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Nancy Pelosi was just re-elected as Speaker of the House today — and nobody’s celebrating harder than her extremely metal granddaughter.
Bella Kaufman, one of Pelosi’s eight grandchildren, was spotted banging her head and generally rejoicing multiple times over Pelosi’s election.
Just look at how she reminded her grandma to vote:
I’m extremely here for the day this kid turns the House into a moshpit and crowdsurfs over Steny Hoyer’s rock of a head. Have you ever been this happy in your life?
The happiest place in the world is now … D.C.
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai is headed to Washington to testify before Congress.
According to the Washington Post, Pichai’s hearing before the House Judiciary Committee is set for Dec. 5. The topic of the hearing will be Google’s alleged bias against conservatives.
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