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Oh My Goff, better known as Angie Goff, is the W*USA traffic anchor. She also happens to be the coolest TV personality we’ve ever run across.   A George Mason grad, Angie rejoined W*USA team after a stint as an intern back in 2001. Angie has also been honored with an …

Chris Paulitz and Nick Simpson celebrated birthdays, Jeb Hensarling talked with Jackie Kucinich about his lower profile on the front page of Roll Call, Maegan Carberry kicked it in DC for the week, Cynthia McKinney was released from an Israeli prison, Carrie Foster had a great run opening the J&G …

This has to get interesting. Sonia Sotomayor on Twitter ?

Yes, it doesn’t sound nearly as cool as pretzelgate , or Kobe-gate and while it might be the red-headed step child of the original Watergate – this is serious. We’re talking about "a pack of secret plastic-squeezing hypocrites." Heard on the Hill: Bottled-Up Frustrations The House Energy and Commerce Committee …

The Full Ginsburg teaches us all how to Talk Like a Politician. Our favorite: The Rahm Bomb

Stay thirsty my friends. Jarrett-Carter: Marion Barry: The Most Interesting Man in the World

We hope you enjoyed the holiday break. Now, what did we all miss? Great fireworks in DC for the 4th of July Sarah Palin resigned as Governor of Alaska [and JoMa worked through the holiday] Barack Obama announced the First Family is heading to Martha’s Vineyard Former Ravens’ QB Steve …

Amanda Carpenter and Howie Kurtz refereed the Dana Milbank vs. Nico Pitney battle, Art Bochner is heading back to NYC, the ghost of Ken Kesey is selling books for Ryan Grim, Chris Cooley burned a horse, Jack Victory celebrated a birthday, folks are gearing up for the CEG Party on …

Congress is out of town … what should we talk about? How about we all talk about each other ? I heart Politico Michael Wolff: Beltway Boys But I used to hate them Gawker: Michael Wolff Used to Hate Politico I don’t heart Politico Alex Pareene: Politico is Revolutionary Says …

What a week. First we learned the ex-WaPo reporters, John Harris and Jim VandeHei, registered www.postpolitics.com and then sold it back to The Washington Post AFTER they started Politico. VF: Beltway Boys Harris and VandeHei had begun, early on, registering domain names, including postpolitics.com, which the Post, when it began …

Jonathan Favreau makes $172,000 a year.

Ashley Estill Chanelle Hardy Claudine Hellmuth Dana Ayanna Greaves Julie Kosterlitz Ricardo Ramirez Maria Recupero Alejandra Owens Christina Wilkie Natalie Wyeth

$10 to the first Senator to ask Sotomayor about this at her confirmation hearing? New York Times: Sotomayor, a Trailblazer, and a Dreamer [but did she wear a bullet proof vest?] “At other times, it involved more derring-do: if the firm had a tip from the United States Customs Office …

Spend a few minutes with your morning coffee and check out Todd S. Purdum’s take on the Palin campaign. Vanity Fair: It Came From Wasilla Despite her disastrous performance in the 2008 election, Sarah Palin is still the sexiest brand in Republican politics, with a lucrative book contract for her …

The Famous line of the week in a political story award goes to Jonathan Martin for this forbidden gem. JoMa: South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford’s affair turns political The intra-party machinations highlight a part of the Sanford soap opera that goes past the governor’s lust for forbidden flesh.