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• In case you missed it, "DEMOCRACY HAS PREVAILED." (Though ya gotta admit it was dicey there for awhile.) President Joe Biden—love typing that—and the first Black/South Asian/Woman Vice President Kamala Harris—love typing that, too—were sworn in today in a stirring ceremony that made me cry, like, 3.5 times. It's been a hard four years, folks.
Joe Biden enters the White House for the first time as president after a military escort and a short walk along Pennsylvania Avenue to the executive mansion. #Inaugurationhttps://t.co/dUUvZxjCEU