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#NATIONAL WE ARE TEAM LEFT SHARK 4 LIFE; If you feel down, check out Ronald Reagan’s 31 most YOLO moments h/t Max Gigle; the dystopian future of transport; the end of Tiger Woods?; The GOP wants Pitbull; The Seahawks not only lost, they killed a guy; “Where we’re going we don’t need gov’t-mandated healthcare“; Cage match! –> Bobby Jindal vs. Ramesh Ponnuru;

#DISTRICT CPAC media and blogger credentials rolled out this week; Are you going to the #OffseasonSundays Mr. and Mrs. Carter brunch at Smoke and Barrel?; Just BLOCKS from the White House; DC DNGAF about dessert; a man survives WaPo’s Date Lab – here’s what he learned; the little streetcar that couldn’t; The rise and fall and rise of Hawk’n’Dove; Congressman Sean Duffy uses Snapchat (yes) to communicate with the office; Are you in the The Airport 77s are “like the National Archives of 70s power pop“; Secret Monkey Club; The FamousDC offices are also decorated like a British period drama TV series; Charlie Sheen + DC + Charlie Palmer + Silverware = …

#FAMOUSFORDC February; Christy Setzer got a mention of “deflategate” on air with Leland Vittert; Jaime Herrera Beutler is killing it; Ian Sams and Mike Steel know Saw’s BBQ is the best in Alabama; Shout-out to Hannah Wesolowski and the Public Affairs Council on another successful grassroots conference – although we did get tired of seeing all the awesome beach photos while it was 20 degrees in DC; Pamela Brown is going to rock it this weekend;  Scott MacFarlane is on a hot streak; Give Max Engling a high-five when you see him; Dean Cleary is the man!

#CONGRATS Congratulations to Robby Wehagen and Stefanie Baker on their Super Bowl Sunday engagement!; Becca Watkins is new around the Burr office as of this week; Congrats to Stephanie Fontenot and Drew Marrs on their engagement; Tell Jonathan Grella, Erik Hansen, Greg Staley, Chris Kenney, Sarah Erdman, Sylvia Kindling, Patricia Rojas-Ungar and the rest of the US Travel team congratulations on their Association Trends awards; Tommy McFly continues hosting Tommy Show on 947 Fresh FM BUT is also expanding to WUSA9. Protip: Check McFly and Lesli Foster on their Grammy Preview special Sunday at 7:30 on WUSA9 (LL Cool JJ will show);

#HAPPY Happy birthday to Grant Carlisle, sorry we didn’t throw you a surprise birthday party again; Happy Birthday Shannon Croom; Hope Brea MacIsaac had an awesome birthday week now that her birthday is not a secret; Jennifer Diamond Haber and Dave Levinthal are celebrating birthdays this weekend; You only have a few shopping days left to get birthday gifts for Mindy Finn, Stephen Replogle, Lacey Halpern and Charlotte Sellmyer* (* you’re welcome for the heads up Jack); Jaime Harrison turned a year older;

#MEDIAMOVES thanks to @StoryPartners; Bloomberg’s DC bureau adds Justin Sink, from The Hill, and Toluse Olorunnipa, from the Tallahassee bureau, to cover the White House. Over at CBS Radio News, Steven Portnoy is new Congressional correspondent and Pam Coulter was named White House correspondent. Mohana Ravindranath moves from the Washington Post to be staff correspondent for Nextgov. New moves for media: National Journal started a “TwentySixteen” podcast, Roll Call launched a news and social media monitoring platform, “CQ Media Scoop,” and Gray Television is opening a DC bureau with Jacqueline Policastro at the helm;

#PARTYWITHUS Each week we receive invites to hotel parties, restaurant openings, concerts and a lot more.  We can’t attend them all. Our livers won’t permit it. Write for us and party.

#BYE Here’s where you can kick it this weekend.