Wow, things really escalated quickly. Friday, April 16 The Securities and Exchange Commission charged Goldman, Sachs & Co. and one of its vice presidents for defrauding investors. [kick off] POLITICO’s Marty Kady questions the timing of the SEC’s charges [Twitter] Convenient timing: Huge SEC charges against Goldman land week before …

Reid spokesman Jim Manley waited until the last few minutes of work on this sunny Friday afternoon to bring out the zinger of the week. Huffington Post’s Ryan Grim: Unified GOP To Block Senate From Debating Wall Street Reform “Congratulations. I hope they feel good,” said Manley. “They’ve got 41 …

Jack Smith has an awesome Twitter background, did this guy finally get a day off?, we’re going to visit asteroids, hanging with Ali McSherry must be fun,  Mark Knoller trends on Twitter, Shira Toeplitz loves 90s rap, Anthony Weiner tea bags tea partiers, Justin Ross opened Justin’s Cafe,  can a …

We sometimes forget to slow down and soak in the city we all get to live and play in. Luckily for all of us, Mr. Jim Swift took that break and captured some amazing shots. These were all shot with a cheap plastic HOLGA camera, which you can buy on …

The Hill’s Alexander Bolton: SEC charges Goldman Sachs, setting stage for reform debate The changes against the prominent Wall Street bank sets the stage for debate over financial regulatory reform that is expected to begin in the Senate next week.

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The ole Pombo machine is up and running. And the enviros have their sights set on him … again. WSJ’s Kim Strasasel: The Green’s Ground Zero . A rural Republican is targeted by the environmental left.

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Asteroids? Reuters: Obama sees U.S. manned missions to Mars, asteroids . “But Obama did not provide a detailed road map of how these breakthroughs would be achieved.”

Two men enter. One man leaves. Andrew Sorkin vs. Paul Krugman H/T MKHammer

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Library of Congress Press Release: Twitter Donates Entire Tweet Archive to Library of Congress Twitter is donating its digital archive of public tweets to the Library of Congress. Twitter is a leading social networking service that enables users to send and receive tweets, which consist of web messages of up …

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