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   ##  [ How Many Trillions – in Dollars and Deaths – Will Trump’s Lies Cost Americans and the World?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/32299-how-many-trillions-in-dollars-and-deaths-will-trumps-lies-cost-americans-and-the-world "How Many Trillions – in Dollars and Deaths – Will Trump’s Lies Cost Americans and the World?")

      Details    Liz Amsden    [VOICES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices)     February 19 2026       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2026/055e.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/stories/Feb-2026/055e.jpg?width=1260&height=988)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/32299-how-many-trillions-in-dollars-and-deaths-will-trumps-lies-cost-americans-and-the-world)

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   ##  [ Stretched Thin: The Guthrie Case Shows How Immigration Priorities Can Strain Public Safety](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/32292-stretched-thin-the-guthrie-case-shows-how-immigration-priorities-can-strain-public-safety "Stretched Thin: The Guthrie Case Shows How Immigration Priorities Can Strain Public Safety")

      Details    George Payne    [VOICES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices)     February 19 2026       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2026/055i.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/stories/Feb-2026/055i.jpg?width=1252&height=662)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/32292-stretched-thin-the-guthrie-case-shows-how-immigration-priorities-can-strain-public-safety)

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   ##  [ When the City Won’t Be Quiet: Rethinking Sound in Public Places](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/32291-when-the-city-wont-be-quiet-rethinking-sound-in-public-places "When the City Won’t Be Quiet: Rethinking Sound in Public Places")

      Details    Dan Silver    [VOICES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices)     February 19 2026       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2026/055j.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/stories/Feb-2026/055j.jpg?width=1252&height=834)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/32291-when-the-city-wont-be-quiet-rethinking-sound-in-public-places)

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   ##  [ The Writing Is On The Wall: Trump is Intent on Hijacking the Midterm Election](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/32282-the-writing-is-on-the-wall-trump-is-intent-on-hijacking-the-midterm-election "The Writing Is On The Wall: Trump is Intent on Hijacking the Midterm Election")

      Details    Dr. Alon Ben-Meir    [VOICES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices)     February 16 2026       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2026/014h.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/stories/Feb-2026/014h.jpg?width=840&height=564)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/32282-the-writing-is-on-the-wall-trump-is-intent-on-hijacking-the-midterm-election)

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   ##  [ Elected LA County Executive: California’s Second Most Powerful Official After The Governor](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/32280-elected-la-county-executive-californias-second-most-powerful-official-after-the-governor "Elected LA County Executive: California’s Second Most Powerful Official After The Governor")

      Details    NICK PATSAOURAS    [VOICES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices)     February 16 2026       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2026/014j.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/stories/Feb-2026/014j.jpg?width=1258&height=840)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/32280-elected-la-county-executive-californias-second-most-powerful-official-after-the-governor)

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   ##  [ Best-in-Show Governator?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/32279-best-in-show-governator "Best-in-Show Governator?")

      Details    Liz Amsden    [VOICES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices)     February 16 2026       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2026/014k.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/stories/Feb-2026/014k.jpg?width=1266&height=844)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/32279-best-in-show-governator)

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   ##  [ Just 64 Cents a Day](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/32271-just-64-cents-a-day "Just 64 Cents a Day")

      Details    Jack Shakely    [VOICES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices)     February 12 2026       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2026/013l.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/stories/Feb-2026/013l.jpg?width=908&height=624)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/32271-just-64-cents-a-day)

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   ##  [ Fake News for Votes Becomes True News for Repression](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/32263-fake-news-for-votes-becomes-true-news-for-repression "Fake News for Votes Becomes True News for Repression")

      Details    Richard Lee Abrams    [VOICES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices)     February 12 2026       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2026/013n.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/stories/Feb-2026/013n.jpg?width=842&height=568)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/32263-fake-news-for-votes-becomes-true-news-for-repression)

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   ##  [ What’s Worse: Trump Managing California — or Newsom and Bass Not?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/32262-whats-worse-trump-managing-california-or-newsom-and-bass-not "What’s Worse: Trump Managing California — or Newsom and Bass Not?")

      Details    Ken Alpern    [VOICES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices)     February 12 2026       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2026/013o.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/stories/Feb-2026/013o.jpg?width=854&height=482)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/32262-whats-worse-trump-managing-california-or-newsom-and-bass-not)

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   ##  [ Greed and Cronyism Conspire Against Canada ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/32261-greed-and-cronyism-conspire-against-canada "Greed and Cronyism Conspire Against Canada ")

      Details    Liz Amsden    [VOICES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices)     February 12 2026       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2026/013p.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/stories/Feb-2026/013p.jpg?width=852&height=478)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/32261-greed-and-cronyism-conspire-against-canada)

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   ##  [ Two Papers, Two Realities: How Media Framing Shapes Public Perception](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/32254-two-papers-two-realities-how-media-framing-shapes-public-perception "Two Papers, Two Realities: How Media Framing Shapes Public Perception")

      Details    John Schwada    [VOICES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices)     February 09 2026       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2026/012a.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/stories/Feb-2026/012a.jpg?width=1284&height=674)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/32254-two-papers-two-realities-how-media-framing-shapes-public-perception)

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   ##  [ Isn’t It Time to Stage a Counter-Coup in These Here United States?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/32251-isnt-it-time-to-stage-a-counter-coup-in-these-here-united-states "Isn’t It Time to Stage a Counter-Coup in These Here United States?")

      Details    Liz Amsden    [VOICES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices)     February 09 2026       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2026/012o.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/stories/Feb-2026/012o.jpg?width=840&height=562)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/32251-isnt-it-time-to-stage-a-counter-coup-in-these-here-united-states)

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   ##  [ Have We Reached Peak Tax, Spend, and Regulation Insanity?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/32248-have-we-reached-peak-tax-spend-and-regulation-insanity "Have We Reached Peak Tax, Spend, and Regulation Insanity?")

      Details    Eliot Cohen    [VOICES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices)     February 09 2026       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2026/012n.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/stories/Feb-2026/012n.jpg?width=848&height=558)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/32248-have-we-reached-peak-tax-spend-and-regulation-insanity)

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   ##  [ The Prescient President: Franklin Delano Roosevelt ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/32236-the-prescient-president-franklin-delano-roosevelt "The Prescient President: Franklin Delano Roosevelt ")

      Details    Liz Amsden    [VOICES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices)     February 05 2026       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2026/011d.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/stories/Feb-2026/011d.jpg?width=842&height=564)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/32236-the-prescient-president-franklin-delano-roosevelt)

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   ##  [ Obey or Die](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/32230-obey-or-die "Obey or Die")

      Details    Richard Lee Abrams    [VOICES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices)     February 05 2026       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2026/011l.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/stories/Feb-2026/011l.jpg?width=846&height=566)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/32230-obey-or-die)

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   ##  [ Arresting the Witness: Don Lemon, the DOJ, and the Chilling of Press Freedom](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/32228-arresting-the-witness-don-lemon-the-doj-and-the-chilling-of-press-freedom "Arresting the Witness: Don Lemon, the DOJ, and the Chilling of Press Freedom")

      Details    George Cassidy Payne    [VOICES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices)     February 05 2026       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2026/011i.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/stories/Feb-2026/011i.jpg?width=848&height=476)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/32228-arresting-the-witness-don-lemon-the-doj-and-the-chilling-of-press-freedom)

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   ##  [ The Toll Ghosts of California: Why Our Cars are Being Charged for Crimes They Didn't Commit](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/32227-the-toll-ghosts-of-california-why-our-cars-are-being-charged-for-crimes-they-didnt-commit "The Toll Ghosts of California: Why Our Cars are Being Charged for Crimes They Didn't Commit")

      Details    Ziggy Kruse Blue and Bob Blue    [VOICES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices)     February 05 2026       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2026/011m.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/stories/Feb-2026/011m.jpg?width=844&height=478)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/32227-the-toll-ghosts-of-california-why-our-cars-are-being-charged-for-crimes-they-didnt-commit)

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   ##  [ How Attorney Stacey M. Goad Builds Strategic Criminal Defense Cases](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/32223-how-attorney-stacey-m-goad-builds-strategic-criminal-defense-cases "How Attorney Stacey M. Goad Builds Strategic Criminal Defense Cases")

      Details    CityWatch    [VOICES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices)     February 04 2026       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2026/010s.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/stories/Feb-2026/010s.jpg?width=1770&height=1232)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/32223-how-attorney-stacey-m-goad-builds-strategic-criminal-defense-cases)

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   ##  [ Have Los Angeles Elected Officials Lost Their Minds?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/32213-have-los-angeles-elected-officials-lost-their-minds "Have Los Angeles Elected Officials Lost Their Minds?")

      Details    Mihran Kalaydjian | Jay Handal    [VOICES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices)     February 02 2026       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2026/010b.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/stories/Feb-2026/010b.jpg?width=844&height=568)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/32213-have-los-angeles-elected-officials-lost-their-minds)

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   ##  [ False Profit](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/32205-false-profit "False Profit")

      Details    Liz Amsden    [VOICES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices)     February 02 2026       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2026/010d.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/stories/Feb-2026/010d.jpg?width=858&height=578)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/32205-false-profit)

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   ##  [ “Believe the Lie or Else”: How Corruptionism, Not Capitalism, Is Killing Los Angeles](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/32204-believe-the-lie-or-else-how-corruptionism-not-capitalism-is-killing-los-angeles "“Believe the Lie or Else”: How Corruptionism, Not Capitalism, Is Killing Los Angeles")

      Details    Richard Lee Abrams    [VOICES](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices)     February 02 2026       [  ![](https://mail.citywatchla.com/images/stories/Feb-2026/010f.jpg#joomlaImage://local-images/stories/Feb-2026/010f.jpg?width=956&height=634)    ](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/32204-believe-the-lie-or-else-how-corruptionism-not-capitalism-is-killing-los-angeles)

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1. [ The Gaping Gap](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/32197-the-gaping-gap)
2. [ Governor Newsom: I Urge You To Support The Billionaire Tax—Our Patients’ Lives Depend On It](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/32193-governor-newsom-i-urge-you-to-support-the-billionaire-tax-our-patients-lives-depend-on-it)
3. [ As Trump Fueled Chaos, Los Angeles Burned](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/32190-as-trump-fueled-chaos-los-angeles-burned)
4. [ America-cide: How Trump’s War on Immigrants and Wall Street Is Killing the Republic](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/32189-america-cide-how-trumps-war-on-immigrants-and-wall-street-is-killing-the-republic)
5. [ Does the Trump Administration’s Actions in Minneapolis Equal Fascism?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/32188-does-the-trump-administrations-actions-in-minneapolis-equal-fascism)
6. [ The Freeze: ICE, State Power, and the Cost of Treating People as Problems](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/32187-the-freeze-ice-state-power-and-the-cost-of-treating-people-as-problems)
7. [ The New LA Political Model? City Hall Used For ‘Abolish The Police’ Spectacle](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/32185-the-new-la-political-model-city-hall-used-for-abolish-the-police-spectacle)
8. [ Why Trump Can Murder with Impunity?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/32173-why-trump-can-murder-with-impunity)
9. [ Is this Administration Turning Minneapolis Into America’s Gaza?](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/32171-is-this-administration-turning-minneapolis-into-americas-gaza)
10. [ Public Safety Under Mayor Bass: Promises Made, Results Missing](https://mail.citywatchla.com/voices/32168-public-safety-under-mayor-bass-promises-made-results-missing)

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