## In the News [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/37/086d-37193955.png) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/election-2024/33624-prosecutor-democrat-city-attorney-mckinney-makes-his-case-to-los-angeles-voters) ### [Prosecutor, Democrat, City Attorney? 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The Guilds Need to Change Too.](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/33619-california-film-tax-credits-arent-enough-the-guilds-need-to-change-too) October 26 2026 # VOICES --- [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/5d/004m-5d096a4e.jpg) ### How Maduro’s Capture Opens A Historical Window On The Effects Of Political Overreach Written by NICK PATSAOURAS on January 12 2026. ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32094-how-maduros-capture-opens-a-historical-window-on-the-effects-of-political-overreach) [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/4c/003q-4c9beab3.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32074-trump-era-nationalism-maduro-in-brooklyn-jail-china-in-the-crosshairs)Written by Dimitris Eleas on January 08 2026. Posted in [VOICES](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices). ## [Trump-Era Nationalism: Maduro in Brooklyn Jail, China in the Crosshairs](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32074-trump-era-nationalism-maduro-in-brooklyn-jail-china-in-the-crosshairs) MY THOUGHTS - Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been abducted by Delta Force and is already on U.S. soil. Many commentators have rushed to publ… --- [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/78/003n-78838578.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32072-trump-pig-hegseth-and-their-grooming-of-americans)### [Trump, Pig Hegseth, and Their Grooming of Americans](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32072-trump-pig-hegseth-and-their-grooming-of-americans) Written by Richard Lee Abrams on January 08 2026. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/00/003m-00e2370a.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32071-venezuela-and-california-brothers-from-another-mother)### [Venezuela and California: Brothers from Another Mother](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32071-venezuela-and-california-brothers-from-another-mother) Written by Eliot Cohen on January 08 2026. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/ef/002x-ef07df7d.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32054-protests-erupt-over-trumps-clownish-hypocrisy-on-drugs-lie-about-l-a)### [Protests Erupt Over Trump’s Clownish Hypocrisy on Drugs, Lie About L.A. ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32054-protests-erupt-over-trumps-clownish-hypocrisy-on-drugs-lie-about-l-a) Written by Hans Johnson on January 08 2026. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/7f/002g-7f40a684.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32051-from-no-kings-to-no-clue)### [From “No Kings” to “No Clue”?](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32051-from-no-kings-to-no-clue) Written by Ken Alpern on January 05 2026. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/64/002j-6417875a.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32049-dont-cry-for-me-venezuela)### [Don’t Cry for Me, Venezuela](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32049-dont-cry-for-me-venezuela) Written by Paul Hatield on January 05 2026. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/42/002k-420dd00e.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32047-after-maduro-power-precedent-and-the-seductions-of-force)### [After Maduro: Power, Precedent, and the Seductions of Force](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32047-after-maduro-power-precedent-and-the-seductions-of-force) Written by George Payne on January 05 2026. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/98/002l-98b6e6ec.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32046-stephen-millers-vile-racism-is-destroying-trumps-administration)### [Stephen Miller’s Vile Racism is Destroying Trump’s Administration](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32046-stephen-millers-vile-racism-is-destroying-trumps-administration) Written by Richard Lee Abrams on January 05 2026. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/65/002m-65e23d62.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32044-las-memory-lane-reflecting-on-the-past-provides-insights-for-the-present)### [LA’s Memory Lane: Reflecting On The Past Provides Insights For The Present](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32044-las-memory-lane-reflecting-on-the-past-provides-insights-for-the-present) Written by NICK PATSAOURAS on January 05 2026. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/42/002r-42e6d36c.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32041-from-minarets-to-city-hall-zohran-mamdani-and-the-long-muslim-thread-in-the-american-story)### [From Minarets to City Hall: Zohran Mamdani and the Long Muslim Thread in the American Story](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32041-from-minarets-to-city-hall-zohran-mamdani-and-the-long-muslim-thread-in-the-american-story) Written by George Cassidy Payne on January 05 2026. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/b0/002s-b03b8fd6.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32039-a-global-piracy-for-all-to-see)### [A Global Piracy For All To See](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32039-a-global-piracy-for-all-to-see) Written by Dr. Alon Ben-Meir on January 05 2026. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/6d/002t-6d60714e.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32038-the-cheerleader-for-illegal-war-should-be-exiled-to-guantanamo-permanently)### [The Cheerleader for Illegal War Should Be Exiled to Guantánamo, Permanently](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32038-the-cheerleader-for-illegal-war-should-be-exiled-to-guantanamo-permanently) Written by Liz Amsden on January 05 2026. [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/3c/001d-3c284e6d.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32028-american-child-tortured)### [American Child Tortured](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/32028-american-child-tortured) Written by J. George Mansour on January 01 2026. 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