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#  IMPORTANT READS

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### Cosby Racially Targeted? That Pass Ran Out Long Ago

Written by Earl Ofari Hutchinson on June 05 2017.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13362-cosby-racially-targeted-that-pass-ran-out-long-ago)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a3/045l-a36e4518.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13357-kathy-griffin-bill-maher-different-1st-amendment-lessons)Written by Daniel Guss on June 05 2017. Posted in [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads).

## [Kathy Griffin, Bill Maher: Different 1st Amendment Lessons](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13357-kathy-griffin-bill-maher-different-1st-amendment-lessons)

 With few exceptions, like yelling “fire” in a crowded room, one thing it gives us is freedom of speech. But it neither affords freedom from the pe…

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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/dd/045o-ddc43096.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13354-really-who-s-the-bigger-hate-monger)### [Really, Who’s the Bigger Hate Monger?](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13354-really-who-s-the-bigger-hate-monger)

Written by Michael Cohen on June 05 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f1/044g-f11f8bd1.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13334-just-shut-up)### [Just Shut Up](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13334-just-shut-up)

Written by David Bell on June 01 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e4/044k-e48cbfcb.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13331-leaked-regulation-shows-trump-plans-to-allow-insurers-to-refuse-to-cover-birth-control)### [Leaked Regulation Shows Trump Plans to Allow Insurers to Refuse to Cover Birth Control](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13331-leaked-regulation-shows-trump-plans-to-allow-insurers-to-refuse-to-cover-birth-control)

Written by Francie Diep on June 01 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6a/044r-6a389a27.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13325-the-real-meaning-of-covfefe)### [The Real Meaning of Covfefe!](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13325-the-real-meaning-of-covfefe)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on June 01 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/3c/044w-3c93e11b.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13321-who-is-the-real-leader-of-the-free-world)### [Who is the Real Leader of the Free World?](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13321-who-is-the-real-leader-of-the-free-world)

Written by Doug Epperhart on June 01 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f9/043i-f94b4a56.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13313-killing-children-is-always-terrorism)### [Killing Children is Always Terrorism](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13313-killing-children-is-always-terrorism)

Written by Leonard Isenberg on May 29 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a7/043k-a7151896.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13311-memorial-day-true-respect-for-those-who-gave-their-lives-is-to-learn-from-our-mistakes)### [Memorial Day: True Respect for Those Who Gave Their Lives is to Learn from Our Mistakes](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13311-memorial-day-true-respect-for-those-who-gave-their-lives-is-to-learn-from-our-mistakes)

Written by Kevin Basl on May 29 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a9/043l-a9274b41.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13310-montana-elects-a-thuglican-to-congress)### [Montana Elects a Thuglican to Congress](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13310-montana-elects-a-thuglican-to-congress)

Written by Michael Cohen on May 29 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/10/042d-104bee2f.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13297-botus-and-my-impeachment-popcorn)### [BOTUS and My Impeachment Popcorn](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13297-botus-and-my-impeachment-popcorn)

Written by Michael Cohen on May 25 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/20/042o-2009d01d.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13287-looking-at-memorial-day-through-2017-lens)### [Looking at Memorial Day Through 2017 Lens](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13287-looking-at-memorial-day-through-2017-lens)

Written by Brian Trautman on May 25 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e4/042z-e4ff3cd7.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13280-trump-s-historic-visit-to-the-middle-east-much-ado-about-nothing)### [Trump’s ‘Historic’ Visit to the Middle East: Much Ado about Nothing](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13280-trump-s-historic-visit-to-the-middle-east-much-ado-about-nothing)

Written by Alon Ben-Meir on May 25 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8c/042w-8cb9b3d7.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13279-trump-s-immovable-base-gets-wobbly)### [Trump’s Immovable Base Gets Wobbly](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13279-trump-s-immovable-base-gets-wobbly)

Written by Digby on May 25 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b4/041f-b47418b5.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13271-science-committee-sends-trump-a-letter-concerned-over-his-dubious-scientific-sources)### [Science Committee Sends Trump a Letter: ‘Concerned Over His Dubious Scientific Sources’](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13271-science-committee-sends-trump-a-letter-concerned-over-his-dubious-scientific-sources)

Written by Katie Kilkenny on May 22 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/80/041g-8003e87e.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13270-how-to-recognize-an-interactive-liar)### [How to Recognize an Interactive Liar](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13270-how-to-recognize-an-interactive-liar)

Written by Michael N. Cohen on May 22 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/02/041l-02b8097a.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13265-the-wolf-who-cried-boy)### [The Wolf Who Cried Boy](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13265-the-wolf-who-cried-boy)

Written by Son of Baldwin on May 22 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/1a/041m-1ab7f022.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13264-trump-drunk-we-need-an-aa-for-the-trumpaholics)### [Trump Drunk: We Need an AA for the Trumpaholics](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13264-trump-drunk-we-need-an-aa-for-the-trumpaholics)

Written by Bob Gelfand on May 22 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/60/041p-60471d2b.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13262-trump-s-islam-speech-just-as-bizarre-as-everything-else-he-does)### [Trump’s Islam Speech: Just as Bizarre as Everything Else He Does](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13262-trump-s-islam-speech-just-as-bizarre-as-everything-else-he-does)

Written by Juan Cole on May 22 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/3d/040b-3dc783de.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13256-reviving-israeli-palestinian-talks-now-will-go-nowhere)### [Reviving Israeli-Palestinian Talks Now Will Go Nowhere](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13256-reviving-israeli-palestinian-talks-now-will-go-nowhere)

Written by Alon Ben-Meir on May 18 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/be/040c-be6fc1fe.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13255-the-hidden-bombshell-in-the-comey-trump-story)### [The Hidden Bombshell in the Comey-Trump Story](https://www.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13255-the-hidden-bombshell-in-the-comey-trump-story)

Written by Peter Certo on May 18 2017.

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