On his first day of ineffectual leadership, the rude leader of the free world harped and twiddled that the audience for his inauguration eclipsed all prior inaugural events. The orange president marched his press secretary out for the very first time where he ranted and whined about poor coverage that made the crowd seem smaller than it was. It was the biggest ever, he nearly shouted, before stomping off without taking questions.

Meanwhile, masses in undeniably huge numbers peacefully claimed the streets of the planet where we shushed the president’s pouty mouth in grand style.

Here in Portland, Oregon, we proudly marched among the largest crowd of demonstrators to ever take over the streets of our fair city.

Our daughter and her boyfriend, our son and his wife, our granddaughter and many friends were there, too. In Portland rain, we gathered. 100,000 citizens came out. We support Women’s Rights, Civil Rights, Human Rights, and the rights laid out in our country’s Constitution. We deplore pretenders. We will stand up against liars, defilers, and bully boys—every single time! Even if the bully boy has an oval office, even if he has a toady press secretary to lie for him. We will set him straight until a straight line takes him back to his penthouse to count his gold in secrecy along with the IRS auditors (unless they, too, are only figments of his disgraceful lies).

Millions marched in cities around America. Marchers around the world locked arms and sang and carried signs—like these from our town:

“NEVER STOP BELIEVING THAT FIGHTING FOR WHAT’S RIGHT IS WORTH IT!”

“THE POWER OF THE PEOPLE IS STRONGER THAT THE PEOPLE IN POWER!!”

“A WOMAN’S PLACE IS IN THE RESISTANCE”

“YOU HAVEN’T SEEN NASTY YET”

“Singers & Dancers For Light & Inclusion”
“WE WON’T GO BACK”

“NASTY AND PROUD”

“LOVE IS ACTION”

“VIVA LA VULVA”

Keep those signs handy, Sisters and Brothers! For, we have compassion guiding us. They are driven by greed. And we will carry on!