##  In the News

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### [When the Last-Minute Power Play Failed: Sacramento Finally Ran Out of Time](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33319:when-the-last-minute-power-play-failed-sacramento-finally-ran-out-of-time&catid=375)

September 10 2026

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### [May Day/International Workers Day, a Major US Holiday Ignored By The Media](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33336:may-day-international-workers-day-a-major-us-holiday-ignored-by-the-media&catid=398)

September 10 2026

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### [Olympics: LA28’s Drip‑Drip‑Drip Tactics Leave Los Angeles Holding the Bag](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33314:olympics-la28s-drip-drip-drip-tactics-leave-los-angeles-holding-the-bag&catid=312)

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### [$1 Billion Later, Congress Comes Knocking: Los Angeles’ Homelessness Machine Faces Its Day of Reckoning](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33321:1-billion-later-congress-comes-knocking-los-angeles-homelessness-machine-faces-its-day-of-reckoning&catid=396)

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#  IMPORTANT READS

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### Make No Mistake: This is a Muslim Ban

Written by Kamala Harris on January 30 2017.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12529:make-no-mistake-this-is-a-muslim-ban&catid=9)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2017/509h.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12527:nixon-s-revolutionary-vision-for-american-governance&catid=9)Written by Luke Phillips on January 30 2017. Posted in [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=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)

THE FAILURE OF NEW FEDERALISM-President Nixon, though possessing the instincts and speaking the increasingly conservative language of the mainstream…

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on January 30 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/87/509l-871923a4.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12523:trump-s-executive-order-a-personal-perspective&catid=9)### [Trump’s Executive Order: A Personal Perspective](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12523:trump-s-executive-order-a-personal-perspective&catid=9)

Written by Beth Cone Kramer on January 30 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b2/508d-b256b980.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12512:war-on-facts-sparks-scientists-march-on-washington-facebook-members-already-at-300-000&catid=9)### [War on Facts Sparks Scientists' March on Washington … Facebook Members Already at 300,000](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12512:war-on-facts-sparks-scientists-march-on-washington-facebook-members-already-at-300-000&catid=9)

Written by Deirdre Fulton on January 26 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/41/508g-413f3b19.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12510:reality-the-biggest-loser-in-trump-world&catid=9)### [‘Reality’ - The Biggest Loser in Trump World](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12510:reality-the-biggest-loser-in-trump-world&catid=9)

Written by Doug Epperhart on January 26 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/82/1507n-823b8abf.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12495:truth-or-twitter-why-donald-trump-is-no-john-steinbeck&catid=9)### [Truth or Twitter? Why Donald Trump Is No John Steinbeck](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12495:truth-or-twitter-why-donald-trump-is-no-john-steinbeck&catid=9)

Written by Stephen Cooper on January 23 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ee/1507p-ee4a177d.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12494:thick-irony-on-all-sides-of-anti-trump-rallies&catid=9)### [Thick Irony On All Sides of Anti-Trump Rallies](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12494:thick-irony-on-all-sides-of-anti-trump-rallies&catid=9)

Written by Daniel Guss on January 23 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/dd/1507t-dd581daa.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12491:the-new-normal-alternative-facts&catid=9)### [The New Normal: ‘Alternative Facts’](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12491:the-new-normal-alternative-facts&catid=9)

Written by Ellen Lubic on January 23 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9d/1507w-9df36c7e.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12490:the-divided-states-of-america-trump-may-have-already-lost-his-chance-to-unite-the-country&catid=9)### [The Divided States of America: Trump May have Already Lost His Chance to Unite the Country](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12490:the-divided-states-of-america-trump-may-have-already-lost-his-chance-to-unite-the-country&catid=9)

Written by James Preston Allen on January 23 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ce/1507c-ce01b521.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12482:commander-in-tweet&catid=9)### [Commander-in-Tweet](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12482:commander-in-tweet&catid=9)

Written by Paul Hatfield on January 23 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d2/06a-d297edf9.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12476:random-acts-of-kindness-in-a-time-of-uncertainty&catid=9)### [Random Acts of Kindness in a Time of Uncertainty](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12476:random-acts-of-kindness-in-a-time-of-uncertainty&catid=9)

Written by Sue Helmy on January 19 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8b/06e-8bad19fa.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12473:president-trump-an-answer-to-a-carnac-riddle&catid=9)### [President Trump: An Answer to a Carnac Riddle](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12473:president-trump-an-answer-to-a-carnac-riddle&catid=9)

Written by Bob Gelfand on January 19 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d6/06i-d620b264.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12470:the-real-danger-of-trump-s-alleged-pee-party&catid=9)### [The Real Danger of Trump’s Alleged ‘Pee Party’](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12470:the-real-danger-of-trump-s-alleged-pee-party&catid=9)

Written by Jill Richardson on January 19 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/34/06n-347d2550.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12466:what-s-behind-the-unexpected-release-of-chelsea-manning&catid=9)### [What’s Behind the Unexpected Release of Chelsea Manning](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12466:what-s-behind-the-unexpected-release-of-chelsea-manning&catid=9)

Written by Melissa Gira Grant on January 19 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/16/06y-16827e7a.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12460:donald-j-trump-is-our-next-president-will-you-be-part-of-the-problem-or-the-solution&catid=9)### [Donald J. Trump is Our Next President: Will You Be Part of the Problem or the Solution?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12460:donald-j-trump-is-our-next-president-will-you-be-part-of-the-problem-or-the-solution&catid=9)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on January 19 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/3e/06z1-3e6235aa.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12458:goodbye-antiques-road-show-sesame-street-trump-plan-would-privatize-pbs-and-destroy-national-arts&catid=9)### [Goodbye Antiques Road Show, Sesame Street: Trump Plan Would Privatize PBS and Destroy National Arts](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12458:goodbye-antiques-road-show-sesame-street-trump-plan-would-privatize-pbs-and-destroy-national-arts&catid=9)

Written by Nadia Prupis on January 19 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/db/05b-db3d7f91.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12454:is-mlk-s-legacy-to-the-99-percent-being-reversed-in-the-age-of-trump&catid=9)### [Is MLK’s Legacy to the 99 Percent Being Reversed in the Age of Trump?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12454:is-mlk-s-legacy-to-the-99-percent-being-reversed-in-the-age-of-trump&catid=9)

Written by Juan Cole on January 16 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/50/05r-506a8089.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12444:the-road-to-a-new-affordable-care-act-trumpcare-not-obamacare&catid=9)### [The Road to a New Affordable Care Act: “Trumpcare” Not "Obamacare"](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12444:the-road-to-a-new-affordable-care-act-trumpcare-not-obamacare&catid=9)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on January 16 2017.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b4/05t-b4d29a13.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12442:the-progressive-tea-party-arising&catid=9)### [The Progressive Tea Party Arising](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12442:the-progressive-tea-party-arising&catid=9)

Written by Bob Gelfand on January 16 2017.

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