# IMPORTANT READS ## [ The Cults of Sanders and Trump](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17575-the-cults-of-sanders-and-trump "The Cults of Sanders and Trump") Details S. Novi [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) April 29 2019 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2019/035n.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17575-the-cults-of-sanders-and-trump) **MY TURN**-We have to ask ourselves, exactly “when” did supporting a political candidate transition into the kind of cult behavior that we have seen with those that support Sanders and Trump? What was the formula that catapulted an individual to a pedestal that was so unrealistic, it borders on worship? [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17575-the-cults-of-sanders-and-trump) ## [ The Conversation About War and Our Veterans We Refuse to Have](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17562-the-conversation-about-war-and-our-veterans-we-refuse-to-have "The Conversation About War and Our Veterans We Refuse to Have") Details Benjamin Sledge [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) April 29 2019 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2019/035q.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17562-the-conversation-about-war-and-our-veterans-we-refuse-to-have) **MORE TO WAR THAN GUNS AND BOMBS**— *I went to the market …Where all the families shop … I pulled out my Ka-bar … And started to chop … Your left right left right left right **kill** …Your left right left right **you know I will**-*-Military cadence [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17562-the-conversation-about-war-and-our-veterans-we-refuse-to-have) ## [ The Beginning of the End of Erdogan’s Era](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17545-the-beginning-of-the-end-of-erdogan-s-era "The Beginning of the End of Erdogan’s Era") Details Alon Ben-Meir [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) April 25 2019 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2019/034g.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17545-the-beginning-of-the-end-of-erdogan-s-era) **WORLD WATCH**--The result of the recent municipal elections in Turkey represents a major shift in public sentiment toward President Erdogan, which will have major political ramifications that will bring him down in disgrace. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17545-the-beginning-of-the-end-of-erdogan-s-era) ## [ The Most Dangerous Time for Women’s Rights in Decades](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17539-the-most-dangerous-time-for-women-s-rights-in-decades "The Most Dangerous Time for Women’s Rights in Decades") Details Martha Burk [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) April 25 2019 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2019/034e.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17539-the-most-dangerous-time-for-women-s-rights-in-decades) **HUMAN RIGHTS**--Merely banning abortion isn't enough for some on the rabid right — a few are even threatening women with the death penalty. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17539-the-most-dangerous-time-for-women-s-rights-in-decades) ## [ Joe’s a Go](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17538-joe-s-a-go "Joe’s a Go") Details Jennifer Bendery and Marina Fang [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) April 25 2019 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2019/034m.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17538-joe-s-a-go) **HUFF POST REPORT**-Ending months of speculation, former Vice President [Joe Biden](https://www.huffpost.com/topic/joe-biden) [announced](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbOU2fTg6cI) Thursday that he’s running for president in 2020, joining a crowded field of [Democrats](https://www.huffpost.com/topic/democratic-party) eager to take on President [Donald Trump](https://www.huffpost.com/topic/donald-trump). [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17538-joe-s-a-go) ## [ Berniebots and Trumptrolls Brought Us to the Brink of Disaster](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17524-berniebots-and-trumptrolls-brought-us-to-the-brink-of-disaster "Berniebots and Trumptrolls Brought Us to the Brink of Disaster") Details S. Novi [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) April 22 2019 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2019/033v.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17524-berniebots-and-trumptrolls-brought-us-to-the-brink-of-disaster) **MY TURN**-For all who campaigned, called, volunteered and encouraged to elect Hillary Clinton during the 2016 campaign, we knew that there was an extreme left faction that was buying into the conspiracy theories that were being dissipated. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17524-berniebots-and-trumptrolls-brought-us-to-the-brink-of-disaster) ## [ One Way the Mueller Report Failed the American People](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17523-one-way-the-mueller-report-failed-the-american-people "One Way the Mueller Report Failed the American People") Details George Cassidy Payne [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) April 22 2019 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2019/033j.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17523-one-way-the-mueller-report-failed-the-american-people) **VIEW FROM HERE**-Imagine that Donald Trump was in the drug trade instead of running for president. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17523-one-way-the-mueller-report-failed-the-american-people) ## [ The Young Mayor of a Small Midwestern City is Favored to Win the Democratic Nomination for President! Really?](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17519-the-young-mayor-of-a-small-midwestern-city-is-favored-to-win-the-democratic-nomination-for-president-really "The Young Mayor of a Small Midwestern City is Favored to Win the Democratic Nomination for President! Really?") Details Michael Greiner [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) April 22 2019 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2019/033a.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17519-the-young-mayor-of-a-small-midwestern-city-is-favored-to-win-the-democratic-nomination-for-president-really) **POLITICS**--Bill Kristol declared the Democratic race for President as between Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg. At a Des Moines town hall, his campaign planned for [50 people to show up; 1600 did](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/pete-buttigieg-expected-50-people-des-moines-rally/story?id=62450521). According to a[ CNBC analysis](https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/17/pete-buttigieg-enlists-barack-obama-hillary-clinton-fundraisers-for-2020-campaign.html), Buttigieg has become a top recipient of bundled contributions from Democratic campaign donors. It looks like this guy is for real. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17519-the-young-mayor-of-a-small-midwestern-city-is-favored-to-win-the-democratic-nomination-for-president-really) ## [ California Wants to Ban ‘Teach for America’ During a Teacher Shortage, Here’s Inside Story on Why](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17513-california-wants-to-ban-teach-for-america-during-a-teacher-shortage-here-s-inside-story-on-why "California Wants to Ban ‘Teach for America’ During a Teacher Shortage, Here’s Inside Story on Why") Details Brianna Provenzano [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) April 22 2019 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2019/033u.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17513-california-wants-to-ban-teach-for-america-during-a-teacher-shortage-here-s-inside-story-on-why) **EDUCATION POLITICS**--Amid a rapidly worsening shortage of teachers in California, progressive lawmakers in the state are exploring an unorthodox option for strengthening public education: barring even more teachers from classrooms. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17513-california-wants-to-ban-teach-for-america-during-a-teacher-shortage-here-s-inside-story-on-why) ## [ Class(room) Warfare](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17501-class-room-warfare "Class(room) Warfare") Details Kathy M. Newman [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) April 18 2019 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2019/032k.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17501-class-room-warfare) **EDUCATION POLITICS**--The actress Felicity Huffman—along with 13 other parents charged in the college admissions scandal—entered plea deals last week, putting pressure on actress Lori Laughlin and her husband, designer Mossimo Giannulli, to do the same. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17501-class-room-warfare) ## [ Biden’s Biggest Hurdle: Vice Presidents Don’t Have a Great Record Running for President](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17500-biden-s-biggest-hurdle-vice-presidents-don-t-have-a-great-record-running-for-president "Biden’s Biggest Hurdle: Vice Presidents Don’t Have a Great Record Running for President") Details Therin Alrik [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) April 18 2019 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2019/032n.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17500-biden-s-biggest-hurdle-vice-presidents-don-t-have-a-great-record-running-for-president) **ELECTION 2020**-It’d be difficult to advise a former vice-president to *not* run for the presidency, to tell them how they’d likely lose, that they should just sit this one out, particularly when so many others in their position *did* succeed at eventually occupying the Oval Office. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17500-biden-s-biggest-hurdle-vice-presidents-don-t-have-a-great-record-running-for-president) ## [ Barr … Just Another Word for Obstruction](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17496-barr-just-another-word-for-obstruction "Barr … Just Another Word for Obstruction") Details Tom H. Hastings [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) April 18 2019 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2019/032p.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17496-barr-just-another-word-for-obstruction) **PERSPECTIVE**--We on the Portland Peace Team were invited out the other day to provide some nonviolent public safety for the local demonstration of perhaps 250 people calling for the unredacted release of the Mueller Report to Congress and to the American people. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17496-barr-just-another-word-for-obstruction) ## [ ‘I’m Fucked’ … and Other Damning Revelations from the Mueller Report](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17495-i-m-fucked-and-other-damning-revelations-from-the-mueller-report "‘I’m Fucked’ … and Other Damning Revelations from the Mueller Report") Details Ryan J. Reilly & Jessica Schulberg [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) April 18 2019 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2019/032j.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17495-i-m-fucked-and-other-damning-revelations-from-the-mueller-report) **FINALLY … THE MUELLER REPORT**-- “Oh my God,” President [Donald Trump](https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/donald-trump) said. “This is terrible. This is the end of my presidency. I’m fucked.” [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17495-i-m-fucked-and-other-damning-revelations-from-the-mueller-report) ## [ The Election Will Obliterate the Face of Israel As We Know It](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17481-the-election-will-obliterate-the-face-of-israel-as-we-know-it "The Election Will Obliterate the Face of Israel As We Know It") Details Alon Ben-Meir [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) April 15 2019 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2019/031w.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17481-the-election-will-obliterate-the-face-of-israel-as-we-know-it) **NO TURNING BACK-**The result of the Israeli election has demonstrated that the Israeli public’s movement to the right is now consolidated, and that its prospective reversal to the center and left-of-center is becoming increasingly unlikely. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17481-the-election-will-obliterate-the-face-of-israel-as-we-know-it) ## [ Killing the Messenger](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17479-killing-the-messenger "Killing the Messenger") Details George Cassidy Payne [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) April 15 2019 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2019/031z06.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17479-killing-the-messenger) **VIEW FROM HERE**-According to their website, "on April 5th, 2010 WikiLeaks released a classified U.S. military video depicting the indiscriminate slaying of over a dozen people in the Iraqi suburb of New Baghdad- including two Reuters news staff. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17479-killing-the-messenger) ## [ So, Who Really Got a Tax Cut This Year?](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17474-so-who-really-got-a-tax-cut-this-year "So, Who Really Got a Tax Cut This Year?") Details Frank Clemente [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) April 15 2019 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2019/031y.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17474-so-who-really-got-a-tax-cut-this-year) **POLITICS**--Tax Day is here. What’s in your return? [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17474-so-who-really-got-a-tax-cut-this-year) ## [ The Age of Collective Delusion: How Destructive Fantasies Can Rip Societies Apart ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17437-the-age-of-collective-delusion-how-destructive-fantasies-can-rip-societies-apart "The Age of Collective Delusion: How Destructive Fantasies Can Rip Societies Apart  ") Details Umair Haque [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) April 08 2019 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2019/029o.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17437-the-age-of-collective-delusion-how-destructive-fantasies-can-rip-societies-apart) **TRIBAL WARFARE EXAMINED**-When I look around the world today-- and particularly, at English speaking societies-- entire nations seem to be having a kind of severe mental breakdown. America. Britain. Nation after nation is falling into the grip of a kind of mania, driven by strange, foolish, downright bizarre myths. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17437-the-age-of-collective-delusion-how-destructive-fantasies-can-rip-societies-apart) ## [ We All Practice ‘Identity Politics’](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17435-we-all-practice-identity-politics "We All Practice ‘Identity Politics’") Details Joshua Adams [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) April 08 2019 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2019/029h.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17435-we-all-practice-identity-politics) VOICES- Communities have a right to say what they need. Why is it only a problem when certain communities speak up? As the 2020 campaign lurches to a start, get ready to hear a lot about “identity politics.” [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17435-we-all-practice-identity-politics) ## [ Meritocracy is Becoming a Cruel Joke](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17432-meritocracy-is-becoming-a-cruel-joke "Meritocracy is Becoming a Cruel Joke") Details Robert Reich [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) April 08 2019 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2019/029q.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17432-meritocracy-is-becoming-a-cruel-joke) **GUEST WORDS**--Jared Kushner’s father reportedly pledged $2.5 million to Harvard just as young Jared was applying. The young man gained admission, despite rather mediocre grades. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17432-meritocracy-is-becoming-a-cruel-joke) ## [ A Class on ‘Calling Bullshit’ Teaches that More Knowledge is Making Us Less Reasonable](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17430-a-class-on-calling-bullshit-teaches-that-more-knowledge-is-making-us-less-reasonable "A Class on ‘Calling Bullshit’ Teaches that More Knowledge is Making Us Less Reasonable") Details James McWilliams [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) April 08 2019 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2019/029w.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17430-a-class-on-calling-bullshit-teaches-that-more-knowledge-is-making-us-less-reasonable) **TOO MUCH KNOWLEDGE A BAD THING?-**To prepare themselves for future success in the American workforce, today's college students are increasingly choosing courses in business, biomedical science, engineering, computer science, and various health-related disciplines. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17430-a-class-on-calling-bullshit-teaches-that-more-knowledge-is-making-us-less-reasonable) ## [ Why the West is Drowning in a Tidal Wave of Ignorance, Demagoguery, and Self-Inflicted Catastrophe](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17412-why-the-west-is-drowning-in-a-tidal-wave-of-ignorance-demagoguery-and-self-inflicted-catastrophe "Why the West is Drowning in a Tidal Wave of Ignorance, Demagoguery, and Self-Inflicted Catastrophe") Details Umair Haque [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads) April 04 2019 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2019/028r.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17412-why-the-west-is-drowning-in-a-tidal-wave-of-ignorance-demagoguery-and-self-inflicted-catastrophe) **RESPECTING THE IMBECILES**-When we look at the spectacular, astonishing, bizarre state of affairs that Anglo countries — meaning the US and UK are in — it’s hard not to see a truth emerge. [ Read more … ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17412-why-the-west-is-drowning-in-a-tidal-wave-of-ignorance-demagoguery-and-self-inflicted-catastrophe) 1. [ Should We Blame Pharmaceutical Companies for America's Opioid Epidemic? Here's What the Science Says](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17410-should-we-blame-pharmaceutical-companies-for-america-s-opioid-epidemic-here-s-what-the-science-says) 2. [ Joe Biden and the Folly of the Pitchfork Brigade](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17409-joe-biden-and-the-folly-of-the-pitchfork-brigade) 3. [ Was Ending the Draft a Grave Mistake?](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17407-was-ending-the-draft-a-grave-mistake) 4. [ Republicans Don’t Want a Democracy - They Want an Authoritarian Dictatorship](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17392-republicans-don-t-want-a-democracy-they-want-an-authoritarian-dictatorship) 5. [ Justice Democrats’ Dark Truth](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17370-justice-democrats-dark-truth) 6. [ Three Lessons from the ‘Failed’ Mueller Inquiry](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17369-three-lessons-from-the-failed-mueller-inquiry) 7. [ What’s Next for the Green New Deal?](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17365-what-s-next-for-the-green-new-deal) 8. [ A Russiagate Reality Check](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17360-a-russiagate-reality-check) 9. [ Mueller Report Ends a Shameful Period for the Press](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/17358-mueller-report-ends-a-shameful-period-for-the-press) 10. 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