Redskins QBs rock [rookies] Holiday party bingo [festive] Drive like a president [truck] Photo by Kevin Wolf

*Our thoughts are with those families grieving in Connecticut today. No email today. Hug your loved ones.* Katie Harbath is nearing the early stages of burnout, Dave Tate couldn’t take the awkward stares, Rob Raffety is not running for President in 2016, Patrick Gavin figured out the real meaning behind …

NASA says world will not end [relief] Background checks are good [interns] Bush dynasty to continue [fired up] Photo by Brandon Kopp

We’re pretty sure the last time cannons were fired on the US was some time around the War of 1812. Daily Call Reports Just when you thought drug running couldn’t get more extreme, U.S. border patrol officers find 33 cans of marijuana in the desert near the border that they …

Taxi colors spark fights [DC Council] Who drinks the most? [Mad Men] Put us on the list [DC Tweeps] Photo by Jeremy Art

Foggy Morning at the Washington Monument by Navin Sarma. You can find him on Facebook or visit his site for more shots of DC.  

Obamas get addicted to pinning [White House] The internet loves monkeys [Ikea] Why you couldn’t gchat yesterday [Google] Photo by Kevin Wolf

Carlos Sanchez, Pelosi’s Deputy Press Secretary & Advisor, by Tom Williams.

Redskins victory gets Beltway excited [sports] Join us & National Journal tonight [influencers] Obama, Conan & Psy [concert] Photo by Emily Reid

RGIII fixed the fiscal crisis, here’s the Cribline’s House pick of the week, get scared Pitt, Nick Schaper checked-in at the CHC, DeMint making moves, congratulations to Jessica and Todd Boulanger on the birth of their baby girl, are you on the list yet?, Freethink Media is having a big week, Greg Crist …

Congratulations to Rebecca Gale, CQ Roll Call publicist turned Roll Call contributing editor turned author, on her book launch. Gale unveiled her first book, Trying, at a party Tuesday night at Science Club. The novel is a fictional piece on a young Washington, DC couple post-college graduation. Gale is incredibly excited about Trying’s debut, as she …

They’re fresh, they’re hot and they’re all 35 and Under. But who are they you ask? Find out who the up and coming DC influencers are by joining us next Monday, December 10 as we sponsor National Journal Influence Alley’s 35 and Under. With host Christ Frates, we’re excited to …

To keep the interns and reporters in line. h/t Michael Tadeo

National Christmas Tree causes problems [traffic] Animals won the internet again in 2012 [photos] Who doesn’t love political memes? [funny] Photo by Jeremy Art

Washington, D.C. – Robert Griffin, III, known by fans as RG3, spent Monday night  dismantling the  New York football Giants and then convened a bipartisan conference meeting Wednesday morning to solve the fiscal cliff crisis. “I understand waiting until the last minute to win,” said RG3, the 2012 Heisman Trophy …