##  In the News

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### [They Said It Made No Sense. Then They Voted Yes.](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33278:they-said-it-made-no-sense-then-they-voted-yes&catid=327)

August 31 2026

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### [Trump World. From Assassination Abroad to Chaos at Home](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33277:trump-world-from-assassination-abroad-to-chaos-at-home&catid=395)

August 31 2026

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### [Newsom’s Next Immigration Gamble: Defy Federal Law And Dare Washington To Fight Back](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33283:newsoms-next-immigration-gamble-defy-federal-law-and-dare-washington-to-fight-back&catid=375)

August 31 2026

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### [As California Debated Sharing Data On Drivers, Homeland Security Subpoenaed 17 Million Records](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33308:as-california-debated-sharing-data-on-drivers-homeland-security-subpoenaed-17-million-records&catid=425)

September 03 2026

#  VOICES

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### These Are Not 'Good Guys With Guns.' These People Are Killing Us

Written by Robert C. Koehler on June 23 2022.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24893:these-are-not-good-guys-with-guns-these-people-are-killing-us&catid=375)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/3e/049l-3e1898aa.jpg&src=images/stories/June-2022/049l.jpg&thumbnail=610,344,&hash=7bb8cbc6) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24883:the-case-for-stopping-the-ukraine-russia-war&catid=375)Written by Donald Gross on June 20 2022. Posted in [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=375).

## [The Case for Stopping the Ukraine-Russia War ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24883:the-case-for-stopping-the-ukraine-russia-war&catid=375)

Now is a critical time to reflect on the case for people of good will to urge their leaders to end the war. The benefits of doing so are manifest. S…

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Written by Joel Kotkin on June 20 2022.

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Written by Melinda Burrell on June 20 2022.

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Written by Jessica Corbett on June 20 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/f1/049c-f17d8f1d.jpg&src=images/stories/June-2022/049c.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=6ed935e8) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24868:why-a-republic&catid=375)### [Why a Republic?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24868:why-a-republic&catid=375)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on June 20 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/d5/049h-d5aca011.jpg&src=images/stories/June-2022/049h.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=a64a030a) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24866:the-global-ruling-class-endless-war-and-the-culture-of-mass-death&catid=375)### [The Global Ruling Class, Endless War, and the Culture of Mass Death](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24866:the-global-ruling-class-endless-war-and-the-culture-of-mass-death&catid=375)

Written by Chris Hedges on June 20 2022.

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Written by Leonard Pitts, Jr. on June 16 2022.

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Written by Alice Rothchild on June 16 2022.

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Written by Liz Amsden on June 16 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/c2/048p-c23d3065.jpg&src=images/stories/June-2022/048p.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=73ebefaf) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24841:union-elections-continue-at-starbucks&catid=375)### [Union Elections Continue at Starbucks](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24841:union-elections-continue-at-starbucks&catid=375)

Written by Kelly Candaele on June 16 2022.

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Written by Jim Hightower on June 16 2022.

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Written by Joel Kotkin on June 16 2022.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/e0/048n-e088b3cb.jpg&src=images/stories/June-2022/048n.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=d9b18057) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24835:top-gun-is-too-dumb-for-san-diego&catid=375)### [‘Top Gun’ Is Too Dumb For San Diego](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=24835:top-gun-is-too-dumb-for-san-diego&catid=375)

Written by Joe Mathews on June 16 2022.

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Written by Denyse Selesnick on June 16 2022.

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Written by E.Auerbach, S.Roy & E.Spangler on June 13 2022.

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Written by Jessica Goodheart on June 13 2022.

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Written by Cerise Castle on June 13 2022.

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Written by Thomn Hartman on June 13 2022.

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Written by Ken Alpern on June 13 2022.

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