We wanted to give a quick shout-out to friends of FamousDC kicking it down in Miami: Mark Pfeifle, James Davis, Chris Brooks and Fargo, ND radio/Internet host Scott Hennen. They’re down there to present as finalists in the We PitchIt! Changemakers contest in Miami. The winner gets  $25K for a …

Philip Rucker gets all the fun assignments.

Nice round-up from our friend Betsy Rothstein

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Chuck Todd: “There’s no worse crime in journalism these days than simply deciding something’s a story because Drudge links to it.”

Nikita Stewart and Paul Schwartzman probably aren’t getting out of parking tickets any time soon. WaPo: Friends share in D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty’s good fortune

The WaPo can’t quit Rahm, David Broder will likely get a crappy Secret Santa gift, USA hockey still rules, Shannon Flaherty is heading back to the hill, Charlie Rangel has a little more free time now, Jay-Z lit up the White House, stare down, meet Josh Rogin, Obama’s cholesterol went …

We can’t quit Rahm either. Howard Kurtz: Dueling Post columns on Rahm Emanuel

Deadspin’s Dashiell Bennett: Wizards Tickets Less Valuable Than a Cup of Coffee

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Deadspin’s Tommy Craggs: Marvin Miller Remembers The Pre-Crazy Jim Bunning, Labor Revolutionary

Intense.

Washington City Paper’s Amanda Hess: The Fred Phelps Counter-Protest in Photos