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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/ee/082e-ee7b11f5.jpg) ### When Will Trump Invoke the Insurrection Act Written by Richard Lee Abrams on October 13 2025. ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/31652-when-will-trump-invoke-the-insurrection-act) [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/52/082h-528d22ec.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/31647-are-the-real-fascists-the-political-leaders-who-ignore-their-own-police-unions)Written by Ken Alpern on October 13 2025. Posted in [VOICES](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices). ## [Are the Real Fascists the Political Leaders Who Ignore Their Own Police Unions?](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/31647-are-the-real-fascists-the-political-leaders-who-ignore-their-own-police-unions) ALPERN AT LARGE - Nothing to see here…move along. Crime is down. Things are great…or so the narrative is being pronounced. Not accepted…but pronounce… --- [ ![](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/media/yootheme/cache/8c/082j-8cb7496c.jpg) ](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/31644-watching-history-from-the-classroom-a-students-perspective-on-the-hostages-return)### [Watching History from the Classroom: A Student’s Perspective on the Hostages’ Return](https://ded2209.inmotionhosting.com/~citywa9/voices/31644-watching-history-from-the-classroom-a-students-perspective-on-the-hostages-return) Written by Shoshannah Kalaydjian on October 13 2025. 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