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Obama Is on Twitter Now and Has Yet to Use a Hashtag

Stay tuned for the president's first Dubsmash video.

President Barack Obama posted his first tweet on his shiny new Twitter account this morning. Now it's only a matter of time until he's talking about Mad Men and terrible Dubsmash lip-sync videos and complaining about his secret service detail in rambling tweets. This will be different than the old @WhiteHouse account, since @POTUS will be run exclusively by Obama, instead of his communications department. According to a blog post announcing the account on WhiteHouse.gov, the account "will serve as a new way for President Obama to engage directly with the American people, with tweets coming exclusively from him." Now you can hit up @POTUS and ask him if he likes Pro Era as much as his daughter.

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