How Blue States Can Fight the MAGA Backlash

How Blue States Can Fight the MAGA Backlash

The unconstitutional targeting of constituencies Trump dislikes calls for coordinated acts of resistance.

Protesters march against the Trump administration in downtown Chicago following an ICE raid on an apartment building.

Shortly after the first government shutdown since 2019 began earlier this month, Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought announced that he was freezing $8 billion in infrastructure projects exclusively in states that voted for Kamala Harris.

The projects that Vought consigned to funding purgatory included a multibillion-dollar renovation and expansion of the Hudson Tunnel from New Jersey to New York City and an extension of the Chicago Transit Authority’s Red Line.

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Author's summary: Blue states must resist MAGA backlash.

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The Nation The Nation — 2025-10-16

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