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The ICE raid this month at Glass House Brands in Camarillo has provoked anxiety across California’s legal cannabis industry.

Pahler’s murder occurred while the Menendez brothers were on trial, and the grisly killing of a young, white girl provoked a similar level of media frenzy.

At the same time, he reiterated his view that "this crisis wasn't triggered by Russia's attack on Ukraine, but was a result of a coup in Ukraine, which was supported and provoked by the West".

The resolution’s core message — “an arms embargo and suspension of military aid to Israel” — is exactly what has provoked such strong opposition from the DNC leadership.

In the 1980s, short-shorts and skimpy tank tops provoked outrage for years from critics and feminists alike.