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Democrats Take Control Of Senate As Kamala Harris Swears In Alex Padilla, Raphael Warnock & Jon Ossoff

Ted Johnson and Dominic Patten
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Democrats took control of the Senate for the first time since 2015, as Vice President Kamala Harris swore in her appointed successor, Alex Padilla, as well as Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, who won their races in Georgia this month.

“I need to catch my breath, so much is happening,” said Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), who now is the new majority leader.

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The Senate split is 50-50 now, but Democrats will have the edge because Harris has a tie-breaking vote. That might be needed, as President Joe Biden tries to usher through a series of legislative priorities, including a $1.9 trillion Covid relief package and immigration reform.

Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) will be the president pro tem of the Senate, which is third in line for the presidency following the vice president and speaker of the House.

In his first official acts as president, Biden took a number of actions via executive order, including the reentrance of the United States in the Paris climate accords and a halt to the funding of the border wall. He also signed a mandate for wearing masks on federal property.

With Democratic control of Congress and the White House, there is some expectation that legislation will face legal challenges, as Donald Trump was able to appoint more than 200 judges to the federal bench, including three Supreme Court seats.

Schumer noted that he was the first New York-born majority leader in history and a “kid from Brooklyn, the son of an exterminator and a housewife and a descendant of victims of the Holocaust. That I should be the leader of this new Senate majority is an awesome responsibility.”

He said that the Senate would address problems “not with timid solutions but with boldness and with courage.”

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  • The Off-the-Shoulder Top Is Back, and Vaccine-Jab Ready

    Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast / Photos via GettyThe vaccine selfie is both a flex and a work of art. While it’s disheartening to see, say, a SoulCycle instructor get to the front of the line under the guise of being a “teacher,” it remains endlessly warming to watch someone’s grandmother get her jab. A shot in the arm has become another social media rite of passage, and as access (slowly) trickles down to the rest of us, trends are born.While sweatpants—the mac and cheese, comfort food of fashion—came to represent the need for comfort amid a crumbling society, we need a new piece of clothing to represent the impending promise of a brighter future. Enter: the off-the-shoulder top.Might order this for my vaccinations. pic.twitter.com/tduzdEQlTM— ohchrissavidge (@ohchrissavidge) February 22, 2021 As made clear in a viral tweet from this week, cold shoulders are the perfect mix of fashion and function when your appointment comes up. A nurse can easily get her syringe in place, and you can wear a wildly impractical piece of clothing that restricts any arm movement.The sweater in the tweet comes from Paige Denim; it costs $259, which is suspicious for a garment that’s missing half a sleeve. It also has a turtleneck, for warmth I guess. Though I wouldn’t wear it in a blizzard because, again, the shoulder is uncovered. Good luck finding a bra to wear underneath it that doesn’t poke through the gigantic hole.This isn’t just an internet joke, according to the U.K. lifestyle site Tyla, the fast fashion retailer PrettyLittleThing “confirmed that they’ve seen a spike in sales of off-the-shoulder outfits” by 29 percent between January and February.Christian Siriano debuted his fall collection this week, which was basically shoulder-central. Many of the ball gowns and power suits—very much “going out” clothes—featured open sleeves. According to Vogue, the tulle-filled lineup “really did feel like a trip to a fantasy land.” And what is more make-believe than an orderly, fair vaccine rollout?The off-the-shoulder top is the kind of crazy-making, rich person status-dressing that says, I don’t need to lift anything today, because I am rich! (Which makes sense, because if you’re under 65, a non-essential worker with no pre-existing conditions, and still manage to get the vaccine these days, you probably are rich.)With the off-the-shoulder shirt, there is no need to fuss with rolling up pesky sleeves. Your naked arms are just there. It’s functional, with no fabric getting in the way of a needle. And then you can trot home, a tell-tale Band-Aid in full view of everyone you pass.Some European politicians just went ahead and took off their entire shirts for the occasion. If you would like to follow suit because your beach vacation got cancelled due to COVID, I will give you this one thing. But I doubt the CVS pharmacist who will eventually shoot me full of antibodies would appreciate me going topless. So Bardot sleeves it is.European politicians appear to be making some sort of coronavirus vaccine beefcake pinup calendar pic.twitter.com/Kfq9hiBzof— Liam Stack (@liamstack) February 9, 2021 As recent news stories have revealed, you never know when your local pharmacy or primary care doctor might have an extra Moderna or Pfizer dose that they must use now. You must be ready to go at any moment, and you would hate if your outfit got in the way of that opportunity. So to be on the safe side, maybe invest in a few bicep-bearing tops.Read more at The Daily Beast.Get our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.