Famous Friday Round Up
ROUNDUP PRESENTED BY
The National Beer Wholesalers Association (NBWA)
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#WEEKEND
Better start on that book you’ve been talking about reading for a month: Saturday 58 °F with a 30 percent chance of rain; Sunday 60 °F with a 50 percent chance of rain;
#NATIONAL
Where do babies come from? by Rick Perry; Study: Pot users have false memories, so do politicians; Competitive vaping is a thing; RIP Comcast-Time Warner; Looks like Tidal’s not making that big of a splash; Betting on babies; What is going on in Chicago?; no Blue Bell for now; a small reminder that Yellowstone contains 2.5x the magma that the Grand Canyon could hold and there’s a 1 in 700,000 chance it could explode yearly; This live mashup video is mesmerizing; what those symbols on the back of your phone mean; in “ew” news: long-lost siblings reunite when they find each other on Tinder; If you need us this weekend, we’ll be chilling with our goat;
#DISTRICT
Every female Hill staffer’s fear: lobbyists who hug; This is the coolest time lapse video of Washington, DC you’ll see today; Speaker Boehner likes jelly beans too; trading WHCD party invites > trading convention party invites; Unreal – a DC judge recognized a homeless defendant as his classmate at Harvard Law; DC = Greatest sports city in America; apparently DC’s food used to be terrible; DDOT is retiming traffic signals in DC; here’s a package you wouldn’t want to be accidentally delivered to you; free Washington Wizards shirts at the playoff game tonight; we’re as excited for Sweetlife’s food as we are for its lineup; flashback Friday (h/t Katie Miller): the Washington Senators 1920 spring training photo; protestors in Baltimore; apparently DC is really Uber-friendly; totally non-feasible advice in DC; the homeless man who works in the Senate; Hill student loan reimbursement ain’t easy; little presidential campaign souvenirs;
#FAMOUS FOR DC
Give Surya Gunaserkara a high-five when you see him and tell him congratulations on his “soft landing” as Chief of Staff to Congressman Renacci (R-Ohio). You are now clear for fundraising phone calls; Jim Terry is getting back in the saddle, this time with Huckabee; Molly Mirhashem and the inbox zero debate; Alex Sailer finished Daredevil and wants more; Matt Zabita is THE MAN; Tiffany Haverly is thankful to Brenda Otterson this week; Seamus Kraft shout out!; Chris Taylor celebrated his two year anniversary at Boylan Soda and continues to do big things; Give Austin Carson a high five when you see him for this; Brent McGoldrick is going to rock it as CEO at Deep Root Analytics; Wall Street Journal’s Byron Tau tweeted out his home address and cell phone number.; Give Patrick Gavin a fist bump when you see him for MAKING A FREAKING MOVIE.; Is David Almacy moving?; Spotted: US Airways flight to Phoenix, Rick Santorum; Soren Dayton asks if it’s a little early to be doing staff-driven victory stories; Quentin is taking his shades, white linen shirts and his talents to South Beach; There’s a new sheriff Communications Director in town for Congressman Mike Turner and it’s Lauren O’Toole; Peter Cherukuri is the man!; Famous 5 interview with Urban Stems founder Jeff Sheely;
#BIRTHDAY
Celebrating birthdays this weekend: Matt DeLuca, Lindsey Drew, Nicole Barranco, AshLee Strong, Smythe Anderson; Hope you got birthday presents for Mike Campbell, Liz Kelly, Ryan Shultz, Gerry Smith and Allen Fuller; Leading Latina Lady Celebrates a Birthday: A Big Happy Birthday to a leading Latina lady Ruth Guerra. The RNC’s Director of Hispanic Media, Texan and fan of all thing spicy turned 27 today. Our political and scientific advice – GOParty!; Does Sean Snyder even read this email? If so, happy birthday! If not, you’re dead to us; Tell April Ponnuru happy birthday today; You only have two shopping days left to get birthday presents for Erica Elliott, Austin Gaddis and Downey Palmer;
#MEDIAMOVES by Bryant Row
Twitter’s Will Carty doesn’t mind standing in line – even when his company sponsors the party!; Did Rob Pecoraro always know the Comcast – Time Warner deal would fall through?; Ask Christopher Ingraham about the Amtrak wifi; Mike Madden wants to ban millennials; Andy Kroll is joining National Journal; Congratulations to Carol Leonnig and the Washington Post on their Pulitzer; Congrats to NPR, Scripps, Vice News, Serial, CNN, WNYC, NBC, MSNBC, PRX and Serial on their Peabody awards;
#TWEETSOFTHEWEEK
Tweets we liked you can RT, @mention, or just enjoy: clintonyates; darylginn; SpeakerBoehner; JustPlain_Jake; bafeldman;
#BYE
WHCD weekend: get out there and make some bad decisions!