##  [ Why the Democrats Won’t Wake Up](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13515-why-the-democrats-won-t-wake-up "Why the Democrats Won’t Wake Up")

      Details    Christopher D. Cook    [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     June 29 2017       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2017/052b.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13515-why-the-democrats-won-t-wake-up)

PROGRESSIVE POLITICS-Moments after rightwing Republican Karen Handel won America’s costliest congressional race ever in Georgia’s sixth district, the *de rigueur* post-election quarrelling erupted: Why did Democrat Jon Ossoff lose, and what does it mean for the Democrats and American politics?

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   ##  [ Want to Save Obamacare? Find an Antidote for the Poison Pill](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13513-want-to-save-obamacare-find-an-antidote-for-the-poison-pill "Want to Save Obamacare? Find an Antidote for the Poison Pill")

      Details    Richard Lee Abrams    [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     June 29 2017       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2017/052d.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13513-want-to-save-obamacare-find-an-antidote-for-the-poison-pill)

CORRUPTION WATCH--Eons ago, I was involved in group health insurance. One day in 1968, I was speaking with an Aetna senior vice president in San Francisco. His desk was most impressive – it had not a single piece of paper on it, only some objets d’art. The views of San Francisco (he had a corner office) were breath taking. Obviously, I was interviewing with an important person.

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   ##  [ The Alt Left and Alt Right: Two Sides of the Same Coin](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13512-the-alt-left-and-alt-right-two-sides-of-the-same-coin "The Alt Left and Alt Right: Two Sides of the Same Coin")

      Details    Remy Anne    [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     June 29 2017       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2017/052e.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13512-the-alt-left-and-alt-right-two-sides-of-the-same-coin)

POLITICS--On a crisp winter day in early February, a white-haired man with a thick New York accent, ranted to *MSNBC* decrying the influence of fat-cat political donors and superPACS. He promised the American people that he would be different than the other politicians they had grown tired of, arguing that he was the true voice of the people.

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   ##  [ Single Payer, Why Wait?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13510-single-payer-why-wait "Single Payer, Why Wait?")

      Details    Michael Cohen    [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     June 29 2017       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2017/052i.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13510-single-payer-why-wait)

THE COHEN COLUMN--The good news is that, at least for today (Wednesday, Jun 28th), health care did not get dramatically worse in America. The Republican controlled Senate will not pass, or even vote on, a health care killing bill . . . today.

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   ##  [ Russiagate vs. Watergate: Not Much to Compare](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13508-russiagate-vs-watergate-not-much-to-compare "Russiagate vs. Watergate: Not Much to Compare")

      Details    Doug Epperhart    [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     June 29 2017       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2017/052k.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13508-russiagate-vs-watergate-not-much-to-compare)

YES, RUSSIAGATE-I’ve been reading lots of words comparing Trump’s situation to Richard Nixon’s. Some pundits say the most recent iteration of presidential campaign scandal and what happened 45 years ago is more or less identical. And some claim one is very much unlike the other.

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   ##  [ Grasping Health Care is Like Grasping Water...Yet We Must Try](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13503-grasping-health-care-is-like-grasping-water-yet-we-must-try "Grasping Health Care is Like Grasping Water...Yet We Must Try")

      Details    Kenneth S. Alpern    [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     June 29 2017       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2017/052q.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13503-grasping-health-care-is-like-grasping-water-yet-we-must-try)

THE DOCTOR IS IN--We live in a nation that has been confronted with "experts" who think they know so much but actually know very little. So if you think you have all the answers, or are looking for all of the easy answers here, then maybe this piece just is NOT for you.

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   ##  [ Kansas Tax Cuts Are a Spectacular Failure. Meanwhile, in California](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13484-kansas-tax-cuts-are-a-spectacular-failure-meanwhile-in-california "Kansas Tax Cuts Are a Spectacular Failure. Meanwhile, in California")

      Details    Tom Steyer    [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     June 26 2017       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2017/051n.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13484-kansas-tax-cuts-are-a-spectacular-failure-meanwhile-in-california)

TAXATION POLITICS-Republican legislators in Kansas did the unthinkable this month: They voted to raise income taxes, ending a painful five-year experiment with an extreme anti-tax agenda introduced by Republican Gov. Sam Brownback. The Republican-held Legislature had to [override a veto](http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-kansas-tax-20170607-story.html) by the governor to pass the emergency tax increase, now crucial to prevent deep budget cuts for schools and other essential public services.

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1. [ Netanyahu to American Jews: Drop Dead](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13481-netanyahu-to-american-jews-drop-dead)
2. [ Robocalls, Fake Sales Letters and Liars … Who to Believe?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13478-robocalls-fake-sales-letters-and-liars-who-to-believe)
3. [ ACA Cutoff Date Missed … Dems, GOP Point Fingers](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13469-aca-cutoff-date-missed-dems-gop-point-fingers)

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