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The case for fighting Trump

From the New Yorker, Richard Metcalf on Richard Rorty's philosophical argument for national pride. In Iowa, Trump voters are unfazed by controversies. The Rude Pundit: Fuck you, rural elitists. It's not the white working class that is hurting the most. Bernie Sanders is a big letdown: He's obsessed with winning over Trump voters — and it's making him an ineffective leader of the progressive opposition. Lee Drutman and Mark Schmitt on the case for fighting Trump on norms. The way to save democracy is to attack Trump on economics. How to protect diversity during Trump's presidency: Liberals should expand the concept to include socioeconomic status. Advice for young Muslims: Omar Saif Ghobash on how to survive in an age of extremism and Islamophobia. Interviews for resistance: Sarah Jaffe interviews Kali Akuno, co-director of Cooperation Jackson.

Interposition in the age of Trump: Matthew Filner on rethinking states' rights. Stop underestimating Donald Trump: We can only keep him in check if we recognize his ability to do great harm.