We chat about displays of patriotism on the 4th of July and Justice Kennedy stepping down. We can't enjoy shit for one day, can we?

El tiempo es ahora!! We are super sore winners over Alexandria-Ocasio Cortez's stunning victory over party boss Joe Crowley in NY-14!! We discuss her platform and strategy for victory, what this means for the dems going forward, and how words mean things.

Just like that old Jimmy Stewart movie. Except it was us, our kids, and a bunch of community activists talking to our congressman about the humanitarian crisis on the border. And we didn't save the day. We also discuss boring middle of the road democrats vs. the bold, uncorrupt, idealistic badasses primarying some of these old farts. Especially our #1 badass woman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in NY-14. (We fucking love you, Alexandria.)

How to lay the groundwork for the resistance. Not the #resistance pussy hat social media warrior resistance, but like actually forging personal relationships with the people who live around you. Also, centrist democrats make us exhausted and sad.

We took our kids to the state capitol to lobby for voter reform. It was just like that movie "Mr Smith Goes to Washington", except instead of Jimmy Stewart and a pack of boy scouts, it was us and our 3 little girls taking down the Man. Ish.

To quote the inimitable Jon Lovett, "What a week, what a week." We talk about former #metoo champion outed as yet another fucking slimeball abuser, Eric Schneiderman, Melania Trump, and the Williams TransCo Pipeline. Every week is a year in Trump's America.

Why are the people with the loudest opinions often the least informed? We discuss the myth of all arguments having two equal and opposite sides. Spoiler alert: this is high school debate club bullshit!

We talk about our white privilege. It's an awkward conversation to have but we have to start somewhere.

We discuss how the types of behaviors necessary for grassroots activism (cultivating personal relationships, listening, compromising) are often 'feminized' or seen as weak in American culture, as opposed to corporate, top down, stereotypically masculine strongarming. Like traditional Washington politics or the guy whose tagline is "You're fired."

We discuss Laurie Penny's article, "Who Does She Think She Is?" https://longreads.com/2018/03/28/who-does-she-think-she-is/

and how the world just hates women when they do pretty much anything besides sitting quietly and looking pretty.