바카라God may be in the details, but the goddess is in connections. We are linked, we are not ranked. This is a day that will change us forever.바카라 Activist Gloria Steinem바카라s words meet with thunderous applause from the 500,000-plus crowds at the Women바카라s March in Washington. Headliners of different stripes sing and chant to wild cheering. The atmospherics is as thrilling as Obama바카라s historic Inauguration. (If you ignore Madonna바카라s comment on blowing up the White House.) My daughter, who worked for Planned Parenthood (now under GOP attack) on her college break, is moved by Scarlett Johansson바카라s speech about it.
The uteri have spoken. But men and kids are also part of this sea of pink. My retiring husband is shocked to be on display in a Washington Post picture inside the metro.
People sing 바카라We Shall Overcome바카라. Some hold funny signs: 바카라We Shall Overcomb바카라. The official ASL for 바카라Trump바카라 actually mimics wind on hair바카라it was the Swiss Deaf Association바카라s sign of the year. Peaceful signs (바카라Love Trumps Hate바카라) play off against edgy (바카라Fuck Trump바카라s Hate바카라) or silly ones (바카라Eat Cheetos, don바카라t vote for them바카라), urge Trump바카라s tweets to get out of their twats, and misspell 바카라misogyny바카라 every which way.
The DC march alone needed 1,000 more buses for out-of-towners than the entire Inauguration the previous day. In other cities nationwide and worldwide, protesters come out in the unlikeliest pockets바카라Syria, Antarctica바카라with a thundering show of hands and middle fingers.
At the small, exclusive Women바카라s March after-party, Gloria Steinem stands up on the table to egg us on. Katy Perry comes over to chat from the next table in rimless eye glasses, chic hat, pleated dress, pink faux fur-lined jacket (with peace sign) in honour of the 바카라pussy hat바카라 sorority. My daughter is thrilled. Back in school, it was her song, I Kissed A Girl, they played to shut up fundamentalist Westboro Church바카라s homophobic rants against Walt Whitman, after whom her school is named. I can see her activism recharge itself when actress Alison Judd tells her that her march performance poem, 바카라Nasty Woman바카라, was written by a 19 year old.
Sinclair Lewis once said, 바카라When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross.바카라 Every day is a weary retread of the Beatles바카라 바카라I read the news today, oh boy바카라 as we reel from climate change and identity denialism to 바카라alternative facts바카라. Trump바카라s education secretary and Supreme Court judge picks are alarmingly ill-qualified. 바카라The Monday Night Massacre바카라 sees the unprecedented sacking of Sally Yates for declining to defend the travel ban, with a vindictively worded official release. The Wikipedia edit for 바카라Attorney General바카라 by an outraged liberal corrects that somewhat.
Expat talk this week is an exercise in my-visa-status-is more-endangered-than-yours competitive breast-beating. Trump now affects people outside US borders바카라his selective Muslim ban has left bewildered, sick octogenarians and five-year-olds in tears at airports filled with angry protesters; green card holders are interrogated on what they think of Trump; six men at a Quebec mosque are shot by a Trump follower; a leaked dossier on Trump바카라s blackmail by Putin leaves a KGB chief killed in Moscow. A terrified British spy is sure he바카라s next.
But defiance is the new mood du jour, not helpless outrage: nonstop calls to Senators, petitions signed. National Security바카라s Steve Bannon (ex-Breitbart) is seen as the sinister puppet-master, counselor Kellyanne Conway as the slimy side-villain. But new heroes emerge every minute: the Starbucks CEO pledges to hire 10,000 refugees, braving Trumpster boycotts, the LAPD chief defies the ban, Malia Obama joins Dakota Access pipeline protests, University Of Michigan refuses to divulge its students바카라 immigration status, Big Bang Theory바카라s Mayim Bialik and Madeleine Albright say they바카라ll register as Muslims. Even Tea Party바카라s Koch network condemns the ban. The Uber CEO supporting the ban is scared off by the #DeleteUber campaign into offering a $3 million legal fund for immigrant drivers.
The only thing that keeps us going on is gallows humour. Somebody edits the 바카라Invertebrate바카라 Wikipedia entry with Paul Ryan바카라s description. Underground tweets from White House staff leak unflattering gossip about Trump. When Trump puts a gag order on the EPA and the National Parks Services, they taunt, 바카라You can take our official Twitter, but you바카라ll never take our free time!바카라 A dozen government organisations services go rogue with tweets against oppressive policies. There are memes about daily post-truth whoppers from all the resident Pinocchios.
The satirical Onion바카라s piece on Pence and the March is misunderstood as real news. The bungling press secretary Sean Spicer mistakes another Onion item poking fun at him for real news and real praise.
Here in the belly of the beast, the melting snow falls down with a 바카라Drumpf바카라. My heart beats out a hollow 바카라Drumpf, Drumpf.바카라 Eventually, Drumpf will fall splat. There are too many of us now. Till then, if you need me, I바카라ll be in my room, reading a dystopic novel. Happy new 1984, people!
The author is a columnist based in Washington
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