Take a laugh break
Flex your sense of humor. You’re gonna need it. Also: Breathe. Breathe. Breathe.
I tell people who see me dancing on street corners or on an expressway overpass, it’s an attention economy. Get some or go home. Friday, I wore a pressed, salmon-colored oxford shirt and a white, Nike golf hat. I told a cluster of skateboarders it was hippie camouflage.
At least eight members of the amphibious group, which gained fame after wearing inflatable frog suits to ICE protests last fall, will be heading to Washington, D.C., to be among the headliners for the State of the Swamp, an alternative event to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech on Tuesday.
Organizers are calling the State of the Swamp event “The Rebuttal to the State of the Union,” with the Portland Frog Brigade tweaking that to “The Ribbital.”
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Dozens of celebrities, politicians and activists are lined up to speak or appear, from Robert De Niro and Mark Ruffalo to U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson. The event, set for 4 p.m. Tuesday at the National Press Club, can be live streamed at Defiance.org.
“Boycott Trump’s speech,” a banner on that group’s website says. “Join our party.”
Anat Shenker-Osorio regularly advises that if you want people to join your party, throw a better party. Working on that.