##  In the News

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### [Reminder to the Red States, Turnabout is Fair Play](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33212:reminder-to-the-red-states-turnabout-is-fair-play&catid=395)

August 17 2026

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### [Democrats Finally Tell Iowa and New Hampshire: You Don’t Go First Anymore](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33229:democrats-finally-tell-iowa-and-new-hampshire-you-dont-go-first-anymore&catid=395)

August 20 2026

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August 17 2026

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#  IMPORTANT READS

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### We Can’t Hug Away Injustice

Written by Tracey L. Rogers on October 10 2019.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18619:we-can-t-hug-away-injustice&catid=9)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/f5/078f-f5262543.png&src=images/stories/Sept-2019/078f.png&thumbnail=610,333,&hash=4301f6d4) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18530:trump-is-the-result-not-the-cause&catid=9)Written by Richard Lee Abrams on September 26 2019. Posted in [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=9).

## [Trump is The Result, Not the Cause](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18530:trump-is-the-result-not-the-cause&catid=9)

He joined the GOP circus of candidates to enhance his assets, e.g., “The Apprentice,” in his negotiations with the network. Then, like Dorothy and he…

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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/34/078e-34e3ac7b.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18529:trump-s-ukraine-call-not-a-transcript-proves-this-is-stupid-watergate&catid=9)### [Trump’s Ukraine Call 'Not-a-Transcript' Proves This Is 'Stupid Watergate'](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18529:trump-s-ukraine-call-not-a-transcript-proves-this-is-stupid-watergate&catid=9)

Written by Charles P. Pierce on September 26 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/1f/078k-1f2ca1d2.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18527:listen-to-the-children&catid=9)### [Listen to the Children](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18527:listen-to-the-children&catid=9)

Written by Mel Gurtov on September 26 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/97/077i-97bcac4f.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18511:the-ultra-costly-underwhelming-f-35-fighter&catid=9)### [The Ultra-Costly, Underwhelming F-35 Fighter](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18511:the-ultra-costly-underwhelming-f-35-fighter&catid=9)

Written by William J. Astore on September 23 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a5/077t-a5b10ef1.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18510:climate-race-and-health&catid=9)### [Climate, Race, and Health](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18510:climate-race-and-health&catid=9)

Written by Leslie D. Gregory and Tom H. Hastings on September 23 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/79/076i-79484f02.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18488:who-monitors-the-public-square&catid=9)### [Who Monitors the Public Square?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18488:who-monitors-the-public-square&catid=9)

Written by Nadia Oweidat on September 19 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/24/075u-243a810d.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18453:socialism-made-america-great&catid=9)### [‘Socialism’ Made America Great](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18453:socialism-made-america-great&catid=9)

Written by Tim Butterworth on September 16 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e8/075s-e8f60c5e.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18451:warren-rolls-out-plan-she-calls-most-sweeping-set-of-anti-corruption-reforms-since-watergate&catid=9)### [Warren Rolls Out Plan She Calls 'Most Sweeping Set of Anti-Corruption Reforms Since Watergate'](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18451:warren-rolls-out-plan-she-calls-most-sweeping-set-of-anti-corruption-reforms-since-watergate&catid=9)

Written by Jessica Corbett on September 16 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/58/072w-5895999d.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18389:how-lausd-illegally-targets-more-expensive-senior-teachers&catid=9)### [How LAUSD Illegally Targets More Expensive Senior Teachers](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18389:how-lausd-illegally-targets-more-expensive-senior-teachers&catid=9)

Written by Leonard Isenberg on September 05 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b0/071a-b05443da.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18371:will-antarctic-ice-doom-us-all&catid=9)### [Will Antarctic Ice Doom Us All?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18371:will-antarctic-ice-doom-us-all&catid=9)

Written by Chloe Zilliac on September 02 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/67/071p-67cae88d.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18368:beto-o-rourke-on-odessa-mass-shooting-this-is-f-ked-up&catid=9)### [Beto O’Rourke On Odessa Mass Shooting: This is ‘F—ked Up’](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18368:beto-o-rourke-on-odessa-mass-shooting-this-is-f-ked-up&catid=9)

Written by Karu F. Daniels on September 02 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/64/070e-6459ccf6.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18354:the-silencing-of-dissent&catid=9)### [The Silencing of Dissent](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18354:the-silencing-of-dissent&catid=9)

Written by Chris Hedges on August 29 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/f7/070o-f7743787.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2019/070o.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=1436562d) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18352:don-t-subsidize-companies-that-silence-workers&catid=9)### [Don't Subsidize Companies That Silence Workers](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18352:don-t-subsidize-companies-that-silence-workers&catid=9)

Written by Tom Lewandowski on August 29 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/2d/070t-2d8d63a9.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2019/070t.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=5760a3c0) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18346:a-contrarian-and-promising-jobs-strategy-for-the-homeless&catid=9)### [A Contrarian (and Promising) Jobs Strategy for the Homeless](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18346:a-contrarian-and-promising-jobs-strategy-for-the-homeless&catid=9)

Written by Michael Bernick on August 29 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/32/070i-328100e9.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2019/070i.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=af7a7890) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18342:how-sleazy-is-la-s-planning-process-more-than-you-imagine&catid=9)### [How Sleazy is LA’s Planning Process? More Than You Imagine!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18342:how-sleazy-is-la-s-planning-process-more-than-you-imagine&catid=9)

Written by Dick Platkin on August 29 2019.

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Written by Ryan Cooper on August 26 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/62/068g-62b0fe26.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2019/068g.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=dba0d068) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18310:just-who-got-trump-s-farm-bailouts&catid=9)### [Just Who Got Trump’s Farm Bailouts?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18310:just-who-got-trump-s-farm-bailouts&catid=9)

Written by Jim Hightower on August 22 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/7d/068y-7dd3bc34.png&src=images/stories/Aug-2019/068y.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=cb2bf25c) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18309:400-years-after-slavery-s-start-no-more-band-aids&catid=9)### [400 Years After Slavery’s Start, No More Band-Aids](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18309:400-years-after-slavery-s-start-no-more-band-aids&catid=9)

Written by Jessicah Pierre on August 22 2019.

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Written by Negin Owliaei on August 19 2019.

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