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Update: Our original post below was accompanied by a great photo taken by a highly awarded photographer at Roll Call. Unfortunately, by posting the image, as we do so many other images, we failed to follow proper 21st Century Internet protocol. *see the comment section below. In order to make …

One of Capitol Hill’s favorite couples tied the knot this past weekend. Ted Prill, a long time political operative, and Katie Martin, former Hill flack turned Communications Director for U.S. Senate candidate Wil Cardon, said their “I Do’s” in a beautiful ceremony at Red Rock Canyon outside of Las Vegas. …

Barbara Bush is not a fan of mud-slinging. Former first lady Barbara Bush on Monday criticized the political process and said she thinks the ongoing presidential campaign process has been the “worst” she’s ever seen. “I think it’s been the worst campaign I’ve ever seen in my life,” she said …

Drudge = Puppet Master? [Ricky] Kate Bennett leaves Capitol File [headed to Washingtonian] Rushing to fix the anti-Rush [wowsers] This Tuesday promises to be Super! [time to vote] 21 dirtiest moments in sports [Bleacher Report] By StickWare  

Howard Mortman must be very happy this morning. Clooney and Boies skipped to the next subject: Their love of watching CSPAN. “I’m not talking about watching it constantly on a loop, because that would put you to sleep,” Clooney said. “You have to pick your spots.” “Like the House of …

Marion Barry elected as Obama delegate [boom] Putin cries [who knew] Obama snags Sheen’s intern [winning] Bush impersonator dies [also did Clinton and Obama] Debbie Allen offers to teach Santorum how to dance [ask DeLay] By Kelvin 0001  

Bill Clark cleans up on awards, Did you accept Chef Spike’s Challenge?, Member of Congress have creative speech writers, the twins are one week old, JB wants you to “like” where he works, Lira went dark this week, Teddy and Katie are on our minds, Josh Rogin loves the Bahamas, …

Some guy named Buddy got hacked [who?] Rush got the bomb squad [FLA] New radio war [DC style] Ivanka does Longworth [spotted] By MB-FOTOGRAFIA  

You can almost tell he doesn’t really understand what he’s reading while he’s reading it. h/t Gawker

Wizards can’t keep up [again] This study won’t comfort you [at all] DC bike polo [looks dope] DC Chili War continues [Ben’s vs ?] Bristol changes her mind about reality TV [yea!] By Biketripper  

Meet Travis. He works at New Media Strategies. He loves socks.

Have you ever wondered which Member of Congress has the best vocabulary? Or the worst? A new interactive map helps to crack the mystery. The map shows the “breadth of vocabulary of each of the nation’s 435 voting Representatives. A darker green color indicates that a Rep has a larger …

The Fed made money [AIG] Councilwoman clocked going 105 mph [given warning] Caps win in OT [Ovie!] The Proposal Photobomb [moon sighting] Colburn hired as Obama 2012 Communications Director [strong]

And we thought this was the dumbest thing we’d read all day. “Forty percent of the female students at Georgetown Law reported to us that they struggled financially as a result of this policy (Georgetown student insurance not covering contraception), Fluke reported. It costs a female student $3,000 to have …

Josh Rogin doesn’t think Obama fundraisers make good ambassadors, so he’s looking for an appointment himself. President Obama, you have a chance to fulfill your campaign promise of appointing foreign policy professionals, not campaign bundlers, to important diplomatic posts in foreign capitals. Send Josh Rogin to the Bahamas to fulfill …