it all started here.
also, Aretha…and that hat! she is really a “stop what you are doing and listen” type voice, one that is just so powerful you cannot do anything but submit.
i am honestly overwhelmed by the thought that today marks the beginning of the work we must do to create the better tomorrow we all want, and keep reminding myself that 48 hours ago we didn’t even have the opportunity to forge a better future.
lines from the speech such as “as for our common defense, we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals” demonstrate such a clear break in the dialogue that dominates the politics of the past 8 years, and frankly anything since Kennedy. historic times, we should feel lucky to be a part of.
the ny times points out 2 “little things“, in a speech of profound statements, further proving the departure from constraints of the past this presidency seeks to embody.
my pic! u posted my pic! screenshots are besties.