The LA Dodgers were the punchline of quite a few ESPY jokes last night and will be the butt of the joke tonight at the Roll Call Congressional Baseball game. Bankrupting America, a project of Public Notice, is running ads on the back of the player baseball cards. The copy …

Obama walks out [intense] Virgin Mobile fest lineup [and dates] Marion Barry’s son faces drug charges [only in DC] What Jon Stewart thinks of Bachmann’s husband [wow] Tucker calls journos drunk and lazy [again, wow]

There might be delicious news on the horizon for VA residents who hate to cross the rive on the weekends. [yum] Residents of the D.C. suburbs with a hankering for a chili half-smoke may not have to go all the way to 13th and U streets NW or Nationals Park …

Eight glasses of water, more harm than good? [fresh news] DC Summer Carnival takes over RFK [hell yes] RNC fundraising team making it rain [trust] Might be time to break up with Netflix [too much] What’s Rick P waiting for? [tick tock] Peanut tosser turns into jailbird [plane games]  

Here’s a solid description of Google+ via Playbook. AWESOME DESCRIPTION OF GOOGLE+, the search giant’s new social-media service (currently invite-only) –MIT Technology Review: “Google has created the opportunity for Facebook-weary people to perform … ‘a reset on Facebook,’ allowing them to escape from Facebook members they’ve friended over the years …

This will likely be the coolest thing you view today. District 1.5 : HDR Time-lapse from Drew Geraci on Vimeo. h/t David Almacy via Ethan Klapper

There is nothing better than Joe Biden joining Twitter.  GQ agrees. So, our fearless Veep Joe Biden has joined Twitter. The same one who has made malapropisms and verbal blunders a signature of his career. This should be fun. Here, a taste of what to expect from @VP Just had …

The show and the omelets must go on.  [event details] “Music should strike fire from the heart of man,” Beethoven said. And Friday July 15, your favorite D.C. band Bonjour, Ganesh! is helping an American institution rise from the flames like a phoenix – a phoenix who likes to dance …

Congratulations to Jim Long aka @newmediajim for 15 years of service at @NBCNews.

Just for kicks, we took the transcript from Obama’s Twitter Townhall and then removed Jack Dorsey’s questions and all the side notes (Laughter, Applause, THE PRESIDENT, etc). The total number of words used by President Obama in his answers was about 8,519 — or roughly 38,703 characters. Translation, at 140 …

DC is moving quickly. [ironic?] District residents soon won’t need to travel to other states for medical marijuana. Legalized in D.C. last year, the program is steamrolling ahead with a panel that will sift through applications for cultivators and dispensaries. There will be 10 cultivation centers and five dispensaries. 80 …

Metro escalators not working [shocker] More housing coming to 15th and V St. [high rise] Date me DC is single again [needs a date] Red Hook Lobster Truck coming to a location near you [Arlington] Rick Perry vs. George W. Bush [NY Times] Fireworks [AND lightening] Paint Job [Audi 5,000] …

Famous for DC sportscaster Lindsay Czarniak is heading up to Connecticut. We wish her the best of luck! h/t Mike Allen’s Playbook

Courtesy of Unpopped Collar.

The Tune Inn is hosting a clean up party and you’re invited to help. The rustic but iconic storefront was all boarded up last night with a sign posted from owner Lisa Nardelli (pictured) encouraging volunteers to help pick up the pieces in the aftermath of Wednesday’s kitchen fire at …