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THE VIEW FROM HERE - But First, We must Pay Tribute to Two Wonderful Souls – Renee Good (37-Year-Old Mother of Three) and Alex Pretti (37-Year-Old VA ICU Nurse
The world needs to remember and honor Renee Good and Alex Pretti who were murdered in cold blood by out-of-control thugs whom Trump had sent to Minneapolis to deal with the “enemy within.” Both Renee and Alex were doing what our Western Civilization has honored for over 4,000 years, that is, protecting the weak and the stranger from barbaric cruelty of psychopaths like Stephen Miller. Bad as Border Patrol’s Gregory Bovino was “just taking orders,” which was the classic Nazi defense.
America-cide Looms Over Us
America-cide refers to the death of what has been called the great experiment, as set forth in the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution. America is not dead . . . yet! But for Renee Good, Alex Pretti and hundreds of thousands of Americans who cherish inalienable rights, the battle is not lost. Americans have just begun to fight.
Unlike 1930's Germans who mostly stood by as the Nazis passed anti-Jewish laws, attacked Jews, destroyed their business and separated families by deportation to concentration camps prior to deciding on the genocide of all Jews (as is the sole goal of the Hamas charter), Americans from one end of the country to the other have been standing up to and fighting back against the hideously unjust treatment of immigrants.
We need to pinpoint where Trump’s promise to deport the “worst of the worst criminals” became a racist attack on our cities mixed with Trump’s insane claim that he needed to federalize troops to combat crime . On May 21, 2025, during a hate-laced tirade to ICE troops, Stephen Miller demanded that 3,000 immigrants had to be arrested each day. The only way to meet this quota was to arrest as many people as possible without regard to legal status or citizenship. The racism was clear from ICE’s attacking and dragging away from car washes and Home Depot parking lots anyone with dark skin who spoke Spanish. Meanwhile, the mentally impaired Donald Trump failed to recognize that the “worst of the worst criminals” are not found working at car washes and seeking day labor at Home Depot. Then, ICE began to roam the streets attacking anyone who was dark skinned and spoke Spanish and were in certain neighborhoods. Our illustrious Supreme Court found this racial profiling constitutional in Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo, (No. 25-4312, U.S. September 8, 2025). According to The High Court, ICE could incarcerate American citizens who fit this description or were not carrying proof of citizenship. Having a US passport verifying a person’s citizenship was not sufficient as ICE would declare the passport fraudulent.
America-cide Has Two Major Tools: (1) Abrogation of Fundamental Rights and (2) Financial Rape Which Funnels America’s Wealth to the Top One Percent (1%)
Abrogation of Rights
As discussed previously, the Supreme Court had decided that America is not based on the rule of law and that all persons are not equal under the law. Rather, in Trump v. United States, 603 U.S. 593 (2024), Chief Justice John Roberts granted Trump Absolute Immunity for violation of any and all criminal laws. All Trump needs do it declare his criminal action including cold blooded murder was done as part of his Constitutional duties; enforcing the laws is one of the President’s Article II duties. Instead of dealing with the reality of the Trump vs US, TV pundits pretend it does not exist, despite Trump’s murder of about 200 Caribbean boat people and Trump’s turning loose violent thugs on American “blue” cities where they arrest, deport, and murder people with impunity.
Financial Rape of America
A perfect example how the one percent, i.e. Wall Street, has been financially raping Americans is seen in Los Angeles. Until 1999-2000, the financial system was based two publications in 1776, (1) The Declaration of Independence with its inalienable rights and (2) Adams Smith’s Wealth of Nations. Both required the government to establish the necessary rules to protect inalienable rights and the free market system. The powerful have always insisted that the “free” market system meant no regulations of any type. President Teddy Roosevelt was the first to impose significant laws to keep business within non-predatory guidelines. When those laws were not sufficient to prevent the business boom bust cycle from bringing ever great depressions upon the America, economists realized that Keynesian Economics and rational Macroeconomic policies for government behavior could stop the business boom-bust cycle. The main protection came from the Glass-Steagall bills which did not allow investment firms to own banks. Rather, investment houses had to reply on raising money by proving to investors that their projects were sound.
In 1999 - 2000, the repeal of Glass-Steagall and the legitimization of Credit Default Swaps (DCSs) destroyed the Keynesian System and replaced it with what is most accurately described as Corruptionism. No longer did Wall Street investment firms have to show that their projects were prudent, rational or even legal as they had direct access to funds in all the banks.
Los Angeles – Prime Example of Corruptionism
First, there was the world financial crash of 2008 based upon Wall Street’s massive Subprime scams. This article focuses on the Crash’s impact on the LA housing market. Before the Crash, single-family homes which were foreclosed were soon back on the market as lenders were not in the landlord business. Lenders would sell the homes to Flippers, who performed the valuable service of rehabbing and modernizing the houses. Foreclosed houses typically need repairs as the homeowners had skipped maintenance as their financial situations worsened. Flipper would upgrade electrical, plumbing, modernize kitchens and baths, and repaint everything and then re-sell the houses. Flippers worked fast since the more houses they flipped, the more money they would make. This fact benefited everyone as foreclosed homes were back on the market as soon as possible.
Because of the Crash, a huge number of homes hit market at the same time; many had been newly purchased and did not need rehabbing. Thus, Wall Street used the ready cash from their banks to buy up tens of thousands of homes, but they did not re-sell the homes. Instead, the rented them. This had impacts: (1) the reduction in resale of foreclosed homes raised housing prices as the supply was restricted, (2) a smaller supply forced people to pay higher prices, (3) because rents were tied to sales prices of homes, rents escalated. The old flipper system would have worked perfectly, because it would have kept housing prices lower. There was no legitimate basis for the increases of home prices. The increases were due to Wall Street’s manipulation – a form of using cash to corner the market to drive up costs. Even Donald Trump recognized the harm of this type of fraud which is why he wants to forbid Wall Street from purchasing single family homes.
Additional Wall Street frauds on Angelenos will be discussed in future articles
(Richard Lee Abrams is a former Los Angeles-based attorney, an author, and political commentator. A long-time contributor to CityWatchLA, he is known for his incisive critiques of City Hall and judicial corruption, as well as his analysis of political and constitutional issues. Abrams blends legal insight with historical and philosophical depth to challenge conventional narratives. A passionate defender of civic integrity and transparency, he aims to expose misuse of power and advocate for systemic reform in local government. You may email him at [email protected])
