##  In the News

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### [Trump World. From Assassination Abroad to Chaos at Home](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33277:trump-world-from-assassination-abroad-to-chaos-at-home&catid=395)

August 31 2026

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### [Zuckerberg May Finally Pay a Price for Preying on Our Children](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33261:zuckerberg-may-finally-pay-a-price-for-preying-on-our-children&catid=375)

August 27 2026

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### [Newsom’s Next Immigration Gamble: Defy Federal Law And Dare Washington To Fight Back](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33283:newsoms-next-immigration-gamble-defy-federal-law-and-dare-washington-to-fight-back&catid=375)

August 31 2026

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### [Nithya Raman Has Yet to Address Hasan Piker’s Antisemitism Controversy](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33275:nithya-raman-has-yet-to-address-hasan-pikers-antisemitism-controversy&catid=375)

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#  IMPORTANT READS

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### Jeff Sessions Takes Over DOJ … Say Goodbye to Police Reform

Written by Ebony Slaughter-Johnson on February 16 2017.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12645:jeff-sessions-takes-over-doj-say-goodbye-to-police-reform&catid=9)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2017/014a.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12641:why-american-internet-should-be-a-public-utility&catid=9)Written by Rick Paulas on February 16 2017. Posted in [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=9).

## [Why American Internet Should Be a Public Utility](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12641:why-american-internet-should-be-a-public-utility&catid=9)

NEW ATTACKS COMING ON YOUR INTERNET--Back in June, when the insanity of the election and the chaos to follow was simply a glistening bomb lingering o…

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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/a0/014b-a0e2281c.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2017/014b.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=9b278a56) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12640:the-real-reason-carl-s-jr-ceo-and-trump-s-labor-nominee-ran-for-cover&catid=9)### [The Real Reason Carl’s Jr. CEO and Trump’s Labor Nominee Ran for Cover](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12640:the-real-reason-carl-s-jr-ceo-and-trump-s-labor-nominee-ran-for-cover&catid=9)

Written by Capital and Main Staff on February 16 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/7c/014c-7ccaf25c.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2017/014c.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=3dc99242) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12639:the-new-flip-flopper-in-chief&catid=9)### [The New Flip-Flopper-in-Chief](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12639:the-new-flip-flopper-in-chief&catid=9)

Written by Bob Gelfand on February 16 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/0b/014e-0b67de1a.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2017/014e.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=a5d0c574) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12637:kareem-abdul-jabbar-suggests-la-la-land-sends-a-bigoted-message-about-black-people&catid=9)### [Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Suggests ‘La La Land’ Sends a Bigoted Message about Black People](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12637:kareem-abdul-jabbar-suggests-la-la-land-sends-a-bigoted-message-about-black-people&catid=9)

Written by Zeba Blay on February 16 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/b3/013k-b3d6599a.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2017/013k.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=3d40d25a) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12627:the-miracle-of-trump-why-did-evangelicals-deliver-the-votes-for-a-sinner&catid=9)### [The Miracle of Trump: Why Did Evangelicals Deliver the Votes for a Sinner?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12627:the-miracle-of-trump-why-did-evangelicals-deliver-the-votes-for-a-sinner&catid=9)

Written by James McWilliams on February 13 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/ff/013m-ff8c227a.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2017/013m.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=5d52337f) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12625:trumpism-and-fascism-parallel-politics&catid=9)### [Trumpism and Fascism: Parallel Politics?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12625:trumpism-and-fascism-parallel-politics&catid=9)

Written by Bob Gelfand on February 13 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/bf/012r-bf35a875.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2017/012r.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=02a2bbe3) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12595:fairbanks-murfreesboro-oklahoma-city-los-angeles-the-resistance-is-mounting&catid=9)### [Fairbanks, Murfreesboro, Oklahoma City, Los Angeles … The Resistance is Mounting](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12595:fairbanks-murfreesboro-oklahoma-city-los-angeles-the-resistance-is-mounting&catid=9)

Written by Bob Gelfand on February 09 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/37/012b-37d2f23e.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2017/012b.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=aec9189e) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12593:beware-trump-s-top-advisor-predicts-apocalypse-says-war-is-inevitable&catid=9)### [Beware! Trump’s Top Advisor Predicts Apocalypse, Says War is Inevitable](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12593:beware-trump-s-top-advisor-predicts-apocalypse-says-war-is-inevitable&catid=9)

Written by Paul Blumenthal on February 09 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/55/012e-5500d731.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2017/012e.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=90610431) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12591:dear-so-called-president-trump-where-s-my-protest-paycheck&catid=9)### [Dear So-Called President Trump: Where’s My Protest Paycheck?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12591:dear-so-called-president-trump-where-s-my-protest-paycheck&catid=9)

Written by Peter Dreier on February 09 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/8b/012j-8ba523fb.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2017/012j.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=d3d04a2b) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12588:trump-s-new-order-witch-s-brew-not-new-and-not-order&catid=9)### [Trump’s ‘New Order’ Witch’s Brew: Not ‘New’ and Not ‘Order’](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12588:trump-s-new-order-witch-s-brew-not-new-and-not-order&catid=9)

Written by Doug Epperhart on February 09 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/5d/012o-5d72efa4.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2017/012o.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=b94e0dd4) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12582:how-the-trump-resistance-can-succeed-change-the-narrative&catid=9)### [How the Trump Resistance Can Succeed: Change the Narrative](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12582:how-the-trump-resistance-can-succeed-change-the-narrative&catid=9)

Written by Tom Jacobs on February 09 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/f2/011p-f2b9472b.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2017/011p.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=e8719d69) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12578:yes-sally-there-are-patriots-you-just-won-t-find-them-in-the-white-house&catid=9)### [Yes Sally, There are Patriots … You Just Won’t Find Them in the White House](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12578:yes-sally-there-are-patriots-you-just-won-t-find-them-in-the-white-house&catid=9)

Written by James Preston Allen on February 06 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/87/011w-871dc3f4.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2017/011w.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=759c925d) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12572:the-donald-and-the-judiciary&catid=9)### [The Donald and the Judiciary](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12572:the-donald-and-the-judiciary&catid=9)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on February 06 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/b9/011b-b958b699.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2017/011b.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=10bb8fa8) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12567:is-reading-steinbeck-an-antidote-to-donald-trump&catid=9)### [Is Reading Steinbeck an Antidote to Donald Trump?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12567:is-reading-steinbeck-an-antidote-to-donald-trump&catid=9)

Written by Stephen A. Cooper on February 06 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/52/011f-52eb04c4.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2017/011f.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=95d7c6ee) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12563:dress-like-a-woman-paying-tribute-to-the-victims-of-the-tragic-also-imaginary-bowling-green-massacre&catid=9)### [Dress Like A Woman: Paying Tribute to the Victims of the Tragic - Also Imaginary - Bowling Green Massacre](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12563:dress-like-a-woman-paying-tribute-to-the-victims-of-the-tragic-also-imaginary-bowling-green-massacre&catid=9)

Written by Abby Zimet on February 06 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d0/1510i-d0f3e6bd.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12544:the-new-california-ferrari-goes-196-miles-per-hour-and-comes-with-a-cupholder&catid=9)### [The New California Ferrari Goes 196 Miles per Hour, and Comes with a Cupholder](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12544:the-new-california-ferrari-goes-196-miles-per-hour-and-comes-with-a-cupholder&catid=9)

Written by Joe Mathews on February 02 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/77/1510d-779409d3.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12539:why-groundhog-day-now-elevates-science-over-superstition&catid=9)### [Why Groundhog Day Now Elevates Science over Superstition](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12539:why-groundhog-day-now-elevates-science-over-superstition&catid=9)

Written by Daniel T. Blumstein on February 02 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/16/1510e-16bb7bca.png&src=images/stories/Feb-2017/1510e.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=31389610) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12538:african-americans-to-the-democratic-party-we-re-at-a-crossroads&catid=9)### [African-Americans to the Democratic Party: ‘We’re at a Crossroads’](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12538:african-americans-to-the-democratic-party-we-re-at-a-crossroads&catid=9)

Written by Jasmyne A. Cannick on February 02 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/20/509f-209f1cd3.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2017/509f.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=4aea9a2c) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12529:make-no-mistake-this-is-a-muslim-ban&catid=9)### [Make No Mistake: This is a Muslim Ban](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12529:make-no-mistake-this-is-a-muslim-ban&catid=9)

Written by Kamala Harris on January 30 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/d2/509h-d289a34a.png&src=images/stories/Jan-2017/509h.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=79e3ba71) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12527:nixon-s-revolutionary-vision-for-american-governance&catid=9)### [Nixon's Revolutionary Vision for American Governance](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12527:nixon-s-revolutionary-vision-for-american-governance&catid=9)

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