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Hollywood’s Trump Resistance: The Sequel

The Hollywood Reporter
Story by Erik Hayden
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Hollywood's liberal activists shift focus from anti-Trump 'resistance' to state/local advocacy, targeting climate, abortion, and immigration policies under the new administration.
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  • Climate groups like The Solutions Project, co-founded by actor Mark Ruffalo, plan to pivot towards community-level initiatives and supporting local/state leaders who can act as a 'firewall' against the Trump administration's agenda.
  • Comedians and other Hollywood figures are increasingly backing down-ballot candidates in local L.A. elections, seeing this as a more impactful use of their political influence compared to national races.
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Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Jane Fonda, Mark Ruffalo, Sarah Shanley Hope, Sarah Lane, Adam Conover, Joel Kim Booster, Nick Kroll, Hannah Einbinder, Ysabel Jurado, Kevin de León, Rory Kennedy, Nathan Hochman, Jon Feltheimer, Brennan Lee Mulligan, Jillian Burgos, Nithya Raman, Konstantine Anthony, Hayes Davenport, Rebecca Keegan, Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole, CAA Foundation, The Solutions Project, Jane Fonda Climate PAC, Democratic Socialists of America Los Angeles, Briarcliff Entertainment, SELAH Neighborhood Homeless Coalition, Union, The Bibi Files, The Apprentice, Dickinson, Divorce
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