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48th Annual Roll Call Congressional Baseball Game
Republicans vs. Democrats Members of Congress playing baseball Staffers drinking on a school night Yep, this sounds like a great opportunity for live Twitter updates. A few FamousDC editors are sending real time updates from the baseball game. You can check it out here: www.twitter.com/FamousDC
Off the Mountain: JC Watts
Erik Brady:‘The American way’: Sports hire lobbyists for Capitol Hill clout "That is what it is," Watts says. "I don’t think you’ll find any government affairs shop that believes they’re overpaid."
Dear President Obama: We Want These Five
Why are we buying companies losing money by the minute? We want these. Diatribes by Joah President Obama: 5 Companies US Taxpayers Would Like to Own President Obama, We wanted to write you and see if you would consider buying into some American companies that we think would be sounder …
FREE BOOK: This Is Your Country on Drugs
***FREE BOOK*** The first 3 people at Saturday’s book party who say FamousDC sent them get a free copy. You’ve read the Ryan Grim Famous 5 interview . You’ll (hopefully) buy the book . Now you can attend the book launch: When: Saturday, June 20th at 8:00 p.m. Where: American …
Hyper Hill
Rainbows [14th Street ] We’re out of here [DC ] Girl fight [DC Alex ] Metro [suicides ] Shoe [crisis ]
Which is Tougher?
Running an NFL franchise or managing an amusement park? DCist: File Under Duh: Six Flags is Bankrupt It’s reported that Snyder and his Redskins buddies who went in on the company lost over $130 million on their initial investment.
Do We Choose Our Own News?
New York Post’s Kyle Smith: Life Inside the Media Bubbles "In this town," Fox News’ Bill Sammon said yesterday of DC, "everything is political." Town? Try nation.
Famous Friday [Round Up]
Abby Phillip shot down several hill flacks with her mile-high story, Kim Oates celebrated a birthday, Garrett Graff’s top 50 list hit the intertubes, Shannon Flaherty joined Teresa, Doug, Matt and Taylor, Amanda Carpenter got a Drudge bomb with her union story, John Pappas and his poker players have been …
Hyper Hill
Capitol [Scoundrel ] Real World DC [Take My House! ] President Obama [tired ] 5-Finger [Discount ] GoRemy [DCist ]
Top DC Journalists
Yes, we realize this has been on the magazine rack at Whole Foods for days and drove Beltway dinner conversations last weekend – but just like the rest of Washington, we love lists — and this one is now online and linkable . Washingtonian: 50 Top Journalists 2009 Did Garrett …
Hyper Hill
This will break Elliot Segal’s heart [Reggie Miller ] Is he just messing around now? [Obama ] Nationals First Pick [Strasburg ]
Book Launch: This Is Your Country on Drugs
You’ve read the Ryan Grim Famous 5 interview . You’ll (hopefully) buy the book . Now you can attend the book launch: When: Saturday, June 20th at 8:00 p.m. Where: American Legion Post 8 D and 3rd Sts. SE 224 D St SE Pre-orders start to ship around June 15th …
Even Norah’s Smile Can’t Dull the Pain
of MSNBC’s massive graphics FAIL this morning. Even the ridiculous backwards checkmark on the ballot is overshadowed by… sigh… the fact that, um, you… used the WRONG STATE. That’s West Virginia. Which — spoiler alert — is different than Virginia. And we hate to pile on here, but you kinda …