# IMPORTANT READS ## [ Reasons Rookies Lose Money at the Poker Tables](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24329-reasons-rookies-lose-money-at-the-poker-tables "Reasons Rookies Lose Money at the Poker Tables") Details Roger Monroe [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads) April 14 2022 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2022/030s.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24329-reasons-rookies-lose-money-at-the-poker-tables) WANT TO BET-Sitting at the poker table is filled with so much fraught, especially for newbies. Having a strategy is what is most desirable for any rookie’s success. [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24329-reasons-rookies-lose-money-at-the-poker-tables) ## [ About That $900 You Gave Pentagon Contractors](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24322-about-that-900-you-gave-pentagon-contractors "About That $900 You Gave Pentagon Contractors") Details Lindsay Koshgarian [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads) April 14 2022 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2022/030f.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24322-about-that-900-you-gave-pentagon-contractors) MILITARY TAX - Most of us want our tax dollars to be wisely used — especially around tax time. [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24322-about-that-900-you-gave-pentagon-contractors) ## [ The GOP Has Gone Bull-Goose Bonkers, Where Are the Democrats?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24315-the-gop-has-gone-bull-goose-bonkers-where-are-the-democrats "The GOP Has Gone Bull-Goose Bonkers, Where Are the Democrats?") Details Jim Hightower [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads) April 14 2022 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2022/030m.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24315-the-gop-has-gone-bull-goose-bonkers-where-are-the-democrats) GUEST COMMENTARY - I think we can now say the obvious: The Republican Party has gone bull-goose bonkers. [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24315-the-gop-has-gone-bull-goose-bonkers-where-are-the-democrats) ## [ The US Supreme Court Has a Very Serious Clarence Thomas Problem](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24312-the-us-supreme-court-has-a-very-serious-clarence-thomas-problem "The US Supreme Court Has a Very Serious Clarence Thomas Problem") Details Bill Blum [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads) April 14 2022 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2022/030o.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24312-the-us-supreme-court-has-a-very-serious-clarence-thomas-problem) SCOTUS - As I have written before, the U.S. Supreme Court is facing a crisis of legitimacy driven by a [**growing public perception**](https://news.gallup.com/poll/354908/approval-supreme-court-down-new-low.aspx) that the court is a political institution dominated by conservative activists masquerading as impartial guardians of the Constitution. [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24312-the-us-supreme-court-has-a-very-serious-clarence-thomas-problem) ## [ Move Over Weapons Makers, Facebooks Wants Its War Profits Too](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24300-move-over-weapons-makers-facebooks-wants-its-war-profits-too "Move Over Weapons Makers, Facebooks Wants Its War Profits Too") Details Eli Clifton [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads) April 11 2022 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2022/029r.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24300-move-over-weapons-makers-facebooks-wants-its-war-profits-too) SOCIAL MEDIA - It should come as no surprise that Facebook, alongside many big tech companies, opposes anti-monopoly regulatory efforts, expanding antitrust rules, and strengthening privacy and user rights. [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24300-move-over-weapons-makers-facebooks-wants-its-war-profits-too) ## [ What If Voting Became Mandatory in the United States?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24270-what-if-voting-became-mandatory-in-the-united-states "What If Voting Became Mandatory in the United States?") Details Kelly Candaele [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads) April 07 2022 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2022/028o.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24270-what-if-voting-became-mandatory-in-the-united-states) OUR DEMOCRACY - Washington Post opinion columnist E.J. Dionne Jr. votes at Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Maryland. [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24270-what-if-voting-became-mandatory-in-the-united-states) ## [ Top 5 Worst Corporate Landlords (Corporate YIMBYs Win Honorable Mention)](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24263-top-5-worst-corporate-landlords-corporate-yimbys-win-honorable-mention "Top 5 Worst Corporate Landlords (Corporate YIMBYs Win Honorable Mention)") Details Patrick Range McDonald [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads) April 06 2022 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2022/028d.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24263-top-5-worst-corporate-landlords-corporate-yimbys-win-honorable-mention) RENT CONTROL - As corporate landlords keep setting sky-high prices in the rental housing market, tenants are getting slammed by unfair rents, more evictions, and more homelessness. [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24263-top-5-worst-corporate-landlords-corporate-yimbys-win-honorable-mention) ## [ The Most Dangerous Class: Educated, Unemployed & Angry](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24243-the-most-dangerous-class "The Most Dangerous Class: Educated, Unemployed & Angry") Details Joel Kotkin [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads) April 04 2022 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2022/027p.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24243-the-most-dangerous-class) CLASS OF DISCONTENTS - Twenty-first-century America may be dominated by oligarchic elites, but arguably the biggest threat to our economic and political system might be located further down the food chain. [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24243-the-most-dangerous-class) ## [ Undermining Judge Jackson's SCOTUS Confirmation: The GOP, Islamophobia, and Guantanamo](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24234-undermining-judge-jackson-s-scotus-confirmation-the-gop-islamophobia-and-guantanamo "Undermining Judge Jackson's SCOTUS Confirmation: The GOP, Islamophobia, and Guantanamo") Details Maha Hilal [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads) April 04 2022 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Apr-2022/027x.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24234-undermining-judge-jackson-s-scotus-confirmation-the-gop-islamophobia-and-guantanamo) SCOTUS - If she is confirmed by the Senate next week, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson would arguably become the most accomplished Justice on the Supreme Court, and the first to have served as a public defender. [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24234-undermining-judge-jackson-s-scotus-confirmation-the-gop-islamophobia-and-guantanamo) ## [ Facebook Hires GOP Firm Tied to 'Republican Political Machine'](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24212-facebook-hires-gop-firm-tied-to-republican-political-machine "Facebook Hires GOP Firm Tied to 'Republican Political Machine'") Details JAKE JOHNSON [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads) March 31 2022 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Mar-2022/026w.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24212-facebook-hires-gop-firm-tied-to-republican-political-machine) POLITICS & SOCIAL MEDIA - The new revelation Wednesday that Facebook hired one of the largest Republican consulting firms in the United States to carry out a public attack campaign against rival platform TikTok was seen as further evidence of the social media behemoth's growing alliance with the GOP political apparatus. [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24212-facebook-hires-gop-firm-tied-to-republican-political-machine) ## [ New Reality: The Biggest Cities Are Past Their Prime](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24202-new-reality-the-biggest-cities-are-past-their-prime "New Reality:  The Biggest Cities Are Past Their Prime") Details Joel Kotkin [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads) March 31 2022 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Mar-2022/026o.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24202-new-reality-the-biggest-cities-are-past-their-prime) URBAN WATCH - As the centers of media and political discourse, large cities, notably New York, have a unique ability to promote themselves, asserting that dense, core urban areas own the future. [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24202-new-reality-the-biggest-cities-are-past-their-prime) ## [ Enough. It Is Time for Merrick Garland to Act on Trump's Coup Plot](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24198-enough-it-is-time-for-merrick-garland-to-act-on-trump-s-coup-plot "Enough. It Is Time for Merrick Garland to Act on Trump's Coup Plot") Details BILL BLUM [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads) March 31 2022 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Mar-2022/026t.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24198-enough-it-is-time-for-merrick-garland-to-act-on-trump-s-coup-plot) DOJ WATCH - I know you've heard this before—that accountability is coming for Donald Trump and his cronies for triggering the Jan. 6th insurrection— [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24198-enough-it-is-time-for-merrick-garland-to-act-on-trump-s-coup-plot) ## [ Top 10 Billionaires Could Pay $215 Billion Over Next Decade](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24187-top-10-billionaires-could-pay-215-billion-over-next-decade "Top 10 Billionaires Could Pay $215 Billion Over Next Decade") Details Jon Queally [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads) March 28 2022 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Mar-2022/025z1.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24187-top-10-billionaires-could-pay-215-billion-over-next-decade) NEW TAX CODE - Economic experts and progressives opposed to the outrageous levels of inequality in the United States celebrated Saturday evening [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24187-top-10-billionaires-could-pay-215-billion-over-next-decade) ## [ The Fight to Tax the Super-Rich](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24182-the-fight-to-tax-the-super-rich "The Fight to Tax the Super-Rich") Details Steve Appleford [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads) March 28 2022 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Mar-2022/025s.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24182-the-fight-to-tax-the-super-rich) WEALTH DISTRIBUTION - During four years of Donald Trump’s high-anxiety presidency, Republicans could at least point to one goal accomplished amid the noise and two impeachments: the 2017 tax reform law. [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24182-the-fight-to-tax-the-super-rich) ## [ Thinking About the Unthinkable](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24172-thinking-about-the-unthinkable "Thinking About the Unthinkable") Details Paul Street [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads) March 27 2022 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Mar-2022/025g.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24172-thinking-about-the-unthinkable) NUCLEAR WAR - I’ve been darkly amused by the large number of people I’ve seen and heard dismissing the possibility of nuclear World War III emerging from the Ukraine War: [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24172-thinking-about-the-unthinkable) ## [ The Coming Bloodbath Of The Democrats](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24163-the-coming-bloodbath-of-the-democrats "The Coming Bloodbath Of The Democrats") Details Joel Kotkin [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads) March 27 2022 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Mar-2022/025l.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24163-the-coming-bloodbath-of-the-democrats) POLITICS 2022 - The depression-era comedian Will Rogers once famously said he did not belong to an organized political party because he was a Democrat. [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24163-the-coming-bloodbath-of-the-democrats) ## [ The Underlying Problem Isn't Inflation—It's Corporate Power and Greed](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24122-the-underlying-problem-isn-t-inflation-it-s-corporate-power-and-greed "The Underlying Problem Isn't Inflation—It's Corporate Power and Greed") Details ROBERT REICH [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads) March 20 2022 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Mar-2022/023s.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24122-the-underlying-problem-isn-t-inflation-it-s-corporate-power-and-greed) ECONOMY - Inflation! Inflation! Everyone’s talking about it, but ignoring one of its biggest causes: corporate concentration. [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24122-the-underlying-problem-isn-t-inflation-it-s-corporate-power-and-greed) ## [ Texas' Bounty Hunter Abortion Ban Is a Dire Warning of the Future of Reproductive Rights](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24121-texas-bounty-hunter-abortion-ban-is-a-dire-warning-of-the-future-of-reproductive-rights "Texas' Bounty Hunter Abortion Ban Is a Dire Warning of the Future of Reproductive Rights") Details CHELSEA TEJADA [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads) March 20 2022 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Mar-2022/023t.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24121-texas-bounty-hunter-abortion-ban-is-a-dire-warning-of-the-future-of-reproductive-rights) WOMEN’S RIGHTS - For more than six months, people in Texas have been unable to access abortion in the state beyond the earliest weeks of pregnancy. [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24121-texas-bounty-hunter-abortion-ban-is-a-dire-warning-of-the-future-of-reproductive-rights) ## [ Robots Are Coming For White-Collar Jobs](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24120-robots-are-coming-for-white-collar-jobs "Robots Are Coming For White-Collar Jobs") Details Jim Hightower [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads) March 20 2022 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Mar-2022/023h.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24120-robots-are-coming-for-white-collar-jobs) JOB MARKET - In corporate speak, there are no “job cuts.” [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24120-robots-are-coming-for-white-collar-jobs) ## [ Cracking Down on Russian Oligarchs Means Cracking Down on U.S. Tax Havens](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24119-cracking-down-on-russian-oligarchs-means-cracking-down-on-u-s-tax-havens "Cracking Down on Russian Oligarchs Means Cracking Down on U.S. Tax Havens") Details Chuck Collins [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads) March 20 2022 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Mar-2022/023i.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24119-cracking-down-on-russian-oligarchs-means-cracking-down-on-u-s-tax-havens) SANCTIONS - As part of the sanctions against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, the United States and its European partners are cracking down on Russian oligarchs. [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24119-cracking-down-on-russian-oligarchs-means-cracking-down-on-u-s-tax-havens) ## [ Why Do African Banks Lend So Little?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24101-why-do-african-banks-lend-so-little "Why Do African Banks Lend So Little?") Details David Leonard [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads) March 18 2022 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Mar-2022/022z4.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24101-why-do-african-banks-lend-so-little) MONEY MATTERS - Covid-19 has caused a banking crisis to occur throughout the world. [ Read more … ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24101-why-do-african-banks-lend-so-little) 1. [ One California School Shows How To Improve Low Reading Skills](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24066-one-california-school-shows-how-to-improve-low-reading-skills) 2. [ 82% of US Voters Believe Inflation Is Fueled by Corporations 'Jacking Up Prices'](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24065-82-of-us-voters-believe-inflation-is-fueled-by-corporations-jacking-up-prices) 3. [ The GOP Has Nothing To Offer On Inflation](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24058-the-gop-has-nothing-to-offer-on-inflation) 4. [ Ukrainians Are Fleeing Their Country In Two Rail Trains, Not Monorails](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24039-ukrainians-are-fleeing-their-country-in-two-rail-trains-not-monorails) 5. [ GOP Hostility To Ketanji Brown Jackson Goes Beyond Hypocrisy](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24002-gop-hostility-to-ketanji-brown-jackson-goes-beyond-hypocrisy) 6. [ Medical Board of California Whistleblower Sets the Bar for Decency](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/24001-medical-board-of-california-whistleblower-tj-watkins-sets-the-bar-for-decency) 7. [ Can Ukraine’s Experiments in Local Democracy Survive the Invasion?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/23993-can-ukraine-s-experiments-in-local-democracy-survive-the-invasion) 8. [ 5 Great Online Pastime Ideas](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/23982-5-great-online-pastime-ideas) 9. [ Nuclear Disaster in Ukraine Could Make Swaths of Europe 'Uninhabitable for Decades'](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/23963-nuclear-disaster-in-ukraine-could-make-swaths-of-europe-uninhabitable-for-decades) 10. 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