## In the News [ ![](https://ezmail.mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/24/070g-24506d35.jpg) ](https://ezmail.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://ezmail.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://ezmail.mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/fb/070h-fb2580dc.jpg) ](https://ezmail.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. 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Posted in [IMPORTANT READS](https://ezmail.mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=9). ## [Big Pharma Companies Have All the Power with Families Like Mine at Their Mercy ](https://ezmail.mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21927:big-pharma-companies-have-all-the-power-with-families-like-mine-at-their-mercy&catid=9) What if my husband and I lose our health coverage or can no longer afford the medicines they need because drug corporations raise the prices beyond o… --- [ ![](https://ezmail.mail.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/49/050b-49880b8a.png) ](https://ezmail.mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21926:aclu-warns-ruling-by-trump-appointed-judge-gives-feds-green-light-to-attack-protesters&catid=9)### [ACLU Warns Ruling by Trump-Appointed Judge Gives Feds 'Green Light' to Attack Protesters ](https://ezmail.mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21926:aclu-warns-ruling-by-trump-appointed-judge-gives-feds-green-light-to-attack-protesters&catid=9) Written by Jake Johnson on June 24 2021. 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