## 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/e4/042z-e4ff3cd7.png) ### Trump’s ‘Historic’ Visit to the Middle East: Much Ado about Nothing Written by Alon Ben-Meir on May 25 2017. ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13280-trump-s-historic-visit-to-the-middle-east-much-ado-about-nothing) [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/8c/042w-8cb9b3d7.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13279-trump-s-immovable-base-gets-wobbly)Written by Digby on May 25 2017. Posted in [IMPORTANT READS](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads). ## [Trump’s Immovable Base Gets Wobbly](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13279-trump-s-immovable-base-gets-wobbly) It’s an entirely reasonable theory. We live in a highly partisan epoch, and voters are usually loyal to politicians from their party. Trump endured a… --- [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/b4/041f-b47418b5.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13271-science-committee-sends-trump-a-letter-concerned-over-his-dubious-scientific-sources)### [Science Committee Sends Trump a Letter: ‘Concerned Over His Dubious Scientific Sources’](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13271-science-committee-sends-trump-a-letter-concerned-over-his-dubious-scientific-sources) Written by Katie Kilkenny on May 22 2017. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/80/041g-8003e87e.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13270-how-to-recognize-an-interactive-liar)### [How to Recognize an Interactive Liar](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13270-how-to-recognize-an-interactive-liar) Written by Michael N. Cohen on May 22 2017. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/02/041l-02b8097a.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13265-the-wolf-who-cried-boy)### [The Wolf Who Cried Boy](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13265-the-wolf-who-cried-boy) Written by Son of Baldwin on May 22 2017. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/1a/041m-1ab7f022.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13264-trump-drunk-we-need-an-aa-for-the-trumpaholics)### [Trump Drunk: We Need an AA for the Trumpaholics](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13264-trump-drunk-we-need-an-aa-for-the-trumpaholics) Written by Bob Gelfand on May 22 2017. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/60/041p-60471d2b.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13262-trump-s-islam-speech-just-as-bizarre-as-everything-else-he-does)### [Trump’s Islam Speech: Just as Bizarre as Everything Else He Does](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13262-trump-s-islam-speech-just-as-bizarre-as-everything-else-he-does) Written by Juan Cole on May 22 2017. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/3d/040b-3dc783de.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13256-reviving-israeli-palestinian-talks-now-will-go-nowhere)### [Reviving Israeli-Palestinian Talks Now Will Go Nowhere](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13256-reviving-israeli-palestinian-talks-now-will-go-nowhere) Written by Alon Ben-Meir on May 18 2017. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/be/040c-be6fc1fe.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13255-the-hidden-bombshell-in-the-comey-trump-story)### [The Hidden Bombshell in the Comey-Trump Story](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13255-the-hidden-bombshell-in-the-comey-trump-story) Written by Peter Certo on May 18 2017. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/c4/040d-c4b933ee.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13254-the-post-trump-era)### [The Post-Trump Era?](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13254-the-post-trump-era) Written by Doug Henwood on May 18 2017. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/de/040f-dee5d737.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13253-time-to-tell-trump-you-re-fired)### [Time to Tell Trump, ‘You’re Fired!’](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13253-time-to-tell-trump-you-re-fired) Written by Michael N. Cohen on May 18 2017. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/29/040g-29b728b8.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13252-trump-to-netflix-starring-in-daze-of-our-lives)### [Trump to Netflix? Starring in ‘Daze of Our Lives?’](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13252-trump-to-netflix-starring-in-daze-of-our-lives) Written by Doug Epperhart on May 18 2017. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/f0/040l-f0d8f5a2.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13247-mueller-appointment-hold-your-applause-special-counsel-investigation-has-pitfalls)### [Mueller Appointment: Hold Your Applause, Special Counsel Investigation has Pitfalls](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13247-mueller-appointment-hold-your-applause-special-counsel-investigation-has-pitfalls) Written by Lauren McCauley on May 18 2017. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/8c/040n-8c3968ab.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13245-how-us-military-vets-view-trump-s-travel-ban)### [How US Military Vets View Trump’s Travel Ban](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13245-how-us-military-vets-view-trump-s-travel-ban) Written by Michelle Threadgould on May 18 2017. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/89/040q-89427122.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13243-drip-drip-drip)### [Drip. Drip. Drip.](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13243-drip-drip-drip) Written by David Bell on May 18 2017. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/9f/cw039a-9f4f3917.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13234-advisory-for-liberals-stop-talking-and-start-acting)### [Advisory for Liberals: Stop Talking and Start Acting](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13234-advisory-for-liberals-stop-talking-and-start-acting) Written by Leonard Isenberg on May 15 2017. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/ca/cw039d-ca8d84af.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13232-civility-in-a-time-of-panic)### [Civility in a Time of Panic](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13232-civility-in-a-time-of-panic) Written by James Preston Allen on May 15 2017. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/1f/cw039e-1f1c5d61.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13231-don-t-blame-bush-or-trump-or-putin-for-la-s-and-ca-s-economic-disparity)### [Don’t Blame Bush, or Trump, or Putin … for LA’s and CA’s Economic Disparity](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13231-don-t-blame-bush-or-trump-or-putin-for-la-s-and-ca-s-economic-disparity) Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on May 15 2017. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/11/cw039q-1187fb8f.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13220-the-truth-is-in-the-shadows)### [The Truth is in the Shadows](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/13220-the-truth-is-in-the-shadows) Written by Michael Cohen on May 15 2017. 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