Check out this possum in front of the Washington Post’s HQ in DC:

And, yes, it just peed on the building:

Democracy status? DEAD:

Possums are nocturnal. Have we let democracy die? https://t.co/qgoEg2jyow — Emily Guskin (@EmGusk) February 7, 2019

Poor little guy. But instead of attempting to save the creature, some journos at the Post want to keep it as a pet:

New pet! — Jessica Stahl (@jrstahl) February 7, 2019

let him in https://t.co/vIsv2IiJJh — Tanya Sichynsky (@tanyasic) February 7, 2019

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