##  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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### [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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### Klunk. Klunk. Klunk. Shoes Keep Dropping on Our Way to the American Apocalypse!

Written by Ellen Lubic on July 27 2017.

 ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13677-klunk-klunk-klunk-shoes-keep-dropping-on-our-way-to-the-american-apocalypse)

  [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/dc/060p-dcb58c13.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13676-jamboree-travesty)Written by Robert J. Byers on July 27 2017. Posted in [IMPORTANT READS](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads).

## [Jamboree Travesty](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13676-jamboree-travesty)

 The U.S. president is, after all, the honorary president of the Scouts. If he wants to speak at the National Jamboree, it would be hard to say no…

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 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/74/059k-7447e266.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13655-giuliani-in-sessions-out-trump-thinking-about-it)### [Giuliani In, Sessions Out? Trump Thinking about It](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13655-giuliani-in-sessions-out-trump-thinking-about-it)

Written by Kate Wheeling on July 24 2017.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/af/059m-af67bf27.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13652-i-mourn-justine-damond-just-like-i-mourned-michael-brown)### [I Mourn Justine Damond Just Like I Mourned Michael Brown](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13652-i-mourn-justine-damond-just-like-i-mourned-michael-brown)

Written by Earl Ofari Hutchinson on July 24 2017.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/66/059s-669b8879.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13648-right-to-work-laws-here-for-the-wrong-reasons)### [Right to Work Laws … Here for the Wrong Reasons](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13648-right-to-work-laws-here-for-the-wrong-reasons)

Written by Roxana Tynan on July 24 2017.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/55/059t-55a0f205.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13647-the-night-of-the-living-dead-voters)### [The Night of the Living Dead … Voters](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13647-the-night-of-the-living-dead-voters)

Written by Michael Cohen on July 24 2017.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/a1/059x-a184c2cb.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13643-why-the-greens-lost-and-trump-won)### [Why the Greens Lost, and Trump Won](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13643-why-the-greens-lost-and-trump-won)

Written by Joel Kotkin on July 24 2017.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/d1/058a-d1185741.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13641-gov-kasich-amazing-grace-starts-with-you)### [Gov. Kasich: “Amazing Grace” Starts with You!](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13641-gov-kasich-amazing-grace-starts-with-you)

Written by Stephen Cooper on July 20 2017.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/e9/058k-e991c309.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13633-how-republicans-can-save-themselves-on-health-care)### [How Republicans Can Save Themselves on Health Care](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13633-how-republicans-can-save-themselves-on-health-care)

Written by David M. Perry on July 20 2017.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/5a/057f-5a5f589a.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13616-bernie-and-the-nyets)### [Bernie and the Nyets](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13616-bernie-and-the-nyets)

Written by Michael Cohen on July 17 2017.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/11/057v-11a76928.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13602-us-paying-for-canadian-and-european-health-care)### [US Paying for Canadian and European Health Care!](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13602-us-paying-for-canadian-and-european-health-care)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on July 17 2017.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/3e/056l-3e5c6f24.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13585-gun)### [Smoking gun?](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13585-gun)

Written by Mel Gurtov on July 13 2017.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/fe/056r-fe9e1c15.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13580-total-bs-stops-here)### [Total BS Stops Here](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13580-total-bs-stops-here)

Written by Michael Cohen on July 13 2017.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/8e/056w-8ed5fb52.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13576-why-i-m-suing-the-president)### [Why I’m Suing the President](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13576-why-i-m-suing-the-president)

Written by Rebecca Pilar Buckwalter-Poza on July 13 2017.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/37/055k-3780a233.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13564-let-s-stop-talking-insurance-and-start-talking-medical-care)### [Let’s Stop Talking Insurance and Start Talking Medical Care](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13564-let-s-stop-talking-insurance-and-start-talking-medical-care)

Written by James Preston Allen on July 10 2017.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/ef/055q-efbbd42e.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13559-the-double-edged-sword-of-queer-visibility-violence-against-lgbtq-americans-is-growing)### [The Double-Edged Sword of Queer Visibility: Violence Against LGBTQ Americans is Growing](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13559-the-double-edged-sword-of-queer-visibility-violence-against-lgbtq-americans-is-growing)

Written by Brandon Tensley on July 10 2017.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/cd/055u-cd814b33.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13557-trump-s-5-million-apprenticeship-goal-out-of-touch-with-reality)### [Trump’s 5 Million Apprenticeship Goal Out of Touch with Reality](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13557-trump-s-5-million-apprenticeship-goal-out-of-touch-with-reality)

Written by Michael Bernick on July 10 2017.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/ab/055v-abf988b6.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13556-turning-democracy-white)### [Turning Democracy White](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13556-turning-democracy-white)

Written by Robert C. Koehler on July 10 2017.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/b1/054n-b1e7f66f.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13546-metro-safety-rule-1-never-tangle-with-a-naked-man)### [Metro Safety Rule #1: Never Tangle With a Naked Man!](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13546-metro-safety-rule-1-never-tangle-with-a-naked-man)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on July 06 2017.

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Written by Steven Clifford on July 06 2017.

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