##  In the News

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### [When the Last-Minute Power Play Failed: Sacramento Finally Ran Out of Time](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33319:when-the-last-minute-power-play-failed-sacramento-finally-ran-out-of-time&catid=375)

September 10 2026

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### [May Day/International Workers Day, a Major US Holiday Ignored By The Media](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33336:may-day-international-workers-day-a-major-us-holiday-ignored-by-the-media&catid=398)

September 10 2026

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### [Olympics: LA28’s Drip‑Drip‑Drip Tactics Leave Los Angeles Holding the Bag](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33314:olympics-la28s-drip-drip-drip-tactics-leave-los-angeles-holding-the-bag&catid=312)

September 07 2026

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### [$1 Billion Later, Congress Comes Knocking: Los Angeles’ Homelessness Machine Faces Its Day of Reckoning](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33321:1-billion-later-congress-comes-knocking-los-angeles-homelessness-machine-faces-its-day-of-reckoning&catid=396)

September 07 2026

#  VOICES

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### Measure A: Hello Fox, Meet Henhouse

Written by Tim Campbell on April 28 2025.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30791:measure-a-hello-fox-meet-henhouse&catid=375)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/b3/033y-b38061c4.jpg&src=images/stories/Apr-2025/033y.jpg&thumbnail=610,302,&hash=599c05cd) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30779:is-the-economic-annexation-of-canada-part-of-trumps-gameplan&catid=375)Written by Liz Amsden on April 24 2025. Posted in [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=375).

## [Is the Economic Annexation of Canada Part of Trump’s Gameplan?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30779:is-the-economic-annexation-of-canada-part-of-trumps-gameplan&catid=375)

ACCORDING TO LIZ - Of course it is. If not by overt force or forging alliances with disaffected Canadians, then… Wall Street behemoths with the f…

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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9c/033j-9c114d12.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30777:from-never-again-to-silence-how-holocaust-studies-lost-its-moral-compass&catid=375)### [From 'Never Again' to Silence: How Holocaust Studies Lost Its Moral Compass](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30777:from-never-again-to-silence-how-holocaust-studies-lost-its-moral-compass&catid=375)

Written by Mihran Kalaydjian on April 24 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/46/033w-469a05f4.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30774:sen-john-thunes-perfidy&catid=375)### [Sen. John Thune’s Perfidy](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30774:sen-john-thunes-perfidy&catid=375)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on April 24 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/10/033h-100bcdfb.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30772:is-this-really-fascism&catid=375)### [Is This Really Fascism?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30772:is-this-really-fascism&catid=375)

Written by Victor Rothman on April 24 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ac/033c5-ac334245.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30756:cryptos-new-era-how-regulatory-relaxation-could-fuel-us-market-growth&catid=375)### [Crypto’s New Era: How Regulatory Relaxation Could Fuel US Market Growth](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30756:cryptos-new-era-how-regulatory-relaxation-could-fuel-us-market-growth&catid=375)

Written by CityWatch on April 24 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/3b/032h-3bd2ddf0.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30749:in-a-fractured-world-pope-francis-chose-wholeness&catid=375)### [In a Fractured World, Pope Francis Chose Wholeness](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30749:in-a-fractured-world-pope-francis-chose-wholeness&catid=375)

Written by George Cassidy Payne on April 21 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8f/032f-8f55aeaa.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30743:advocacy-days-2025-students-and-parents-head-to-sacramento-to-demand-an-equitable-k-12-system&catid=375)### [Advocacy Days 2025: Students and Parents Head to Sacramento to Demand an Equitable K-12 System](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30743:advocacy-days-2025-students-and-parents-head-to-sacramento-to-demand-an-equitable-k-12-system&catid=375)

Written by CityWatch Staff on April 21 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/aa/032l-aad15893.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30738:putin-orders-trump-1-abandon-ukraine-and-2-hands-off-iran&catid=375)### [Putin Orders Trump: (1) Abandon Ukraine and (2) Hands off Iran](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30738:putin-orders-trump-1-abandon-ukraine-and-2-hands-off-iran&catid=375)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on April 21 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/c0/031n-c012c1c3.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30730:being-pro-palestinian-is-not-antisemitic&catid=375)### [Being Pro-Palestinian Is Not Antisemitic](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30730:being-pro-palestinian-is-not-antisemitic&catid=375)

Written by Liz Amsden on April 17 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/88/031d-889f3e67.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30729:extremism-in-pursuit-of-vice-is-not-a-virtue&catid=375)### [Extremism in Pursuit of Vice Is Not a Virtue](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30729:extremism-in-pursuit-of-vice-is-not-a-virtue&catid=375)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on April 17 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d3/031k-d32d44b4.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30727:the-high-cost-of-theoretical-leadership&catid=375)### [The High Cost of Theoretical Leadership](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30727:the-high-cost-of-theoretical-leadership&catid=375)

Written by Tim Campbell on April 17 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/73/030g-735ab5c0.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30718:all-they-will-call-you-will-be-deportees-californias-ongoing-labor-tragedy&catid=375)### [“All They Will Call You Will Be Deportees”: California’s Ongoing Labor Tragedy](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30718:all-they-will-call-you-will-be-deportees-californias-ongoing-labor-tragedy&catid=375)

Written by Liz Amsden on April 14 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/96/030e-963f7277.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30717:if-jews-were-meant-to-be-wiped-out&catid=375)### [If Jews Were Meant to Be Wiped Out…](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30717:if-jews-were-meant-to-be-wiped-out&catid=375)

Written by Abe Gurkos on April 14 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/61/029p-6189ad94.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30704:undue-process-of-law&catid=375)### [Undue Process of Law](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30704:undue-process-of-law&catid=375)

Written by David Hamlin on April 10 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/13/029f-13e13d66.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30700:congress-is-taking-from-the-poor-to-give-to-the-rich&catid=375)### [Congress Is Taking From The Poor To Give To The Rich](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30700:congress-is-taking-from-the-poor-to-give-to-the-rich&catid=375)

Written by Jocelyn Smith on April 10 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/00/029l-00dc3c14.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30692:a-continent-divided&catid=375)### [A Continent Divided](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30692:a-continent-divided&catid=375)

Written by Liz Amsden on April 10 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/05/029n-05aeca2a.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30690:if-you-think-eggs-are-expensive-wait-till-you-see-trumps-pentagon-budget&catid=375)### [If You Think Eggs Are Expensive, Wait Till You See Trump’s Pentagon Budget](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30690:if-you-think-eggs-are-expensive-wait-till-you-see-trumps-pentagon-budget&catid=375)

Written by Lindsay Koshgarian on April 10 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e7/028b2-e7665a2f.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30682:kanye-west-is-unraveling-free-speech&catid=375)### [Kanye West Is Unraveling Free Speech](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30682:kanye-west-is-unraveling-free-speech&catid=375)

Written by Abe Gurko on April 07 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/72/028e-72c8e7ff.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30679:politics-of-hope-vs-politics-of-revenge&catid=375)### [Politics of Hope vs. Politics of Revenge](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30679:politics-of-hope-vs-politics-of-revenge&catid=375)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on April 07 2025.

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