newbies in the U.S. Senate

There's this group-selfie that Illinois' senator-elect Juliana Stratton posted on Instagram that became an instant classic of the genre. It's of her and 9 of her fellow newbies at this week's freshman orientation at the U.S. Senate. (Including non-newbie Sherrod Brown, the former Senator from Ohio who lost his seat in 2024 but regained it this year; he obviously didn't need to attend 'freshman' orientation, but in a now-famous tweet, said of course he wanted to attend so as to meet Abdul and all the other kids! ::chuckle::.) Many were noting that this group pic should also have included Scott Colom (who just won his Senate seat from Mississippi) and Mary Peltola (who is leading the race in Alaska, and is expected to win, given the count at present). Ah, well... I'm sure they'll also have their extra-special imagic moments when they finally get to meet with their fellow freshies in that hallowed institution.

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