Anne Schroeder: Rep. Jane Harman talks about being wiretapped As she told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer: "My phone is ringing off the hook in my office from worried members who are asking whether I think it could have happened to them. I think this is an abuse of power, Wolf." munky …

Why would someone blessed with the gift of gab, like Ellen Moran, leave the powerful White House Communications Director spot for the Department of Commerce? Politico: Moran Leaves W.H. for Commerce Especially if she has such a smooth way with words? Asked why she’d leave the White House for a …

It looks like Mike Allen is taking advice from The Godfather . Responding to criticism from Obama-supporters (Andrew Sullivan) of his exclusive article outlining POTUS’ decision to release top secret CIA memos, Mike took the high road. He writes : "there’s a certain World Wrestling Entertainment element to these blog slams: It’s …

THE WORD O’ WHEATON: Nation’s First Black President Tells U.N. to Stuff Anti-Racism Conference The United Nations is a joke. The fact that it was George W. Bush saying as much for the last eight years didn’t make it any less a statement of fact. Perhaps one benefit of having …

Nora McAlvanah waited until the last minute to hang at H&R Block with her taxes in hand, Doug Heye turned 27, Elliot asked all of DC to "Rock the ‘Hawk" for the Caps, still lots of out of office replies on the hill [recess], $20 says Karl Rove didn’t say …

Diary of a Mad DC Cabbie: The Stalkers The guy came clean and told me that he wanted to spy on his girlfriend because he is convinced that she is cheating on him. She was supposed to be in her bed early, at least that was what she told him …

Finally! Someone talks about taxes and doesn’t bring up tea bags. h/t Nikki Burdine

In this economy, can you really blame him?

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It all comes down to this. We’ve seen battles, we’ve witnessed the verbal assaults, we’ve even seen pictures and updates from the White House briefing room. 64 twitterers started this tournament and today two twits remain: @MichaelTurk vs.@matthewgagnon . Several story lines here folks: NCTA vs. NMS Kung Fu Quip …

This must be the only story in town. Everyone has written on it. Over the weekend Ben Pershing became the most recent reporter to jump on the House GOP vs. House GOP bandwagon. Did we leave any out? Ben Pershing: GOP May Be Stuck on Cohesion Jackie Kucinich: Boehner Unfazed …

Monday is here again – back like a bad enchilada. Did you participate in the 2009 DC Pillow Fight yesterday? U2 tickets are on sale today at 10 a.m. Ahh, recess .

Mike Madden told everyone he drove a Plymouth Voyager minivan in high school, Christina Bellatoni scooped Mike Allen on Robert Gibbs birthday, Andrew Noyes and Mark Cuban wondered if Tweets are copyrighted, we totally fell for GMail auto-pilot, O.A.R. announced they’ll spend Friday, August 7th at Merriweather, Brian Devine still …

Meet Mike Madden, Salon.com’s Washington correspondent. You may remember Mr. Madden from such events as: His overtime #FDC Twitter battle versus Patrick Ruffini … His firsthand coverage of Senator Dodd taking a room full of reporters hostage Luckily he’s decided to spend a few minutes answering five random questions from …

This is what happens when you spend the night watching MTV Jamz while filing your story. Chris Frates: For some members, K St. is a dead end Most lawmakers who’ve made the switch aren’t able to make it seriously rain once they walk through the revolving door. Well said, Mr. …