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How the 9th circuit told the U.S. President NO regarding POTUS’s plan to keep CA from counting 20,000 of our state’s votes.

October 26, 2026
#JusticeBriefs2026

Op-Ed: The Conviction of Mark Ridley-Thomas Is Not a Joke: Representative Democracy Is at Stake

October 9, 2026
#Justice • #The California Justice Report

WitnessLA Comes to Substack

October 7, 2026
#NoKings

A quick look at how SCOTUS ruled in favor of Democracy, then our nation went to war, and the president threatened the Supremes

March 18, 2026
#NoKings

Judge first knocked down CA’s “No Secret Police Act,” but gave the go-ahead to the “No Vigilantes Act.” Then things changed

February 10, 2026
#DangerousJails

Dying In LA County’s Jails: Now there are 7 deaths in 2026

January 31, 2026
Economy • Elections '08 • International Issues • Presidential Race

MONDAY MUST READS – 3 a.m. Bailouts and the Supremes

September 29, 2008
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SO MANY MUST READS, SO LITTLE TIME…. The first, longest, most impenetrable and the most...

Bears and Alligators • Environment

Blood Lust

September 29, 2008
1 Comment

Last week, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service began the process needed to put wolves back on the...

American Artists

Rest In Peace, Paul. We Will Really, Really Miss You

September 27, 2008
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name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> Thinking of Joanne Woodward today. By the way, the LA Times...

Elections '08 • Presidential Race

You Just Don’t Understand

September 27, 2008
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I realize I said I’d live blog the debate (and I will the next one, the V.P. debate) but...

Economy

Planning to Bail? Let’s Make Some Alternate Plans

September 26, 2008
5 Comments

name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> Okay, they have a deal. They don’t have a deal. They...

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Debate or not to Debate? Whatever. Live Blogging Tonight – UPDATED

September 26, 2008
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I’ll be live blogging the debate but with a TiVo delay. (I teach in Irvine today so must...

Gangs • Law Enforcement

The Gang Injunction: Upsides and Downsides

September 26, 2008
6 Comments

In this morning’s LA Times there is an interestingly nuanced article by Scott Gold about a...

The Shooting

The Shooting – an Update

September 26, 2008
1 Comment

The next installment of the new series begun here last week, titled The Shooting, about the death...

Board of Supervisors • City Government • LA City Council

The Eviction: Was Bernard Parks Playing Politics With City Rentals?

September 25, 2008
7 Comments

As we remain glued to the dual drama of the bailout and the election (and the debate-or-no-debate...

Los Angeles Times • Media

LA Times Kitty – The Sequel

September 25, 2008
5 Comments

No, fortunately, to my knowledge there are no additional cats featured on the front page of the LA...

Bailout • Economy

BAILOUT Part 2: GO MARCIE! (What She Said) – UPDATED

September 24, 2008
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name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> You want lipstick? We got lipstick! Plus intelligence...

Economy • Media • National Issues • National Politics

THE BAIL OUT: NEW RULES

September 24, 2008
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I long to get back to discussing Los Angeles issues, but right now I don’t think we have the...

Crime and Punishment • Death Penalty • Supreme Court

UPDATE: Supreme Court Issues Stay for Troy Davis

September 23, 2008
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3 p.m. Here’s what SCOTUS BLOG put up a few minutes ago: The Supreme Court blocked the...

Los Angeles Times • Media

The LA Times Has….um… Image Issues – UPDATED

September 23, 2008
23 Comments

Look, I like cute cat and dog photos as much as the next person. (Actually, to be honest, I...

Criminal Justice • Supreme Court

Is Georgia About to Execute an Innocent Man? – UPDATED

September 23, 2008
15 Comments

Unless the US Supreme court intervenes today, Troy Anthony Davis will be executed at 7 p.m...

Economy • Elections '08 • Presidential Race

MORNING MUST READS: BAILING AND B.S. – UPADATED

September 22, 2008
6 Comments

While there are interesting things to read on other subjects, this morning it was a tad difficult...

American Artists • Writers and Writing

James Crumley: 1939 – 2008 – The Outlaw Rides Away

September 21, 2008
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“When I finally caught up with Abraham Trahearne, he was drinking beer with an alcoholic...

Elections '08 • Presidential Race

Promotion, Alaskan Style?

September 19, 2008
34 Comments

name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> When she-who-must-not-be-named made that teensy weensy...

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