##  In the News

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August 20 2026

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August 24 2026

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#  LOS ANGELES

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### Nothing Is Given, Everything Is Earned: LeBron James Makes America Great

Written by Abby Zimet on August 09 2018.

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## [Mind Blowing Report: Brown, Buffett and Utilities Collude to Put Trump in Control of CA's Power Grid](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15955:mind-blowing-report-brown-buffett-and-utilities-collude-to-put-trump-in-control-of-ca-s-power-grid&catid=312)

 But unfortunately it is all too real. Governor Jerry Brown, rapacious billionaire fossil energy tycoon Warren Buffett, and monopoly utilities like…

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on August 09 2018.

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Written by Beth Cone Kramer on August 09 2018.

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Written by Adrienne Nicole Edwards & Charlie Williamson on August 09 2018.

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Written by Daniel Guss on August 09 2018.

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Written by Joel Kotkin on August 09 2018.

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Written by Sharon Kyle on August 09 2018.

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Written by Dick Platkin on August 09 2018.

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Written by Joe Mathews on August 06 2018.

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Written by Caroline Aguirre on August 02 2018.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on August 02 2018.

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Written by Leonard Isenberg on August 02 2018.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on August 02 2018.

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Written by Antoinette Siu on August 02 2018.

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Written by Dennis P. Zine on August 02 2018.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on August 02 2018.

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Written by Tony Butka on August 02 2018.

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Written by Dick Platkin on August 02 2018.

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Written by Lisa Belkin on August 02 2018.

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