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Friday Flashback: Sequestration, the race for LA Mayor and rat brains
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Mar 1, 2013
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Friday Flashback: Sequestration, the race for LA Mayor and rat brains
The sequester: it arrives with something of a whimper. The LA mayoral race has become kind of a slug-fest, and linking together ... rats' brains?
WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 01: U.S. President Barack Obama speaks to the media after meeting with Congressional leaders at the White House, March 1, 2013 in Washington, DC. President Obama said that no agreement was reached with Republicans to avoid the sequester that will trigger automatic domestic and defense cuts. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks to the media after meeting with Congressional leaders at the White House, March 1, 2013 in Washington, DC.
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The sequester: it arrives with something of a whimper. The LA mayoral race has become kind of a slug-fest, and linking together ... rats' brains?

The sequester: it arrives with something of a whimper. The LA mayoral race has become kind of a slug-fest, and linking together ... rats' brains?

We'll talk about the week that was with our regular roundtables. On tap this week, James Rainey of the L.A. Times and Marketplace reporter David Gura.