Everything was fine for about two hours. The group wasn’t supposed to march to the courthouse - they didn’t get permits to do so and the organizers hadn’t been concerned as the plan was to stay in front of the state house. But the cops were fine with everyone until suddenly they weren’t. I am not sure what made the…

Oh, christ. Curt Schilling can get fucked.

I agree with everyone else assuring you it does matter! I’ve been calling my republican senator since Bannon was announced to voice MANY opinions. I’m happy to say he’s one of five republican senators who wants to slow the roll of repealing Obamacare. I don’t know whether or not phone calls urging him to do so play…

Ugh, I didn’t know that.

Sadly, I simply stepped to the side so as not to bump into him. I wish i had stepped on his foot with my stiletto, though.

Nah, I think you’re right. I almost bumped into him once (literally) a little over a decade ago, and I don’t recall him being taller than my ex who was also there. (My ex is 6'1.) Granted, he was just some angry looking man in a hat and not THE FUCKING CHEETO PRESIDENT, so I didn’t pay much attention.

This is the response I give almos 100% of the time when someone tells me some such nonsense. The rest of the time, I just scream.

I was just angry and regular scared until you pointed that out. Then I almost threw up because that hadn’t occurred to me :(

But he guaranteed us there was “no problem”? ;)

I was there too, and I keep saying to everyone that I will always have the memories of the joy and hope from that day. It was pretty cold, and I’d left before 4am to get to the Metro station in Fairfax. I waited an HOUR to park and after I think one stop, we didn’t stop to take on passengers again since all the cars…

Oof. Nope, it’s assault. The “agreement” made in this (definitely fictional) situation is that she would not be touched in any way

I think that’s called assault?

“I give myself permission to eat...myself.”

Best wishes for your mother in law

Hugs from an internet stranger <3

That’s an excellent piece. Related: those “x week baby” figures that religious anti-choicers use to teach kids about the evils of abortion make me so angry that I don’t even have the right words to use. Take a fucking biology class. Oh, I’m sorry. They teach evolution in biology? Clearly it’s the devil’s work…

Yeah, “mental health of the mother” is not something they’ll make an exception for. Because lololol mental healthcare isn’t something we give a shit about!

I got to a point where I had to stop calling his office because I was afraid I’d just start screaming “FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU” into the phone. I stuck with email at that point.

If I had to explain to one more person how FAR LEFT he was pandering to come off as “the moderate one,” I thought I was going to use it. Most of the time, it was my pro-life mother I was trying to convince, so pointing to all the fucking anti-choice legislation wasn’t doing much for me.

I just snort-laughed through my tears. What a shit-show everything is right now.