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#  LOS ANGELES

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### Someday … There Will Be A Direct Rail Connection Between LAX and Downtown

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on November 12 2018.

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## [Perfectly Good Reasons for Trump’s Racism](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16554:perfectly-good-reasons-for-trump-s-racism&catid=312)

It was even headline news for a day or so. The bigger shock would have been if he hadn’t bad mouthed the black reporters. The demeaning of the women…

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Written by Jay Handal on November 12 2018.

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Written by Phyllis M. Daugherty on November 12 2018.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on November 12 2018.

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Written by Tim Deegan on December 31 2018.

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Written by Leonard Isenberg on November 12 2018.

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Written by Daniel Guss on November 12 2018.

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Written by Hydee R. Feldstein on November 12 2018.

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Written by George Crowder on November 12 2018.

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Written by Dick Platkin on November 12 2018.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on November 08 2018.

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Written by Jay Handal on November 12 2018.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on November 12 2018.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on November 12 2018.

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Written by Peter Certo on November 12 2018.

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Written by Juan Cole on November 12 2018.

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Written by James Preston Allen on November 12 2018.

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Written by Tony Butka on November 12 2018.

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