1,000 words: the inaugural selfie

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20: Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) (L) takes a selfie with Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) (R) on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2017 in Washington, DC. In today's inauguration ceremony Donald J. Trump becomes the 45th president of the United States. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

A bit of camaraderie…my seat mates at the inauguration: Senators Sanders and McCain. pic.twitter.com/2iJK3Tev2y

— Amy Klobuchar (@amyklobuchar) January 20, 2017

About the blogger

Bob Collins

bcollins@mpr.org • @newscut

Bob Collins retired from Minnesota Public Radio in 2019 after 12 years of writing NewsCut and pointing out to complainants that posts weren’t news stories. A son of Massachusetts, he was a news editor 1992-1998, created the MPR News regional website in 1999, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day lamented that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.