What a weekend. TERRIFYING, in that the Executive Branch would choose to wield its new and considerable power to slice away at everything we know to define us as a nation. HEARTENING, in that a courageous federal judge would say NO by applying the rule of law. AWESOME that she made that decision RIGHT HERE IN CADMAN PLAZA while hundreds of us gathered in a matter of minutes to support the ACLU and, more importantly, the refugees whose safety, well-being and futures hung in the balance (above, my view from the crowd, two seconds before my battery died). And GLORIOUS to see that we are ready to mobilize. Yup, this is what democracy looks like. On to the next round…

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