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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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### Why We Need to Know What Trump Says Behind Closed Doors

Written by Richard Eskow on July 06 2017.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13539:why-we-need-to-know-what-trump-says-behind-closed-doors&catid=9)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/July-2017/053a.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13530:a-political-or-apolitical-4th-of-july&catid=9)Written by Wim Laven on July 03 2017. Posted in [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=9).

## [A Political or Apolitical 4th of July?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13530:a-political-or-apolitical-4th-of-july&catid=9)

 “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights…

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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e8/053i-e868ac8b.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13524:it-s-independence-day-but-are-we-really-independent&catid=9)### [It’s Independence Day but are We Really Independent?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13524:it-s-independence-day-but-are-we-really-independent&catid=9)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on July 03 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/0d/053j-0d47cccf.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13523:joe-and-mika-owe-america-an-apology&catid=9)### [Joe and Mika Owe America an Apology](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13523:joe-and-mika-owe-america-an-apology&catid=9)

Written by Peter Dreier on July 03 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/4b/053o-4bf123dd.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13520:trump-is-right-the-world-is-laughing-at-us-but-trump-is-wrong-about-why&catid=9)### [Trump is Right, the World is Laughing at US … but Trump is Wrong about Why](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13520:trump-is-right-the-world-is-laughing-at-us-but-trump-is-wrong-about-why&catid=9)

Written by Bob Gelfand on July 03 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ef/053p-eff04bae.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13519:when-lies-myths-and-myopia-become-the-norm&catid=9)### [When Lies, Myths and Myopia become the Norm](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13519:when-lies-myths-and-myopia-become-the-norm&catid=9)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on July 03 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/11/052b-11b0f623.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13515:why-the-democrats-won-t-wake-up&catid=9)### [Why the Democrats Won’t Wake Up](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13515:why-the-democrats-won-t-wake-up&catid=9)

Written by Christopher D. Cook on June 29 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/cb/052d-cbe2c525.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13513:want-to-save-obamacare-find-an-antidote-for-the-poison-pill&catid=9)### [Want to Save Obamacare? Find an Antidote for the Poison Pill](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13513:want-to-save-obamacare-find-an-antidote-for-the-poison-pill&catid=9)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on June 29 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a5/052e-a54def7e.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13512:the-alt-left-and-alt-right-two-sides-of-the-same-coin&catid=9)### [The Alt Left and Alt Right: Two Sides of the Same Coin](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13512:the-alt-left-and-alt-right-two-sides-of-the-same-coin&catid=9)

Written by Remy Anne on June 29 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ee/052i-ee1c8b61.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13510:single-payer-why-wait&catid=9)### [Single Payer, Why Wait?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13510:single-payer-why-wait&catid=9)

Written by Michael Cohen on June 29 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/39/052k-39f5c5ad.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13508:russiagate-vs-watergate-not-much-to-compare&catid=9)### [Russiagate vs. Watergate: Not Much to Compare](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13508:russiagate-vs-watergate-not-much-to-compare&catid=9)

Written by Doug Epperhart on June 29 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/96/052q-96767fbb.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13503:grasping-health-care-is-like-grasping-water-yet-we-must-try&catid=9)### [Grasping Health Care is Like Grasping Water...Yet We Must Try](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13503:grasping-health-care-is-like-grasping-water-yet-we-must-try&catid=9)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on June 29 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b0/051n-b0277afa.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13484:kansas-tax-cuts-are-a-spectacular-failure-meanwhile-in-california&catid=9)### [Kansas Tax Cuts Are a Spectacular Failure. Meanwhile, in California](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13484:kansas-tax-cuts-are-a-spectacular-failure-meanwhile-in-california&catid=9)

Written by Tom Steyer on June 26 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9b/051q-9b45df87.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13481:netanyahu-to-american-jews-drop-dead&catid=9)### [Netanyahu to American Jews: Drop Dead](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13481:netanyahu-to-american-jews-drop-dead&catid=9)

Written by Chemi Shalev on June 26 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/40/051w-40c6c5c3.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13478:robocalls-fake-sales-letters-and-liars-who-to-believe&catid=9)### [Robocalls, Fake Sales Letters and Liars … Who to Believe?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13478:robocalls-fake-sales-letters-and-liars-who-to-believe&catid=9)

Written by Leonard Isenberg on June 26 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c9/050c-c9477a0c.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13469:aca-cutoff-date-missed-dems-gop-point-fingers&catid=9)### [ACA Cutoff Date Missed … Dems, GOP Point Fingers](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13469:aca-cutoff-date-missed-dems-gop-point-fingers&catid=9)

Written by Tony Butka on June 22 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a5/050s-a5b772bb.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13457:the-donald-under-his-own-bus&catid=9)### [The Donald: Under His Own Bus](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13457:the-donald-under-his-own-bus&catid=9)

Written by Michael Cohen on June 22 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/fb/050t-fb7c6da4.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13456:the-opioid-crisis-in-black-and-white&catid=9)### [The Opioid Crisis in Black and White](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13456:the-opioid-crisis-in-black-and-white&catid=9)

Written by Earl Ofari Hutchinson on June 22 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/14/050u-147acfb6.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13455:unwanted-influence-the-real-cost-of-pbs&catid=9)### [Unwanted Influence: The Real Cost of PBS](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13455:unwanted-influence-the-real-cost-of-pbs&catid=9)

Written by Leonard Isenberg on June 22 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/90/050x-907e249b.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13452:what-s-really-behind-the-dem-s-special-election-losses&catid=9)### [What’s Really Behind the Dem’s Special Election Losses?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13452:what-s-really-behind-the-dem-s-special-election-losses&catid=9)

Written by Peter Dreier on June 22 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f2/049f-f2eaaa68.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13447:an-assault-weapon-in-civilian-hands-is-a-massacre-in-the-making&catid=9)### [An Assault Weapon in Civilian Hands is a Massacre in the Making](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13447:an-assault-weapon-in-civilian-hands-is-a-massacre-in-the-making&catid=9)

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