##  In the News

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### [Missing Middle. LA City Planning’s New Approach to “Attainable” Housing](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33250:missing-middle-la-city-plannings-new-approach-to-attainable-housing&catid=429)

August 24 2026

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### [Zuckerberg May Finally Pay a Price for Preying on Our Children](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33261:zuckerberg-may-finally-pay-a-price-for-preying-on-our-children&catid=375)

August 27 2026

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### [Free Metro? Who Pays the Billion-Dollar Bill?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33244:free-metro-who-pays-the-billion-dollar-bill&catid=312)

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### [West LA Democrats Endorse Roy and Reitano, Decline to Back a Candidate in Senate District 24](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33248:west-la-democrats-endorse-roy-and-reitano-decline-to-back-a-candidate-in-senate-district-24&catid=401)

August 24 2026

#  SAY WHAT?

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### What A Drag: "I Am What They Are Scared Of"

Written by Abbie Zimet on April 24 2023.

 ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26834:what-a-drag-i-am-what-they-are-scared-of&catid=376)

  [ ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2023/015j.jpg) ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26498:please-hurry-there-s-a-lot-of-dead-bodies-this-is-not-normal&catid=376)Written by Abby Zimet on February 20 2023. Posted in [SAY WHAT?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=376).

## [Please Hurry, There's A Lot of Dead Bodies: This Is Not Normal](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26498:please-hurry-there-s-a-lot-of-dead-bodies-this-is-not-normal&catid=376)

SAY WHAT? - Another one. America First, alone in the world, now has over a mass shooting a day, going on so long kids have survived more than one. Li…

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Written by Abby Zimet on January 12 2023.

### [Let Us Pray That We Can Learn From One Another](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26167:let-us-pray-that-we-can-learn-from-one-another&catid=376)

Written by Robert C. Koehler on December 22 2022.

### [Gay MAGA Congressman-elect George Santos Allegedly Lied About His Entire Past](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26142:gay-maga-congressman-elect-george-santos-allegedly-lied-about-his-entire-past&catid=376)

Written by John Russell on December 19 2022.

### [An Armchair of Glass Shards, A Breakfast of Stones: Shame On Us As A Nation](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26122:an-armchair-of-glass-shards-a-breakfast-of-stones-shame-on-us-as-a-nation&catid=376)

Written by Abby Zimet on December 15 2022.

### [Brushing Up On the Espionage Act, Just For Fun](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26078:brushing-up-on-the-espionage-act-just-for-fun&catid=376)

Written by Abby Zimet on December 08 2022.

### [The American Berserk: Kanye. Elon. Trump. Hitler. Satan.](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26056:the-american-berserk-kanye-elon-trump-hitler-satan&catid=376)

Written by Abby Zimet on December 05 2022.

### [Ukraine's Battle of the Somme: Cold, Mud, Dirt and Blood](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26036:ukraine-s-battle-of-the-somme-cold-mud-dirt-and-blood&catid=376)

Written by Abby Zimet on December 01 2022.

### [The Hate That Leads To Violence: An Attack Like This Says, "Not Even Here"](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26022:the-hate-that-leads-to-violence-an-attack-like-this-says-not-even-here&catid=376)

Written by Abby Zimet on November 28 2022.

### [Mike Pompeo Just Proved He Is the Stupidest Person in the World](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25999:mike-pompeo-just-proved-he-is-the-stupidest-person-in-the-world&catid=376)

Written by Diane Ravitch on November 24 2022.

### [Barbarians At the Gate: The Appearances Are Awful ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25977:barbarians-at-the-gate-the-appearances-are-awful&catid=376)

Written by Abby Zimet on November 21 2022.

### [OMFG Just No](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25956:omfg-just-no&catid=376)

Written by Abby Zimet on November 17 2022.

### [It Started With Words: Treat Yourself for Kristallnacht With Cheesy Crispy Chicken! ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25938:it-started-with-words-treat-yourself-for-kristallnacht-with-cheesy-crispy-chicken&catid=376)

Written by ABBY ZIMET on November 14 2022.

### [The Peaceful Choice of All ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25918:the-peaceful-choice-of-all&catid=376)

Written by Abby Zimet on November 10 2022.

### [Day Of the Dead Brown Children, Because the Texas GOP Is An Unholy Clusterfuck](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25902:day-of-the-dead-brown-children-because-the-texas-gop-is-an-unholy-clusterfuck&catid=376)

Written by Abby Zimet on November 07 2022.

### [Do You Look Like We Got Peanuts In Our Brain? ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25884:do-you-look-like-we-got-peanuts-in-our-brain&catid=376)

Written by Abbie Zimet on November 03 2022.

### [Woman, Life, Freedom, and Stunning Perseverance: An Embrace for A Sorrowful Nation](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25861:woman-life-freedom-and-stunning-perseverance-an-embrace-for-a-sorrowful-nation&catid=376)

Written by Abby Zimet on October 31 2022.

### [Dr. Oz Puts the Best Ideas Forward: The Mayor Will Do Your Pelvic Exam Now](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25822:dr-oz-puts-the-best-ideas-forward-the-mayor-will-do-your-pelvic-exam-now&catid=376)

Written by Abby Zimet on October 27 2022.

### [Bigot, Liar, Coward, Shill: Lil' Miss Hot Mess Wipes the Floor With Lil' Marco](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25802:bigot-liar-coward-shill-lil-miss-hot-mess-wipes-the-floor-with-lil-marco&catid=376)

Written by Abby Zimet on October 24 2022.

### [Fat Bear Week Survives First-Ever Voter Fraud Scandal To Crown (Fat) New Winner](https://mail.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25739:fat-bear-week-survives-first-ever-voter-fraud-scandal-to-crown-fat-new-winner&catid=376)

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