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#  IMPORTANT READS

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### Sort of, Kind of, Maybe Executive Privilege?

Written by Michael N. Cohen on June 12 2017.

 ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13393-sort-of-kind-of-maybe-executive-privilege)

  [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/June-2017/047r.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13391-trump-says-qatar-funds-terror-here-s-his-record-of-trying-to-get-qater-to-fund-him)Written by Clayton Swisher on June 12 2017. Posted in [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads).

## [Trump Says Qatar Funds Terror … Here’s His Record of Trying to Get Qater to Fund Him](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13391-trump-says-qatar-funds-terror-here-s-his-record-of-trying-to-get-qater-to-fund-him)

 Those previously unreported overtures have taken on new relevance as a diplomatic crisis aggravated by President Trump has left the small Gulf nat…

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Written by Stephen Cooper on June 08 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/25/046g-2536c2eb.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13382-can-we-find-a-cure-for-the-infected-body-politic)### [Can We Find a Cure for the Infected Body Politic?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13382-can-we-find-a-cure-for-the-infected-body-politic)

Written by Leonard Isenberg on June 08 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/a5/046s-a574c811.png&src=images/stories/June-2017/046s.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=2d70fe41) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13374-stop-saying-that-muslims-invented-terrorism)### [Stop Saying That Muslims Invented Terrorism](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13374-stop-saying-that-muslims-invented-terrorism)

Written by Ben Carrington on June 08 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/e6/045g-e6bb2a23.png&src=images/stories/June-2017/045g.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=9e02eda5) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13362-cosby-racially-targeted-that-pass-ran-out-long-ago)### [Cosby Racially Targeted? That Pass Ran Out Long Ago](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13362-cosby-racially-targeted-that-pass-ran-out-long-ago)

Written by Earl Ofari Hutchinson on June 05 2017.

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Written by Daniel Guss on June 05 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/04/045o-04f02fa1.png&src=images/stories/June-2017/045o.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=0fb29ed0) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13354-really-who-s-the-bigger-hate-monger)### [Really, Who’s the Bigger Hate Monger?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13354-really-who-s-the-bigger-hate-monger)

Written by Michael Cohen on June 05 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/70/044g-704bb1a9.png&src=images/stories/June-2017/044g.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=a7d098d5) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13334-just-shut-up)### [Just Shut Up](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13334-just-shut-up)

Written by David Bell on June 01 2017.

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Written by Francie Diep on June 01 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/fe/044r-fed82233.png&src=images/stories/June-2017/044r.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=406924e5) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13325-the-real-meaning-of-covfefe)### [The Real Meaning of Covfefe!](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13325-the-real-meaning-of-covfefe)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on June 01 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/9c/044w-9cf7078a.png&src=images/stories/June-2017/044w.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=b607a50e) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13321-who-is-the-real-leader-of-the-free-world)### [Who is the Real Leader of the Free World?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13321-who-is-the-real-leader-of-the-free-world)

Written by Doug Epperhart on June 01 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/f8/043i-f8f24f97.png&src=images/stories/May-2017/043i.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=7e801f3c) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13313-killing-children-is-always-terrorism)### [Killing Children is Always Terrorism](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13313-killing-children-is-always-terrorism)

Written by Leonard Isenberg on May 29 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/c2/043k-c21564cb.png&src=images/stories/May-2017/043k.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=f1889bb9) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13311-memorial-day-true-respect-for-those-who-gave-their-lives-is-to-learn-from-our-mistakes)### [Memorial Day: True Respect for Those Who Gave Their Lives is to Learn from Our Mistakes](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13311-memorial-day-true-respect-for-those-who-gave-their-lives-is-to-learn-from-our-mistakes)

Written by Kevin Basl on May 29 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/2f/043l-2fbbbaa3.png&src=images/stories/May-2017/043l.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=a2201289) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13310-montana-elects-a-thuglican-to-congress)### [Montana Elects a Thuglican to Congress](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13310-montana-elects-a-thuglican-to-congress)

Written by Michael Cohen on May 29 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/0f/042d-0fc713d9.png&src=images/stories/May-2017/042d.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=caaa11e6) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13297-botus-and-my-impeachment-popcorn)### [BOTUS and My Impeachment Popcorn](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13297-botus-and-my-impeachment-popcorn)

Written by Michael Cohen on May 25 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/ca/042o-cad4c836.png&src=images/stories/May-2017/042o.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=5bcc015b) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13287-looking-at-memorial-day-through-2017-lens)### [Looking at Memorial Day Through 2017 Lens](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13287-looking-at-memorial-day-through-2017-lens)

Written by Brian Trautman on May 25 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/5a/042z-5af0fdf5.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13280-trump-s-historic-visit-to-the-middle-east-much-ado-about-nothing)### [Trump’s ‘Historic’ Visit to the Middle East: Much Ado about Nothing](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13280-trump-s-historic-visit-to-the-middle-east-much-ado-about-nothing)

Written by Alon Ben-Meir on May 25 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e0/042w-e079dd2a.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13279-trump-s-immovable-base-gets-wobbly)### [Trump’s Immovable Base Gets Wobbly](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13279-trump-s-immovable-base-gets-wobbly)

Written by Digby on May 25 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/df/041f-dfa0db37.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13271-science-committee-sends-trump-a-letter-concerned-over-his-dubious-scientific-sources)### [Science Committee Sends Trump a Letter: ‘Concerned Over His Dubious Scientific Sources’](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13271-science-committee-sends-trump-a-letter-concerned-over-his-dubious-scientific-sources)

Written by Katie Kilkenny on May 22 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/14/041g-140fb36a.png&src=images/stories/May-2017/041g.png&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=a6a1d049) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13270-how-to-recognize-an-interactive-liar)### [How to Recognize an Interactive Liar](https://mail.citywatchla.com/important-reads/13270-how-to-recognize-an-interactive-liar)

Written by Michael N. Cohen on May 22 2017.

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