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








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…





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

"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/…