How Alvin the Beagle Helped Usher in a Democratic Senate

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Senator Raphael Warnock was sworn in this week as Georgia’s first Black senator, and he arrived with a canny canine assist.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/23/us/politics/raphael-warnock-puppy.html

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