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### [Be Prepared to Protect Our Democracy in November From a Trumpian Plot](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33204:be-prepared-to-protect-our-democracy-in-november-from-a-trumpian-plot&catid=9)

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### [Nithya Raman Loses the Homelessness Gavel — Her Record Explains Why](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33174:nithya-raman-loses-the-homelessness-gavel-her-record-explains-why&catid=396)

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##  [ Institutional Depravity: Rodney King, George Floyd, Tyre Nichols ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26376:institutional-depravity-rodney-king-george-floyd-tyre-nicholas&catid=375)

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## [Doomsday Clock Jitters and “How to Fix a Broken Planet”](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26374:doomsday-clock-jitters-and-how-to-fix-a-broken-planet&catid=375)

HIS WORDS - In January of every year for the past 75 years the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists publishes an updated setting of the Doomsday Clock. The clock is a metaphor for how close or far humanity is from the brink. Coincidentally…

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