Reports are coming in that fomer Rep. Tom DeLay has joined Facebook.  We’re also told that he’s using his infamous mugshot as his profile pic – which in our opinion is fantastic.  If you’re friends with DeLay on Facebook, be sure to forward him our Facebook guidelines , we’d hate …

Kal Penn Kalpen Modi started his new job at the White House today, and besides the fact that he’s a Hollywood celebrity working in the White House, would like you to know that he’s just a normal guy.  And normal guys ride the bus. [and rent] Good luck, Kalpen.

Nothing is more entertaining than politicians trying to use new technology. It’s even better when the slightly older generations attempt to tackle the internet. Case in point, Sen. Pat Leahy, who recently released a YouTube video that looks more like a powder room confessional than it does a plug for …

Fourth of July [fans ] Real World DC [anti ] Baby Daddy [Levi ] How to Grill [BLT ]

While our former Mayor [who used to have an unhealthy obsession with crack], gets arrested for stalking, some people continue to complain about MTV bringing the "Real World" to DC – as if this show’s short stop in the Nation’s Capital will be the city’s legacy for the rest of …

Some people will just always be misunderstood. [we love crack] …Although Barry’s latest arrest will likely help his next run for mayor.

We hope you enjoyed the holiday break. Now, what did we all miss? Great fireworks in DC for the 4th of July Sarah Palin resigned as Governor of Alaska [and JoMa worked through the holiday] Barack Obama announced the First Family is heading to Martha’s Vineyard Former Ravens’ QB Steve …

Amanda Carpenter and Howie Kurtz refereed the Dana Milbank vs. Nico Pitney battle, Art Bochner is heading back to NYC, the ghost of Ken Kesey is selling books for Ryan Grim, Chris Cooley burned a horse, Jack Victory celebrated a birthday, folks are gearing up for the CEG Party on …

Yesterday’s coverage of the WaPo "Pay to Print" saga dominated the news .  Even Mark Sanford was relieved to know that it would be highly improbable that his name would be mentioned in the same breath as this scandal. Or would it… South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R) had his …

FamousDC [Twitter ] District [love ]

Team Boehner just released a pretty clever new web ad. You can’t go wrong with animals in YouTube videos.  Just ask Nancy . Note: First office to use a monkey wins.

Congress is out of town … what should we talk about? How about we all talk about each other ? I heart Politico Michael Wolff: Beltway Boys But I used to hate them Gawker: Michael Wolff Used to Hate Politico I don’t heart Politico Alex Pareene: Politico is Revolutionary Says …

Here’s your mind-blowing fact of the day: However, Politico notes that "in the 14 years since that star-crossed class arrived in Washington espousing an agenda that placed family values at its core, no less than a dozen of its members have been caught up in affairs, sex scandals or in …

What a week. First we learned the ex-WaPo reporters, John Harris and Jim VandeHei, registered www.postpolitics.com and then sold it back to The Washington Post AFTER they started Politico. VF: Beltway Boys Harris and VandeHei had begun, early on, registering domain names, including postpolitics.com, which the Post, when it began …