Let the pandering begin!-----Newsom calls special session to fund California's legal defense against Trump

Newsom calls special session to fund California's legal defense against Trump 

Launching his first salvo less than 36 hours after former President Trump was again elected to the White House, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday convened a special session of the state Legislature to increase legal funding to defend 

• civil rights, 
• climate change, 
• access to abortion, 
• disaster funding and 
• other California policies from a conservative federal agenda before the inauguration in January.

Newsom's preemptive strike signals the return of the hostile relationship between Democratic-controlled California and the Trump administration that was a hallmark of the Republican's first term...