##  In the News

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### [They Said It Made No Sense. Then They Voted Yes.](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33278:they-said-it-made-no-sense-then-they-voted-yes&catid=327)

August 31 2026

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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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### [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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### [Follow the Money: How Does a $3,662 Apartment Become “Affordable Housing”?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33300:follow-the-money-how-does-a-3-662-apartment-become-affordable-housing&catid=312)

September 03 2026

#  IMPORTANT READS

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### Here’s What We Learned During This Miserable, Endless Election Year

Written by Howard Fineman, Jason Linkins, Lauren Weber on November 07 2016.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12090:here-s-what-we-learned-during-this-miserable-endless-election-year&catid=9)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/06/089v-06bfeb38.png&src=images/stories/Nov-2016/089v.png&thumbnail=610,343,&hash=ba2dd7ac) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12084:i-can-t-vote-if-you-can-you-must&catid=9)Written by Chelsea Manning on November 03 2016. Posted in [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=9).

## [I Can’t Vote. If You Can, You Must](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12084:i-can-t-vote-if-you-can-you-must&catid=9)

ELECTION 2016--In an era of increasing dissatisfaction with and disengagement from governments, political parties, and much of the rest of the democr…

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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6d/089e-6d5d2185.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12079:stanford-rape-survivor-s-moving-essay-life-after-the-trial&catid=9)### [Stanford Rape Survivor’s Moving Essay: Life after the Trial](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12079:stanford-rape-survivor-s-moving-essay-life-after-the-trial&catid=9)

Written by Kali Holloway on November 03 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e2/088y-e2f71618.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12064:advice-to-hillary-act-like-reagan&catid=9)### [Advice to Hillary: Act Like Reagan](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12064:advice-to-hillary-act-like-reagan&catid=9)

Written by Bob Gelfand on October 31 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ce/088c-ce439820.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12059:what-makes-us-american-is-not-race-but-anglo-saxon-ideas-due-process-rep-government-free-speech&catid=9)### [What Makes Us American is Not Race but Anglo Saxon Ideas: Due Process, Rep Government, Free Speech](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12059:what-makes-us-american-is-not-race-but-anglo-saxon-ideas-due-process-rep-government-free-speech&catid=9)

Written by Joel Kotkin on October 31 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b1/088g-b11da68d.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12056:tom-hayden-fought-for-the-rights-of-all-living-things&catid=9)### [Tom Hayden Fought for the Rights of All Living Things](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12056:tom-hayden-fought-for-the-rights-of-all-living-things&catid=9)

Written by Bill Boyarsky on October 31 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/47/087o-4785e473.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12030:bill-as-first-lady-my-best-chance-of-being-part-of-a-political-sea-change&catid=9)### [Bill as ‘First Lady’ … My Best Chance of Being Part of a Political Sea Change!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12030:bill-as-first-lady-my-best-chance-of-being-part-of-a-political-sea-change&catid=9)

Written by Leonard Isenberg on October 27 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d3/087s-d31ab0d1.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12027:about-those-secret-voters&catid=9)### [About Those Secret Voters](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12027:about-those-secret-voters&catid=9)

Written by digby on October 27 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f3/086n-f333e27c.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12015:not-just-bad-boy-talk-election-2016-is-a-referendum-on-feminism&catid=9)### [Not Just ‘Bad Boy’ Talk: Election 2016 is a Referendum on Feminism](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12015:not-just-bad-boy-talk-election-2016-is-a-referendum-on-feminism&catid=9)

Written by Beth Cone Kramer on October 24 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/25/086r-25e7830f.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12011:what-we-can-expect-from-president-hillary-clinton&catid=9)### [What We Can Expect from President Hillary Clinton](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12011:what-we-can-expect-from-president-hillary-clinton&catid=9)

Written by Earl Ofari Hutchinson on October 24 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/75/086t-759bf1ab.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12009:trump-will-go-away-but-the-anger-he-s-stirred-up-will-be-around-long-after-nov-9&catid=9)### [Trump Will Go Away, but the Anger He’s Stirred Up will be Around Long After Nov 9](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12009:trump-will-go-away-but-the-anger-he-s-stirred-up-will-be-around-long-after-nov-9&catid=9)

Written by Joel Kotkin on October 24 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/31/086u-318625eb.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12008:talkin-baseball-rival-interpretations-of-billy-goat-s-curse&catid=9)### [Talkin’ Baseball: Rival Interpretations of Billy Goat's Curse](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12008:talkin-baseball-rival-interpretations-of-billy-goat-s-curse&catid=9)

Written by Bob Gelfand on October 24 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/0e/085d-0ee72dc1.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11999:this-year-s-angry-populist-politics-are-threatening-america-s-silent-majority&catid=9)### [This Year’s Angry Populist Politics are Threatening America's Silent Majority](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11999:this-year-s-angry-populist-politics-are-threatening-america-s-silent-majority&catid=9)

Written by Andrés Martinez on October 20 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8a/085e-8a889671.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11998:such-a-nasty-man-who-cares-whether-he-concedes-a-contrarian-thought-or-two-on-debate-three&catid=9)### [Such a Nasty Man … Who Cares Whether he Concedes? A Contrarian Thought or Two on Debate Three](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11998:such-a-nasty-man-who-cares-whether-he-concedes-a-contrarian-thought-or-two-on-debate-three&catid=9)

Written by Bob Gelfand on October 20 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/13/085s-132e3f02.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11989:civility-and-its-abusers&catid=9)### [Civility and Its Abusers](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11989:civility-and-its-abusers&catid=9)

Written by Paul Vandeventer on October 20 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9e/084t-9e88d988.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11983:does-american-politics-need-villains-to-be-successful&catid=9)### [Does American Politics Need Villains to Be Successful?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11983:does-american-politics-need-villains-to-be-successful&catid=9)

Written by Mark Schmitt on October 17 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/4b/084e-4bb930b6.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11979:trump-s-resistance-is-feudal&catid=9)### [Trump's Resistance is Feudal](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11979:trump-s-resistance-is-feudal&catid=9)

Written by Bob Gelfand on October 17 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/48/084j-488a8954.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11974:hillary-hating-has-become-a-cottage-industry&catid=9)### [Hillary Hating Has Become a Cottage Industry](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11974:hillary-hating-has-become-a-cottage-industry&catid=9)

Written by Denyse Selesnick on October 19 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/7a/084o-7ad12a43.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11970:finding-hope-in-these-dismal-times&catid=9)### [Finding Hope in These Dismal Times](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11970:finding-hope-in-these-dismal-times&catid=9)

Written by Rebecca Gordon on October 17 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ee/083k-eec63f62.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11956:hoist-a-martini-no-problem-smoke-a-joint-go-to-jail-what-a-colossal-drug-war-waste&catid=9)### [Hoist a Martini, No Problem … Smoke a Joint, Go to Jail … What a Colossal Drug War Waste!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11956:hoist-a-martini-no-problem-smoke-a-joint-go-to-jail-what-a-colossal-drug-war-waste&catid=9)

Written by Nadia Prupis on October 13 2016.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/02/082c-0272aac3.png) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11947:trump-technique-hillary-is-more-guilty-than-me&catid=9)### [Trump Technique: ‘Hillary is More Guilty than Me’](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=11947:trump-technique-hillary-is-more-guilty-than-me&catid=9)

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