## In the News [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/24/070g-24506d35.jpg) ](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) ### [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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/fb/070h-fb2580dc.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33277:trump-world-from-assassination-abroad-to-chaos-at-home&catid=395) ### [Trump World. 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Posted in [IMPORTANT READS](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=9). ## [What the GOP Really Loves Is Money, Power, and Hate](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25268:what-the-gop-really-loves-is-money-power-and-hate&catid=9) Republicans claim to "love America, "but what does that mean? They sure don't love our religious freedom. America was founded in 1789 as the first s… --- [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/3e/063n-3ec1cba2.jpg&src=images/stories/Aug-2022/063n.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=dc828278) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25247:mainstreaming-christian-nationalism-despite-its-history-of-violence&catid=9)### [Mainstreaming Christian Nationalism, Despite Its History of Violence](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25247:mainstreaming-christian-nationalism-despite-its-history-of-violence&catid=9) Written by SAMUEL PERRY on August 08 2022. 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