Israel and Saudis https://journal-neo.org/2018/12/16/mueller-dropping-russia-probe-says-trump-working-for-israel-and-saudis/

23) Israelgate? As Russia probe runs dry, Mueller may turn to Middle East to pursue Trump ‘collusion’ https://www.rt.com/news/446477-mueller-investigation-israel-saudi/

24) Get Ready for Mueller’s Phase Two: The Middle East Connection https://www.thedailybeast.com/get-ready-for-muellers-phase-two-the-middle-east-connection

Trump Scandals

25) A COMPLETE GUIDE TO ALL 17 (KNOWN) TRUMP AND RUSSIA INVESTIGATIONS https://www.wired.com/story/mueller-investigation-trump-russia-complete-guide/

26) Russia’s Defense Ministry refutes Flynn & media reports on GRU chief’s death in Lebanon as “conspiracy nonsense” http://tass.com/defense/1036546

27) Jared Kushner Replaced Michael Cohen as Trump’s National Enquirer Connection https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-jared-kushner-replaced-michael-cohen-as-trumps-national-enquirer-connection

28) Russian disinformation targeted African Americans on behalf of Trump vote and Mueller for work with “radical Islamic groups” https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-russian-disinformation-mueller-20181217-story,amp.html

29) DC Attorney General Hits Facebook With Major Cambridge Analytica Lawsuit https://gizmodo.com/dc-attorney-general-hits-facebook-with-major-cambridge-1831206719

30) “MEN FOR OTHERS, MY ASS”: AFTER KAVANAUGH, INSIDE GEORGETOWN PREP’S CULTURE OF OMERTÀ https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/12/inside-georgetown-prep-culture-of-omerta-scandal

Crimes of Empire

31) New research — How Britain stole $45 trillion from India https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/britain-stole-45-trillion-india-181206124830851.html

32) Baghdad massacre: US court finds ex-Blackwater mercenary guilty of murder https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-convicts-former-blackwater-mercenary-2007-baghdad-massacre-144531906

China Rising

33) ‘Five Eyes’ Spy Chiefs Agreed to Contain Huawei’s Global Reach at Meeting in July: Report https://gizmodo.com/five-eyes-spy-chiefs-agreed-to-contain-huaweis-global-r-1831131906

34) American college sportswear has been traced back to a Chinese reeducation camp https://qz.com/1499732/a-chinese-internment-camp-in-xianjing-made-clothes-for-a-us-college-sportswear-brand/

New World Order is Here

35) VA Teacher Fired for Not Using Male Pronouns Toward Transgender Student http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/12/17/teacher-peter-vlaming-fired-over-not-using-pronouns-toward-transgender-student

36) Tomgram: John Feffer, The New World Order Is Here http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/176508/tomgram%3A_john_feffer%2C_the_new_world_order_is_here/

37) Stephen Curry talked to a retired NASA astronaut about why spreading conspiracies can be dangerous https://sports.yahoo.com/stephen-curry-talked-retired-nasa-astronaut-spreading-conspiracies-can-dangerous-000228152.html

38) Shaytan Will Have No Clothes? Saturn is losing its rings at the “worst-case-scenario” rate according to new research by NASA https://twitter.com/skynews/status/1074993855227940865