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### [Reminder to the Red States, Turnabout is Fair Play](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33212:reminder-to-the-red-states-turnabout-is-fair-play&catid=395)

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#  IMPORTANT READS

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### Unlike Nixon, Donald Trump Will Not Go Quietly

Written by Bill Blum on January 03 2019.

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## [Eyes on 2019: Trump Falls, Democrats Rise, Tensions With China Escalate](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16842:eyes-on-2019-trump-falls-democrats-rise-tensions-with-china-escalate&catid=9)

In 2018, many of our predictions came true. So, to continue this tradition started by Rantt’s Foreign Affairs Editor Jossif Ezekilov, here are predic…

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Written by Brian Wakamo on January 03 2019.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/95/104b-9547d743.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16815:trump-s-new-year-s-gift-to-putin-rouhani-and-erdogan&catid=9)### [Trump’s New Year’s Gift to Putin, Rouhani, and Erdogan](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16815:trump-s-new-year-s-gift-to-putin-rouhani-and-erdogan&catid=9)

Written by Alon Ben-Meir on December 31 2018.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/eb/102d-eb1630c3.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16796:what-happens-when-capitalism-devours-a-society&catid=9)### [What Happens When Capitalism Devours a Society?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16796:what-happens-when-capitalism-devours-a-society&catid=9)

Written by Umair Haque on December 24 2018.

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Written by Damon Beres on December 24 2018.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/73/102k-73e44278.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16793:loud-noises-from-a-bonkers-year&catid=9)### [Loud Noises from a Bonkers Year](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16793:loud-noises-from-a-bonkers-year&catid=9)

Written by Abby Zimet on December 24 2018.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ff/102r-ff30aa15.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16792:could-trump-be-correct-could-the-media-be-the-enemy-of-the-people&catid=9)### [Could Trump be Correct? Could the Media be the Enemy of the People?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16792:could-trump-be-correct-could-the-media-be-the-enemy-of-the-people&catid=9)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on December 24 2018.

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Written by James Preston Allen on December 20 2018.

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Written by George Cassidy Payne on December 20 2018.

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Written by S. Novi on December 20 2018.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/91/100j-913d4328.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16744:inside-china-s-bizarre-obsession-with-jews&catid=9)### [Inside China’s Bizarre Obsession with Jews](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16744:inside-china-s-bizarre-obsession-with-jews&catid=9)

Written by Isaac Eger on December 13 2018.

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Written by George Cassidy Payne on December 13 2018.

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Written by Steve Klinger on December 13 2018.

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Written by Dan Moore on December 13 2018.

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Written by George Cassidy Payne on December 13 2018.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on December 13 2018.

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Written by Victor Rothman on December 06 2018.

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Written by Peter Certo on December 06 2018.

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Written by Quinta Jurecic on December 06 2018.

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