Snow, frigid temperatures and harrowing driving conditions weren't enough to keep thousands of Alaskans from participating in Women's March events across the state Saturday.
Organizers reported hundreds of people in cities like Palmer, Homer and Juneau. Even remote communities like Adak, located in the Aleutian Islands, reported 10 people in attendance. At least 38 marched in Unalakleet, a Northwest Alaska village of 700 people.
Anchorage and Fairbanks both estimated march attendance in the thousands.
Some estimate that around 3,500 showed up in Anchorage while another 2,000 participated in Fairbanks.
Worth noting that Anchorage was in the middle of a snow storm and Fairbanks had temperatures around 30 below zero.
And just check out these women marching in Haines.
Yet another reminder that Sarah Palin by no means represents real women in Alaska.The March in Haines, Alaska. Respect. pic.twitter.com/ezKpFmnT9C— Patti Digh (@pattidigh) January 22, 2017
This movement is only going to grow and by the time we get to 2018 it will be a political force that nothing is going to be able to stand against.
And don't bother trying to compare this to the Tea Party.
These ladies would squeeze their teabags until they crumpled to the ground in agony.
Bravo! to my march sisters and the men who marched with them in Alaska.
ReplyDeleteAt that temperature it was more of a squeaky crunching sound than a march. You people out there who have real winters know the sound I'm talking about.
DeleteWHAT SHE SAID - YES!
DeleteThank you Alaskans. You go!
ReplyDeleteKudos to the people of Alaska who braved the harshest weather to participate in Saturday's amazing event. And, it had absolutely no resemblance to the Koch brothers' front group, "The Tea Party." Reporters and pundits are trying to reduce Saturday to a copy of the 2009 opposition to the ACA. Utter nonsense on their part.
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You Know The Women’s March Hurt Trump Because The White House Is Trying To Downplay It
ReplyDeleteWhite House Press Secretary Sean Spicer tried to downplay and minimize the anti-Trump tones expressed by many at the Women's March on Washington, which was proof that the action taken by millions hurt the new ILLEGITIMATE president.
http://www.politicususa.com/2017/01/23/womens-march-hurt-trump-white-house-downplay.html
All the photos of Trump since Jan 20 have been dour ones -- he knows it was an illegitimate win and the marches just reinforce this to him. He is gonna need some YUUUGE rallies to blow himself back up again. He also looks v. bored -- see church photo.
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Delete"YUUUGE rallies to blow himself back up again." Inflate, deflate..
Let no one say that small town America is not paying attention!! Paoli, Indiana Women's March
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Trump Gets Revenge On Women’s March By Signing Executive Order That Will Kill A Bunch Of Women And Girls
http://addictinginfo.org/2017/01/23/trump-gets-revenge-on-womens-march-by-signing-executive-order-that-will-kill-a-bunch-of-women-and-girls/
‘Women’s Protest’ Sent Trump Republicans A Powerful Frightening Message
ReplyDelete...It has to be stated that, although it appeared the millions of people around the world were protesting Trump, and that certainly was the case, they were also protesting the monsters supporting Trump. It was a protest against Republicans in Congress who will pass legislation targeting every demographic in America save the filthy rich and fanatically religious. White supremacist people may think they are exempt from the Republican atrocity about to befall the nation, but unless they are extremely rich religious white folk, they are going to be hurt with the same Republican intent as decent Americans.
What was an amazing sight at the protests was the inclusion and participation of every possible demographic and interest group being targeted for rape by a conservative government with a Trump rubber stamp.
http://www.politicususa.com/2017/01/23/womens-protest-trump-republicans-powerful-frightening-message.html
Whiner.
ReplyDeleteWhite House Press Secretary Defends False Statements About Inauguration Crowds
And adds a few more questionable claims.
...When asked about crowd size and his decision to deliver Saturday's incorrect statement about it, Spicer repeatedly he returned to the idea that the administration is under attack by the media. "It's about this constant, you know, 'He's not going to run,'" Spicer said. "Then if he runs, 'He's going to drop out.' There is this constant theme to undercut the enormous support that he has. I think it's unbelievably frustrating when you're continually told it's not big enough, it's not good enough, you can't win."
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/01/white-house-press-secretary-defends-his-false-statements-about-inauguration-crowds
I just unloaded on Bristol's Facebook page about the march. I hate to ask but I would love some reinforcements. Back me up in the comments if you can. It is under my name, Lindsay
ReplyDeleteNever mind. I deleted it. It was a really dumb thing to do.
DeleteThere is a decent enough joke in these two comments for anyone who wants to parse it out. I would, but meh, too easy of a setup.
DeleteAfter they marched, 500 women learned how to run – for office
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The March in Haines, Alaska. Respect.
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ReplyDelete" Ground Zero For Climate Change. Arctic Community Of Barrow (Utqiagvik) Alaska. Temp -16. Very Possibly The World's Most Northern Woman's March."
"The Women's March movement reaches Adak, Alaska, the westernmost city in the U.S. "
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RESIST!
and RESPECT>"Sister March in Kotzebue, Alaska where it was -51°F" BEAUTIFUL!
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DeleteTwo days after millions marched across the country and on all seven continents to stand up for women’s rights, President Trump clearly hasn’t gotten the message. With the stroke of a pen today, he has endangered access to family planning and comprehensive health care programs for women and children in some of the world’s poorest countries.
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Trump Gets Revenge On Women’s March By Signing Executive Order That Will Kill A Bunch Of Women And Girls
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ReplyDeleteMost of you don’t know this, but I lost my Christianity over healthcare reform in 2010, AKA ‘Obamacare’.
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It is difficult to imagine a bigger sign of disrespect to women who took part in the March On Washington for the purpose of protecting their right to control their own bodies then to bring back the Global Gag Rule.
ReplyDeleteCNN reporting millions of cats go hungry waiting on late dinner Sunday...
ReplyDeletethey certainly have ALL my respect. wow.
ReplyDelete22 of the greatest Women's March posters from all over the world
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OUTSTANDING LOVE THEM........
DeleteTrump just cut off federal funding to abortion service providers around the world.
ReplyDeleteAnd he wonders why millions of women around the world marched against him
http://usuncut.com/news/trump-just-cut-off-federal-funding-abortion-service-providers-around-world/
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Republican Senator Under Fire For Facebook Post Insulting Michelle Obama & Women Marchers
...The picture is a blatant attempt to minimize the massive Women’s March in D.C that had nationwide – and even worldwide – affiliated marches. Within the U.S., the coordinated Women’s Marches formed the largest protest in American history. To dismiss it as “fat women walking” is a ploy to divert attention away from the wide support the March drew.
http://occupydemocrats.com/2017/01/23/republican-senator-fire-facebook-post-insulting-michelle-obama-women-marchers/
January 21, 2017 will go down as the day the world REALLY began to change for the better. Think the words from "The Age of Aquarius" (Fifth Dimension). We are TRULY in the Age of Aquarius now! We will never go back. Women and men with understanding, stay strong and stay together - even if we are from all over the world. Yes!
ReplyDeleteWow. Now that is standing up. Thank you Alaska
ReplyDeleteProfits from Trump’s inaugural cake donated to anti-Trump LGBTQ rights organization
ReplyDeleteButtercream Bakery owner Tiffany MacIsaac’s shop made President Donald Trump’s inauguration cake, which was ordered to look exactly like former President Obama’s 2012 cake. The cake was made for Friday’s “A Salute To Our Armed Services Inaugural Ball” at the National Building Museum, DCist reported.
MacIsaac told the Washington Post that the client who made the order brought a photo of Obama’s cake and asked for an exact replica. She added that the client asked for a cake that couldn’t actually be eaten, “It’s just a styrofoam cake. It’s not for eating,” with the exception of a three-inch slice of cake at the bottom.
But if there’s one thing the new president may not appreciate about his cake, it’s that Buttercream Bakery announced in an Instagram post that they were donating the profits to the Human Rights Campaign. HRC has taken a firm stand against the Trump administration, calling him “Unfit for the Presidency.”
The bakery wrote in their post, “Best part is all the profits are being donated to @humanrightscampaign, one of our favorite charities who we have loved working with over the years.”
“Because basic human rights are something every man, woman and child~ straight, gay or the rainbow in between~ deserve!” they added.
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/01/profits-from-trumps-inaugural-cake-donated-to-anti-trump-lgbtq-rights-organization/
Actor Shia Labeouf has made a point of resisting President Donald Trump through art. As Trump was inaugurated on Friday, Jan. 20, LaBeouf started a four-year livestream in protest, titled “HE WILL NOT DIVIDE US.”
ReplyDeleteThe installation is set up outside the New York Museum of the Moving Image, where participants can share the words “he will not divide us” into the camera. It will be a continuous livestream for at least the next four years.
However, when a white supremacist showed up and attempted to co-opt the livestream, LaBeouf reacted by shouting him down until he fled. The man appears at the beginning of the video, where he says “14,” a rallying call to white supremacists, into the webcam.
The number “14” is also known as “fourteen words,” or the slogan, “We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children,” coined by David Lane who was a member of The Order, an American white supremacist terrorist organization.
In the video, LaBeouf follows the man around and continues shouting “He will not divide us.” At one point, the two are aggressively in each other’s faces as LaBeouf continues yelling “He will not divide us” in the face of the other man, who eventually leaves the scene.
See the video below, which was shared to the “He will not divide us” official Twitter account.
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/01/watch-shia-labeouf-shouts-down-white-supremacist-until-he-flees-during-anti-trump-livestream/
Saturday was amazing. But Trump thought Friday was so amazing that he actually signed an order that day calling his inauguration day a "National Day of Patriotic Devotion":
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Live for the Applause
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Facebook users destroy Tomi Lahren’s rant about women’s march: All you do ‘is whine and shout’
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Indiana GOP lawmaker faces instant backlash after posting meme mocking ‘fat women’ at Women’s March
ReplyDelete..."You should be ASHAMED of yourself for your comment about FAT WOMEN,” wrote one user on Sandlin’s Facebook page. “What and INSULTING and DEMEANING thing to post.”
“As Indiana women we’re going to make sure you never get another leadership position in this country,” wrote another. “I don’t understand this meanness. I look at you and your sister and the way you talk to people and I don’t understand it.”
“You and Donald Trump are exactly the reason we marched in Washington yesterday,” wrote a third.
http://www.rawstory.com/2017/01/indiana-gop-lawmaker-faces-instant-backlash-after-posting-meme-mocking-fat-women-at-womens-march/
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/46804_Revealing_Video_of_Donald_and_Melania_Trump_at_Inauguration-_Was_It_Reversed
ReplyDeleteThank you Alaska. Linda Kellen Biegal has been posting all the Alaska marches and I have been reposting down here around the metro DC area. It's slowly being picked up here. But I am going to keep reposting to call attention.
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I think I see Sally, Molly, Sarah, Bristol, Willow and Piper walking in the bottom picture.
ReplyDeleteDon't forget for anyone who came to DC to march and used the metro. a charity is collecting the Smartcards, which are $2 extra beyond the metro fare They will be given to those who need to help ride to job interviews and work.
ReplyDeleteAddress is Martha's Table
Attn: Trish/Martha Outfitters
2114 14th Street NW
Washington, DC 20009
I have already sent mine in.
10cats
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ReplyDelete"Madison Women's March was second only to D.C. in turnout per capita"
BRAVO WI!
10x more in Chicago then expected! Bravo IL!
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Have you seen the latest from Keith Olbermann?
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qdRyMgaR2g
It's a plea to Trump supporters to understand that Trump is mentally ill and clearly dangerous.
Lol. Olberman calling somebody else mentally ill.
DeleteI was on the road.......so I stopped and marched in Soldotna. There appeared to be about 300 of us. Who knew you could find ~300 un-closeted liberals in that part of the state? And lots of honks and thumbs up too!
ReplyDeleteYou Alaskans are TOUGH!!!! Amazing!
ReplyDeleteReading on social media that many black women felt left out. I can only speak for my area, but we had a very diverse bus, women of all color and ethnicities and religions. Our group also reached out to Chester, PA, a black community, and offered financial assistance for trnasportation on buses. We had a few takers, but not as many as we could have afforded.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if the movement is being infiltrated by paid troublemakers or if, as we women are often capable of doing, we will destroy ourselves. I'm a women. I know we can self sabotage better than anyone.
We can't this time. Stick together girls. If any group is feeling not included, work to get them included. REACH OUT.
And Skagway and Utqiagvik. Now we need to move on the state capitol, like the women in Utah did. Do not give up. We are here, we are mad and we will get in your face.
ReplyDeleteTrump has chosen an official photo to hand in the White House in several locations. It's a panoramic view made to look like he had a YUUUUUGE crowd for his inauguration. Only proble is it falsely labeled as his inauguration, Saturday, January 21, 2017. He doesn't seem to care.
ReplyDeleteYeah, you just can't make this stuff up.
He is sooooooo delusional.
Sad.
http://www.redstate.com/sweetie15/2017/01/24/obsession-trump-displays-portrait-inauguration-crowd-white-house-press-hall/