It looks like the lovers of Virginia have lost out to the frowners. Thomas Frank: Four states adopt ‘no smiles’ policy for driver’s licenses Stopping driver’s license fraud is no laughing matter: Four states are ordering people to wipe the grins off their faces in their license photos. … "Neutral …

Sarah Robinson Photography: Freedom Ride, Washington DC May 24, 2009 HerbofDC: Buffalo Thunder in Shaw Tony Eckersley: Rolling Thunder – Washington DC DigitallyDC: Memorial Day CNN’s Mike Ahlers: Rolling Thunder Comes to Washington

Enjoy the holiday and be careful out there. We’ll see you next week. Until then, we’re hanging on a boat .

Brody Mullins and Lauren Poplawski got hitched, Elizabeth Edwards promoted her book in DC, Jessica Boulanger took the youngest Nationals fan alive to the stadium for battle with the Phillies, Querry Robinson celebrated a birthday, David Wade chased down a dude who stole his blackberry outside of Verizon Center, Garrett …

Politico’s Mike Allen was spotted with C-SPAN’s Howard Mortman — and Mike didn’t have his trusty blackberry in hand. FamousDC was able to secure the only known photograph of The Playbook sans blackberry taken since January 23, 2007. When asked about the beltway brain trust meeting, both parties provided the …

The Energy and Commerce Committee has been a barrel of laughs this week. We thought Chairman Waxman’s sly move of sending all the Republicans cucumber sandwiches would take the cake, but boy were we wrong! Earlier today, in the never-ending mark-up, Congressman Joe Barton asked the Democrats’ speed reader to …

As part of C-SPAN’s "Students & Leaders" program showing next week, C-SPAN recently taped RNC chairman Michael Steele talking to students at Woodson Senior High School in DC. During Mr. Steele’s presentation, he tells Woodson students how we got kicked out of Johns Hopkins. He tells the students: "I partied …

Have you ever read a press release and thought, “was this actually approved by someone whose academic career went beyond elementary school?” What about releases that went above and beyond the call of duty and actually grabbed your attention? In the spirit of drawing well-deserved attention to press secretaries everywhere, …

Let’s be honest, this might be a good idea on paper, but even Dan Snyder, who makes a living wasting money, would agree that this idea is a bit much. WaPo’s Thomas Heath: Disney Buys Land for Future Resort Hotel at National Harbor Washington Post Exclusive: Walt Disney Co. has …

Every now and then a FamousDC post will fire up a few people. We posted on May 14th about a story that Roll Call’s Emily Yehle and DCist’s Sommer Mathis also covered. FamousDC: Drunk Man Enters Hart Senate Office Building – Attempts to Bar Hop That same day a comment …

Fresh off his new rap hit , the self proclaimed "White Jay Z " and Hills star, Spencer Pratt, Twitters to the McCains about his desire to be President of the NRA. Spencer Pratt : @McCainBlogette @johnmccain I want to be president of NRA! Spencer Pratt : @SenJohnMcCain where do …

Brian Rogers changed teams, Wanda Sykes threw fuel on the fire, Richard Hunt felt the heat of a few background quotes on his way over to CBA, Megan McArdle and Marc Ambinder were both promoted at The Atlantic, The Fix gave a shout-out to Barack Obama’s Teleprompter, Ben and Beth …

Whether it’s your office March Madness pool or a long weekend in a Vegas Sports Book, it’s always good to have the latest betting sheets: [Who loves energy?] E&C Chairman Henry Waxman told Reuters he has the votes to pass this next week. The Associated Press calls this package a …

This is not a mere commentary on the looks of your current short list, as that would be shallow, and really isn’t worth getting into … yikes . But here are our top 10 reasons why you should select Kimberly for the high court: 10) She’s a Fox News host…thereby …

It’s a Tweet down! After being asked by Patrick Ruffini, Joe Trippi calls a George Stephanopoulos story about John Edwards: "complete BS — fantasyland – not true." The story George Stephanopoulos: Edwards Staff Had Affair ‘Doomsday’ Strategy Basically, if it looked like Edwards was going to win the Democratic Party …