##  In the News

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### [Reminder to the Red States, Turnabout is Fair Play](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33212:reminder-to-the-red-states-turnabout-is-fair-play&catid=395)

August 17 2026

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### [Democrats Finally Tell Iowa and New Hampshire: You Don’t Go First Anymore](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33229:democrats-finally-tell-iowa-and-new-hampshire-you-dont-go-first-anymore&catid=395)

August 20 2026

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### [California’s Empty Classrooms Are a Warning Sacramento Can’t Ignore](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33213:californias-empty-classrooms-are-a-warning-sacramento-cant-ignore&catid=378)

August 17 2026

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### [A Prisoner, A Peacemaker, and Israel’s Defining Choice](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33231:a-prisoner-a-peacemaker-and-israels-defining-choice&catid=375)

August 20 2026

#  VOICES

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### The DNC – A Clear and Present Danger

Written by Liz Amsden on November 10 2025.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31798:the-dnc-a-clear-and-present-danger&catid=375)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/78/090g-78956f97.jpg&src=images/stories/Nov-2025/090g.jpg&thumbnail=610,385,&hash=674cb051) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31796:finding-my-voice-in-city-hall-a-young-jewish-students-plea-for-civic-courage&catid=375)Written by Shoshannah Kalaydjian on November 10 2025. Posted in [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=375).

## [Finding My Voice in City Hall: A Young Jewish Student’s Plea for Civic Courage](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31796:finding-my-voice-in-city-hall-a-young-jewish-students-plea-for-civic-courage&catid=375)

A STUDENT'S POV - As a young Jewish student in Los Angeles, I walked into City Hall not just to speak, but to be heard. I prepared my remarks careful…

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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/21/090i-2164c4a7.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31788:richard-cheney-and-the-tragedy-of-power&catid=375)### [Richard Cheney and the Tragedy of Power](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31788:richard-cheney-and-the-tragedy-of-power&catid=375)

Written by George Cassidy Payne on November 10 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/61/090k-61a39664.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31787:the-dems-did-not-win-on-november-5th&catid=375)### [The Dems Did Not Win on November 5th](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31787:the-dems-did-not-win-on-november-5th&catid=375)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on November 10 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/46/090l-466eb762.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31786:11-04-25-6-00-am-oval-office-meeting&catid=375)### [11/04/25 6:00 AM: Oval Office Meeting](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31786:11-04-25-6-00-am-oval-office-meeting&catid=375)

Written by David M. Hamlin on November 10 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/53/089o-539d2190.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31780:the-big-ego-exploding-in-the-white-house-what-are-the-people-to-do&catid=375)### [The Big Ego Exploding in the White House – What Are The People to Do?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31780:the-big-ego-exploding-in-the-white-house-what-are-the-people-to-do&catid=375)

Written by Liz Amsden on November 06 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/5c/089f-5caaabef.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31778:dem-dems-are-part-of-the-problem-not-the-solution&catid=375)### [Dem "Dems" are Part of the Problem, Not the Solution](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31778:dem-dems-are-part-of-the-problem-not-the-solution&catid=375)

Written by Victor Rothman on November 06 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/3f/089j-3f9eb9d6.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31774:fdr-and-churchill-never-asked-the-nazis-to-form-a-new-government-why-hamas&catid=375)### [FDR and Churchill Never Asked the Nazis to Form a New Government, Why Hamas?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31774:fdr-and-churchill-never-asked-the-nazis-to-form-a-new-government-why-hamas&catid=375)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on November 06 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ea/088e-ea316a9e.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31764:a-vote-for-prop-50-is-not-necessarily-an-endorsement-of-newsom-as-presidential-material&catid=375)### [A Vote for Prop 50 Is Not Necessarily an Endorsement of Newsom as Presidential Material](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31764:a-vote-for-prop-50-is-not-necessarily-an-endorsement-of-newsom-as-presidential-material&catid=375)

Written by Liz Amsden on November 03 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ed/088b2-edc09f9e.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31761:when-justice-turns-cruel-one-familys-pain-americas-shame&catid=375)### [When Justice Turns Cruel: One Family’s Pain, America’s Shame](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31761:when-justice-turns-cruel-one-familys-pain-americas-shame&catid=375)

Written by Sara Roos on November 03 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/52/088l-526bb79f.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31759:acas-promise-vs-reality-affordability-and-access-still-elusive&catid=375)### [ACA’s Promise vs. Reality: Affordability and Access Still Elusive](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31759:acas-promise-vs-reality-affordability-and-access-still-elusive&catid=375)

Written by Ken Alpern on November 03 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/3f/088m-3f7ca340.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31758:half-measures-whole-consequences-trumps-snap-shame&catid=375)### [Half Measures, Whole Consequences: Trump’s SNAP Shame](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31758:half-measures-whole-consequences-trumps-snap-shame&catid=375)

Written by George Cassidy Payne on November 03 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9c/088k-9cf1b484.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31753:the-ancient-shield-how-aristotle-and-greek-thought-guard-us-against-modern-autocracy&catid=375)### [The Ancient Shield: How Aristotle and Greek Thought Guard Us Against Modern Autocracy](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31753:the-ancient-shield-how-aristotle-and-greek-thought-guard-us-against-modern-autocracy&catid=375)

Written by Nick Patsaouras on November 03 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f2/087d-f2a84719.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31747:los-angeles-is-broke-and-it-didnt-happen-by-accident&catid=375)### [Los Angeles Is Broke — And It Didn’t Happen By Accident](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31747:los-angeles-is-broke-and-it-didnt-happen-by-accident&catid=375)

Written by Mihran Kalaydjian on October 30 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/76/087e-76c324b0.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31745:from-prop-50-to-the-la-mayors-race-crystal-litz-on-whats-ahead&catid=375)### [From Prop 50 to the LA Mayor’s Race: Crystal Litz on What’s Ahead](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31745:from-prop-50-to-the-la-mayors-race-crystal-litz-on-whats-ahead&catid=375)

Written by Nick Antonicello on October 30 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/dc/087o-dc508a09.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31740:rage-against-the-ice-machine&catid=375)### [Rage Against the ICE Machine](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31740:rage-against-the-ice-machine&catid=375)

Written by Sonali Kolhatkar on October 30 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/7d/087r-7d7d0f51.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31738:where-i-want-my-tax-dollars-to-go&catid=375)### [Where I Want MY Tax Dollars to Go](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31738:where-i-want-my-tax-dollars-to-go&catid=375)

Written by Liz Amsden on October 30 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/fe/087i-fe677a2c.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31736:secret-city-hall-deal-stuns-windsor-square-hancock-park-and-larchmont-communities&catid=375)### [Secret City Hall Deal Stuns Windsor Square, Hancock Park and Larchmont Communities](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31736:secret-city-hall-deal-stuns-windsor-square-hancock-park-and-larchmont-communities&catid=375)

Written by Tim Deegan on October 30 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/fb/086l-fb69e983.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31711:bad-news-compounded&catid=375)### [Bad News Compounded](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31711:bad-news-compounded&catid=375)

Written by David M. Hamlin on October 27 2025.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on October 27 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/95/085c-95f7326d.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31703:presidential-delusion-replaces-objective-truth-and-the-rule-of-law&catid=375)### [Presidential Delusion Replaces Objective Truth And The Rule Of Law](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=31703:presidential-delusion-replaces-objective-truth-and-the-rule-of-law&catid=375)

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