##  [ The Senate’s Make-Believe Trial of Donald Trump](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19223-the-senate-s-make-believe-trial-of-donald-trump "The Senate’s Make-Believe Trial of Donald Trump")

      Details    Mitchell Zimmerman    [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     January 30 2020       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2020/010p.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19223-the-senate-s-make-believe-trial-of-donald-trump)

**OTHER WORDS**-President Trump is on trial. As in a real trial, charges have been asserted: The House alleges high crimes and misdemeanors. A judge presides: Chief Justice John Roberts sits in his fine black robe at the head of the chamber.

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   ##  [ Trump’s Dreadful Foreign Policy is No Policy at All](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19222-trump-s-dreadful-foreign-policy-is-no-policy-at-all "Trump’s Dreadful Foreign Policy is No Policy at All")

      Details    Alon Ben-Meir    [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     January 30 2020       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2020/010m.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19222-trump-s-dreadful-foreign-policy-is-no-policy-at-all)

**WORLD WATCH**-Recently, I met with a group of officials from different countries who came to the US to learn about our political system and the decision-making process regarding US foreign policy under the Trump administration.

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   ##  [ Comparing Trump to Nixon is Misguided](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19200-comparing-trump-to-nixon-is-misguided "Comparing Trump to Nixon is Misguided")

      Details    George Cassidy Payne    [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     January 27 2020       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2020/09m.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19200-comparing-trump-to-nixon-is-misguided)

**VIEW FROM HERE**-By painstakingly outlining the architecture of the Ukraine scheme, the impeachment managers successfully described how Trump put self-interest ahead of the nation's priorities.

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   ##  [ The Real Megxit Deal](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19183-the-real-megxit-deal "The Real Megxit Deal")

      Details    John Davis    [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     January 23 2020       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2020/08o.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19183-the-real-megxit-deal)

**ROYAL SEPARATION**-In a move that reflects the time-worn pathologies of powerful aristocratic families, the House of Windsor has agreed to allow the Queen’s grandson, Harry, currently sixth in line to the throne, and his California-born wife, Meghan, to leave the family business (The Firm) and attempt to establish independent lives in Canada, a former colony which remains a member of the British Commonwealth. This represents their exile from the territorial, ceremonial, financial, and emotional heart of the royal family.

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   ##  [ Killing Soleimani Undermines Global Order](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19180-killing-soleimani-undermines-global-order "Killing Soleimani Undermines Global Order")

      Details    Alon Ben-Meir    [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     January 23 2020       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2020/08j.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19180-killing-soleimani-undermines-global-order)

**WORLD WATCH**-Those who applaud the assassination of General Soleimani seem to simply equate him to a terrorist who certainly deserved to meet his fate.

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   ##  [ Baby Dinosaurs on Noah’s Ark?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19151-baby-dinosaurs-on-noah-s-ark "Baby Dinosaurs on Noah’s Ark?")

      Details    James A. Haught    [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     January 16 2020       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2020/07y.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19151-baby-dinosaurs-on-noah-s-ark)

**CONSTITUTIONAL AFFRONT**-In violation of the separation of church and state, American tax dollars are funneled to fundamentalist private schools teaching crackpot absurdities – such as a claim that Noah probably took two baby dinosaurs onto his ark.

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   ##  [ There's Hope For America Yet](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19143-there-s-hope-for-america-yet "There's Hope For America Yet")

      Details    Robert Reich    [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     January 16 2020       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2020/07i.jpg)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19143-there-s-hope-for-america-yet)

**REICH DIARY**--If climate change, nuclear standoffs, assault weapons, hate crimes, mass killings, Russian trolls, near-record inequality, kids locked in cages at our border, and Donald Trump in the White House don’t occasionally cause you feelings of impending doom, you’re not human.

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1. [ Stepping Back from the Brink of War](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19142-stepping-back-from-the-brink-of-war)
2. [ Our Nation’s Awash in Rampant Anti-constitutionalism – Who’s to Blame?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19119-our-nation-s-awash-in-rampant-anti-constitutionalism-who-s-to-blame)
3. [ The Global War of Error - No, That’s Not a Typo](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/19114-the-global-war-of-error-no-that-s-not-a-typo)

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