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### [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

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### [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)

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### [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)

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#  SAY WHAT?

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  [### Freedom Reads: A Lifeline To A Still-Flawed World

Written by Abby Zimet on February 24 2022.

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## [Don't Say Gay (Also Black, Poor, Horny, Bi, Brown Or Lesbians Buying A House) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23893:don-t-say-gay-also-black-poor-horny-bi-brown-or-lesbians-buying-a-house&catid=376)

Terrifyingly, the ACLU estimates there are up to 100 anti-LGBTQ bills making their way through state legislatures. Among them: a bill in Tennessee pr…

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### [So The Whole World Will Listen To Joaquin Today](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23866:so-the-whole-world-will-listen-to-joaquin-today&catid=376)

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### [Run, Kevin, Run. All Of 'Em, Actually ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23822:run-kevin-run-all-of-em-actually&catid=376)

Written by ABBY ZIMET on February 14 2022.

### [Still Ripping Things Up, Still Bewilderingly Roaming Free](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23813:still-ripping-things-up-still-bewilderingly-roaming-free&catid=376)

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### [Exemplary In Every Aspect of Egg Care, and Happily Also Not Inclined To Burn Books](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23779:exemplary-in-every-aspect-of-egg-care-and-happily-also-not-inclined-to-burn-books&catid=376)

Written by ABBY ZIMET on February 07 2022.

### [Nothing Less Than Justice](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23745:nothing-less-than-justice&catid=376)

Written by Abby Zimet on February 03 2022.

### [And Then They Came For the Mice: No One Wants To Hear Such Stories ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23709:and-then-they-came-for-the-mice-no-one-wants-to-hear-such-stories&catid=376)

Written by ABBY ZIMET on January 31 2022.

### [These Are Not the Best of Times](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23678:these-are-not-the-best-of-times&catid=376)

Written by ABBY ZIMET on January 27 2022.

### [ Mitch, Please: Yeah That's Me. American.](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23628:mitch-please-yeah-that-s-me-american&catid=376)

Written by ABBY ZIMET on January 24 2022.

### [Slouching Towards Fascism With DeSantis' Election Police](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23614:slouching-towards-fascism-with-desantis-election-police&catid=376)

Written by ABBY ZIMET on January 20 2022.

### [As Sinema Defends Filibuster, Progressives Say 'Vote Her the Hell Out'](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23580:as-sinema-defends-filibuster-progressives-say-vote-her-the-hell-out&catid=376)

Written by Jake Johnson on January 17 2022.

### [Crazy Like A Fox: Pissing On the Libs, Literally](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23535:crazy-like-a-fox-pissing-on-the-libs-literally&catid=376)

Written by ABBY ZIMET on January 12 2022.

### [Against the Rulers of the Darkness of This World](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23525:against-the-rulers-of-the-darkness-of-this-world&catid=376)

Written by Abby Zimet on January 10 2022.

### [Devin Moo-ness Has Officially Left the Building](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23492:devin-moo-ness-has-officially-left-the-building&catid=376)

Written by Abby Zimet on January 05 2022.

### [Idiots On Parade: We Shall Overcome, We'll Also Take Two Whoppers and Fries](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23444:idiots-on-parade-we-shall-overcome-we-ll-also-take-two-whoppers-and-fries&catid=376)

Written by Abby Zimet on January 03 2022.

### [Just Do Your Duty: Democracy Yay or Nay](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23422:just-do-your-duty-democracy-yay-or-nay&catid=376)

Written by Abby Zimet on December 30 2021.

### [That Ye Love One Another](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23397:that-ye-love-one-another&catid=376)

Written by Abby Zimet on December 27 2021.

### [Even Forrest Would Think It is Ugly: One More Down](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23368:even-forrest-would-think-it-is-ugly-one-more-down&catid=376)

Written by Abby Zimet on December 22 2021.

### [The Facts of That Day: Lying Despots 'R Us Part 478](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23354:the-facts-of-that-day-lying-despots-r-us-part-478&catid=376)

Written by Abby Zimet on December 20 2021.

### [We Who Are About To Die: America's Schools As the Hunger Games](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=23322:we-who-are-about-to-die-america-s-schools-as-the-hunger-games&catid=376)

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