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Erika D. Smith

@erika_d_smith

Columnist, Bloomberg @Opinion. Past @latimes 🦅, @sacbee_news, @indystar, @beaconjournal. Ohioan by birth. Proud Californian by choice. ✊🏾🏳️‍🌈 DMs open.

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“President Trump purported to fire me ‘for cause’ when no cause exists under the law, and he has no authority to do so. I will not resign," Lisa Cook said tonight in response to Trump huffpost.com/entry/trump-fi…

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Cardi B This case seems similar to the album cover lawsuit in that the plaintiff's lawyers are completely banking on jurors being repulsed by Cardi B, but then she gets on the stand and it's like oh wait, maybe there's a reason she's a big celebrity with tens of millions of followers.

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Amid Trump clampdown in Wash, D.C., a woman spent 6 days in jail awaiting her release for allegedly spitting on a National Zoo police sergeant. Even though the feds did NOT seek to have her held in pretrial detention Her defense lawyer filed a motion reading "HELP!!!" (MORE)

Amid Trump clampdown in Wash, D.C., a woman spent 6 days in jail awaiting her release for allegedly spitting on a National Zoo police sergeant.

Even though the feds did NOT seek to have her held in pretrial detention

Her defense lawyer filed a motion reading "HELP!!!"

(MORE)
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U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) on what an eyewitness to the Minnesota Catholic school shooting, a staffer of hers, told her: "These kids are doing the all school mass and had to watch several of her friends get shot, one in the back, one in the neck. And they all got down under

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This is truly cruel and crazy — even for this administration. “Is the federal government saying that a disaster case manager can’t even advise someone where to get help if they are undocumented or their family is? Is that really what we’ve come to?” washingtonpost.com/weather/2025/0…

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How we continue to go along in this country, like this is normal and nothing can be done to prevent it from happening is just appalling.

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Pirro's "Sandwich Guy" case is mirroring a lot of what we have reported in L.A. regarding similarly situated Trump-appointee Bill Essayli. A rush to file felonies against demonstrators, leading to a lot of grand jury failures and forced retreats: latimes.com/california/sto…

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BREAKING: Federal Public defenders are seeking removal of Trump's top federal prosecutor in L.A., Acting U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli , arguing his appointment is unlawful. Follows successful challenge of New Jersey U.S. Atty. Alina Habba's status. Latest w/ Brittny Mejia latimes.com/california/sto…

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NEW: Data from ICE shows that a record 38% of people ICE arrested and sent to detention have no criminal record OR pending charges -- up from just 4% under Biden. The total number of people detained by ICE with no criminal record may soon rise above those with convictions.

NEW: Data from ICE shows that a record 38% of people ICE arrested and sent to detention have no criminal record OR pending charges -- up from just 4% under Biden.

The total number of people detained by ICE with no criminal record may soon rise above those with convictions.
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Burning Man at its best. “After Ms. Thompson delivered the baby, Mr. Thompson ran out of the R.V. and desperately called for help… Within minutes, a neonatal care nurse, a pediatric doctor and an obstetrician-gynecologist… filled their camper.” nytimes.com/2025/08/29/us/…

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“The most recent labor statistics show that nationwide, Black women lost 319,000 jobs in the public and private sectors between February and July of this year, the only major female demographic to experience significant job losses in this 5-month period.” nytimes.com/2025/08/31/us/…

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So, we've apparently reached the point in the news cycle when Trump saying mythical Black people from Chicago are begging him to send in federal law enforcement. Such nonsense.

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Cardi B spoke outside the courthouse after a Los Angeles County jury cleared her of call claims in a civil assault and battery trial over a 2018 dispute with a medical center security guard. She urged her fans not to harass the woman who sued her, or her family. Video via ABC7 Eyewitness News

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"Free love"? What decade is it? "'The answer to...loneliness and demographic decline must begin with marriage,' and blames 'free love, pornography, careerism, the Pill, abortion, same-sex relations and no-fault divorce'" for declining American marriages. washingtonpost.com/business/2025/…