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Posted in [VOICES](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices). ## [Karen Bass Faces Backlash Over Fire Department Budget Cuts](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/30156-karen-bass-faces-backlash-over-fire-department-budget-cuts) ABE WON’T BE SILENT - While Los Angeles is burning, residents are furious to find out that Mayor Karen Bass slashed the Fire Department’s budget by $… --- [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b9/003m-b93c1c67.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/30154-will-the-republic-thwart-trumps-purges)### [Will the Republic Thwart Trump’s Purges](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/30154-will-the-republic-thwart-trumps-purges) Written by Richard Lee Abrams on January 09 2025. 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[ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ee/002q-ee628f4e.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/30137-i-write-to-save-my-world)### [I Write to Save My World](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/30137-i-write-to-save-my-world) Written by Liz Amsden on January 06 2025. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/d3/002d3-d3891c73.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/30136-armenian-christians-of-jerusalem-face-an-existential-threat)### [Armenian Christians of Jerusalem Face an Existential Threat](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/30136-armenian-christians-of-jerusalem-face-an-existential-threat) Written by Mihran Kalaydjian on January 06 2025. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/36/002n-3617dd01.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/30133-making-america-white-again)### [Making America White Again](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/30133-making-america-white-again) Written by Tim Deegan on January 06 2025. 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[ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/b6/001g-b639692c.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/30112-2025s-greatest-threat-is-the-media)### [2025's Greatest Threat Is the Media](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/30112-2025s-greatest-threat-is-the-media) Written by Richard Lee Abrams on January 02 2025. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/da/001h-da068b8b.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/30111-stranded-an-unlikely-friendship)### [Stranded: An Unlikely Friendship](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/30111-stranded-an-unlikely-friendship) Written by Liz Amsden on January 02 2025. 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[ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/8a/105j-8ad6a0bd.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/30091-here-are-the-options-for-a-better-positive-2025-from-personal-kindness-to-national-progress)### [Here are the Options for a Better, Positive 2025: From Personal Kindness to National Progress](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/30091-here-are-the-options-for-a-better-positive-2025-from-personal-kindness-to-national-progress) Written by Liz Amsden on December 30 2024. [ ![](https://www.citywatchla.com/media/yootheme/cache/ba/105a-ba95c19a.jpg) ](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/30086-dems-dont-need-a-rebrand-they-need-to-get-real-a-supermodel-photo-shoot-wont-fix-the-issue)### [Dems Don’t Need a Rebrand – They Need to Get Real: A Supermodel Photo Shoot Won’t Fix the Issue](https://www.citywatchla.com/voices/30086-dems-dont-need-a-rebrand-they-need-to-get-real-a-supermodel-photo-shoot-wont-fix-the-issue) Written by Abe Gurko on December 30 2024. 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