## In the News [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/24/070g-24506d35.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33278:they-said-it-made-no-sense-then-they-voted-yes&catid=327) ### [They Said It Made No Sense. Then They Voted Yes.](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33278:they-said-it-made-no-sense-then-they-voted-yes&catid=327) August 31 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/fb/070h-fb2580dc.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33277:trump-world-from-assassination-abroad-to-chaos-at-home&catid=395) ### [Trump World. From Assassination Abroad to Chaos at Home](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33277:trump-world-from-assassination-abroad-to-chaos-at-home&catid=395) August 31 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/df/070i-df78b056.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33283:newsoms-next-immigration-gamble-defy-federal-law-and-dare-washington-to-fight-back&catid=375) ### [Newsom’s Next Immigration Gamble: Defy Federal Law And Dare Washington To Fight Back](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33283:newsoms-next-immigration-gamble-defy-federal-law-and-dare-washington-to-fight-back&catid=375) August 31 2026 [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/26/070k-268daaac.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33276:karen-bass-just-sent-l-a-businesses-a-dangerous-message-follow-the-rules-or-dont&catid=312) ### [Karen Bass Just Sent L.A. Businesses a Dangerous Message: Follow the Rules or Don’t](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33276:karen-bass-just-sent-l-a-businesses-a-dangerous-message-follow-the-rules-or-dont&catid=312) August 31 2026 # IMPORTANT READS --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Jan-2017/503k.png) ### It’s Easy to Forget How Scary the ‘Good Times’ Were … Back When America was ‘Great’ Written by Andrew J. Bacevich on January 09 2017. ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12401:it-s-easy-to-forget-how-scary-the-good-times-were-back-when-america-was-great&catid=9) [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/24/503y-24bde761.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12394:wall-street-owns-trump-president-to-be-s-wall-street-debt-more-than-1-5-billion&catid=9)Written by Lauren McCauley on January 09 2017. Posted in [IMPORTANT READS](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=9). ## [Wall Street Owns Trump: President-to-Be’s Wall Street Debt More Than $1.5 Billion](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12394:wall-street-owns-trump-president-to-be-s-wall-street-debt-more-than-1-5-billion&catid=9) NO CONFLICT HERE, RIGHT--As many suspected, President-elect Donald Trump’s web of business conflicts is much more complicated than he has let on. An… --- [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/fa/502m-fa24115f.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12386:american-crisis-solving-the-student-debt-crisis&catid=9)### [American Crisis: Solving the Student-Debt Crisis](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12386:american-crisis-solving-the-student-debt-crisis&catid=9) Written by Malcolm Harris on January 05 2017. 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[ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/68/105c-685e34e9.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12370:rethinking-the-cost-of-war&catid=9)### [Rethinking the Cost of War](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12370:rethinking-the-cost-of-war&catid=9) Written by Mike Hixenbaugh and Charles Ornstein on January 02 2017. [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/0f/105d-0fe87c6c.png) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12369:turn-last-year-s-lessons-into-a-winning-2017-here-s-how&catid=9)### [Turn Last Year’s Lessons Into a Winning 2017 … Here’s How](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12369:turn-last-year-s-lessons-into-a-winning-2017-here-s-how&catid=9) Written by Beth Cone Kramer on January 02 2017. 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