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This week, I spoke to a reporter who broke the story of the leaked tape posted to Reddit, which revealed racist remarks by LA city council members, and a pattern of racial infighting over redistricting plans. Much of the coverage has focused on the racially charged statements, but we dig into the politics of the city, the political stakes, and how it all affects the left.

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Anonymous

What of Marriage, master? And he answered saying: You were born together, and together you shall be forevermore. You shall be together when the white wings of death scatter your days. Ay, you shall be together even in the silent memory of God. But let there be spaces in your togetherness, And let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another, but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls. Fill each other’s cup but drink not from one cup. Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf. Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone, Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music. Give your hearts, but not into each other’s keeping. For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts. And stand together yet not too near together: For the pillars of the temple stand apart, And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other’s shadow.

Anonymous

Born on Long Island and moved to LA almost 30 years ago. Raised a conservative Republican. I have been moving left my entire adult life. Supported Gina4LA (Gina Viola-Peake) for mayor. I don't think I can vote for Bass and certainly NOT Caruso. Happily voting for Mejia! Defund the Police and Defund the City Council.

Nathan Ngumi

Interesting episode. The tapes revealed what many people suspected all along: behind closed doors of politics there is a lot of sleaze. It was a rare peek. Now that there is yet more evidence that politicians do mostly nothing for the people who vote them in, these people should take this as a wake-up call to demand more.

Anonymous

This recording makes it harder to argue with libertarians. It doesn’t matter what color our representatives are, or where they came from, if they are pursuing an elected position they are almost certainly driven by the desire for power and influence. And they are very likely corruptible in service of those pursuits. The way they were talking about making moves you would think they were owners of a business. Like Los Angeles was their personal property and not like they were simply representing the people. All of them are so drunk on power I couldn’t imagine them even considering the well being of the people they represent, much less prioritizing that well being over their own aspirations. And does anyone think this conversation is unique? I would bet my life this same conversation is happening in government board rooms all over the country.

Anonymous

I'm disappointed Brie didn't have any black, particularly ADOS, activists on (maybe from the labor movement space) to discuss this one. Part of the backdrop here is a tapestry of the following: the former Labor President was on the leak (since resigned), while LA's in the midst of the largest discrimination suit wherein it's alleged black workers face large scale physical abuse and racial discrimination from Latino colleagues; a number of hate crimes from Latinos, albeit gang members, against black civilians in CA; and a chastising of the black political class from the current Democratic Administration for deigning to, in exchange for mobilizing for Dems in 2020, ask for policy prescriptions specific to the particular urgency of the American Negro, by insisting black politics should be contingent on a Black/Brown alliance, which, based on the leak and the tepid respond from Dems like Karen Bass, doesn't seem to exist outside of punditry.

jerebear205

That's the nail on the head that no ones seems to want to accknowledge that the black brown "alliance" has never been and has been forced apon American Blacks, The Latino in power understand this well and they want to see their group get ahead. All while black in LA are being wipe out and push into the streets. Politics is about power, and the Latino politicos understand that, do the black ones do? I doubt it.