##  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)

October 26 2026

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### [The LA Watchdog’s 2026 Voter Guide](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/la-watchdog/33544-the-la-watchdogs-2026-voters-guide-2)

October 15 2026

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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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### [California Film Tax Credits Aren’t Enough. The Guilds Need to Change Too.](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/33619-california-film-tax-credits-arent-enough-the-guilds-need-to-change-too)

October 26 2026

#  IMPORTANT READS

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### ‘Alternative’ Capitalism Could Save the Middle Class

Written by Sam Ben-Meir on October 12 2017.

 ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/14180-alternative-capitalism-could-save-the-middle-class)

  [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/56/082g-564d880f.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/14177-harassment-sexism-ageism-everything-old-is-new-again)Written by Denyse Selesnick on October 12 2017. Posted in [IMPORTANT READS](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads).

## [Harassment … Sexism … Ageism … Everything ‘Old’ is New Again](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/14177-harassment-sexism-ageism-everything-old-is-new-again)

Recently, my ire was raised when critics complained about the age of our esteemed senior senator, Dianne Feinstein. This and sexual harassment issues…

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 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/5a/082p-5ad83819.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/14172-no-we-can-t)### [No, We Can’t](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/14172-no-we-can-t)

Written by David Bell on October 12 2017.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/b1/082z-b1bc2b1b.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/14163-why-the-democrats-can-t-protect-us-from-the-tweeter-in-chief)### [Why the Democrats Can’t ‘Protect’ Us from the Tweeter-in-Chief](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/14163-why-the-democrats-can-t-protect-us-from-the-tweeter-in-chief)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on October 12 2017.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/2a/081c-2a368472.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/14157-cognitive-deficit-time-for-americans-to-read-up-on-the-dsm-5)### [Cognitive Deficit? Time for Americans to Read up on the DSM-5](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/14157-cognitive-deficit-time-for-americans-to-read-up-on-the-dsm-5)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on October 09 2017.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/41/081e-41b52973.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/14155-does-condoning-racist-family-members-make-you-an-accessory-to-their-bigotry)### [Does Condoning Racist Family Members Make You an Accessory to Their Bigotry?](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/14155-does-condoning-racist-family-members-make-you-an-accessory-to-their-bigotry)

Written by Jeremy Helligar on October 09 2017.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/a1/081i-a1268dcf.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/14152-i-m-szechuan-r-i-i-i-i-ick)### [I'm Szechuan R-i-i-i-i-ick!!!!!](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/14152-i-m-szechuan-r-i-i-i-i-ick)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on October 09 2017.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/40/081r-404b9bea.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/14144-the-invasion-by-christopher-columbus-no-monuments-for-murderers)### [The Invasion by Christopher Columbus: No Monuments for Murderers](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/14144-the-invasion-by-christopher-columbus-no-monuments-for-murderers)

Written by Bill Bigelow on October 09 2017.

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Written by Alon Ben-Meir on October 05 2017.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/09/080k-09e21937.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/14131-new-suffolk-survey-voters-souring-on-gop-party-in-freefall)### [New Suffolk Survey: Voters Souring on GOP … ‘Party in Freefall’](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/14131-new-suffolk-survey-voters-souring-on-gop-party-in-freefall)

Written by Suffolk University/USA Today on October 05 2017.

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Written by Terrell Jermaine Starr on September 28 2017.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/99/078j-99e91d84.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/14095-racism-nazism-trumpism-the-historical-role-of-myths)### [Racism … Nazism … Trumpism … the Historical Role of Myths](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/14095-racism-nazism-trumpism-the-historical-role-of-myths)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on September 28 2017.

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Written by Megan Rose on September 28 2017.

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Written by Michael Bernick on September 28 2017.

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Written by Leonard Isenberg on September 28 2017.

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Written by Digby on September 28 2017.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/e4/077k-e416cd99.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/14076-here-s-why-trump-can-call-kaepernick-an-sob)### [Here’s Why Trump Can Call Kaepernick an SOB](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/14076-here-s-why-trump-can-call-kaepernick-an-sob)

Written by Earl Ofari Hutchinson on September 25 2017.

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Written by Christopher Brauchli on September 25 2017.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on September 25 2017.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/af/077l-af9dd5fd.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/14067-ideology-as-history-a-critical-commentary-on-burns-and-novick-s-the-vietnam-war)### [Ideology as History: A Critical Commentary on Burns and Novick’s ‘The Vietnam War’](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/14067-ideology-as-history-a-critical-commentary-on-burns-and-novick-s-the-vietnam-war)

Written by Chuck O’Connell on September 25 2017.

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