## In the News [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/37/086d-37193955.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/election-2024/33624-prosecutor-democrat-city-attorney-mckinney-makes-his-case-to-los-angeles-voters) ### [Prosecutor, Democrat, City Attorney? 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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 --- [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/80/054x-80131679.png) ### Why We Need to Know What Trump Says Behind Closed Doors Written by Richard Eskow on July 06 2017. ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13539-why-we-need-to-know-what-trump-says-behind-closed-doors) [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/04/053a-043e2e7b.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13530-a-political-or-apolitical-4th-of-july)Written by Wim Laven on July 03 2017. Posted in [IMPORTANT READS](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads). ## [A Political or Apolitical 4th of July?](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13530-a-political-or-apolitical-4th-of-july) “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights… --- [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/83/053i-833daa25.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13524-it-s-independence-day-but-are-we-really-independent)### [It’s Independence Day but are We Really Independent?](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13524-it-s-independence-day-but-are-we-really-independent) Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on July 03 2017. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/8f/053j-8f396d51.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13523-joe-and-mika-owe-america-an-apology)### [Joe and Mika Owe America an Apology](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13523-joe-and-mika-owe-america-an-apology) Written by Peter Dreier on July 03 2017. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/57/053o-575c3825.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13520-trump-is-right-the-world-is-laughing-at-us-but-trump-is-wrong-about-why)### [Trump is Right, the World is Laughing at US … but Trump is Wrong about Why](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13520-trump-is-right-the-world-is-laughing-at-us-but-trump-is-wrong-about-why) Written by Bob Gelfand on July 03 2017. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/2d/053p-2d5f9731.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13519-when-lies-myths-and-myopia-become-the-norm)### [When Lies, Myths and Myopia become the Norm](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13519-when-lies-myths-and-myopia-become-the-norm) Written by Richard Lee Abrams on July 03 2017. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/93/052b-9368f564.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13515-why-the-democrats-won-t-wake-up)### [Why the Democrats Won’t Wake Up](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13515-why-the-democrats-won-t-wake-up) Written by Christopher D. Cook on June 29 2017. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/97/052d-977c82b4.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13513-want-to-save-obamacare-find-an-antidote-for-the-poison-pill)### [Want to Save Obamacare? Find an Antidote for the Poison Pill](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13513-want-to-save-obamacare-find-an-antidote-for-the-poison-pill) Written by Richard Lee Abrams on June 29 2017. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/c8/052e-c8f39ea8.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13512-the-alt-left-and-alt-right-two-sides-of-the-same-coin)### [The Alt Left and Alt Right: Two Sides of the Same Coin](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13512-the-alt-left-and-alt-right-two-sides-of-the-same-coin) Written by Remy Anne on June 29 2017. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/01/052i-01d4a5df.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13510-single-payer-why-wait)### [Single Payer, Why Wait?](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13510-single-payer-why-wait) Written by Michael Cohen on June 29 2017. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/24/052k-24d094c6.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13508-russiagate-vs-watergate-not-much-to-compare)### [Russiagate vs. Watergate: Not Much to Compare](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13508-russiagate-vs-watergate-not-much-to-compare) Written by Doug Epperhart on June 29 2017. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/7c/052q-7cd3abe4.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13503-grasping-health-care-is-like-grasping-water-yet-we-must-try)### [Grasping Health Care is Like Grasping Water...Yet We Must Try](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13503-grasping-health-care-is-like-grasping-water-yet-we-must-try) Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on June 29 2017. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/95/051n-95f9b6d1.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13484-kansas-tax-cuts-are-a-spectacular-failure-meanwhile-in-california)### [Kansas Tax Cuts Are a Spectacular Failure. Meanwhile, in California](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13484-kansas-tax-cuts-are-a-spectacular-failure-meanwhile-in-california) Written by Tom Steyer on June 26 2017. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/56/051q-56d837c0.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13481-netanyahu-to-american-jews-drop-dead)### [Netanyahu to American Jews: Drop Dead](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13481-netanyahu-to-american-jews-drop-dead) Written by Chemi Shalev on June 26 2017. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/2e/051w-2e2ac3a7.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13478-robocalls-fake-sales-letters-and-liars-who-to-believe)### [Robocalls, Fake Sales Letters and Liars … Who to Believe?](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13478-robocalls-fake-sales-letters-and-liars-who-to-believe) Written by Leonard Isenberg on June 26 2017. 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