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Show Me the Money Impact: “Some of L.A.’s poorest families received cash assistance of $1,000 a month as part of a 12-month pilot project launched nearly three years ago. There were no strings attached and they could use the money however they saw fit. Now, a new study finds that the city-funded program was overwhelmingly beneficial.” LA Times: Study details ‘transformative’ results from L.A. pilot that guaranteed families $1,000 a month.

+ Officially Concerning: Kamala Harris has gained momentum in the polls. In swing states, Trump still has momentum in the number of election conspiracists working in local election offices. These Swing State Election Officials Are Pro-Trump Election Deniers.

+ Part of the Package: Ever notice how many FedEx and UPS trucks are double-parked on city streets? Well, it turns out that they get ticketed. A lot. But that’s just part of the business. One year, 14,000 tickets: How delivery giants shrug off fines and flout SF’s parking laws.

+ Birtherism 2.0: “She was always of Indian heritage, and she was only promoting Indian heritage. I didn’t know she was Black until a number of years ago, when she happened to turn Black, and now she wants to be known as Black.” That was one of the predictably racist and unhinged things Trump said during an interview at the National Association of Black Journalists convention. (Trump is the same ignorant racist that he’s always been. The problem is that there are millions of Americans who are fine with it and thousands of GOP officials that enable it and everything else.)

+ Rock and Awe: “The Army is seeking to recoup money from an $11 million marketing deal with the United Football League and celebrity Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson after the partnership failed to yield a single new recruit.”