#  IMPORTANT READS

   ##  [ How Woke Became a Weapon](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16437-how-woke-became-a-weapon "How Woke Became a Weapon")

      Details    Caitlin White    [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     October 22 2018       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2018/085g.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16437-how-woke-became-a-weapon)

LEANING RIGHT-The sharp uptick in public shaming over the past several years, and specifically since the 2016 election, has sparked a heated discussion about whether the perceived righteousness of the practice overshadows possible damage and likely fallout.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16437-how-woke-became-a-weapon)

   ##  [ Black Friday Forecast](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16432-black-friday-forecast "Black Friday Forecast")

      Details    Jessica Dupras    [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     October 22 2018       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2018/085m.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16432-black-friday-forecast)

WHAT TO EXPECT--To get a better idea of how and when consumers plan to shop this holiday season and on Cyber Week, [BlackFriday.com](http://icm-tracking.meltwater.com/link.php?DynEngagement=true&H=5eXH0qSKdBRphS6WO4YlQwwSTi8wtQOqejFjZKiddbCzZ5Bbl4XDYYZxuuaWCaMaIxrvactYyAbXYX6uCmUZtLugMvA2xpbHeXRu9RT5i%2F6n8rUXVia8cQ%3D%3D&G=0&R=https%3A%2F%2Fblackfriday.com%2F&I=20181021150110.0000001beb75%40mail6-43-usnbn1&X=MHwxMDQ2NzU4OjViY2M4YmY4M2RjYjc1OTNjYjY5OTRiZjs%3D&S=2PYiggXl3oQySiYOOz0RnHxHiy7XkoeeJJqPFs0ZDKs) surveyed over 1,500 Americans to find out the biggest trends.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16432-black-friday-forecast)

   ##  [ Trump Does Not Care Who Killed Jamal Khashoggi](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16422-trump-does-not-care-who-killed-jamal-khashoggi "Trump Does Not Care Who Killed Jamal Khashoggi")

      Details    George Cassidy Payne    [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     October 18 2018       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2018/084c.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16422-trump-does-not-care-who-killed-jamal-khashoggi)

VIEW FROM HERE-Let's begin with the obvious. The president only truly values American citizenship.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16422-trump-does-not-care-who-killed-jamal-khashoggi)

   ##  [ Should the U.S. Stop Enabling Israel?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16420-should-the-u-s-stop-enabling-israel "Should the U.S. Stop Enabling Israel?")

      Details    Alon Ben-Meir    [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     October 18 2018       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2018/084e.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16420-should-the-u-s-stop-enabling-israel)

MIDDLE EAST POLITICS- I maintain that regardless of the political, strategic, demographic, and regional vicissitudes, the two-state option remains the only viably sustainable solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; the one-state solution is simply a non-starter.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16420-should-the-u-s-stop-enabling-israel)

   ##  [ Getting Away with Murder](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16414-getting-away-with-murder "Getting Away with Murder")

      Details    Mel Gurtov    [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     October 18 2018       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2018/084l.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16414-getting-away-with-murder)

PERSPECTIVE--In March I wrote about the visit to Washington of Saudi Arabia’s new leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16414-getting-away-with-murder)

   ##  [ Why Donald Trump Will Win a Second Term as President](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16403-why-donald-trump-will-win-a-second-term-as-president "Why Donald Trump Will Win a Second Term as President")

      Details    Benjamin Waddell    [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     October 15 2018       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2018/083b.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16403-why-donald-trump-will-win-a-second-term-as-president)

POLITICS-On Oct. 6, 2018, Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court by the narrowest of margins, with 50 votes in favor and 48 votes against.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16403-why-donald-trump-will-win-a-second-term-as-president)

   ##  [ The #MeToo Movement's Roots in Women Workers' Rights](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16400-the-metoo-movement-s-roots-in-women-workers-rights "The #MeToo Movement's Roots in Women Workers' Rights")

      Details    Peter Dreier    [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     October 15 2018       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2018/083h.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16400-the-metoo-movement-s-roots-in-women-workers-rights)

GUEST WORDS--Whenever new protest movements emerge, people look to history for lessons from activists and thinkers who came before.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16400-the-metoo-movement-s-roots-in-women-workers-rights)

   ##  [ Please Remain on Hold While America Goes Insane](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16399-please-remain-on-hold-while-america-goes-insane "Please Remain on Hold While America Goes Insane")

      Details    S. Novi    [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     October 15 2018       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2018/083i.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16399-please-remain-on-hold-while-america-goes-insane)

MY TURN-There has always been an element of the extreme in every society, and it is usually a smaller group that is often given little attention.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16399-please-remain-on-hold-while-america-goes-insane)

   ##  [ It’s Not Over for Justice Kavanaugh: Chief Justice Roberts Requests Tenth Circuit to Investigate Ethics Questions](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16397-it-s-not-over-for-justice-kavanaugh-chief-justice-roberts-requests-tenth-circuit-to-investigate-ethics-questions "It’s Not Over for Justice Kavanaugh: Chief Justice Roberts Requests Tenth Circuit to Investigate Ethics Questions")

      Details    Steve Denning    [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     October 15 2018       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2018/083k.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16397-it-s-not-over-for-justice-kavanaugh-chief-justice-roberts-requests-tenth-circuit-to-investigate-ethics-questions)

SUPREME POLITICS--While the Republican leadership celebrates the seating of Brett Kavanaugh as a Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, [Chief Justice Roberts yesterday requested the Tenth Circuit](https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/10/politics/kavanaugh-complaints-judicial-misconduct-john-roberts-transfer/index.html) to review more than twelve ethics complaints that have been made against Kavanaugh.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16397-it-s-not-over-for-justice-kavanaugh-chief-justice-roberts-requests-tenth-circuit-to-investigate-ethics-questions)

   ##  [ Trump’s New NAFTA Shows What He Really Cares About](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16378-trump-s-new-nafta-shows-what-he-really-cares-about "Trump’s New NAFTA Shows What He Really Cares About")

      Details    Zach Carter    [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     October 11 2018       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2018/082f.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16378-trump-s-new-nafta-shows-what-he-really-cares-about)

TRADE DEAL FOR THE RICH-The Trump administration’s overhaul of the [North American Free Trade Agreement](https://www.huffingtonpost.com/topic/nafta) is both the best trade pact signed by an American president in 30 years and a corrupt mess that offers working people almost nothing.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16378-trump-s-new-nafta-shows-what-he-really-cares-about)

   ##  [ How Capitalism Cost Americans Their Dignity](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16373-how-capitalism-cost-americans-their-dignity "How Capitalism Cost Americans Their Dignity")

      Details    Umer Hague    [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     October 11 2018       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2018/082l.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16373-how-capitalism-cost-americans-their-dignity)

SEEKING FREEDOM FROM IMMISERATION-My kid sister arrived to visit me this morning, on a 7 a.m. flight, and as she took a nap, unable to sleep, I headed off bleary-eyed to the little street where I sip my coffee and think my thoughts.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16373-how-capitalism-cost-americans-their-dignity)

   ##  [ Group Rights Still Threaten the Nation’s Existence](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16372-group-rights-still-threaten-the-nation-s-existence "Group Rights Still Threaten the Nation’s Existence")

      Details    Richard Lee Abrams    [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     October 11 2018       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2018/082m.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16372-group-rights-still-threaten-the-nation-s-existence)

CORRUPTION WATCH-The Democrats’ Identity Politics makes a person’s race, religion, ethnicity, and gender of paramount importance. For decades the Dems promoted quotas in schools and in employment, while casting aside the individual’s needs or abilities.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16372-group-rights-still-threaten-the-nation-s-existence)

   ##  [ For the GOP, Kavanaugh Was All About Bill and Hillary](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16365-for-the-gop-kavanaugh-was-all-about-bill-and-hillary "For the GOP, Kavanaugh Was All About Bill and Hillary")

      Details    Unai Montes-Irueste    [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     October 11 2018       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2018/082x.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16365-for-the-gop-kavanaugh-was-all-about-bill-and-hillary)

SUPREME POLITICS-When Barack Obama nominated Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court in March of 2016, [Lee Drutman](https://www.vox.com/polyarchy/2016/3/16/11246498/merrick-garland-realignment) wrote:

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16365-for-the-gop-kavanaugh-was-all-about-bill-and-hillary)

   ##  [ Why the Kavanaugh Confirmation was a National Distraction](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16354-why-the-kavanaugh-confirmation-was-a-national-distraction "Why the Kavanaugh Confirmation was a National Distraction")

      Details    George Cassidy Payne    [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     October 08 2018       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2018/081c.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16354-why-the-kavanaugh-confirmation-was-a-national-distraction)

VIEW FROM HERE--A female friend of mine said something about the Kavanaugh/Ford issue I can't get out of my head.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16354-why-the-kavanaugh-confirmation-was-a-national-distraction)

   ##  [ Dear Journalists, Please Do Your Duty for Democracy](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16345-dear-journalists-please-do-your-duty-for-democracy "Dear Journalists, Please Do Your Duty for Democracy")

      Details    Dan Gillmor    [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     October 08 2018       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2018/081n.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16345-dear-journalists-please-do-your-duty-for-democracy)

COVERING A CRISIS-Americans’ rights to vote, and to have their votes counted accurately, are the basis of democracy.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16345-dear-journalists-please-do-your-duty-for-democracy)

   ##  [ Brett Kavanaugh and the Scummy System That Made Him](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16342-brett-kavanaugh-and-the-scummy-system-that-made-him "Brett Kavanaugh and the Scummy System That Made Him")

      Details    Sam Husseini    [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     October 08 2018       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2018/081s.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16342-brett-kavanaugh-and-the-scummy-system-that-made-him)

I don’t often think fondly of [Christopher Hitchens](http://husseini.posthaven.com/resurrecting-christopher-hitchens), but an insight of my ex-friend did brighten my eyes during the last week.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16342-brett-kavanaugh-and-the-scummy-system-that-made-him)

   ##  [ Where was the Judge’s Legal Expertise?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16331-where-was-the-judge-s-legal-expertise "Where was the Judge’s Legal Expertise?")

      Details    George Cassidy Payne    [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     October 04 2018       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2018/080e.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16331-where-was-the-judge-s-legal-expertise)

PERSPECTIVE--Recently I had an interchange with a female Ivy League graduate from the 1980's.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16331-where-was-the-judge-s-legal-expertise)

   ##  [ The Republican Culture of Sexual Abuse Approval](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16327-the-republican-culture-of-sexual-abuse-approval "The Republican Culture of Sexual Abuse Approval")

      Details    S. Novi    [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     October 04 2018       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Oct-2018/080i.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16327-the-republican-culture-of-sexual-abuse-approval)

MY TURN-This topic is a mixed bag of complicated pieces that begins with the sexually suppressed conservatives and extends from the men that preach it to the women that buy into it.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16327-the-republican-culture-of-sexual-abuse-approval)

   ##  [ The End of Syria’s Civil War and the Beginning of the Fight Over the Spoils](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16286-the-end-of-syria-s-civil-war-and-the-beginning-of-the-fight-over-the-spoils "The End of Syria’s Civil War and the Beginning of the Fight Over the Spoils")

      Details    Alon Ben-Meir    [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     September 27 2018       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2018/078b.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16286-the-end-of-syria-s-civil-war-and-the-beginning-of-the-fight-over-the-spoils)

WORLD WATCH-With Syria’s civil war nearing an end with the takeover of the city of Idlib by Assad’s forces and his allies, I do not expect that Syria will soon enter a period of calm and amicably divide the spoils of the war. Russia, Iran, Turkey, and the US have conflicting strategic interests in Syria, which are on a collision course.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16286-the-end-of-syria-s-civil-war-and-the-beginning-of-the-fight-over-the-spoils)

   ##  [ Should Trump Cut His Losses with Kavanaugh?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16269-should-trump-cut-his-losses-with-kavanaugh "Should Trump Cut His Losses with Kavanaugh?")

      Details    Seth Masket    [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     September 24 2018       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2018/077d.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16269-should-trump-cut-his-losses-with-kavanaugh)

PERSPECTIVE--[Christine Blasey Ford](https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/23/politics/christine-blasey-ford-senate/index.html), the woman who has accused [Brett Kavanaugh](https://psmag.com/tag/brett-kavanaugh) of sexual assault in 1982, is set to testify Thursday on the matter before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16269-should-trump-cut-his-losses-with-kavanaugh)

   ##  [ Kavanaugh is a Reminder of the GOP War Against Women](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16265-kavanaugh-is-a-reminder-of-the-gop-war-against-women "Kavanaugh is a Reminder of the GOP War Against Women")

      Details    S. Novi    [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads)     September 24 2018       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Sept-2018/077k.png)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16265-kavanaugh-is-a-reminder-of-the-gop-war-against-women)

MY TURN-One only has to do a small amount of research to get a detailed list of the embedded hatred that the Republicans have for women

     [  Read more …  ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16265-kavanaugh-is-a-reminder-of-the-gop-war-against-women)

1. [ The Fake Amerikkkans](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16242-the-fake-amerikkkans)
2. [ Crazy Rich Asians Movie Changes How We Look at Race](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16229-crazy-rich-asians-movie-changes-how-we-look-at-race)
3. [ Red Alert: The White House is Getting Rid of All Cybersecurity People](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16215-red-alert-the-white-house-is-getting-rid-of-all-cybersecurity-people)
4. [ Bosnia, Erdogan’s “Jerusalem at the Heart of Europe”](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16205-bosnia-erdogan-s-jerusalem-at-the-heart-of-europe)
5. [ Blind Patriotism, Pseudo-Christianity, Hyper-Nationalism: Just a Few Reasons the World Doesn’t Respect Americans](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16185-blind-patriotism-pseudo-christianity-hyper-nationalism-just-a-few-reasons-the-world-doesn-t-respect-americans)
6. [ Where Do We Go After Trump?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16180-where-do-we-go-after-trump)
7. [ Was the Trumpster Behind the New York Times Op-Ed?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16178-was-the-trumpster-behind-the-new-york-times-op-ed)
8. [ President Obama’s Speech was Like Drinking from Cool Waters](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16176-president-obama-s-speech-was-like-drinking-from-cool-waters)
9. [ McCain’s Funeral was a Ritual Salute to the One Not Invited](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16174-mccain-s-funeral-was-a-ritual-salute-to-the-one-not-invited)
10. [ CityWatch Today: Stop Brett Kavanaugh — A Corporation Masquerading as a Judge](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/16152-citywatch-today-stop-brett-kavanaugh-a-corporation-masquerading-as-a-judge)

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