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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/e2/050a-e2d1a177.png) ### Big Pharma Companies Have All the Power with Families Like Mine at Their Mercy Written by Annemarie Gibson on June 24 2021. ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/21927-big-pharma-companies-have-all-the-power-with-families-like-mine-at-their-mercy) [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/0c/050b-0c591a64.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/21926-aclu-warns-ruling-by-trump-appointed-judge-gives-feds-green-light-to-attack-protesters)Written by Jake Johnson on June 24 2021. Posted in [IMPORTANT READS](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads). ## [ACLU Warns Ruling by Trump-Appointed Judge Gives Feds 'Green Light' to Attack Protesters ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/21926-aclu-warns-ruling-by-trump-appointed-judge-gives-feds-green-light-to-attack-protesters) Filed by the ACLU last June on behalf of Black Lives Matter D.C. and individual demonstrators, the suits alleged that Trump administration officials… --- [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/f2/050g-f2e18b79.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/21923-no-comparison-thoughtcrime-reflections-on-the-latest-imperial-smackdown-of-the-nation-s-best-congressperson)### [No Comparison: Thoughtcrime Reflections on the Latest Imperial Smackdown of the Nation’s Best Congressperson](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/important-reads/21923-no-comparison-thoughtcrime-reflections-on-the-latest-imperial-smackdown-of-the-nation-s-best-congressperson) Written by Paul Street on June 24 2021. 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