## 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/55/049h-55ca56e2.png) ### Humpty Trumpty Written by Christopher Brauchli on June 19 2017. ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13445-humpty-trumpty) [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/76/049u-768ad67b.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13434-who-s-secretly-buying-trump-properties)Written by Digby on June 19 2017. Posted in [IMPORTANT READS](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads). ## [Who’s Secretly Buying Trump Properties?](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13434-who-s-secretly-buying-trump-properties) Since President Trump won the Republican nomination, the majority of his companies’ real estate sales are to secretive shell companies that obscur… --- [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/0c/048s-0c4b6196.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13413-ride-out-the-tweet-storms-and-get-ready-to-vote)### [Ride Out the Tweet Storms … and Get Ready to Vote!](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13413-ride-out-the-tweet-storms-and-get-ready-to-vote) Written by Michael N. Cohen on June 15 2017. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/8f/048t-8fe0e1ee.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13412-sarah-palin-didn-t-shoot-gabby-giffords-bernie-sanders-didn-t-shoot-steve-scalise-and-other-no-brainers)### [Sarah Palin Didn't Shoot Gabby Giffords, Bernie Sanders Didn't Shoot Steve Scalise, and Other No-Brainers](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13412-sarah-palin-didn-t-shoot-gabby-giffords-bernie-sanders-didn-t-shoot-steve-scalise-and-other-no-brainers) Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on June 15 2017. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/38/047p-38ab365c.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13393-sort-of-kind-of-maybe-executive-privilege)### [Sort of, Kind of, Maybe Executive Privilege?](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13393-sort-of-kind-of-maybe-executive-privilege) Written by Michael N. Cohen on June 12 2017. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/bf/047r-bf1512b7.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13391-trump-says-qatar-funds-terror-here-s-his-record-of-trying-to-get-qater-to-fund-him)### [Trump Says Qatar Funds Terror … Here’s His Record of Trying to Get Qater to Fund Him](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13391-trump-says-qatar-funds-terror-here-s-his-record-of-trying-to-get-qater-to-fund-him) Written by Clayton Swisher on June 12 2017. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/04/046c-042b6c9a.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13385-a-life-without-parole-sentence-not-the-death-penalty-for-hitler)### [A Life Without Parole Sentence – not the Death Penalty – for Hitler](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13385-a-life-without-parole-sentence-not-the-death-penalty-for-hitler) Written by Stephen Cooper on June 08 2017. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/7d/046g-7d4f6cfd.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13382-can-we-find-a-cure-for-the-infected-body-politic)### [Can We Find a Cure for the Infected Body Politic?](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13382-can-we-find-a-cure-for-the-infected-body-politic) Written by Leonard Isenberg on June 08 2017. 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