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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/81/045n-81b7d31e.png) ### Bernie, Hillary, Jerry, and a Colorful California Primary Written by William Bradley on June 02 2016. ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11208-bernie-hillary-jerry-and-a-colorful-california-primary) [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/2f/044a-2f6cf0a7.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11202-trump-tells-drought-plagued-californians-there-is-no-drought)Written by Peter Andrew Hart on May 30 2016. Posted in [IMPORTANT READS](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads). ## [Trump Tells Drought-Plagued Californians: ‘There Is No Drought’](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11202-trump-tells-drought-plagued-californians-there-is-no-drought) VOODOO ENVIRONMENTALISM-Donald Trump told voters in drought-plagued California on Friday that he had a solution to the water crisis: Open up the wate… --- [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/94/044d-9440e55d.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11200-the-times-are-finally-a-changin-obama-in-vietnam)### [The Times are Finally a-Changin’: Obama in Vietnam](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11200-the-times-are-finally-a-changin-obama-in-vietnam) Written by James Preston Allen on May 30 2016. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/96/044o-9642177a.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11190-why-do-cops-lie-because-they-can)### [Why Do Cops Lie? Because They Can](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11190-why-do-cops-lie-because-they-can) Written by Hector Villagra on May 30 2016. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/f8/043q-f87a791a.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11187-why-national-presidential-polls-are-malarkey)### [Why National Presidential Polls are Malarkey](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11187-why-national-presidential-polls-are-malarkey) Written by Jerry Roberts and Phil Trounstine on May 26 2016. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/7e/043r-7ee2c032.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11186-the-thing-in-trump-s-taxes-that-will-do-him-in)### [The Thing in Trump’s Taxes that will Do Him In](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11186-the-thing-in-trump-s-taxes-that-will-do-him-in) Written by Eric Schmeltzer on May 26 2016. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/5f/043s-5f112346.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11185-people-power-discovered-amid-election-chaos)### [People Power Discovered Amid Election Chaos](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11185-people-power-discovered-amid-election-chaos) Written by Sarah van Gelder on May 26 2016. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/75/043a-75b5ce03.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11184-why-so-many-say-thank-you-to-a-cosby-prosecution)### [Why So Many Say ‘Thank You’ to a Cosby Prosecution](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11184-why-so-many-say-thank-you-to-a-cosby-prosecution) Written by Earl Ofari Hutchinson on May 26 2016. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/e0/043c-e06eefd8.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11182-trump-s-not-so-secret-strategy-violent-anti-trump-protesters)### [Trump's Not-So-Secret Strategy: Violent Anti-Trump Protesters](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11182-trump-s-not-so-secret-strategy-violent-anti-trump-protesters) Written by Ken Alpern on May 26 2016. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/c0/043d-c00171fd.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11181-the-desperate-plight-of-petro-states-oil-economies-head-for-the-unknown)### [The Desperate Plight of Petro-States … Oil Economies Head for the Unknown ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11181-the-desperate-plight-of-petro-states-oil-economies-head-for-the-unknown) Written by Michael T. Klare on May 26 2016. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/53/043e-534e9dd4.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11180-tax-dodgin-silicon-valley-and-what-it-means-to-you-and-me)### [Tax Dodgin’ Silicon Valley and What It Means to You and Me](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11180-tax-dodgin-silicon-valley-and-what-it-means-to-you-and-me) Written by Tony Butka on May 26 2016. 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[ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/0c/041p-0c3a2df1.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11128-a-cold-can-of-america)### [A Cold Can of ‘America’](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11128-a-cold-can-of-america) Written by George Will on May 19 2016. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/7c/040c-7cc13062.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11120-why-donald-trump-can-lie-and-no-one-seems-to-care)### [Why Donald Trump Can Lie and No One Seems to Care](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/11120-why-donald-trump-can-lie-and-no-one-seems-to-care) Written by Neal Gabler on May 16 2016. 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