Above the Fold
**TURKEY SANCTIONED:** According to [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-turkey-usa/u-s-demands-syria-ceasefire-slaps-sanctions-on-turkey-over-incursion-idUSKBN1WT0ZC), “President Donald Trump imposed sanctions on Turkey on Monday and demanded the NATO ally stop a military incursion in northeast Syria.” At the same time, “The Pentagon on Monday announced the official withdrawal of U.S. forces from northeastern Syria,” The Hill [reports](https://thehill.com/policy/defense/465755-pentagon-announces-official-withdrawal-of-us-troops-from-syria).
ABC’S FAKE NEWS: “ABC News aired footage claiming to show a Turkish attack on a Syrian border town that was actually from a 2017 video of an American shooting range,” The Washington Free Beacon reveals. Regardless of anyone’s position on Trump’s Syria policy, engineering a crisis is way beyond the pale.
Government & Politics
**QUASHING DISSENT:** “Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., an ardent supporter of President Trump, got the boot on Monday when he tried to sit in on the testimony of a former top National Security Council expert on Russia who was appearing on Capitol Hill as part of the House impeachment inquiry into the president.” ([Fox News](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/republican-rep-matt-gaetz-kicked-out-of-impeachment-inquiry-hearing))
CNN’S VENDETTA: CNN whistleblower reveals network “vendetta” against Trump, obsession with impeachment (The Federalist)
Business & Economy
**WHO’D A THUNK IT?** Target cuts workers’ hours after vowing to raise minimum wage to $15 by 2020 ([National Review](https://www.nationalreview.com/news/target-cuts-workers-hours-after-vowing-to-raise-minimum-wage-to-15-by-2020/))
HELPING THE LITTLE GUY: Blue-collar employment thriving under Trump — hits 50-year high (The New American)
From the Department of Corrections
**FLYING WOKE:** Air Canada to stop announcing “ladies and gentlemen” in recognition of gender fluidity ([Washington Examiner](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/air-canada-to-stop-announcing-ladies-and-gentlemen-in-recognition-of-gender-fluidity))
SWING AND A MISS: Tribal chiefs urge Atlanta Braves to end the “tomahawk chop” (New York Post)
Other Notables
**MORE DALLAS-AREA FALLOUT:** Ex-Fort Worth police officer charged with murder after shooting black woman in her home; occurred less than two weeks after Amber Guyger’s sentencing ([USA Today](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/10/14/fort-worth-shooting-nephew-describes-moments-before-shooting/3973133002/))
UPRIGHT: William Barr warns of “militant” secularism in speech about declining religious values (Washington Examiner)
Closing Arguments
**POLICY:** U.S.-China trade deal: What it is, is not, and may become ([Hudson Institute](https://www.hudson.org/research/15387-u-s-china-trade-deal-what-it-is-is-not-and-may-become))
POLICY: The painful realities of carbon tax-and-dividend schemes (Washington Examiner)
HUMOR: Elizabeth Warren takes 1/1024th of the day off to celebrate Indigenous People’s Day (Genesius Times)
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