Weather: It’s going to be a toasty 4th of July weekend so lather on that SPF 50, pour yourself a margarita and hit the pool!

Awesome events you can attend this weekend: Don’t miss the annual 4th of July fireworks at the Capitol starting at exactly 9:09pm; The Air and Space Museum is throwing a rager tonight; The best way to celebrate America is going to the ballpark; Hit up this boozy pool party; Everyone loves going to the drive-in so head to Union Market for Top Gun this weekend; Beer lovers have some work to do on this brewery tour.

ROUNDUP PRESENTED BY

America.

Seriously though, America is awesome. We’re free, we can vote for whoever we want (clearly), and we have the Super Bowl. Every. Damn. Year. So put on your red, white and blue, and go high-five the sh*t out of at least 27 people this weekend.

America. F*ck yeah.

#WATCH

We don’t know how you feel, but summer needs to slow the F down. We’re like halfway through and we can barely remember what we did the first half (don’t mix alcohol and sun, kids). Thank goodness for these monthly round ups. We’d be so out of the loop if it weren’t for them.

#NATIONAL

Graphic of the week; Dick Armey, former Texas Member, who now dominates motorcycles, is completely indifferent about this election cycle; So much livestream, so little time; The techies have something to say about this election; Did we really think he wouldn’t qualify? As if; Mrs. Romney has a better shot of winning then Donald; All the Trumps have something to say; Disney isn’t messing around; The Future of Voting; Who’s gonna win the big bucks!?; Trump and Clinton announce their running mates. 

#LOCAL

Hungry Lobbyist is at it again with a chance to win free Capriottis’ sandwiches! Mmmm; Before it headed out of town, SCOTUS tossed former VA Governor McDonnell’s conviction; Uber is bumping up its game; Get your new kicks; Pizza lovers won’t know where to start; Who’s in favor of the “New Columbia?”; Beat the D.C. Heat; We get it, Prince. You’re the man. Now please stop making it rain; And we thought the Metro was bad; Hide your drones; Take a Trip to Europe (Without Leaving The District); Happy birthday USA!; There is no grace when it comes to the Metro; Lyft’s favorite movie is clearly Ghost Busters. 

#ICYMI

Fall (Festival 2016) Is Coming

Casey Phillips Pulled A Truck With His Bare Hands

Life Cycle On Capitol Hill 

Fashionably Famous: The Dolls

SpotiFamous: Pump Up Jams (Cause We’re On Spotify)

Fashionably Famous: Betty Liu

#EDITORSPICK

Four score and seven beers ago, our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men should celebrate the 4th properly.

We firmly stand by our founding fathers proposition and are hoping to fulfill our duty as U.S. citizens by hooking you all up with the inside info on where to celebrate Independence Day in the District.

#BIRTHDAY

Famous birthday wishes to Jillian Smith, Riley Featherston, Dylan Trolli, Zach O’Donnell, Andrew Guild, Marie Formica, Lauren DeMasi, Emily Cardullo, Joe Gattuso, Olivia Cinquegrana, Andrew Alvira, Andy Duberstein, Mike Lurie, Alia Khan, Kyle Cormney, Marco Valera, Sean Hayes, Myra Miller, Neal Patel, Matthew Dybwad, Hannah Flint, Sophie Pyle, Kara Rowland, Kate MacGregor, Maureen Westphal, CJ Hincy, Amy Smith, Blake Dvorak, Jim McGreevy, Elliott Echols, Sarah Thompson Mills, Angelle Smith Baugh.  

#TWEETOFTHEWEEK

“Metro to no longer charge you for when it sucks so badly that you can’t catch a train, even if you try.”

Jennifer Swift

#FAMOUSFORDC

We hope Andy Duberstein enjoyed plenty of Katz’s for his birthday; Grafton Pritchartt has a perfect tote bag for Cleveland; Cleveland looks good on Pam Stevens; Energy and Commerce took over Nats Park on Thursday and it was awesome. Big thanks to Brittany Havens and alum Robert Horne for coordinating; Hoping to run into Amy Fenton wandering around the Hill soon; Karin Tanabe, your new book, ‘The Gilded Years’ is awesome; We love it when Andrew Foxwell talks dirty about Facebook stats; Congratulations for being super smart, Louisa Imperiale; David Almacy, we’re tracking down that driver; Ashley Westby, BEST first mate; Erin Lange is a dinosaur; Andrew Heaton’s new web series is funny; Doug Thornell is always on his “A” game; Mike Lurie continues to be rad; Francis Cunningham isn’t ready for $1 beer night; Red or black, Sarah Gunion?; The FamousDC interns looked fly on the speaker’s balcony; Dave Tate is a boss; Jeremy Art’s Twitter game is on fleek; Dustin Carmack successfully used the new Chick-fil-A app; No one is more American than Laura Peavy and her upcoming birthday celebrations; Marc Alberts wins Hill Country Karaoke; No one will lunch with Jimmy Walsh; Taking bets on how many puppies Dan Harder takes from ASPCA next week; Congrats to Brandon Reeves on his journey to law school, DC will miss you; Marie Formica turns 21 again, wish her a happy birthday as she celebrates all weekend long; Does Sean Hayes measure his age in rat years?; Greg Watson’s profile picture is perfection; Neil Chatterjee met with Cindy Crawford this week and explained why she was always part of his posse on Oregon Trail.

#MEDIAMOVES BY BRYANT ROW

The RNC welcomes Leah Le’Vell to their team; Josh Rogin is making career moves and has joined CNN; The Washington Post has brought on Candace Buckner to cover the Wizards; Reuters is pulling together some print materials for those of us headed to Cleveland and Philadelphia (or on iPad if you won’t be there). Harold Evans is spearheading the conventions magazine project with help from Jonathan Alter, Ross Barkan, and Kyle Pope (h/t FishbowlDC); As the Supreme Court’s session comes to an end, so does Lyle Denniston’s time with SCOTUSblog; Congratulations to Ben Jenkins on the promotion at Locust Street; Sean Darragh heads to FTI Consulting where he will serve as managing director in its public affairs practice; UPDATED: The Trump campaign made some moves and bringing on Vincent Harris – but he is already out after just a few days; Beth Fouhy will serve as senior editor for politics at both MSNBC and NBC News after two-and-a-half years with MSNBC.com; After serving as the organization’s COO since Fall 2015, Carolyn DeWitt is the new president of Rock the Vote; Congrats to Carrie Adams for her new role on the Pelosi team as Digital Director; Blair Ellis leaves Congresswoman Ellmer’s (R-NC) office to join the Energy & Commerce Committee as press secretary and digital coordinator.

#BYE

Red, white and booze ya later.