Liberty Links 12/23/18

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U.S. to Withdraw All American Troops in Syria, Official Says (AP)

Officials: Pentagon Planning Troop Pullout from Afghanistan (AP)

As Facebook Raised a Privacy Wall, It Carved an Opening for Tech Giants (Must read, this company is a train-wreck, The New York Times

U.S. Sportswear Traced to Factory in China’s Internment Camps (Read this and share, AP)

Google’s Secret China Project “Effectively Ended” After Internal Confrontation (The Intercept)

The Stock Market Is on Pace for Its Worst December Since the Great Depression (CNBC)

Inside the Temple of Covert Propaganda: The Integrity Initiative and the UK’s Scandalous Information War (Important read, Grayzone Project)

America’s Technology and Sanctions War Will End, by Bifurcating the Global Economy (Strategic Culture Foundation)

We Know How Trump’s War Game Ends (Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone)

U.S. News/Politics

Senate Passes Criminal Justice Overhaul, Handing Trump a Win (The Hill)

House Passes Criminal Justice Reform, Sending Bill to Trump’s Desk (NBC News)

Yes, Bernie Should Run (Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone)

Bernie Tops Progressive Straw Poll (Politico)

International News/Geopolitics

Rod Rosenstein, Chris Wray Announce Indictment of Chinese Hackers (CBS News)

China Denies ‘Slanderous’ Economic Espionage Charges from U.S., Allies (Reuters)

Why Trump Decided To Remove U.S. Troops From Syria (Moon of Alabama)

U.S. Starts Withdrawing Troops From Syria but Campaign Not Over, White House Says (Haaretz)

Pentagon Chief Mattis Resigns After Trump Announces Syria Pullout (Haaretz)

Bolton’s Hawkish Syria Plan Backfired, Pushing Trump to Get Out (The Daily Beast)

How a World Order Ends (Foreign Affairs)

Economy/Finance/Crypto

Doubleline’s Gundlach Says U.S. Equities Are in Long-Term Bear Market (Yahoo Finance)

Malaysia Files Criminal Charges Against Goldman Sachs in 1MDB Probe (CNBC)

Crypto-Mystery Clues Suggest Tether Has the Billions It Promised (Bloomberg)

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Michael Krieger

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