Id love it if I could log in

The app has decided that it cant authenticate my google account. Strangely, it does not attempt to have me enter a password, it just assures me it cant authenticate. Every once in a while, I can get it to ask for my password, which I know I have correct, but it still says cannot authenticate. So to test, I tried creating a Pokémon Trainer account. I activated it and everything. Whenever I enter the password correctly, it says "cannot authenticate". To test, I entered what I knew was not the password and it told me I had entered the wrong password and had four tries until Id be locked out. But anytime I enter the right password it says cannot authenticate. Yes Ive tried closing the app. Ive tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app. The thing just wont work. And the Niantic support website is a joke. Im going to be pretty frustrated if I lose my Christmas hat-wearing Raichu due to some dumb glitch.

SSFWGPYNKE about Pokémon GO, v1.29.1