She really didn't need to do this
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Over the last two years, we've watched gutless leaders go groveling to the White House with gilded gifts to appease our authoritarian overlord. And now Karen Bass is part of that club

Giving Trump all that glitters with a wide grin isn’t a bargaining chip for a city under siege. And what, exactly, did LA walk out of this meeting with? Nothing. Except for a neat little preview of the Bass administration’s posture as we head into our self-imposed megaevent purgatory.