##  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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### 'This Is American Gestapo': Grave Warnings as Trump Gleefully Defies Courts on Deportations

Written by Jake Johnson on March 17 2025.

 ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30560:this-is-american-gestapo-grave-warnings-as-trump-gleefully-defies-courts-on-deportations&catid=375)

  [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/component/ajax/?p=cache/9f/022k-9f344c22.jpg&src=images/stories/Mar-2025/022k.jpg&thumbnail=610,385,&hash=d946b130) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30554:silencing-dissent-deporting-citizens-the-authoritarian-creep&catid=375)Written by Liz Amsden on March 17 2025. Posted in [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=375).

## [Silencing Dissent, Deporting Citizens: The Authoritarian Creep](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30554:silencing-dissent-deporting-citizens-the-authoritarian-creep&catid=375)

ACCORDING TO LIZ - The attitude adopted by the newest resident of the White House has emboldened others to emulate him including such shameful action…

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 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e0/022f-e0c07a50.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30546:never-say-never-again-again&catid=375)### [Never Say "Never Again" Again](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30546:never-say-never-again-again&catid=375)

Written by Abe Gurko on March 22 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/43/022i-437549b3.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30543:the-green-hills-of-ballyclaire-a-st-patricks-day-tale&catid=375)### [The Green Hills of Ballyclaire: A St. Patrick’s Day Tale](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30543:the-green-hills-of-ballyclaire-a-st-patricks-day-tale&catid=375)

Written by CityWatch on March 22 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/16/022h2-1651a1be.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30542:experiencing-the-evolution-of-beverly-hills-with-anthony-mohr&catid=375)### [Experiencing the Evolution of Beverly Hills With Anthony Mohr](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30542:experiencing-the-evolution-of-beverly-hills-with-anthony-mohr&catid=375)

Written by CityWatch on March 17 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e6/021c-e647bc90.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30530:burning-sacrifice-or-hero&catid=375)### [Burning Sacrifice or Hero?](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30530:burning-sacrifice-or-hero&catid=375)

Written by Liz Amsden on March 13 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/9b/021e-9bd16740.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30527:how-overpaid-ceos-hurt-the-rest-of-us&catid=375)### [How Overpaid CEOs Hurt The Rest Of Us](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30527:how-overpaid-ceos-hurt-the-rest-of-us&catid=375)

Written by Kieran Cuadras on March 13 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/13/021a-13d9f2ed.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30525:weaponizing-anti-semitism-to-defend-israeli-genocide&catid=375)### [Weaponizing Anti-Semitism to Defend Israeli Genocide](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30525:weaponizing-anti-semitism-to-defend-israeli-genocide&catid=375)

Written by Victor Rothman on March 13 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ad/020q-adff21d3.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30519:seeking-the-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel-never-changing-our-clocks-again&catid=375)### [Seeking the Light At the End of the Tunnel… Never Changing Our Clocks Again!](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30519:seeking-the-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel-never-changing-our-clocks-again&catid=375)

Written by Kenneth Alpern on March 10 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6e/020c-6e06669c.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30518:the-painful-irony-of-trumps-plan-to-build-an-american-owned-gaza-riviera&catid=375)### [The Painful Irony of Trump’s Plan to Build an American-Owned Gaza Riviera](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30518:the-painful-irony-of-trumps-plan-to-build-an-american-owned-gaza-riviera&catid=375)

Written by James Zogby on March 10 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/f9/020k-f9d34193.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30511:the-truth-social-twits-tariffs-stab-american-consumers-where-it-hurts-in-their-wallets&catid=375)### [The Truth Social Twit’s Tariffs Stab American Consumers Where It Hurts – In Their Wallets](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30511:the-truth-social-twits-tariffs-stab-american-consumers-where-it-hurts-in-their-wallets&catid=375)

Written by Liz Amsden on March 10 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6e/020p-6ebde285.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30510:democrats-on-eastside-lead-push-to-boycott-target&catid=375)### [Democrats on Eastside Lead Push to Boycott Target ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30510:democrats-on-eastside-lead-push-to-boycott-target&catid=375)

Written by Hans Johnson on March 11 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/31/020h-31099594.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30507:moving-from-fear-to-action-in-a-disturbing-world&catid=375)### [Moving from Fear to Action in a Disturbing World](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30507:moving-from-fear-to-action-in-a-disturbing-world&catid=375)

Written by Frida Berrigan on March 10 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/41/019k-411b11d7.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30496:trump-presents-the-gravest-threat-to-social-security-in-its-90-year-history&catid=375)### [Trump Presents the Gravest Threat to Social Security in Its 90-Year History](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30496:trump-presents-the-gravest-threat-to-social-security-in-its-90-year-history&catid=375)

Written by Nancy J. Altman on March 06 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/6d/019h-6d7d285a.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30489:bobby-kennedy-at-hhs-a-personal-perspective&catid=375)### [Bobby Kennedy At HHS: A Personal Perspective](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30489:bobby-kennedy-at-hhs-a-personal-perspective&catid=375)

Written by Michael Bernick on March 06 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d2/019e-d2de9068.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30488:there-are-no-allies-only-wars&catid=375)### [There Are No Allies, Only Wars](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30488:there-are-no-allies-only-wars&catid=375)

Written by Abe Gurko on March 06 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/a8/018p-a85b39d1.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30483:trump-really-wants-our-troops-at-mexicos-borders-not-ukraine-russia&catid=375)### [Trump REALLY Wants Our Troops at Mexico’s Borders—Not Ukraine/Russia](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30483:trump-really-wants-our-troops-at-mexicos-borders-not-ukraine-russia&catid=375)

Written by Ken Alpern on March 04 2025.

 [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/e2/018o-e29f462e.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30481:selective-murder-and-those-who-benefit&catid=375)### [Selective Murder and Those Who Benefit](https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30481:selective-murder-and-those-who-benefit&catid=375)

Written by Liz Amsden on March 03 2025.

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Written by Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis on March 03 2025.

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Written by Eliot Cohen on March 03 2025.

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