Good News from the Resistance: Since the Midterms (40 flipped seats!), the Good News has been coming at us from left (Nancy) and right (the Senate). The Swamp is being drained and relocated … to prison. The emoluments lawsuit against our Crook-in-Chief is proceeding, the Trump Organization surely cooked its books, New York’s new Attorney General is having a tough time containing her excitement over going after the entire Trump family, the Trump Inauguration Committee is under investigation for accepting illegal payments from foreign governments looking for favors and knowingly overpaying Trump Hotels for event space (negotiated by none other than favored daughter Ivanka), and New Jersey’s Attorney General is investigating Trump’s golf course for immigration fraud.
The big news, of course, is Mueller, the best secret-keeper in D.C. No one knows where his investigation will lead (the Middle East?) or when it will end. While you, Good News-seekers, eagerly await more subpoenas, plea deals and perp walks, you can now keep your spirits high with song: Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off pretty much sums up our sentiments since Our National Nightmare began. We’ve taken the liberty of rewriting a few lyrics. (Our apologies to the Gershwins).
Now, listen to Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, and sing along. Repeat frequently while awaiting more of Mueller’s Good News!
Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off (2018 version)
Things have come to a pretty pass
Our romance is growing flat
For you like this and the other
While I go for this and that
Goodness knows what the end will be
Oh, we are so unmoored
You stole the election, you weren’t the one
Something must be done
You like lying and we like prying
You like denying and we like implying
Lying prying denying implying
Let’s call the whole thing off
We say Stormy you say bore me
We say horny you say adore me
Stormy bore me horny adore me
Let’s call the whole thing off
We go for Nancy and you go for panties
We call you randy and you say you’re classy
Nancy, panties, randy, classy
Let’s call the whole thing off
We like indictments you like excitement
We like impeachment you like concealment
Indictments excitement impeachment concealment
Let’s call the whole thing OFF!
Yes, there’s even more Good News from the Resistance:
- Get into the holiday spirit with this church’s baby Jesus in a cage protest
- Chuckle with recognition at this Letter to my Family
- Wonder if you would be as brave as this Trump golf course employee
- Consider a trip to Hollywood to leave an offering at this Star
- Clap for this 6-year old Fearless Girl
- Wish you’d been invited to this dance party
- Know that Trump’s favorite pollster is the most inaccurate
- Look forward to watching the Freshman Fly Girls in action
- Take Action: Buy this best stocking stuffer ever
Sign Up. Show Up. Never Give Up.
WE 
THIS CHURCH FOR SPEAKING UP FOR MIGRANTS
Pastor Steve Josoma wondered what would have happened 2,000 years ago if Jesus’s family “had encountered the same dynamics that are taking place in our country right now.”
WE THAT WE’RE NOT THE ONLY ONES OBSESSED WITH MUELLER
A man apologizes to his family for not being the husband and father they need him to be … until the Mueller investigation is over.
WE THIS UNDOCUMENTED WOMAN WHO WORKS FOR TRUMP
In telling her story, she risks being deported. But she did it anyway.
WE THE CREATIVE OFFERINGS PEOPLE ARE LEAVING AT TRUMP’S STAR
The time has never been better to take a road trip to L.A. – with your dog.
WE THIS 6-YEAR OLD FEARLESS GIRL
Who got Wall Street’s Fearless Girl moved.
WE #WERKNOTWALLS DANCE PARTIES
We’re guessing Stephen Miller, the architect of Trump’s cruel immigration policies, isn’t a fan.
WE ACCURATE POLLS
Trump? Not so much.
WE THE FRESHMAN FLY GIRLS
And we can’t wait to watch them govern.
WE TAKING ACTION: BUY THIS STOCKING STUFFER
And enjoy the holidays! See you in 2019.
Hi Marla! I love your newsletter and blog. There has been some good news finally. Thanks for keeping my spirits on the rise! I hope you and Max are doing well and enjoying the festivities of the holidays. We miss you in VT these days. xo Belle