"The West Coast is crushing it against Trump. Using the law to fight a bully...and facts against Fox News-driven fantasy, California, Oregon and Washington have stalled some of the most despicable of Trump’s retrograde policies." (And they've done it in their state capitols.)
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"Federal judges have repeatedly sided with California [that's the legislature for those paying attention] against Trump on air pollution, toxic pesticides and oil drilling. In April, the Interior Department was forced to suspend a plan to drill off the Pacific shore."
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"West Coast governors [standing with state legislators] have defied Trump’s ban on transgender Americans serving in the military; they’ve opened their National Guard ranks to the people Trump is trying to shun from service."
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"Talent and capital can go anywhere. It’s drawn to the West Coast, because creativity doesn’t grow well in nurseries of fear and tired thinking. Washington was named the best place for workers in 2018." (All states can pass policies that promote this: https://www.americasgoals.org/good-jobs )
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"By moving their presidential primaries up to March, CA and WA have assured that the 1-in-7 Americans who live in those two states will have an early say. It’s only fitting, given how much they’ve contributed to the fight against the Trump blight on the Republic."
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Have we mentioned how powerful state capitols are? Learn more about our plan to shift power in key states and help lawmakers improve lives throughout the country. https://medium.com/future-now/weve-got-15-favorite-states-a98b6ff48d60 …
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