The family indicted together … stays together. John Bresnahan: William Jefferson’s brother, sister, and niece indicted The brother, sister and niece of indicted Rep. William Jefferson (D-La.) were indicted themselves today for allegedly skimming hundreds of thousands of dollars from non-profit groups they controlled, according to the Associated Press.

Play video games.…Obvi! Claudia Parsons: Retired Justice O’Connor Unveils Video Game America’s first female Supreme Court justice unveiled a videogame project on Wednesday to teach children how courts work, saying she wanted to counter partisan criticism that judges are “godless” activists.

Before the tornadoes and monsoons hit our fair city yesterday, Jenny McCarthy and Jim Caarey were out on the mall protesting kids or something. In all seriousness, they were protesting for the group, Green Our Vaccines, to urge the government to eliminate toxins from children’s vaccines. Here’s a pic from …

Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer stops by the WaPo and pronounces newspapers and magazines dead. Kim Hart: Steve Ballmer Swings By the Post Steve Ballmer’s favorite TV show is “Lost,” but he refuses to pay a buck to get it on iTunes–he’d rather deal with a few ads. He still isn’t sure …

How to you spell bitter? Perhaps you start by reading this from Marc Ambinder.

Congressional wannabe Jon Powers is taking heat for accepting campaign contributions from a strip club owner. Richard A. Snowden of Buffalo, NY is the alleged entrepreneur. Not only has Powers accepted $7,000 from Snowden and his Rick’s Tally-Ho “gentleman’s cabaret” in Cheektowaga, but Snowden co-hosted a fundraising event for him …

Reports are quickly surfacing, although none of them confirmed, that while Bill Clinton was off hustling Hollywood for campaign cash- money wasn’t the only thing he was “raising”. Vanity Fair is reporting that Billy Clinton once had relations with actress Gina Gershon. As for Gershon – she’s not a happy …

UPDATE: Harry Reid hates bloggers – even his own. Even though Jenny had permission to blog, someone in her office felt it necessary to take the blog down.  Boo. Since blogging is all the rage, it comes as no surprise that DC interns might find the “virtual journal” a great …

It looks like more DC political reporters are using Social Networking sites to track down sources, look-up background information on staffers, and investigate ex-girlfriends. We know what you’re thinking – and yes, you need to log onto Facebook and take down that drunken beer bong picture of you at Dewey …

Mr. Odd Ball himself, Robert Basler of Reuters, is at it again – this time responding to one fan’s email: Hello, Blog Guy – Like many voters, I base my decision almost entirely on how good the candidates are at acting out scenes from classic literature. So far this political …

…Or so it may seem. The crack staff at Politico is at it again – kissing the ring of the online media giant, Matt Drudge. See the favor here. JoMa wets his lips: Drudge himself is reviled by many on the left, but his news instincts are undeniable-and he has …

Will the Real Scott Please Stand Up? McClellan’s #2 is going after his former boss on the editorial pages of the Washington Post. And it’s good. He ends with this: Perhaps you have had an epiphany. Maybe it is better to appease terrorists and let them fight us here instead …

What did you do over the weekend?  Democrats fought and DC women caught back up with Carrie. Dana Milbank: Democrats Come Together To Tear Their Party in Half The panel went on, by a vote of 19 to 8, to give Michigan half of its votes — and to give …

YouTube, a company known for bridging the gap between Republicans and Democrats, has offered up yet another gem. In the clip below, Rep. Henry Waxman makes it abundantly clear that Rep. Darrell Issa will not be getting a holiday card from him this year. Note: The obsessive gavel banging, led …