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TaMara has been a Balloon Juice writer since 2015.
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This is Tuba. Tuba likes to swing and spin.
Look at that happy face
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I was much late to Betty Cracker’s thread this afternoon, but I couldn’t believe that she was referring to Wil Wheaton as that Wesley Crusher kid. Then I realized I might be the only one who remembers this:
The entire thread is typical Balloon-Juice during the Obama/Clinton primaries. John even weighed in:
Great. Because I want to spend the next 6 months being called a sexist for something someone else wrote.
Did I do something to piss you and Will off?
Do you think if we say his name enough times, he’ll come back and read the blog again?
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Am I The ONLY One Who Remembers Wil Wheaton Commented Here??Post + Comments (45)
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I have been on phone calls all morning but was able to listen to John Kerry and Gina McCarthy and I was completely impressed. I remain hopeful. Here’s that video:
And Biden is speaking, and I’m late, but you can rewind.
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Open Thread: John Kerry, Gina McCarthy, President Biden LivePost + Comments (117)
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?Winston is giving us cattitude for not featuring @ROLEX kitties too, so ⬇️. PS: Kudos to Mr. Williams for his keen pawbservation skills, especially during an event with high security risk status, after a failed coup d'état. ? credit: https://t.co/OWMJPOGQHn & Jaquez808 @reddit pic.twitter.com/4rPl5sradE
— The Oval Pawffice® ?? (@TheOvalPawffice) January 25, 2021
My favorite new follow on twitter. Can’t wait for the cat to take over. Winston is Biden’s granddaughter’s cat and is handling twitter cat duties until we get a cat in the Whitehouse, again.
?Awoooof! Friends, I got so excited to finally arrive home and see my parents, that I had to run a bit to get that extra energy out before getting inside, that’s why I’m not in the “group” pawhto. Even my tongue is happy. Champ handled the situation much better. – Major #DOTUS? pic.twitter.com/hHZwf5rTwt
— The Oval Pawffice® ?? (@TheOvalPawffice) January 25, 2021
? Very impawrtant pawddendum: this photo was taken by @dcclphoto, the White House photographer for our dada @POTUS when he was @VP44, at our Naval Pawbservatory Residence. David Lienemann is also the author of “The Obama Years and the Battle for the Soul of America.” Awooof!
— The Oval Pawffice® ?? (@TheOvalPawffice) January 24, 2021
? Friends, I already pawdmitted and openly woofed about my little hand nip incident that pawccurred when I was a tiny pup, in 2009. You saw the “aftermath” but you didn’t see me red pawed, until now. Here’s the moment the nip happened, captured purrfectly by @dcclphoto. #DOTUS pic.twitter.com/3rO6YUio7H
— The Oval Pawffice® ?? (@TheOvalPawffice) January 24, 2021
Okay, hopefully, that’s enough to put your Monday on the right track. Click on any of the tweets to see them all.
Also: Their products on their website, of course all go to fund animal organizations.
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Open Thread: Biden Pets Take Over TwitterPost + Comments (46)
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ETA: 4 pm EST with Press Secretary and Dr. Fauci
I had to (happily) subscribe to Whitehouse.gov again in order to track these.
I suspect these are going to be daily for a while, and I’m not sure I’m going to be able to post everyone, but I’ll do what I can.
I have lots of feelings….so many feelings…but don’t really have the time to write them all down for you. But can I say, my Twitter feed this morning was a completely different landscape and I’m here for it. This was only one of many of my favorites:
In January 2017 my then 8-year-old asked if the Muslim Ban meant we had to leave?
Yesterday my now 12-year-old asked if I thought his 5-year-old sister could also one day be Vice President or President?
Justice matters. Compassion matters. Representation matters.
— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@QasimRashid) January 21, 2021
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On January 19 at 5:30pm (local time), we invite Americans across the country to come together for a national moment of unity and remembrance to honor the lives lost to COVID-19.
In Washington, D.C., we will host a ceremony with President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Harris, featuring the first-ever lighting of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to honor and remember those who have died. You can watch live on Biden Inaugural social media channels.
We encourage Americans to join us in lighting a candle in your window for this nationwide moment of remembrance. Share the word and invite your family, friends, and loved ones to join us for the COVID-19 Memorial.
I am so relieved, as I am sure you all are, to have people in office who understand the gravity of the pandemic. And they have a plan.
May this memorial be the beginning of a path forward for all of us and healing for those who have lost so much.
While we wait, some photos from the mall:
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Been on the phone with a client, but I saw this coming up. Getting a late start, but jump to the beginning of Biden for a pretty emotional start.
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Man, this has really brought out the people who think calling me Wesley and telling me to shut up is clever. Awesome. I assume we’ll be upgrading to “your mother” jokes next?
John: I respect and admire you so much. I hope this doesn’t bring you any more grief than you usually get from the usual gang of haters.
I thought the psycho ex-girlfriend thing was hilarious because it’s about the *behavior* and not the gender. It seems like the Internets comes down to people who get that and people who are determined to read it as sexist.
As a comedy writer, I feel that the joke — which is about someone who refuses to accept that a relationship is over — works equally well if it’s a psycho ex-girlfriend or a psycho ex-boyfriend. I thought that was clear in the original post.
As for Hillary, as I said on my blog, I’ve gone from respecting her to despising her as I’ve watched her fall from a well-spoken, passionate candidate to just another lying, pandering, negative-campaigning, 9/11-exploiting fearmongering politician.
Anyway, thanks for the mention, Michael, and I’m sorry for any additional bullshit you have to deal with because of me, John.