“Vice President Kamala Harris represented the march of history when she was sworn in on Wednesday by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. As a Californian of Jamaican and Indian descent, she is the first woman and the first woman of color to hold the nation’s second-highest office.” And now that the ceremonial aspects are over, Harris will have a lot of work to do as a very active Vice President and the tie breaking vote in a divided America. NYT: For Kamala Harris, an Influential Voice and a Decisive Vote.

+ Harris was escorted at the inauguration by heroic Capitol Police officer Eugene Goodman. A Black man escorting a Black woman Vice President through the halls just attacked by people carrying confederate flags to an inauguration for a president who specifically called out white supremacy. Yup, that’ll work.