##  In the News

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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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#  VOICES

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### Poisoning Ourselves With War

Written by Robert C. Koehler on January 05 2022.

 ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23484:poisoning-ourselves-with-war&catid=375)

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## [Is the LA Times Manipulating Racism Facts?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23481:how-the-la-times-encourages-racism&catid=375)

Too many people profit from making it all about racism, when it is about the predatory nature of our society. George Floyd was Brutally Murdered …

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Written by Dennis P. Zine on January 05 2022.

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Written by Alon Ben-Meir on January 05 2022.

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Written by Ken Alpern on January 03 2022.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/60/001t-609365b3.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23459:jfk-revisited-oliver-stone-and-the-new-jfk-fact-pattern&catid=375)### [JFK Revisited: Oliver Stone and the New JFK Fact Pattern](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23459:jfk-revisited-oliver-stone-and-the-new-jfk-fact-pattern&catid=375)

Written by Jefferson Morley on January 03 2022.

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Written by Melvin Goodman on January 03 2022.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on January 03 2022.

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Written by Kenny Stancil on January 03 2022.

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Written by Sebastian Santos /Tom Hastings on January 03 2022.

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Written by Karen Roseberry on January 02 2022.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/72/140p-729b0e65.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23435:california-s-keenest-competitors-for-tech-jobs-are-blue-western-states&catid=375)### [California's Keenest Competitors For Tech Jobs Are Blue Western States](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23435:california-s-keenest-competitors-for-tech-jobs-are-blue-western-states&catid=375)

Written by Joel Kotkin and Marshall Toplansky on December 30 2021.

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Written by Bob Lord on December 30 2021.

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Written by Chris Hedges on December 30 2021.

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Written by Karen Dolan on December 30 2021.

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Written by Nick Gerli on December 30 2021.

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Written by Bob Allen on December 30 2021.

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