Is today the best day of Ryan Grim’s reporting career? Remember folks, he gets paid for this. Huffington Post: Trey Anastasio, Phish Frontman, Tells Addiction Story On Capitol Hill, Lobbies For Drug Courts Phish’s floppy-haired frontman is sporting a sharp, navy blue suit, which can only mean one of two …

Major League Baseball announced today that Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Manny Ramirez has been suspended for 50 games for violating its drug policy.  [atta boy] *Note: This news does not affect the Washington Nationals.  They will still end up in last place.

Having solved all other problems, Congress has now turned its attention to the two most important issues facing America today: online poker and college football. Frank Set To Introduce Web Gambling Bill Jon Stewart checks how Congress is dealing with the nation’s high-priority issues, such as the BCS We’re actually …

Staffers aren’t the only ones fired up about the escalating food prices at the Congressional cafeterias. According to CQ, Congresswoman Wasserman-Schultz has a beef with the CAO. Bennett Roth: Wasserman Schultz Finds Prices at House’s Cafeterias Difficult to Swallow Staff and members are “paying some outrageous prices for food here,” …

Not exactly how they envisioned their journey ending… An expedition team which set sail from Plymouth on a 5,000-mile carbon emission-free trip to Greenland have been rescued by an oil tanker.  [sail fail] The bad news: Big oil wins, again. The good news :  Because the ship is headed to …

The "right" claims the "left" should be "nervous" when it comes to Twitter. I realize I’m inviting much ridicule from my friends on the left, but I’m going to write this post anyway, and I’m going to leave the title intact – Why Twitter Matters & The Left Should Be …

Moments ago, as Rep. Barney Frank stood to address Congress, onlookers in the House gallery broke out in song. It looks like Howard Mortman and Adam Sharp are earning their keep over at C-SPAN. When something goes down on the House floor, they’re quick to farm out the coverage.  [hey …

In honor of LeBron James winning the NBA MVP [and because rooting for the Wizards drives us to drink], we would like to encourage FDC readers to celebrate by going to the bar this weekend [Cap Lounge] and having a drink that is growing in popularity, that you may not …

UPDATE: Not that we could see this coming from a mile away, but KFC is running out of chicken. An anonymous source familiar with the matter tells us that the Oprah/KFC promotion threatens to break the entire, national supply chain of bird. It sounds as though situation is critical.  [get …

Tim Gunn, from fashion television show Project Runway, (and Tim Gunn’s Guide to Style) was spotted today with LeAnne Marshall (Project Runway’s Season 5 winner) in the Rayburn Cafeteria. Tim Gunn was "making it work" and in town to lobby Congress in a hearing about the intellectual property rights of …

Apparently Arlen Specter isn’t the only person no longer welcome in Kansas. [operation yellow brick road]

Even though he warned the rest of the country to be weary about public places, Joe Biden isn’t scare of swine — or beef for that matter. Earlier this afternoon, Vice Presdient Joe Biden, accompanied by his boss President Obama, enjoyed a burger at Ray’s Hell Burger in Virginia. On …

We can’t take it any more. All the good ones are dying, and yet Dane Cook still lives. First Bea Arthur , Now This R.I.P., Captain Chaos.

Senator Claire McCaskill had some unfortunate timing this morning. Via Twitter: Stuck in tram from Capitol to Hart. Broken. Not moving. Lieberman and Alexander in next car. And Voiniitch. Wonder how long we’ll be here? The response of the day goes to Mike Madden: Obviously you would’ve broken out of …

At a lecture in Kansas Sunday, former North Carolina senator Elizabeth Dole said that she and her husband Bob would be starting the NutriSystem diet.  [slimming news] This was the first Bob had heard about it. h/t Wake Up Call