##  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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### [Zuckerberg May Finally Pay a Price for Preying on Our Children](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33261:zuckerberg-may-finally-pay-a-price-for-preying-on-our-children&catid=375)

August 27 2026

#  VOICES

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### 70302: The Law That Destroys Law

Written by David M. Hamlin on June 02 2025.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30961:70302-the-law-that-destroys-law&catid=375)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/b1/043o-b13abf45.jpg&src=images/stories/May-2025/043o.jpg&thumbnail=610,411,&hash=59cf89c8) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30956:from-the-united-nations-to-academia-left-wing-antisemitism-must-be-confronted-2&catid=375)Written by Ken Alpern on May 30 2025. Posted in [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=375).

## [From the United Nations to Academia, Left-Wing Antisemitism Must Be Confronted](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30956:from-the-united-nations-to-academia-left-wing-antisemitism-must-be-confronted-2&catid=375)

ALPERN AT LARGE - One can despise, deplore, and decry Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu alike, and with many excellent reasons to feel that way, bu…

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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d3/043c-d349b1b7.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30948:whose-life-matters&catid=375)### [Whose Life Matters?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30948:whose-life-matters&catid=375)

Written by Abe Gurko on May 29 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/01/043k-01d2b6b4.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30943:let-the-punishment-fit-the-crime&catid=375)### [Let the Punishment Fit the Crime](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30943:let-the-punishment-fit-the-crime&catid=375)

Written by Liz Amsden on May 29 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/66/042f-66cfb692.jpg&src=images/stories/May-2025/042f.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=9523d9d8) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30936:adl-and-ajc-support-anti-jewish-diversity-equity-and-inclusion&catid=375)### [ADL and AJC Support Anti-Jewish Diversity, Equity and Inclusion](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30936:adl-and-ajc-support-anti-jewish-diversity-equity-and-inclusion&catid=375)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on May 26 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/6f/042g-6fe491ac.jpg&src=images/stories/May-2025/042g.jpg&thumbnail=1200,1000,&hash=624ea149) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30935:not-memes-but-memories-of-the-way-things-used-to-be&catid=375)### [Not Memes, But Memories… Of the Way Things Used to Be](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30935:not-memes-but-memories-of-the-way-things-used-to-be&catid=375)

Written by Liz Amsden on May 26 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/58/042h-5822f1b7.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30933:hearings-on-homelessness-start-this-week-what-can-we-expect&catid=375)### [Hearings on Homelessness Start This Week. What Can We Expect?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30933:hearings-on-homelessness-start-this-week-what-can-we-expect&catid=375)

Written by Tim Campbell on May 26 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/84/041m-84d9f317.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30927:ten-questions-californians-must-ask-themselves-going-into-memorial-day&catid=375)### [Ten Questions Californians Must Ask Themselves Going Into Memorial Day](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30927:ten-questions-californians-must-ask-themselves-going-into-memorial-day&catid=375)

Written by Ken Alpern on May 22 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d8/041l-d8c7468b.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30926:made-in-la-the-city-rallies-behind-the-film-and-television-industry&catid=375)### [Made in LA: the City Rallies Behind the Film and Television Industry ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30926:made-in-la-the-city-rallies-behind-the-film-and-television-industry&catid=375)

Written by Liz Amsden on May 22 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8c/041e-8cfc260e.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30923:can-trump-break-the-iran-deadlock-and-reshape-the-middle-east&catid=375)### [Can Trump Break The Iran Deadlock And Reshape The Middle East?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30923:can-trump-break-the-iran-deadlock-and-reshape-the-middle-east&catid=375)

Written by Dr. Alon Ben-Meir on May 22 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/cd/041a-cd275e8a.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30922:the-rising-toll-of-antisemitic-violence-demands-a-national-reckoning&catid=375)### [The Rising Toll of Antisemitic Violence Demands a National Reckoning](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30922:the-rising-toll-of-antisemitic-violence-demands-a-national-reckoning&catid=375)

Written by CityWatch on May 22 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8e/040k-8e0bdf33.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30910:get-your-wallets-out-the-wealthy-are-begging-and-bribing-again&catid=375)### [Get Your Wallets Out, the Wealthy are Begging (and Bribing) Again](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30910:get-your-wallets-out-the-wealthy-are-begging-and-bribing-again&catid=375)

Written by Liz Amsden on May 19 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b8/040b-b8a1f4bb.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30902:is-this-the-end-of-democracy-or-the-democratic-party&catid=375)### [Is This the End of Democracy or the Democratic Party?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30902:is-this-the-end-of-democracy-or-the-democratic-party&catid=375)

Written by Abe Gurko on May 19 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c8/040g-c8cce917.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30901:is-the-state-getting-serious-about-reducing-homelessness&catid=375)### [Is the State Getting Serious About Reducing Homelessness?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30901:is-the-state-getting-serious-about-reducing-homelessness&catid=375)

Written by Tim Campbell on May 19 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/36/039l-36a47f4d.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30898:flash-governor-newsom-learns-that-free-health-care-to-illegal-immigrants-isnt-free&catid=375)### [FLASH: Governor Newsom Learns that Free Health Care to Illegal Immigrants Isn’t Free!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30898:flash-governor-newsom-learns-that-free-health-care-to-illegal-immigrants-isnt-free&catid=375)

Written by Ken Alpern on May 22 2025.

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Written by Liz Amsden on May 15 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/93/039i-93666b83.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30890:blood-and-oil-why-9-11-still-haunts-the-u-s-saudi-alliance&catid=375)### [Blood and Oil: Why 9/11 Still Haunts the U.S.–Saudi Alliance](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30890:blood-and-oil-why-9-11-still-haunts-the-u-s-saudi-alliance&catid=375)

Written by George Cassidy Payne on May 15 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/db/039c-db74d200.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30888:nancy-pelosi-the-evil-that-keeps-on-giving&catid=375)### [Nancy Pelosi, the Evil that Keeps on Giving](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30888:nancy-pelosi-the-evil-that-keeps-on-giving&catid=375)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on May 15 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/10/038i-107985a7.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30874:bad-policies-till-the-day-you-die&catid=375)### [Bad Policies Till the Day You Die](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30874:bad-policies-till-the-day-you-die&catid=375)

Written by Eliot Cohen on May 12 2025.

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Written by Richard Lee Abrams on May 12 2025.

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