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#  IMPORTANT READS

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### Trump’s ‘Historic’ Visit to the Middle East: Much Ado about Nothing

Written by Alon Ben-Meir on May 25 2017.

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  [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/47/042w-470f9538.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13279:trump-s-immovable-base-gets-wobbly&catid=9)Written by Digby on May 25 2017. Posted in [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=9).

## [Trump’s Immovable Base Gets Wobbly](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13279:trump-s-immovable-base-gets-wobbly&catid=9)

It’s an entirely reasonable theory. We live in a highly partisan epoch, and voters are usually loyal to politicians from their party. Trump endured a…

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 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/df/041f-dfa0db37.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13271:science-committee-sends-trump-a-letter-concerned-over-his-dubious-scientific-sources&catid=9)### [Science Committee Sends Trump a Letter: ‘Concerned Over His Dubious Scientific Sources’](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13271:science-committee-sends-trump-a-letter-concerned-over-his-dubious-scientific-sources&catid=9)

Written by Katie Kilkenny on May 22 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/14/041g-140fb36a.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13270:how-to-recognize-an-interactive-liar&catid=9)### [How to Recognize an Interactive Liar](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13270:how-to-recognize-an-interactive-liar&catid=9)

Written by Michael N. Cohen on May 22 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/68/041l-6889a378.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13265:the-wolf-who-cried-boy&catid=9)### [The Wolf Who Cried Boy](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13265:the-wolf-who-cried-boy&catid=9)

Written by Son of Baldwin on May 22 2017.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on May 22 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/fc/041p-fcc29efa.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13262:trump-s-islam-speech-just-as-bizarre-as-everything-else-he-does&catid=9)### [Trump’s Islam Speech: Just as Bizarre as Everything Else He Does](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13262:trump-s-islam-speech-just-as-bizarre-as-everything-else-he-does&catid=9)

Written by Juan Cole on May 22 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/1b/040b-1b55659b.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13256:reviving-israeli-palestinian-talks-now-will-go-nowhere&catid=9)### [Reviving Israeli-Palestinian Talks Now Will Go Nowhere](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13256:reviving-israeli-palestinian-talks-now-will-go-nowhere&catid=9)

Written by Alon Ben-Meir on May 18 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/05/040c-05167102.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13255:the-hidden-bombshell-in-the-comey-trump-story&catid=9)### [The Hidden Bombshell in the Comey-Trump Story](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13255:the-hidden-bombshell-in-the-comey-trump-story&catid=9)

Written by Peter Certo on May 18 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e7/040d-e7f24978.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13254:the-post-trump-era&catid=9)### [The Post-Trump Era?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13254:the-post-trump-era&catid=9)

Written by Doug Henwood on May 18 2017.

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Written by Michael N. Cohen on May 18 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/90/040g-9040d83e.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13252:trump-to-netflix-starring-in-daze-of-our-lives&catid=9)### [Trump to Netflix? Starring in ‘Daze of Our Lives?’](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13252:trump-to-netflix-starring-in-daze-of-our-lives&catid=9)

Written by Doug Epperhart on May 18 2017.

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Written by Lauren McCauley on May 18 2017.

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Written by Michelle Threadgould on May 18 2017.

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Written by David Bell on May 18 2017.

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Written by Leonard Isenberg on May 15 2017.

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Written by James Preston Allen on May 15 2017.

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Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on May 15 2017.

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Written by Michael Cohen on May 15 2017.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on May 11 2017.

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