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#  IMPORTANT READS

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### In This Cyber Era, Machines Wage War but Human’s Still Pull the Trigger

Written by David H. Petraeus on March 30 2017.

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  [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b9/15026r-b956eaca.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12924:time-for-a-change-already&catid=9)Written by James Preston Allen on March 30 2017. Posted in [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=9).

## [Time for a Change, Already!](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12924:time-for-a-change-already&catid=9)

AT LENGTH--We are just over the 60-day mark of Trump’s first 100 days in office and he has yet to do anything that would make the nation or the galax…

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Written by Michael Cohen on March 30 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/52/15025q-52a73446.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12905:new-poll-trump-budget-horrifies-majority-of-voters-don-t-want-elmo-fired&catid=9)### [New Poll: Trump Budget Horrifies Majority of Voters … Don’t Want Elmo Fired!](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12905:new-poll-trump-budget-horrifies-majority-of-voters-don-t-want-elmo-fired&catid=9)

Written by Nika Knight on March 27 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/30/15025r-30192ce3.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12904:repeal-and-replace-vs-repair-and-improve&catid=9)### [Repeal and Replace vs. Repair and Improve?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12904:repeal-and-replace-vs-repair-and-improve&catid=9)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on March 27 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/17/15025t-17c7d729.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12902:supreme-court-eight-is-enough&catid=9)### [Supreme Court: Eight is Enough](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12902:supreme-court-eight-is-enough&catid=9)

Written by Bob Gelfand on March 27 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c0/15025u-c0b7f278.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12901:the-wizard-behind-trump-s-curtain-steve-bannon&catid=9)### [The Wizard Behind Trump’s Curtain: Steve Bannon](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12901:the-wizard-behind-trump-s-curtain-steve-bannon&catid=9)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on March 27 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/47/15025y-47461820.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12897:whoa-whoa-whoa-sanders-says-democrat-s-stubbornness-is-solution-not-problem&catid=9)### ['Whoa, Whoa, Whoa’ Sanders Says Democrat's Stubbornness Is Solution, Not Problem](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12897:whoa-whoa-whoa-sanders-says-democrat-s-stubbornness-is-solution-not-problem&catid=9)

Written by Jon Queally on March 27 2017.

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Written by Bob Gelfand on March 23 2017.

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Written by Doug Epperhart on March 23 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6e/15024r-6ea26295.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12878:new-stats-trump-delivering-on-his-jobs-promise-especially-on-the-comic-s-circuit&catid=9)### [New Stats: Trump Delivering on His Jobs Promise … Especially on the Comic’s Circuit!](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12878:new-stats-trump-delivering-on-his-jobs-promise-especially-on-the-comic-s-circuit&catid=9)

Written by Michael N. Cohen on March 23 2017.

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Written by Daniel Guss on March 20 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/75/15023c-75e20173.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12873:most-young-americans-18-30-yrs-old-see-trump-as-illegitimate-president-poll&catid=9)### [Most Young Americans (18-30 Yrs Old) See Trump as 'Illegitimate President': Poll](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12873:most-young-americans-18-30-yrs-old-see-trump-as-illegitimate-president-poll&catid=9)

Written by Nadia Prupis on March 20 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/3d/15023i-3df216ea.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12868:fox-news-poll-as-trump-divides-one-lawmaker-remains-huuugely-popular-with-american-voters&catid=9)### [Fox News Poll: As Trump Divides, One Lawmaker Remains Huuugely Popular with American Voters](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12868:fox-news-poll-as-trump-divides-one-lawmaker-remains-huuugely-popular-with-american-voters&catid=9)

Written by Lauren McCauley on March 20 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/47/15022t-47ac3488.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12852:missiles-of-october-a-crisis-and-a-time-when-american-s-trusted-their-commander-in-chief&catid=9)### [Missiles of October: A Crisis and a Time When Americans Trusted their Commander-in-Chief](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12852:missiles-of-october-a-crisis-and-a-time-when-american-s-trusted-their-commander-in-chief&catid=9)

Written by Bob Gelfand on March 16 2017.

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Written by Nadia Prupis on March 16 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/3f/15022g-3fdc83dc.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12845:competing-models-for-universal-healthcare-have-more-in-common-than-you-think&catid=9)### [Competing Models for Universal Healthcare have More in Common than You Think](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12845:competing-models-for-universal-healthcare-have-more-in-common-than-you-think&catid=9)

Written by Kenneth S. Alpern on March 16 2017.

 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/29/15022n-29958604.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12838:rx-for-chaos-healthcare-is-too-important-for-political-horsepuckey&catid=9)### [Rx for Chaos: Healthcare Is Too Important for Political Horsepuckey](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12838:rx-for-chaos-healthcare-is-too-important-for-political-horsepuckey&catid=9)

Written by Tony Butka on March 16 2017.

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Written by Earl Ofari Hutchinson on March 13 2017.

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Written by Tim Deegan on March 13 2017.

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