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Famous Friday [Round Up]
Arianna Huffington loves Christine DeLargy’s jewelry, Clinton Portis wanted to be a wrestler as a kid, DC experienced a Rainpcalypse, Tara Palmeri is the boss, Emily Heil celebrated her birthday, Ryan Grim is that guy, Executive Branch spelling is hard, Huffington Post vs. POLITICO, Gilbert Arenas stopped shaving, Supreme Court …
Triple H Going Door Knocking (Down?) For Mother-In-Law McMahon
Beware citizens of Fairfield, CT. Professional wrestler Paul Levesque (aka Triple H aka The Cerebral Assassin aka The Game aka The King Of Kings) is going to be door knocking in your neighborhood this weekend. [Facebook] Glad Triple H and Linda McMahon patched things up and got over the whole …
Obama Administration to Begin Taxing TIME
The Twitter machine of White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs: If you missed this video, please tax 2 mins and watch it – pass it along to your friends http://bit.ly/9o6LdL
Lessons in Bravery
Bob Shrum puts his 0-7 record as a consultant in Presidential races to make a bold Congressional prediction. Real Clear Politics: Bob Shrum: Democrats will hold the House and Senate Maybe I’m wrong. In fact, maybe I’m really, really wrong, which is the reaction I hear when I dare even …
FamousDC – October
Courtney Cohen Jared Degnan Jennifer Fox Hillary Jackson Kaarin Moore Sonja Olson GaBrielle Pedriani Michael Ricci Christine Sequenzia Sarah Zlotnick
FamousDC Rahm Emanuel #RahmMadness
So it looks like Rahm F*!**&G Emanuel is running for Mayor of Chicago [Bears bandwagon?] We thought this would be a great opportunity for all of us to reflect on our time together. June 21, 2010: Rahm Packing His Bags? April 10, 2010: Look Out Foursquare … Rahm Wants to …
Fortune’s Most Powerful Women in Washington
Fortune is out with their annual list of the Most Powerful Women in Business. Washington’s Power Players: #1 – Hilary Clinton, Secretary of State; #2 – Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House; #3 – Mary Schapiro, Chair of the SEC; #4 – Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services; …
There’s Something About Congressman Alan Grayson…
We’ll expect to take some heat for this, but seriously, here’s a tip for the Alan Grayson campaign: If your ads make the candidate look like Warren from Something About Mary, then you might want to change media firms.
How the Internets Determine Control of Congress
Mashable’s Geoff Livingston: Social Media: The New Battleground for Politics Control of the House of Representatives hangs in the balance of the 2010 Congressional election. A recent forecast published on The New York Times website anticipates a two-out-of-three chance for a change in power. The election has become a war, …
Stephen Colbert vs. Steny Hoyer vs. Nancy Pelosi
Two gentlemen enter. One gentleman leaves. Roll Call’s Jackie Kucinich: Hoyer Criticizes Colbert’s Testimony Before House Panel The testimony that comedian Stephen Colbert made to a House subcommittee last week was “inappropriate,” according to House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer. “I think it was an embarrassment for Mr. Colbert more than …
NOW at Night [Friday, October 1st]
Celebrate with special guest Chris Martin, Honorary Chair of the Host Committee, and join fellow contemporary art lovers and philanthropists for the much-anticipated launch of NOW at the Corcoran—an exciting program of exhibitions presenting new and site-specific work by emerging and mid-career artists. Friday, October 1 8 p.m. to Midnight …
Video Footage of Democrats Losing House Majority
Colbert: “I hope my star power can bump this up all the way to C-SPAN 1.”
The Revolution Will Be Plaid
GOP unveils new agenda at a lumber yard. Sean Duffy was jealous.