By popular demand, we partnered up with our friends over at Photox again for a little fun with some of our favorite politicos.

The loss—the GOP’s fifth in a row and their worst in over 85 years—proved so frustrating that some members asked Speaker of the House John Boehner to fire Barton, who has been a part of the game for 28 years. “Where has there been a shortstop that didn’t bat?” asks …

Have a hankering for drone-served drinks? There’s a bar for that. The Cosmopolitan Hotel, not known for its subtlety, has introduced a new way for daytime revelers to get their drink on — bottle service via drone. The service costs $20,000. It can fly in 30 mph winds and climb …

Recess weeks can be a blissful break for a burned out staffer. Here’s how it usually goes. Last day of votes before a recess week. This is you. This is you, inside. Things are tense around the office. Very tense. Your boss is leaving. This is your face as you …

#NATIONAL Sucks to tie the National Spelling Bee; also this fail broke our hearts last night; but this one made us laugh; #Basketballmer; TL;DNR; 50 cent threw out a bad pitch but Wonkblog threw back a good infographic; Google’s version of  a self driving car sounds like a death trap; …

This is a cool tilt-shift video of a D.C. It makes ours a little, teeny, tiny, itty, bitty, little, tiny city.

Senator Claire McCaskill, homecoming queen. That is all. via

DC is a confusing city sometimes, especially if you’re driving. We could imagine all these on the same street corner. Jim Havard captured this striking photo of an interesting group of signs in a tunnel.

Timothy Homan has joined the growing team at Morning Consult as Finance Editor. Timothy will oversee the newest daily briefing, Morning Consult Finance, which launches this month. Previously, Timothy covered financial services and defense policy for Fiscal Times, Bloomberg and CQ-Roll Call.

Meet our new editor, Jill Abramson #NATIONAL OMG WTF: Texting 911; All offers, sport or otherwise, should also address your pet; Kevin Spacey kills it in his Call of Duty monologue; Say happy birthday to the man who gave us Facebook even though he’s an old loser now; Nintendo Game …

It’s coming. Soon. h/t Jim Romenesko

Jennifer Steinhauer wrote an gorgeous guide to a weekend exploring the greater Capitol Hill neighborhood as part of their famous 36 Hours series. Now you can brag to your friends from out of town that all your favorite places are now justified by the Gray Lady herself. We went ahead and mapped it for you below with her perspective at every location so you can rediscover the magic that is D.C.

Not feeling reading a 50 page policy paper in your office on a Friday? Want to get off Capitol Hill for a couple hours, but also want it known that you’re doing legitimate work? If you’re working in government and want to save the world (I’m looking at you, almost everyone in DC), check out this amazing day of startup government focused talks at 1776 tomorrow. Register now or read on.

The Councilwoman got her digs into DC’s local politics with her annual budget spoof letter. She proposes millions for a new class of “SuperDuperCans” that would be large enough to fit old trash receptacles inside. “The SuperDuperCans will be distributed on alternate trash days, and the old cans will certainly …