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August 13 2026

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##  [ The Coming Battle Over Vaccines ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20973:the-coming-battle-over-vaccines&catid=9)

Herd immunity occurs when so many people are immune to the virus that it can’t spread, because an infected person won’t have anyone left to spread it to. Yet as of November, four in ten Americans said they definitely or probably won’t ge…

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## [Was It Worth It? John Kelly, John Bolton, and Other Ex-Trump Staffers All Had the Same Answer](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=20966:was-it-worth-it-john-kelly-john-bolton-and-other-ex-trump-staffers-all-had-the-same-answer&catid=9)

They fail to show the unthinking loyalty he demands and get fired. Or, maybe worse, they don’t get fired — they endure the tantrums and turmoil and survive another day, binding themselves even closer to perhaps history’s most divisive pres…

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Written by James A. Haught on December 28 2020.

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