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#WEEKEND
Sunday is the winner this week: Saturday 81 °F and thunderstorms; Sunday 78 °F and sunny;
#NATIONAL
Is Rand Paul a robot or a real person?; In a battle of Trump vs. Krauthaumer, Krauthaumer wins every time; who can type in this emoji URL?; Buy an Arby’s sandwich, get a free Boylan soda? This is why we love America!; kid changed his name instead of changing the name on his plane ticket because the fee was lower; Up your proposal game, folks; Taco Bell is starting them young; Sheryl Sandberg’s post about her husband is deeply sad but also inspirational; You know what’s great for firepits? Headstones; Not even the State Department is above a Twitter fight; Ummm Lifetime?; drunk texts from famous authors; “Relax, JEEZ” says Netflix regarding ads;
#DISTRICT
Well, summer was short this year; Lisa De Pasquale chatted with us for a Famous 5 interview; 25 times “The West Wing” was the best show ever (h/t Jeremy Art); Roll Call is helping you become the BEST INTERN EVER!; Attention: you can now buy an ice cream sandwich made with muffins; Fan throws phone to Bryce Harper, the rest is Selfie history; On Twitter blocking Politiwhoops; Startups = Presidential candidates; “Vote for me because the metric system”; Chill it, intern; Martin O’Malley’s 404 page is amazing and so is Jeb’s; This is a pretty, pretty, pretty pricey stamp; Woolly Mammoth won an award for its posters; Sally’s Middle Name on 18th will charge an 18% service fee instead of tips; House votes to cut Metro funding by $50 million; Sharknado 3 trailer; Dad of the week award goes to this guy;
#SENDUSINTERNS
It’s never too late to be an intern: we’re looking for a content and productions intern at FamousDC;
#FAMOUSFORDC
Where in the world is Steven Moore?; One of the gentlemen named Brian Walsh is in Israel; Famous Mollie O’Dell got to stand on the Nats’ field; Sean Spicer penned a two page memo. We only read one page, but it was awesome; Saved by a Bonjean Christmas Party; Danni Starr looked beautiful at her wedding; Nathan Jones had a beautiful shot of Memorial Bridge this week;
#TWEETSOFTHEWEEK
Tweets you can RT, @mention, or just enjoy: daveweigel; JOSreports; moody; councilofdc; YahooPolitics;
#BIRTHDAY
Happy birthday Dennis Gucciardo!; We know Tommy McFly had a good day after his birthday; Famous birthday wishes to Erick Erickson and Benjamin Bibi Cassidy;
#MEDIAMOVES BY BRYANT ROW
Washington Post and New York Times journalists are about to get access to their respective employers’ web traffic stats; Brett LoGiurato moves back to Business Insider to be politics editor; Dan Pfeiffer on his way to CNN; Rachel Racusen is returning from MSNBC to the White House as Strategic Communications Advisor (h/t Jen Psaki); Elizabeth Sheldon headed to MediaDC as National Account Director; New hires at Bloomberg Politics – Querry Robinson, Ken Goldstein, Sarah Scully, Alexander Trowbridge, Kendall Breitman and Sarah Muller (h/t Fishbowl DC);
#BYE
The weekend is coming; we’ll be watching the Women’s World Cup.