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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)

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#  IMPORTANT READS

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### I Will No Longer Be a Millennial Hand Grenade

Written by Dan Moore on December 13 2018.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16741:i-will-no-longer-be-a-millennial-hand-grenade&catid=9)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/4d/099j-4d2dfe06.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16719:pope-should-ban-priesthood-not-homosexuals&catid=9)Written by George Cassidy Payne on December 13 2018. Posted in [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=9).

## [Pope Should Ban Priesthood, Not Homosexuals](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16719:pope-should-ban-priesthood-not-homosexuals&catid=9)

Theologically I am in total agreement with him that the Christian New Testament speaks of a preferential option for the poor, a radical call to aboli…

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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8b/099m-8b7097c5.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16712:does-trump-really-face-jail-time&catid=9)### [Does Trump Really Face Jail Time?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16712:does-trump-really-face-jail-time&catid=9)

Written by Bob Gelfand on December 13 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/da/098t-da8b308e.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16693:blue-wavers-be-careful-what-you-wish-for&catid=9)### [Blue Wavers: Be Careful What You Wish For](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16693:blue-wavers-be-careful-what-you-wish-for&catid=9)

Written by Victor Rothman on December 06 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/7f/098l-7f1de6a8.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16683:it-s-good-to-argue-about-dead-presidents&catid=9)### [It’s Good to Argue About Dead Presidents](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16683:it-s-good-to-argue-about-dead-presidents&catid=9)

Written by Peter Certo on December 06 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/56/097e-5680fb67.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16672:robert-mueller-is-no-match-for-fox-news&catid=9)### [Robert Mueller Is No Match for Fox News](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16672:robert-mueller-is-no-match-for-fox-news&catid=9)

Written by Quinta Jurecic on December 06 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/4c/096l-4c202478.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16650:employment-without-limits-tips-for-those-with-disabilities-on-finding-a-great-job&catid=9)### [Employment Without Limits: Tips for Those with Disabilities on Finding a Great Job](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16650:employment-without-limits-tips-for-those-with-disabilities-on-finding-a-great-job&catid=9)

Written by Patrick Young on November 29 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/fe/095l-feac7b98.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16640:memo-to-municipal-officials-the-first-amendment-protects-door-to-door-canvassers&catid=9)### [Memo to Municipal Officials: The First Amendment Protects Door-to-Door Canvassers](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16640:memo-to-municipal-officials-the-first-amendment-protects-door-to-door-canvassers&catid=9)

Written by ACLU on November 29 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/75/095i-75f26355.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16638:responding-to-the-wacko-conservative-attack-putting-up-with-8-years-of-obama&catid=9)### [Responding to the Wacko Conservative Attack: “Putting Up With 8 Years of Obama”](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16638:responding-to-the-wacko-conservative-attack-putting-up-with-8-years-of-obama&catid=9)

Written by S. Novi on November 29 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b4/095p-b422c2f8.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16637:how-to-keep-a-democracy-and-why-it-matters&catid=9)### [How to Keep a Democracy and Why it Matters](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16637:how-to-keep-a-democracy-and-why-it-matters&catid=9)

Written by Umair Haque on November 29 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d9/095o-d910a3d1.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16633:ice-trump-s-gestapo&catid=9)### [ICE: Trump's Gestapo](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16633:ice-trump-s-gestapo&catid=9)

Written by Abby Zimet on November 29 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/0d/095d-0d983101.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16631:trump-is-not-a-phenomenon&catid=9)### [Trump is Not a Phenomenon](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16631:trump-is-not-a-phenomenon&catid=9)

Written by George Cassidy Payne on November 29 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/1a/094l-1a029a77.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16615:chief-justice-roberts-to-trump-we-don-t-have-obama-judges-or-trump-judges-or-bush-judges&catid=9)### [Chief Justice Roberts to Trump … ‘We Don’t Have Obama judges, or Trump Judges or Bush Judges.’](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16615:chief-justice-roberts-to-trump-we-don-t-have-obama-judges-or-trump-judges-or-bush-judges&catid=9)

Written by Mark Sherman on November 21 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d5/093r-d555800a.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16599:can-america-reinvent-itself&catid=9)### [Can America Reinvent Itself?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16599:can-america-reinvent-itself&catid=9)

Written by Umair Haque on November 21 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/27/093g-27ee81b8.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16597:pew-report-two-thirds-of-americans-think-russia-has-influenced-voting&catid=9)### [Pew Report: Two Thirds of Americans Think Russia Has Influenced Voting](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16597:pew-report-two-thirds-of-americans-think-russia-has-influenced-voting&catid=9)

Written by S. Novi on November 21 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/7d/092t-7d0323a7.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16578:house-dems-promise-to-hold-climate-change-hearings-early-next-year&catid=9)### [House Dems Promise to Hold Climate Change Hearings Early Next Year](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16578:house-dems-promise-to-hold-climate-change-hearings-early-next-year&catid=9)

Written by Francie Diep on November 15 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/47/092q-47bec15e.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16577:it-s-a-lie-favorite-response-from-conservatives&catid=9)### [It’s a Lie! (Favorite Response from Conservatives)](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16577:it-s-a-lie-favorite-response-from-conservatives&catid=9)

Written by S. Novi on November 15 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/eb/091a-eb2c03f7.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16561:opinion-yes-we-can-call-these-people-morons&catid=9)### [Opinion: Yes, We Can Call These People Morons](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16561:opinion-yes-we-can-call-these-people-morons&catid=9)

Written by S. Novi on November 12 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8c/091f-8c5a5471.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16558:united-states-of-the-world&catid=9)### [United States of the World](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16558:united-states-of-the-world&catid=9)

Written by George Cassidy Payne on November 12 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/99/091i-994b4ce4.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16556:tropical-trump-declares-war-on-amazonia&catid=9)### [Tropical Trump Declares War on Amazonia](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16556:tropical-trump-declares-war-on-amazonia&catid=9)

Written by Robert Hunziker on November 12 2018.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b0/091n-b08d2769.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16551:it-s-time-for-a-progressive-reading-of-the-constitution&catid=9)### [It’s Time for a Progressive Reading of the Constitution](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16551:it-s-time-for-a-progressive-reading-of-the-constitution&catid=9)

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