(Most) Americans in Berlin relieved at Biden presidency
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Berlin - The day after the United States welcomed its 46th president, Americans in Berlin weren t celebrating the start of one presidency as much as they were celebrating the end of another. The new administration is going to have to move fairly aggressively, says David Hawkins, a photographer originally from Chicago who has spent years in both Berlin and Paris. I thought his inaugural speech hit the right tone.
Like most American
Wahlberliner, Hawkins has spent the past four years both shocked by former president Donald Trump and worried about what his next steps might be. President Trump was also often an embarrassment for those abroad, especially since, for decades, he had been little more than a high-profile clown in the US.
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I get so sick of the New Year ‘industry’. The brands in my inbox telling me how to behave and hinting that I need to do better. The ads on TV and radio repeating the same corny lines. But worst of all is the managers and colleagues.
I m not talking about people saying Happy New Year (although if they re still doing it in February I find that annoying), but people asking if I m back, bigger and better or suggesting I should have made some kind of huge emotional or spiritual change just because of an arbitrary calendar number.
Louisiana politicians react to inauguration of President Biden, VP Harris Share Updated: 4:17 PM CST Jan 20, 2021 WDSU Digital Team Share Updated: 4:17 PM CST Jan 20, 2021
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Show Transcript GINA: REPUBLICAN MINORITY WHIP STEVE SCALISE WAS IN ATTENDANCE AT THE INAUGURATION. HE TWEETED A PHOTO OF HIMSELF WITH SUPREME COURT JUSTICE AMY CONEY BARRETT, A NATIVE OF NETTER HE. ALSO, GOVERNOR EDWARDS WAS IN ATTENDANCE, REPRESENTING LOUISIANA AT THE INAUGURATION. HE TWEETED THIS PICTURE OF HIMSELF WITH HIS SON. HE SAID I HOPE ALL LOUISIANA HANDS WILL HEED TO HIS CALL TO UNITE WITH SOULS TO ADDRESS THE MANY ISSUES FACING OUR COUNTRY. AND THIS FROM U.S. SENATOR BILL CASSIDY. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO CREATE MORE AND BETTER PAYING JOBS FOR LOUISIANA WORKERS, TO LOWER THE COST OF HEA
I usually don’t like talking heads telling me what I should think about the images I am seeing. But when the images are as potent and symbolic as those we have been seeing the last two weeks, I’ll take all the help I can get. I got that in Wednesday's coverage of the inauguration.