Senator Claire McCaskill, homecoming queen. That is all. via

The ice caps are melting, Solange is lashing out, and government is as inefficient as ever. It’s time to blow the horn, Mr. President. Should Obama Blow The Silver Horn The Founding Fathers Left In Case The Country Ever Needed Them?

Game on: The lineup for Members vs. Press (aka the 2014 Congressional Women’s Softball Game) has just been announced. Full roster below. Get your tickets for the Wednesday, June 18, 2014 game at 7PM. It’s always a blast, and ticket money goes to a good cause: benefiting the Young Survival …

This joke never gets old. Post by Barack Obama.

The US Secretary of State Dog, Ben (aka DiploMutt) is on Twitter. He hasn’t Tweeted, but we’re keeping a close eye out for any instances of “Woof” and “Bark” in our feed. h/t Morgan Gress Happy First Birthday to my dog Ben. @DiploMutt apparently an Earth Day baby. He keeps …

Vice President Joe Biden’s first photo of the VP sitting behind his aviators at his desk, shuffling papers and surrounded by Americana. The only situation that could make this photo better: him holding a sandwich while riding a train. Follow the VP here.

A tipster sent us this photo of Congressman Derek Kilmer (WA-6) playing an auto-racing game on the Metro. We hope he won that round.

Jeff Shockey, John Scofield and Mike Ference were hanging out with hundreds of their closest friends yesterday at Hawk & Dove. Photo credit to Tom Williams The Members of Congress who stopped by: Cantor, Hoyer, Upton, Walden, McHenry, Joyce, Valadao, Cook, Nunes, LoBiondo, Cole, Calvert, Granger, Denham, Roby, Fleischman, Duffy, …

Congressman Jim Moran says Members of Congress are underpaid, and can’t live decently in DC. What hope is there for the rest of us? The senior appropriator pointed out that some members have taken to living out of their offices to save money, while others have “small little apartment units” …

h/t Bridget Nutt via Buzzfeed via Dorsey Shaw and also why not, Jake Sherman

Something about this combination: …motivated an offer for a makeover from Dennis Tang at GQ. Well, Polis has accepted. Thank you @GQMagazine @GQFashion for the offer to help… I accept and am looking forward to the consultation!! — Rep. Jared Polis (@RepJaredPolis) February 25, 2014 Edit: @JeremyArt has some high quality House …

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The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee figured out a way to relate basketball superstar Michael Jordan to transportation on their Facebook page (see below).

Are you watching State of the Union tonight? Sure, you and all of America. But how many can say they grabbed a beer with the folks at the National Beer Wholesalers Association at Tortilla Coast? Exactly. Get your beer and bragging rights on tonight from 6-8.

If snow were happening a week from today instead of right now, we think its surrounding hype would be better than the usual talking points, buzzwords, drinking games, prefabricated hashtags and the like. Here’s what would happen. 1. First outdoor State of the Union address “Tonight, thanks to the hard …