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### [When the Last-Minute Power Play Failed: Sacramento Finally Ran Out of Time](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33319:when-the-last-minute-power-play-failed-sacramento-finally-ran-out-of-time&catid=375)

September 10 2026

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#  IMPORTANT READS

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### Supreme Justice Alito Argues: If A Law Doesn’t Prevent the Crime, It Has No Purpose

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on September 08 2022.

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## [The Soul Of The Nation Is The Constitution](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25448:the-soul-of-the-nation-is-the-constitution&catid=9)

The first is the struggle between autocracy and democracy. The second was declared last week in Philadelphia: the fight for the soul of the nation a…

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Written by Robert Reich on September 08 2022.

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Written by CityWatch on September 06 2022.

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Written by Sonali Kolhatkar on September 05 2022.

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Written by Ken Alpern on September 05 2022.

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Written by Olivia Alperstein on September 01 2022.

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Written by Michael Bernick on September 01 2022.

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Written by Jeffrey St. Clair on August 29 2022.

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Written by CityWatch Desk on August 29 2022.

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Written by Thom Hartmann on August 25 2022.

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Written by Brenda Martinez and Doug Wood on August 25 2022.

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Written by Kenny Stancil on August 23 2022.

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Written by Kathryn Kranhold on August 22 2022.

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Written by Eve Ottenberg on August 22 2022.

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Written by Jeffrey St. Clair on August 22 2022.

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Written by Paul Street on August 22 2022.

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