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 …

Spot on. h/t bretmanley and great work @GoRemy Our favorite lines: So many places to choose you’re gonna like to pick I’m in Courthouse so much that they call me Michael Vick But we never do drugs no, cuz that’s not me the only thing high up in here are …

Reggie Love to whoever would listen at the time: "I did NOT sign up for this sh*t. I thought this job involved playing hoops and eating burgers with the boss." Reports are that Rahm enjoyed the ride. *Photo courtesy of the WH flickr page.

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 …

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 …

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 …

Emily Miller, the former DeLay spokesperson, who’s afraid of nobody, recently laid some smack down on Kevin Spacey – who is playing Jack Abramoff in the movie “Casino Jack.” According to reports, Abramoff blames Miller for the reason he’s in prison.  [ignore the fact that he’s a criminal].  Miller, who …

Chris Bowlin is setting up shop in the Senate, Playboy stepped in it with their hate f*** list (big time), Jennifer Crider is now part-time political director and part time hedge-clipper, Jordan Stoick is now a daddy, La Loma had a huge tree fall in front of the restaurant — …

Hotline on Call: Double Duty: Crider To Pelosi (June 3, 2009) Speaker Nancy Pelosi has named Jennifer Crider , until recently DCCC comm. dir., her political dir. Crider will be responsible for political communications and strategy work on behalf of members and House candidates, according to a release. FamousDC: DCCC: …

A tipster spotted this in a stack of international mail:

We thought you meant… um… A good old fashioned headline war is one thing. Completely opposite takes on something as banal as a Congressional agenda are a bit different. Yet that’s what avid hill rag readers got yesterday morning, courtesy of The Hill and CQToday, both of which took a …

Sometimes Nora and team nail one and then you have to spend the afternoon cleaning up coffee off your keyboard. Yes, we drink coffee through the afternoon. Try it. From yesterday’s Last Call: SWIZZLE STICKS • Sen. Jeff Sessions came out of his office today and predicted that America is …

Washington Independent: Tom Tancredo Staffer Pleads Guilty to Karate-Chopping Black Woman We love the legal brief: "…defendant was walking down the street making offensive remarks when he encountered the complaintant…" Really? That casual? Can’t you just visualize it? "I’m just <making offensive remarks> in the rain…just <making offensive remarks> in the rain…"

This may help explain it:

Every now and then you come across something that makes you thankful that 90% of Washington, D.C. constantly updates their every move on Twitter and the blogosphere. This, our friends, is one of those examples. DC Damsel: Confessions of a Beer Blogger: Random Acts of Selfishness I opted to buy …