(Recorded October 12, 2019) This Week: (1) betrayal of the Kurds; (2) impeachment; and (3) China and free speech.

This Week’s Links:

Given this week’s show, we thought you might find these interesting.

Betrayal of the Kurds

• Trump Throws Middle East Policy Into Turmoil Over Syria – The New York Times
• Turkish Forces Escalate Campaign in Syria Against Kurdish-Led Militia – The New York Times
• Opinion | Did Trump Just Backstab Our Kurdish Allies for Turkey? – The New York Times
• Caught Between Trump, Turkey and Kurds, Pentagon Struggles to Piece Together Syria Strategy – The New York Times
• Turkey Syria offensive: ‘The Kurds have no friends but the mountains’ – BBC News
• ERROR
• Republicans slam Trump’s Syria pullout: ‘Disaster,’ ‘Betrayal,’ ‘Mistake’
• Lindsey Graham Prepares Sanctions Over Trump’s Betrayal of Kurds
• Trump Betrayed the Kurds, but They Still Support Him – The Atlantic
• Error
• As Trump disavows Kurds over WW2, Republican anger grows – CNNPolitics
• Error

Impeachment

• 2 Giuliani Associates Arrested With One-Way Tickets at U.S. Airport – The New York Times
• Rudy Giuliani under investigation in probe of his associates, CNN reports – Vox
• The Arrests of Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman – The Atlantic
• Rudy Giuliani’s Mysterious Vienna Trip – The Atlantic
• Parnas and Fruman, Trump’s Ukraine Fixers, Just Got Arrested
• Read the White House Letter in Response to the Impeachment Inquiry – The New York Times
• White House Declares War on Impeachment Inquiry, Claiming Effort to Undo Trump’s Election – The New York Times
• Trump’s Sweeping Case Against Impeachment Is a Political Strategy – The New York Times
• Deranged Trump Letter Calls Impeachment Unconstitutional
• Impeachment inquiry: Trump’s caused a genuine constitutional crisis – Vox
• Freeze on Ukraine aid came from Trump appointee despite concerns from career officials – CNNPolitics
• Trump Lashes Out at Fox News Poll as Barr Meets With Murdoch – The New York Times
• H.R. McMaster: Seeking foreign assistance for a U.S. election never appropriate – POLITICO
• Facebook won’t take down Trump ad with false claims about Joe Biden – Vox
• House Impeachment Investigators Subpoena Rick Perry on Ukraine – The New York Times
• Bill Barr has questions for Australia, Italy, the UK, and Ukraine – Vox
• Kurt Bardella: Trey Gowdy joins Trump’s legal team in a laughable betrayal of his GOP legacy

NBA/China

• NBA vs China: A timeline of the Hong Kong tweet controversy – CNN
• China Blows Whistle on Nationalistic Protests Against the N.B.A. – The New York Times
• China and the NBA: All official Chinese partners have suspended ties with the league – CNN
• ‘South Park’ Creators Offer Fake Apology After Show Is Erased in China – The New York Times
• Daryl Morey’s Hong Kong tweet: Chinese backlash and political reactions – Vox
• China-NBA Dispute: Legislators Condemn League’s ‘Betrayal of American Values’ | National Review
• Maybe The Story About China And The NBA Isn’t That Complicated

Image Credits: Rudy Giuliani

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