##  In the News

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### [Prosecutor, Democrat, City Attorney? McKinney Makes His Case to Los Angeles Voters](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/election-2024/33624-prosecutor-democrat-city-attorney-mckinney-makes-his-case-to-los-angeles-voters)

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### [The Fools’ Blame Game](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/33626-the-fools-blame-game)

October 26 2026

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October 26 2026

#  IMPORTANT READS

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### The Good, the Bad, and the Profound

Written by Saskia Hostetler Lippy, MD on February 25 2021.

 ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/21286-the-good-the-bad-and-the-profound)

  [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/ef/016r-ef68d1fe.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/21285-capitol-riots-were-a-dark-day-for-american-journalism)Written by Patrick Cockburn on February 25 2021. Posted in [IMPORTANT READS](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads).

## [Capitol Riots Were a Dark Day for American Journalism](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/21285-capitol-riots-were-a-dark-day-for-american-journalism)

All facts, true or false, are pointed in the same direction with the aim of demonizing the enemy and anybody who minimizes its demonic nature. The…

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 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/3a/015h-3a8e5f47.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/21277-limbaugh-s-legacy-normalizing-hate-for-profit)### [Limbaugh’s Legacy: Normalizing Hate for Profit](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/21277-limbaugh-s-legacy-normalizing-hate-for-profit)

Written by Anthony DiMaggio on February 22 2021.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/92/015m-92455f64.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/21272-biden-offers-moderate-solutions-to-radical-problems)### [Biden Offers Moderate Solutions to Radical Problems](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/21272-biden-offers-moderate-solutions-to-radical-problems)

Written by Ted Rall on February 22 2021.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/5b/014h-5bf7cc3e.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/21257-vulnerability-in-the-moment)### [Vulnerability in the Moment](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/21257-vulnerability-in-the-moment)

Written by Robert C. Koehler on February 18 2021.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/8f/014i-8fe8b275.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/21255-the-trump-cult-and-its-future)### [The Trump Cult and Its Future](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/21255-the-trump-cult-and-its-future)

Written by Gary Leupp on February 18 2021.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/f1/014j-f187d6e8.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/21254-rising-inequality-the-pre-existing-condition-that-doomed-the-u-s-covid-response)### [Rising Inequality: the ‘Pre-Existing Condition’ That Doomed the U.S. COVID Response](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/21254-rising-inequality-the-pre-existing-condition-that-doomed-the-u-s-covid-response)

Written by Sam Pizzigati on February 18 2021.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/cb/014o-cb2341e0.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/21253-education-won-t-stop-conspiracy-theories)### [Education Won’t Stop Conspiracy Theories](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/21253-education-won-t-stop-conspiracy-theories)

Written by Jill Richardson on February 18 2021.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/c4/014e-c490ee0a.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/21252-whose-rights-matter-in-pandemic-america)### [Whose Rights Matter in Pandemic America?](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/21252-whose-rights-matter-in-pandemic-america)

Written by Liz Theoharis on February 18 2021.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/a3/013e-a31f938b.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/21246-bring-on-the-evidence-bring-on-the-witnesses-after-gop-refuses-to-convict-criminal-prosecution-of-trump-demanded)### ['Bring on the Evidence. Bring on the Witnesses': After GOP Refuses to Convict, Criminal Prosecution of Trump Demanded](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/21246-bring-on-the-evidence-bring-on-the-witnesses-after-gop-refuses-to-convict-criminal-prosecution-of-trump-demanded)

Written by Jon Queally on February 15 2021.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/e2/013k-e25efde1.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/21244-stealing-the-vote-building-a-wall)### [Stealing the Vote, Building a Wall](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/21244-stealing-the-vote-building-a-wall)

Written by Robert C. Koehler on February 15 2021.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/ac/013f-ac51c96a.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/21236-connecting-the-shots)### [Connecting the Shots](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/21236-connecting-the-shots)

Written by Abby Zimet on February 15 2021.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/46/013g-46821980.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/21232-dems-insured-impeachment-loss-when-they-caved-on-witness-argument)### [Dems Insured Impeachment Loss When They Caved on Witness Argument](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/21232-dems-insured-impeachment-loss-when-they-caved-on-witness-argument)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on February 15 2021.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/e1/012k-e135b502.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/21221-the-year-of-cheating-the-poor)### [The Year of Cheating the Poor](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/21221-the-year-of-cheating-the-poor)

Written by Paul Buchheit on February 11 2021.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/45/012h-45aec807.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/21215-why-was-i-ever-born)### [“Why Was I Ever Born”](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/21215-why-was-i-ever-born)

Written by Alon Ben-Meir on February 11 2021.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/95/011e-95576da0.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/21195-we-need-more-partisanship-not-less)### [We Need More Partisanship, Not Less](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/21195-we-need-more-partisanship-not-less)

Written by Mitchell Zimmerman on February 08 2021.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/b5/010m-b5fc5d22.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/21178-conspiracy-theory-or-did-trump-his-goons-meet-jan-5th-to-overthrow-the-government)### [Conspiracy Theory? Or Did Trump & His Goons Meet Jan. 5th to Overthrow the Government?](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/21178-conspiracy-theory-or-did-trump-his-goons-meet-jan-5th-to-overthrow-the-government)

Written by S. Novi on February 04 2021.

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Written by Andrew Moss on February 04 2021.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/07/009w-07daa1ea.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/21159-a-progressive-agenda-for-biden-s-foreign-policy)### [A Progressive Agenda for Biden’s Foreign Policy](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/21159-a-progressive-agenda-for-biden-s-foreign-policy)

Written by Mel Gurtov on February 01 2021.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/cc/009l-cce6474f.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/21155-thirty-one-flavors-of-fascism)### [Thirty-One Flavors of Fascism](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/21155-thirty-one-flavors-of-fascism)

Written by Paul Street on February 01 2021.

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