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Working the Red Carpet #nerdprom
Rick Klein and Ana Marie Cox are working the red carpet. Working the Red Carpet …
Can’t Get Enough of Healthcare and Taxes?
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Obama Grills [INSERT BANKING JOKE HERE]
Reuters Oddly Enough: Bring your banker, we’re grilling out!
Wiley’s Rule: “In reality, as in animated fiction, the anvil [or bullet] always hits the coyote”
Yes, Governor Rick Perry [R-Trigger Happy] shot a coyote yesterday. It’s Texas. It’s what you do on a Tuesday afternoon. What we don’t understand: Why does Perry jog with a pistol? Perry (R) told the Associated Press on Tuesday that he needed just one shot from the laser-sighted pistol he …
Hottest Lobbyist Ever?
Things are about to heat up in Arizona. Shakira Heads to Arizona to Back Immigrant Rights Colombian-born pop star Shakira will meet with the mayor of Phoenix this week to help campaign against a new Arizona law cracking down on illegal immigration, a member of the mayor’s staff said on …
Green Coke
POLITICO’s Erika Lovley: Green vending machines on the Hill A fleet of 35 climate-friendly vending machines will be unveiled tomorrow throughout House, Senate and Capitol Visitors Center buildings with the help of House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD), according to the Chief Administrative Officer Dan Beard.
The Timing of Political Points
Dueling Web Videos DNC RNC h/t Mike Allen’s Playbook RELATED: Full time line
Sh*tty Afternoon Post
Is C-SPAN 3 R-rated? Does Senator Levin need some of this?
Salahi Free Weekend
From the front page of today’s The Hill: Emily Goodin: Party-crasher crackdown for this weekend’s correspondents’ gala
Lloyd from ‘Dumb and Dumber’ is Running For Senate
The resemblance is uncanny. Lloyd from “Dumb and Dumber” Sen. Chuck Purgason h/t Lazy Hazy
US House of Representatives Leadership Doing the Electric Slide
It’s electric. h/t Ericka Andersen
Tweeting on the Clock
Does Tweeting count as lobbying? WaPo’s Cecilia Kang: Undercover persuasion by tech industry lobbyists Why pay for a golf trip, dinner or full-page ad when you can tweet for free?
The Timing of Political Points
Our time line got several thousand extra views last week – with a few new readers visiting FamousDC from NYC. We believe you should always keep a good thing going. We’ll continue to update the time line as the story develops. Please let us know if you see anything interesting …