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Famous Friday [Round Up]
Jenna Bush Hager got a Today show gig, Huffington Post moved next door to the White House, Kate Michael blocks time on her schedule to respond to facebook invitations, The Hill redesigned their Web site, We like you too Politics Magazine, Gov. Rod Blagojevich gave Rahm heartburn, Harry Reid told …
DC Stands for Damn Cool
It takes a reporter named Gabriella BOSTON to cut New York City down to size. Washington Times: D.C.’s power, prestige takes bite out of Big Apple In the blatantly self-reverential battle between New York and Washington for the title of “Most Important City in America,” New York has always claimed …
Presidential Pastime: Blaming the Media
After a whirlwind courtship that landed Barack Obama in the White House, we thought the love between the media and POTUS would last forever. But like all summer flings, the romance is gone. The honeymoon is now officially over. Ben Smith: Blaming the media, again … Greg Sargent: Obama’s Political …
Auto-Tune the News #8: Joe Biden and Michael Vick
They’ve done it again. The Gregory Brothers were joined in their newsmangling by Chairman Pain of the Federal Commission of T-Pain. No, seriously, T-Pain .
FamousDC Endorses: FishbookDC’s Summer Superlatives
The money has been counted votes have been tallied; FamousDC is proud to endorse in FishbookDC’s Summer Superlative Contest . We know all nominated are spectacular journos, but we feel the following candidates will stay classy and keep DC Famous for years to come. Most Likely to be a Headline …
FishbowlDC Announces Remaining Candidates
Christine and Matt must be working overtime. FishbowlDC just announced the remaining candidates for their Summer Superlative Contest . We’re still waiting on bribes to announce our endorsements, but we will say that the Biggest Rebel category will be the toughest. Do we go with American Bad Ass John Stanton …
If Michelle Had $508 Dollars …
Mrs. O: Fashion Forward Footwear Mrs. O and family made their way home to the White House yesterday, after a week away on Martha’s Vineyard. Of great interest was Mrs. O’s choice of shoes as she exited Marine One – a pair of asymmetric, toe loop Maison Martin Margiela sandals. Want …
FishbowlDC’s Summer Superlative Candidates: The “Mosts”
Yesterday Matt Dornic and friends revealed the candidates for the FishbowlDC Class of 2009 Summer Superlative Contest We’re still waiting to see who pays us off endorse any candidates, but stay tuned. As Washingtonians, our vote doesn’t count in Congress, so we might as well take advantage of the opportunity …
FamousDC – September
Greg Berlin Gary Coby Ryan Foster Jenna Hager Justin Hart Kim Hart Dianna Heitz Rodell Mollineau Chris Paulitz Josh Rogin
Happy Monday Morning
Enjoy the nice weather this week and remember: everything is possible for him who believes.
Famous Friday [Round Up]
Jennifer Crider is taking some time off, Rob Bluey turned 3-0, Katie Harbath is getting her NRSC 2.0 on, Chris Cooley is our life coach – but Tanner Cooley is still playing hard to get, Mark Penn glamped his way into a little Wall Street Journal controversy, Kara Sidone and …
It’s Like Facebook, But For Awesome People
Republicanville is a new social network for, you guessed it … [Republicans] Republicanville is otherwise known as: Match.com for people who have ever purchased Sarah Palin gear. A chat forum for everything Vineyard Vines. Where good ideas are retweeted, and then never heard from again. Where the average attention span …
Ted Kennedy’s First Day in Office
Here’s a clip from Big Think of Ted Kennedy describing his first trip to DC in 1949 when he was 15 years old. His tour guide was his older brother, John, then 30, who was serving his first day as an elected congressman, and who gave Ted some advice that …
All Rush Needs Is One Mic
POLITICO: Rush Limbaugh responds to Jay-Z What next? FamousDC imagines … Congressional Rap Battles: Rappers vs. Legislators Lil Wayne vs. Nancy Pelosi … Ludacris vs. Eric Cantor … Nas vs. John Murtha … Snoop Dogg and Dennis Kucinich vs. Patrick McHenry Actually, if anyone decides to organize a Congressional Rap …