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The snow is gone, the sun is out, and the Nationals are playing baseball. It is a good time of the year to be in Washington. Inquiring minds want to know … Matt Lira, why is it good to be you?

What would we DO, baby, without us? And there ain’t no nothing we can’t love each other thruu-hoo! What would we do baby…  Without us? Sha la la laaaa. The Hill’s Molly Hooper: Reps. Steve King and Michele Bachmann to share press staffer Side note: this has to be the …

Ars Technica’s Nate Anderson: Library of Congress: We’re archiving every tweet ever made Get ready for fame, tweeters of the world: the Library of Congress is archiving for posterity every public tweet made since the service went live back in 2006. Every. Single. Tweet. So in the future you may …

From the DCCC: Van Hollen Congratulates Congressman-Elect Ted Deutch (FL-19) From what we gather, Ted Deutch is a Democrat. Florida’s 19th Congressional District was left vacant when former Congressman Bob Wexler resigned to become President of the S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace – otherwise known as SDACMEP.

Thank you, Mr. Catanese. POLITICO’s David Catanese: Republican websites pledge allegiance to flag Wouldn’t it be weird if a politician portrayed the same idea via visual messaging over and over and over?

Roll Call’s Paul Singer: Members Fly Free Abroad

ABC News’ Matthew Mosk: Sarah Palin Has Earned an Estimated $12 Million Since July

Mark Halperin: South Korea to Host Next Nuclear Summit

Nia-Malika Henderson is leaving POLITICO and heading to the Washington Post [theRoot]

Ben Smith: White House kills Hillary SCOTUS buzz The White House has yet to comment on FamousDC’s recommendation for the Supreme Court: Kimberly Ann Guilfoyle

The Speaker’s Lobby: All Over But the Shouting

WaPo has coverage of the nuclear security summit downtown today and Tuesday. You should check it out before your commute home today. Click on over for access to the following: Map with real-time incident reports and road closures Photo gallery of of the transportation scene Q&A with Dr. Gridlock to …

A new Gallup Poll finds a record-low 28% of American voters say most members of Congress deserve to be re-elected. [snap] “The same poll finds 49% of voters, a near-record low, saying their own member of Congress deserves to be re-elected. This marks only the second time since Gallup began …

Your WTF of the week:  [sex drive] In one of the stranger moments on the campaign trail today, an audience member at Comma Coffee in Carson City asked U.S. Sen. Harry Reid what he is doing to encourage immigrant women of child-bearing age to come to the United States. Reid …