Meet John Stanton: Congressional reporting, fireworks eating, all-American bad ass. Mr. Stanton took a break between covering the SCOTUS madness for Roll Call and brutal Gaelic football practices to answer a few questions for a FamousDC Famous 5 interview. 1. You’ve been on the hill for several years and we …

The GOP New Media Challenge is heating up and so is the language on the House Floor. Congresswoman [Lynn] Jenkins speaks in favor of a motion that would dismiss government employees who look at, download, or spread pornography on government computers. Matter of fact, some of the Congresswoman’s constituents have …

It’s almost that time of year again. 5. Bring your dogeared copy of “Modelland” to the break room. 4. Tweet: “So I just got asked to give a neck massage. Creepy! #myboss” 3. Ask, “Who is Betty White?” 2. Wear your “Vive la France” t-shirt on Bastille Day. 1. Say …

Quick tidbit for the folks headed to Tampa in a couple years: [pole] Joe Redner may be a Democrat, but the owner of Tampa’s most renowned cultural institution, Mons Venus, was thrilled with the news his hometown will host the 2012 Republican convention. “I promise I won’t tell anybody when …

The smart money would have been on Vegas. The Republican National Committee’s site-selection committee is expected to name Tampa as site of the party’s 2012 convention today, according to Mike Allen. [Political Wire] Note: The convention headquarters will be nowhere near here:

We’re totally fine with this because the DC Metro is entirely too dangerous… Top Obama advisers Jarrett and Axelrod given car privileges traditionally reserved for national security officials Valerie Jarrett and David Axelrod, both senior advisers to the president, have been given the luxurious and prestigious perk of being picked …

Rule #3 if you’re a former lawmaker who cheated on a spouse: Wait two years, then try again. Former Rep. Vito Fossella (R-N.Y.), who opted not to seek re-election in 2008 after a DWI arrest exposed the married father of three as having a second family in Virginia, is seriously …

Last month we wrote this about Hugo Chavez joining Twitter: This outta get real stupid, real quick. Apparently it has. [seriously?] Chavez says, he has been overwhelmed by nearly 54,000 messages from supporters, critics and people writing to ask for help with a problem or lodge a complaint. On Thursday, …

In a strange turn of events: [two of a kind] Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry on Monday endorsed Republican-turned-Democrat Arlen Specter in Pennsylvania’s contested Senate primary as the incumbent tries to fend off criticism that he used “Swiftboat”-style attacks. In related news: Specter Flips: Dems Get 60 Votes with Franken Arlen …

Don’t forget to show up, kids: CHRIS CILLIZZA’s monthly “POLITICS & PINTS” trivia contest is tonight at 7 at Cap Lounge: “Don’t worry if you want to come but don’t have a team. We will pair you up with smart, nice people. Promise.” Facebook page here. h/t Mike Allen

James Fallows and Paul Rademacher blow our collective minds.

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WHY ARE THERE BIKE LANES IN THE MIDDLE OF PENN AVE? It. Doesn’t. Make. Sense. UPDATE: As we were stuck in traffic on Penn, we asked our cab driver Larry what he thought about the bike lanes and he pointed to this sign:

Could you say this with a straight face? “just because they receive an invite it doesn’t mean they are being solicited.” POLITICO: Reid invites Wall St. contribution

The trip would have been canceled had he remembered to purchase trip insurance. Though his agency was charged with coordinating the federal response to the major oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Department of the Interior chief of staff Tom Strickland was in the Grand Canyon with his wife …