##  In the News

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### [Prosecutor, Democrat, City Attorney? McKinney Makes His Case to Los Angeles Voters](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/election-2024/33624-prosecutor-democrat-city-attorney-mckinney-makes-his-case-to-los-angeles-voters)

October 26 2026

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### [The LA Watchdog’s 2026 Voter Guide](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/la-watchdog/33544-the-la-watchdogs-2026-voters-guide-2)

October 15 2026

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### [The Fools’ Blame Game](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/los-angeles/33626-the-fools-blame-game)

October 26 2026

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### [California Film Tax Credits Aren’t Enough. 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

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### ‘Tis The Season

Written by David M. Hamlin on December 18 2025.

 ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/31980-tis-the-season)

  [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/f0/101g-f0c27402.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/31979-wokeism-kills-jews-but-jews-support-wokeism)Written by Richard Lee Abrams on December 18 2025. Posted in [VOICES](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices).

## [Wokeism Kills Jews, But Jews Support Wokeism](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/31979-wokeism-kills-jews-but-jews-support-wokeism)

THE VIEW FROM HERE - Most of America’s leading Jewish agencies like the American Jewish Committee (AJC), the Anti-defamation League (ADL) and many Je…

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 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/26/101h-26cefa4b.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/31978-the-end-of-the-mogul-era-wall-streets-tightening-hold-on-hollywood)### [The End of the Mogul Era: Wall Street’s Tightening Hold on Hollywood](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/31978-the-end-of-the-mogul-era-wall-streets-tightening-hold-on-hollywood)

Written by Liz Amsden on December 18 2025.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/78/101j-78c5d19b.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/31977-government-dysfunction-at-all-levels-weakens-society-leading-to-anxiety-and-stress)### [Government Dysfunction At All Levels Weakens Society, Leading To Anxiety And Stress](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/31977-government-dysfunction-at-all-levels-weakens-society-leading-to-anxiety-and-stress)

Written by NICK PATSAOURAS on December 18 2025.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/c3/101l-c357bc2a.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/31975-will-sacramento-demo-gorgons-address-affordability-or-just-play-politics)### [Will Sacramento Demo-gorgons Address Affordability, or Just Play Politics?](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/31975-will-sacramento-demo-gorgons-address-affordability-or-just-play-politics)

Written by Ken Alpern on December 18 2025.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/cb/100m-cb8f5360.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/31965-reality-check-revisiting-ken-alperns-ten-questions-from-a-new-perspective)### [Reality Check: Revisiting Ken Alpern’s Ten Questions from a New Perspective](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/31965-reality-check-revisiting-ken-alperns-ten-questions-from-a-new-perspective)

Written by Liz Amsden on December 15 2025.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/4a/100l-4a6a6615.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/31964-california-kills-prosperity)### [California Kills Prosperity](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/31964-california-kills-prosperity)

Written by Eliot Cohen on December 17 2025.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/0f/100k-0fbb6d3b.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/31963-chief-justice-roberts-extremism-begets-violence)### [Chief Justice Roberts’ Extremism Begets Violence](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/31963-chief-justice-roberts-extremism-begets-violence)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on December 15 2025.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/19/099e-198d3517.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/31938-thirteen-years-since-sandy-hook-1-3-million-more-americans-dead-and-injured-has-anything-changed)### [Thirteen Years Since Sandy Hook – 1.3 Million More Americans Dead and Injured – Has Anything Changed?](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/31938-thirteen-years-since-sandy-hook-1-3-million-more-americans-dead-and-injured-has-anything-changed)

Written by Liz Amsden on December 11 2025.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/3d/099h-3d00ee5f.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/31934-barbarians-inside-the-gates)### [Barbarians Inside the Gates](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/31934-barbarians-inside-the-gates)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on December 11 2025.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/26/098d-26ba1de6.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/31929-the-culture-of-delay-how-los-angeles-risks-worker-safety-through-institutional-inaction)### [The Culture of Delay: How Los Angeles Risks Worker Safety Through Institutional Inaction](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/31929-the-culture-of-delay-how-los-angeles-risks-worker-safety-through-institutional-inaction)

Written by Anonymous LADWP Employee on December 08 2025.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/31/098e-315e3b8d.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/31922-in-defense-of-liberalism)### [In Defense Of Liberalism](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/31922-in-defense-of-liberalism)

Written by J. George Mansour on December 08 2025.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/48/098m-484b41c7.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/31919-a-government-at-war-with-its-own-people)### [A Government at War With Its Own People](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/31919-a-government-at-war-with-its-own-people)

Written by Liz Amsden on December 08 2025.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/d1/097b-d154a2dc.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/31913-cd3-candidates-talk-solutions-but-can-they-fix-a-city-thats-failing-us)### [CD3 Candidates Talk Solutions — But Can They Fix a City That’s Failing Us?](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/31913-cd3-candidates-talk-solutions-but-can-they-fix-a-city-thats-failing-us)

Written by Mihran Kalaydjian on December 04 2025.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/e5/097d-e5e211b9.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/31912-media-offender-of-the-week-no-more-calls-we-have-a-winner)### [Media Offender of the Week? No More Calls, We Have a Winner!](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/31912-media-offender-of-the-week-no-more-calls-we-have-a-winner)

Written by David M. Hamlin on December 04 2025.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/81/097h-81b9a6fc.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/31908-trump-must-be-stopped-from-destroying-our-democracy)### [Trump Must Be Stopped From Destroying Our Democracy](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/31908-trump-must-be-stopped-from-destroying-our-democracy)

Written by Dr. Alon Ben-Meir on December 04 2025.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/1e/096q-1e494cb5.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/31896-when-obedience-becomes-complicity-from-my-lai-to-todays-military-conscience)### [When Obedience Becomes Complicity: From Mỹ Lai to Today’s Military Conscience](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/31896-when-obedience-becomes-complicity-from-my-lai-to-todays-military-conscience)

Written by George Payne on December 01 2025.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/aa/096j-aab2db12.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/31890-chief-justice-john-roberts-ends-inalienable-rights-to-life-liberty-and-pursuit-of-happiness)### [Chief Justice John Roberts Ends Inalienable Rights to Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/31890-chief-justice-john-roberts-ends-inalienable-rights-to-life-liberty-and-pursuit-of-happiness)

Written by Richard Lee Abrams on December 01 2025.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/1f/096r-1f57abe2.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/31889-the-age-of-visual-lies-has-arrived)### [The Age of Visual Lies Has Arrived ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/31889-the-age-of-visual-lies-has-arrived)

Written by Liz Amsden on December 01 2025.

 [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/d9/095j-d91463c3.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/31880-enough-is-enough-city-hall-lahsa-and-the-mayors-office-funneled-100-million-to-a-homeless-provider-that-violated-federal-law-and-tried-to-hide-it)### [Enough Is Enough: City Hall, LAHSA, and the Mayor’s Office Funneled $100 Million to a Homeless Provider That Violated Federal Law — And Tried to Hide It](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/31880-enough-is-enough-city-hall-lahsa-and-the-mayors-office-funneled-100-million-to-a-homeless-provider-that-violated-federal-law-and-tried-to-hide-it)

Written by Mihran Kalaydjian on November 27 2025.

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