* Alex Seitz-Wald has written an important piece titled, “The anti-Trump ‘Resistance’ turns a year old — and grows up.”
The pink “pussy hat” is in a museum collection, protesters have left the airports, and George Orwell’s “1984” has fallen back off the best-seller list.
But the energy behind the anti-Donald Trump protests that exploded a year ago, which turned everything from T-shirts to yoga into a form of political “resistance,” has started to coalesce into a surprisingly sophisticated political force ahead of November’s midterm elections.
“Last year we marched and we resisted and we organized, and now we’re going to bring that collective power to the polls,” said Bob Bland, co-chair of the Women’s March. “Moving into 2018, we need to look beyond just ‘resistance.’”
* Hundreds of thousands of people marched over the weekend in protest of the one year anniversary of Donald Trump’s inauguration. As usual, the signs tell the story.
— Jennifer Granholm (@JenGranholm) January 20, 2018
— Jennifer Granholm (@JenGranholm) January 20, 2018
#PowerToThePolls #DefendOurFuture pic.twitter.com/9I5LMVBs67
— Defend Our Future | #TimeToAct ?✊?✊ (@DefendOurFuture) January 20, 2018
TODAY!! pic.twitter.com/d4ZiEoWFNh
— Harry who (@HarryJoebanks34) January 20, 2018
This girl was maybe the most epic part of the #Denver #WomensMarch2018 pic.twitter.com/3UHzrBowJV
— Nathan Tigges (@theycallme_tigs) January 20, 2018
This seems to be a favorite today. @GOP pic.twitter.com/VS3RnqgHBd
— Ellen Hopkins (@EllenHopkinsLit) January 20, 2018
* Did you hear much about all of these marches in the news?
By the way, if you’re wondering why coverage of the huge marches yesterday seems kind of muted, it’s because those hundreds of thousands weren’t sitting in diners in small-town America, and therefore don’t count. Also many of them were women.
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) January 21, 2018
* Here’s on big down side to waiting another three weeks on DACA:
NOTE: 122 Dreamers will CONTINUE to lose #DACA protections PER DAY after the Government reopens.
Some will lose their jobs.
Others won’t be able to drive.
Many will become targets for ICE.#shutdown #DreamActNow
— Juan Escalante (@JuanSaaa) January 22, 2018
* Finally, here’s some truth.