#  IMPORTANT READS

   ##  [ Dumping Fukushima’s Water into the Ocean. . .Seriously?](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20667-dumping-fukushima-s-water-into-the-ocean-seriously "Dumping Fukushima’s Water into the Ocean. . .Seriously?")

      Details    Robert Hunziker    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     November 02 2020       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Nov-2020/89n.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20667-dumping-fukushima-s-water-into-the-ocean-seriously)

**CLIMATE POLITICS**-For nearly a decade the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant has been streaming radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean.

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   ##  [ Trump in a Nutshell: They Came for the Covid, But Stayed for the Hypothermia](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20650-trump-in-a-nutshell-they-came-for-the-covid-but-stayed-for-the-hypothermia "Trump in a Nutshell: They Came for the Covid, But Stayed for the Hypothermia")

      Details    Abby Zimet    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     October 29 2020       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2020/88f.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20650-trump-in-a-nutshell-they-came-for-the-covid-but-stayed-for-the-hypothermia)

**GUEST WORDS**--In a mind-numbing, butt-freezing, irony-rich [shitshow](https://twitter.com/RexHuppke/status/1321318900441731072) that begged willing metaphors to write themselves, the guys who say they want to run the country just failed to run a parking lot in Omaha after missing post-rally buses left thousands of believers [stranded ](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/hundreds-trump-supporters-stuck-freezing-cold-omaha-airfield-after-rally-n1245065)for hours and miles in frigid temps in search of their cars, and dozens in need of medical help.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20650-trump-in-a-nutshell-they-came-for-the-covid-but-stayed-for-the-hypothermia)

   ##  [ Hubris Unending](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20642-hubris-unending "Hubris Unending")

      Details    Abby Zimet    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     October 26 2020       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2020/087q.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20642-hubris-unending)

**GUEST WORDS**--In a stunningly brazen pivot, the White House has admitted to[ giving up](https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/10/25/were-not-going-control-pandemic-trump-chief-staff-says-live-tv-covid-cases-surge) on the pandemic, even as a "[grossly negligent" ](https://www.commondreams.org/further/2020/10/23/%20https:/www.commondreams.org/news/2020/10/25/pence-denounced-grossly-negligent-decision-keep-campaigning-despite-exposure-top)Pence continues campaigning despite *five* aides testing positive and Trump [gallivants ](https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/news/politics/2019/08/01/scenes-president-donald-trumps-2020-campaign-rallies/1884857001/)across the country [leaving ](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2020/10/22/trumps-campaign-made-stops-nationwide-then-coronavirus-cases-surged/3679534001/)COVID outbreaks in his wake, stopping only long enough to insanely [charge ](https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/10/25/such-insult-doctors-furious-trump-peddles-baseless-claim-they-are-inflating-covid)doctors are inflating COVID numbers to make more money.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20642-hubris-unending)

   ##  [ We Need to Reconsider Packing the Court](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20635-we-need-to-reconsider-packing-the-court "We Need to Reconsider Packing the Court")

      Details    Michael C. Warnken    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     October 26 2020       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2020/087d.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20635-we-need-to-reconsider-packing-the-court)

**SCOTUS**-Though it may seem almost passé at this point under our ever-churning news cycle, over the last few weeks, one of the hottest topics discussed in the national news was the issue of “packing” the U.S. Supreme Court.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20635-we-need-to-reconsider-packing-the-court)

   ##  [ Former President Obama: Ten Ironies](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20631-former-president-obama-ten-ironies "Former President Obama: Ten Ironies")

      Details    Paul Street    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     October 26 2020       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2020/087l.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20631-former-president-obama-ten-ironies)

**ELECTION 2020**-The irony on Thursday morning cable news was too delicious not to savor.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20631-former-president-obama-ten-ironies)

   ##  [ Trump to Seniors: Drop Dead](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20613-trump-to-seniors-drop-dead "Trump to Seniors: Drop Dead")

      Details    Mitchell Zimmerman    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     October 22 2020       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2020/089f.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20613-trump-to-seniors-drop-dead)

**GUEST WORDS**--I’m of the generation that was born during World War II.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20613-trump-to-seniors-drop-dead)

   ##  [ A Rude Awakening is Coming for Trump and His Supporters](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20611-a-rude-awakening-is-coming-for-trump-and-his-supporters "A Rude Awakening is Coming for Trump and His Supporters")

      Details    Frank Lukacovic    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     October 22 2020       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2020/089r.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20611-a-rude-awakening-is-coming-for-trump-and-his-supporters)

**ELECTION 2020**-We are only two weeks out from election day and the picture looks quite grim for Donald Trump and the Republican party.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20611-a-rude-awakening-is-coming-for-trump-and-his-supporters)

   ##  [ Two White Men](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20610-two-white-men "Two White Men")

      Details    John Davis    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     October 22 2020       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2020/089e.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20610-two-white-men)

**THE COLOR OF OUR ELECTIONS--**There have been fifty-six presidential elections in the United States since the first in 1788. In each of them, two white men (with one exception) have competed for the privilege of leading this country, and, (without exception), each and every pair of them has been dedicated to this nation’s not-so-hidden agenda–the maintenance of white-male supremacy–a system of oppression first established by Columbus, in 1492.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20610-two-white-men)

   ##  [ In the Name of Humanity: I Am My Mother's Savage Daughter](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20596-in-the-name-of-humanity-i-am-my-mother-s-savage-daughter "In the Name of Humanity: I Am My Mother's Savage Daughter")

      Details    Abby Zimet    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     October 19 2020       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2020/088j.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20596-in-the-name-of-humanity-i-am-my-mother-s-savage-daughter)

**PERSPECTIVE**--This weekend's Women's March, like those that came before,[ brimmed](https://www.commondreams.org/further/2020/10/18/%20https:/twitter.com/hashtag/WomensMarch2020?src=hashtag_click) with hope, rage, resolve and fabulous signs:

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20596-in-the-name-of-humanity-i-am-my-mother-s-savage-daughter)

   ##  [ As American as Apple Pie: David Perdue's Racist Attack on Kamala Harris](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20595-as-american-as-apple-pie-david-perdue-s-racist-attack-on-kamala-harris "As American as Apple Pie: David Perdue's Racist Attack on Kamala Harris")

      Details    Kenny Stancil    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     October 19 2020       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2020/088o.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20595-as-american-as-apple-pie-david-perdue-s-racist-attack-on-kamala-harris)

**HOW RACIST IS AMERICA?-**Republican Sen. David Perdue [willfully mispronounced](https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/10/17/well-incredibly-racist-says-kamala-harris-campaign-after-david-perdues-dogwhistle?fbclid=IwAR0b9RGJ-XnSk0D6gKUIdBz4GdYrQd3fZTFG11rYmedq3vaN0SH5pYkmfig) the name of his Senate colleague and Democratic vice-presidential nominee Kamala Harris on Friday,

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20595-as-american-as-apple-pie-david-perdue-s-racist-attack-on-kamala-harris)

   ##  [ It’s Time to Nationalize Social Media and Big Tech](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20576-it-s-time-to-nationalize-social-media-and-big-tech "It’s Time to Nationalize Social Media and Big Tech")

      Details    Jack Delaney    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     October 15 2020       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2020/084k.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20576-it-s-time-to-nationalize-social-media-and-big-tech)

**DEMOCRACY ON THE PRECIPICE--** On September 1, 2020, I received a direct message (DM) on Twitter from a reporter working with a mainstream outlet requesting comment.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20576-it-s-time-to-nationalize-social-media-and-big-tech)

   ##  [ Ten Things to Know About Stopping a Coup](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20575-ten-things-to-know-about-stopping-a-coup "Ten Things to Know About Stopping a Coup")

      Details    Daniel Hunter    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     October 15 2020       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2020/084h.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20575-ten-things-to-know-about-stopping-a-coup)

**DECISION 2020**-Our president has[ openly said he might not respect the outcome](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/19/trump-joe-biden-coronavirus-polls?link_id=6&can_id=4a3267c2ab5beb15695559cd61cf42a9&source=email-what-if-theres-a-coup&email_referrer=email_909768&email_subject=what-if-theres-a-coup) of our election. Is it a sign of things to come, or just tough talk? Either way, it’s good to plan ahead.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20575-ten-things-to-know-about-stopping-a-coup)

   ##  [ Fight Discrimination with Discrimination?](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20558-fight-discrimination-with-discrimination "Fight Discrimination with Discrimination?")

      Details    Bob Huff    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     October 12 2020       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2020/083k.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20558-fight-discrimination-with-discrimination)

**GUEST WORDS**--Nobody flocked to see the 1986 summer blockbuster *Howard the Duck*, which laid an egg at local theaters.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20558-fight-discrimination-with-discrimination)

   ##  [ Class Warfare Intensifies as Labor Rights Violated Around the World](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20554-class-warfare-intensifies-as-labor-rights-violated-around-the-world "Class Warfare Intensifies as Labor Rights Violated Around the World")

      Details    Pete Dolack    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     October 12 2020       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2020/083n.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20554-class-warfare-intensifies-as-labor-rights-violated-around-the-world)

**COUNTER PUNCH**-As bad as conditions have traditionally been for labor worldwide, 2020 has seen conditions deteriorate even more.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20554-class-warfare-intensifies-as-labor-rights-violated-around-the-world)

   ##  [ Trump and the Lost Country](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20539-trump-and-the-lost-country "Trump and the Lost Country")

      Details    Robert C. Koehler    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     October 08 2020       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2020/082h.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20539-trump-and-the-lost-country)

**POWER CAUSES BRAIN DAMAGE**-Where, oh where, is the United States of America — global leader, creator of democracy, hope of humankind? It certainly wasn’t up there on the debate stage last night.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20539-trump-and-the-lost-country)

   ##  [ The Wreckage of Trump’s Presidency](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20536-the-wreckage-of-trump-s-presidency "The Wreckage of Trump’s Presidency")

      Details    Alon Ben-Meir    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     October 08 2020       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2020/082q.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20536-the-wreckage-of-trump-s-presidency)

**WORLD WATCH**-Like many Americans, I have been observing Trump’s rise to power with some perplexity, often asking myself how and why a man of his character became the President of the United States, which is viewed as the most powerful political office in the world.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20536-the-wreckage-of-trump-s-presidency)

   ##  [ Taking a Stroll, Gun in Hand, on Fifth Avenue](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20518-taking-a-stroll-gun-in-hand-on-fifth-avenue "Taking a Stroll, Gun in Hand, on Fifth Avenue")

      Details    Tom Engelhardt    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     October 05 2020       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2020/081d.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20518-taking-a-stroll-gun-in-hand-on-fifth-avenue)

**GUEST WORDS--**Yes, when he was running for president, he did indeed [say](https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/01/23/464129029/donald-trump-i-could-shoot-somebody-and-i-wouldnt-lose-any-voters): "I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn't lose any voters, OK? It's, like, incredible."

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20518-taking-a-stroll-gun-in-hand-on-fifth-avenue)

   ##  [ Trump Is Pushing the Country to the Brink of Civil War](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20479-trump-is-pushing-the-country-to-the-brink-of-civil-war "Trump Is Pushing the Country to the Brink of Civil War")

      Details    Alon Ben-Meir    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     September 28 2020       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2020/079e.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20479-trump-is-pushing-the-country-to-the-brink-of-civil-war)

**WORLD WATCH**-On Wednesday Trump yet again refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power following the election: “Well, we’re going to have to see what happens.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20479-trump-is-pushing-the-country-to-the-brink-of-civil-war)

   ##  [ A Quick Read for White People Who Don’t Consider Themselves Racist](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20478-a-quick-read-for-white-people-who-don-t-consider-themselves-racist "A Quick Read for White People Who Don’t Consider Themselves Racist")

      Details    Ola Caracola    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     September 28 2020       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2020/079s.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20478-a-quick-read-for-white-people-who-don-t-consider-themselves-racist)

**VOICES**-My newsfeed turned into a sea of black squares over the last couple of days, as I’m sure is the case for many of you, reading this.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20478-a-quick-read-for-white-people-who-don-t-consider-themselves-racist)

   ##  [ Defeating a Demagogue: A Reminder from History](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20468-defeating-a-demagogue-a-reminder-from-history "Defeating a Demagogue: A Reminder from History")

      Details    Mel Gurtov    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     September 24 2020       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2020/078r.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20468-defeating-a-demagogue-a-reminder-from-history)

**DEJA VOUX**-It may be small comfort as we watch Donald Trump try to cheat and bully his way to a second term, but a recent study of his demagogic predecessor, Senator Joseph McCarthy, offers one.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20468-defeating-a-demagogue-a-reminder-from-history)

   ##  [ When Men Legally Controlled Women](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20458-when-men-legally-controlled-women "When Men Legally Controlled Women")

      Details    Jill Richardson    [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     September 24 2020       [  ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2020/078e.png)    ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20458-when-men-legally-controlled-women)

**OTHER WORDS**-This year marks the 100-year anniversary of the 19th Amendment, when women got the right to vote in all 50 states.

     [  Read more …  ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20458-when-men-legally-controlled-women)

1. [ Jesus was a Person of Color, and He was Killed by the Police. Does That Matter?](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20439-jesus-was-a-person-of-color-and-he-was-killed-by-the-police-does-that-matter)
2. [ National (In)Security and the Pentagon Budget](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20399-national-in-security-and-the-pentagon-budget)
3. [ Trump Disses Troops but Correctly Labels 2 of America’s Costliest Wars Unjustified or ‘Stupid’](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20382-trump-disses-troops-but-correctly-labels-2-of-america-s-costliest-wars-unjustified-or-stupid)
4. [ Republican Platforms, Then and Now](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20381-republican-platforms-then-and-now)
5. [ The Weathering of Black America](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20361-the-weathering-of-black-america)
6. [ We Don’t Know How to Warn You Any Harder. America is Dying.](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20337-we-don-t-know-how-to-warn-you-any-harder-america-is-dying)
7. [ All Joe Biden Needs to Do to Win](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20336-all-joe-biden-needs-to-do-to-win)
8. [ Trump’s Postmaster General Should Be Returned to Sender](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20335-trump-s-postmaster-general-should-be-returned-to-sender)
9. [ Senior US Intelligence Official Died by Suicide in June](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20326-senior-us-intelligence-official-died-by-suicide-in-june)
10. [ Why the ‘Skins Should Become the Washington Fredericks](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/20298-why-the-skins-should-become-the-washington-fredericks)

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