Nevertheless, She Resists The triple-threat legend talks about revamping a Woody Guthrie classic into an anti-Trump anthem and why older generations are responsible for calling out fascism If you ask Bette Midler , her whole career has been about spreading enough joy to distract from “the grimness of everyday life.”  But that mission hasn’t kept her from growing increasingly upset at the second Trump administration’s rapid-fire escalation of war profiteering, anti-trans rhetoric, and extrajudicial ICE raids — including those that resulted in the deaths of Minnesota residents Alex Pretti and Renee Good . “The insanity that’s happening, this unprecedented destruction of all of normal behavior, has affected me very badly,” Midler tells Rolling Stone from her home in Los Angeles.…