If you’re mad both about the new president and that you have to wait until the summer for the fourth season of Broad City, then welcome to the right website for you. Also, there’s a new video that addresses both of your concerns.

Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer have released a video of how their characters are dealing with today’s Inauguration, and they say everything we’re feeling.

The setup is that Abbi’s stuck in an elevator, because instead of preparing for the Apocalypse, she went to her pre-paid laser hair removal appointment (though she still has a hiking backpack), while Ilana, with an outfit that says, “Resist in both style and comfort,” Skypes her bestie with both words of comfort and panic. Oh, and hey! Law & Order SVU is filming outside Ilana’s building! As the two count down to Tr*mp taking power, they consider our future.

“It is about to get I Am Legend up in here,” declaims Ilana. Abbi carries a butterfly knife. They recall what they learned in krav maga class together.

This video is somewhat uncensored; the two spew profanities, but the only word bleeped out is “Trump.” You’ll get the idea.

You can watch the video below, and if you don’t feel better, it certainly won’t make you feel worse:

Image via YouTube

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If the thought of tomorrow’s inauguration makes you lose your appetite, why not harness that feeling and join in the Jewish-started interfaith fast?

The number of people participating in the fast seems to currently be in the triple digits, according to Rabbi Michael Latz, who first tweeted about the initiative.

“This fast is in preparation for spiritual resistance,” Latz told Jewcy via email, “To stand up to an administration that traffics in bigotry and tweets with white supremacists, that degrades women and belittles people with disabilities; an administration that does not honor our nation’s moral values nor voters.”

A few high-profile Jews have pledged to fast on Friday, beginning at sunrise, from Danya Rutenberg to Ruth Messinger. For example, feminist icon Letty Cottin Pogrebin tweeted that she’s in:

I will be fasting along with Rabbi Latz & thousands of people of all faiths and no faiths but the faith in people's power to resist. https://t.co/gmDejuP1Gr

— LettyCPogrebin (@LettyCPogrebin) January 17, 2017

Also on board is Shmuley Yanklowitz, the prominent progressive rabbi. He posted on Facebook:

Please consider joining us in Fasting this Friday on Inauguration Day. In an era where greed, selfishness, & hate have become validated & normalized, we must nourish our souls with Spiritual Resistance for Love & Justice.

For those who fast, I would recommend reading the Yom Kippur haftarah that morning which emphasizes that religion, in general, and fasting, in particular, is only of value if it prioritizes the needs of the most vulnerable in society. Here’s a little taste from Isaiah (57:14 – 58:14):

“This is the fast I desire: To break open the shackles of wickedness, And undo the bonds of injustice. To let the oppressed go free; To annul all perversion. It is to share your bread with the hungry, And to take the moaning poor into your home; When you see the naked, to clothe them, And not to ignore your own kin.”

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