The West Coast Is Leading the Resistance Against Trump

The West Coast Is Leading the Resistance Against Trump

The West Coast Is Leading the Resistance Against Trump

Sasha Abramsky on the resistance, Katha Pollitt on evangelicals and Trump, and David Cole on taking Trump to court.

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California, Oregon, and Washington are leading what could become the largest resistance movement against federal policy in more than a century. Sasha Abramsky reports.

Also: Are evangelical Christians hypocrites for supporting Trump? Katha Pollitt says they understand how politics works; now it’s payback time for the president.

Plus: Almost two dozen lawsuits have been filed against Trump’s Muslim travel ban—is that too many? David Cole, national legal director of the ACLU, says that lots of judges ruling against the president is a good thing.

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