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You could see it coming from miles away, but it has been made official- Jim Slattery’s campaign apologized to Sen. Roberts for calling him an a-hole. Democrat Jim Slattery’s campaign has apologized for an e-mail sent to thousands of people that contained a crude word to describe Republican Sen. Pat …

Nothing celebrates a 50th Birthday like multiple MOON BOUNCES! If they had these all the time, all of the city’s problems would be solved. Streets would get fixed, crime would come to a grinding halt, Pepco workers would be helpful – simply, the world would be a better place. We …

We’re still big fans of the Washington Redskins Blogging All-Pro Tight End, but Backstreet Boys? Really? Captain “Christy Has Me Whipped” Chaos: Chris Cooley taking his wife to the Backstreet Boys show at Wolf Trap on Monday. The Redskins star (yellow shirt, backwards Atlanta Braves cap) gamely fist-bumped a fan, …

Both campaigns have done a good job trotting out their conventional wisdom picks: Romney for McCain Biden for Obama Did we just bite on another pump fake or are these the legit picks?

She’s the mysterious character that occasionally pops up on the FamousDC radar screen.  And as we know from our inbox, she seems to be popular, so we set out to find more out about what makes the “Hot File” so hot. Here are her Famous 5 questions. 1) Worst pick-up …

Listen up sports fans, we’ve got two outs in the bottom of the 9th, 4th down, 6 teams fouls, only seconds left on the clock before the buzzer sounds … WE’VE GOT VICE PRESIDENTIAL PICKS COMING You can get text alerts from the Obama campaign as soon as the pick …

Millions of readers…..readers for FDC…..millions of readers…..readers for free….. We haven’t hit 1 million yet, but have you subscribed to our daily email alert? What about our Twitter page?  YouTube? Smoke Signals?

Brandishing her partisan credentials, the Hotfile attacks McCain and his photo-op on an oil rig platform. Enjoy SR!

BUT not debate while partying. Hill Republicans continue to own Capitol Lounge, but is everything else slipping away? Democratic staffers have taken over U Street and are looking to expand their jurisdiction. Will an Obama Administration mean nobody can get a table at Chi-Cha Lounge and Local 16’s roof top …

Captain Chaos jams straight 90s music. Cooley posted his and Mike Sellers top 20 songs from Week 3 of the Preseason. You can read their lists after the jump, but in the meantime:

Kurtz: The “Frill” is Gone Perhaps the shift also reflects a boredom with Washington in the eighth year of the Bush presidency, at a time when terror alerts have faded and Congress seems gridlocked about everything. If so, more papers might shore up their bureaus at the start of an …

OK, so August is still here. If we aren’t on a CODEL, leading energy revolutions on the House floor, or back tracking on drilling proposals, what should we do with all of our free time? We’ve decided to take this moment to investigate where DC get its daily conventional wisdom. …

Yes, even FamousDC takes breathers. Luckily, Daily Render doesn’t. Ever had a bike ride home by DC’s Theivery Corporation? Enjoy We can’t do any better. Period.

We’re still 100% thankful Gilbert Arenas is staying in D.C. and we love reading his blog updates on basketball, video games and life. Arenas is actually our second favorite DC area sports blogger (we got you Cooley!). His latest blog post covers the NBA trades and free agent moves, the …