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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