##  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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#  LOS ANGELES

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### California, 4 Other States, Defy Trump’s Military Ban on Trans Troops

Written by Alex Bollinger on April 25 2019.

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## [Moral Hazard: Where Do the Democrats Go from the Mueller report?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17541:moral-hazard-where-do-the-democrats-go-from-the-mueller-report&catid=312)

The idea is that if you do not get consequences as a result of your actions, you will behave differently, likely more recklessly, than you would if y…

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Written by Dick Platkin on April 25 2019.

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Written by David E. Ryu on April 25 2019.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on April 22 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/28/033o-28e149b5.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2019/033o.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=e24fd43d) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17520:heroes-of-the-disenfranchised&catid=312)### [Heroes of the Disenfranchised](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17520:heroes-of-the-disenfranchised&catid=312)

Written by James Preston Allen on April 22 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/91/033p-913a9644.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2019/033p.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=d84f43ce) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17518:democrats-sugar-high-now-crashing&catid=312)### [Democrats’ Sugar High, Now Crashing](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17518:democrats-sugar-high-now-crashing&catid=312)

Written by Daniel Guss on April 22 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/00/033c-001b2d35.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2019/033c.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=360806e4) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17517:the-unwitting-committee-to-re-elect-the-president&catid=312)### [The Unwitting Committee to Re-elect the President](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17517:the-unwitting-committee-to-re-elect-the-president&catid=312)

Written by Joel Kotkin on April 22 2019.

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Written by Ebony LBatiste on April 22 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/f6/033e-f690aa55.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2019/033e.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=f882f1ce) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17515:republicans-it-s-on-you-now&catid=312)### [Republicans: It’s On You Now](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17515:republicans-it-s-on-you-now&catid=312)

Written by Bob Gelfand on April 22 2019.

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Written by Stephen M. Walt on April 22 2019.

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Written by Tim Deegan on April 22 2019.

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Written by S. Novi on April 18 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/99/032e-99e2c5cc.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2019/032e.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=89776f82) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17504:side-gigs-for-disabled-parents-how-to-earn-extra-cash-by-starting-your-own-business&catid=312)### [Side Gigs for Disabled Parents: How to Earn Extra Cash by Starting Your Own Business](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17504:side-gigs-for-disabled-parents-how-to-earn-extra-cash-by-starting-your-own-business&catid=312)

Written by Patrick Young on April 18 2019.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/2f/032g-2f160e5d.png&src=images/stories/Apr-2019/032g.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=5c5e57e8) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17499:la-s-city-council-rejects-the-wiener-bill-leaving-us-with-the-question-what-s-next&catid=312)### [LA’s City Council Rejects the ‘Wiener’ Bill … Leaving Us With the Question: What’s Next?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17499:la-s-city-council-rejects-the-wiener-bill-leaving-us-with-the-question-what-s-next&catid=312)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on April 18 2019.

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Written by Dick Platkin on April 18 2019.

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Written by Tony Butka on April 18 2019.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on April 18 2019.

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Written by Chris Rowe on April 16 2019.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on April 15 2019.

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