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#  IMPORTANT READS

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### Fake President

Written by Michael N. Cohen on May 08 2017.

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## [Ivanka: ‘Something Very, Very Special Like Nobody's Seen Before’](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13172:ivanka-something-very-very-special-like-nobody-s-seen-before&catid=9)

TRUMP CORRUPTION WATCH--Just another little data point in the ongoing Trump corruption watch: Investors looking to buy a condo at Trump Tower in the…

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Written by Abby Zimet on May 08 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/39/15036n-399c7199.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13166:what-sanders-and-warren-got-right-and-wrong-about-obama-s-speaking-fees&catid=9)### [What Sanders and Warren Got Right … and Wrong … about Obama’s Speaking Fees](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13166:what-sanders-and-warren-got-right-and-wrong-about-obama-s-speaking-fees&catid=9)

Written by Earl Ofari Hutchinson on May 04 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a9/15036b-a9bd720a.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13164:old-hickory-and-the-donald-what-s-not-to-like&catid=9)### [‘Old Hickory’ and the Donald … What’s Not to Like?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13164:old-hickory-and-the-donald-what-s-not-to-like&catid=9)

Written by Doug Epperhart on May 04 2017.

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Written by Lauren McDauley on May 04 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ce/15036t-cee1dd4b.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13152:we-ve-all-heard-of-the-big-lie-technique-how-about-a-big-truth-technique&catid=9)### [We've All Heard of the Big Lie Technique … How about a Big Truth Technique?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=13152:we-ve-all-heard-of-the-big-lie-technique-how-about-a-big-truth-technique&catid=9)

Written by Bob Gelfand on May 04 2017.

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Written by Michael Cohen on May 04 2017.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on May 01 2017.

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Written by Michael Cohen on May 01 2017.

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Written by digby on May 01 2017.

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Written by Ronald Fraser on May 01 2017.

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Written by Michael Cohen on April 27 2017.

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Written by Earl Ofari Hutchinson on April 27 2017.

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Written by Stephen Cooper on April 24 2017.

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Written by Michael N. Cohen on April 24 2017.

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Written by Juan Cole on April 24 2017.

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Written by Robert Parry on April 20 2017.

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Written by Juan Cole on April 20 2017.

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Written by Krish Lingala on April 20 2017.

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