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### Trump’s Tumultuous First Month: Governance and Murder as the Dark Edge of Social Policy

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## [Facing the Chaos: Trump’s Threats, Hunter’s Pardon and the Ugly Michigan-Ohio Brawl](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=29963:facing-the-chaos-trumps-threats-hunters-pardon-and-the-ugly-michigan-ohio-brawl&catid=395)

GELFAND’S WORLD - How to deal emotionally and politically with the new regime? You know, the one that is nominating a criminal as ambassador to Franc…

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Written by Bob Gelfand on November 25 2024.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on November 21 2024.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on November 18 2024.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on November 14 2024.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on November 07 2024.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on October 21 2024.

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