THE WORD O’ WHEATON: Nation’s First Black President Tells U.N. to Stuff Anti-Racism Conference The United Nations is a joke. The fact that it was George W. Bush saying as much for the last eight years didn’t make it any less a statement of fact. Perhaps one benefit of having …

Nora McAlvanah waited until the last minute to hang at H&R Block with her taxes in hand, Doug Heye turned 27, Elliot asked all of DC to "Rock the ‘Hawk" for the Caps, still lots of out of office replies on the hill [recess], $20 says Karl Rove didn’t say …

Finally! Someone talks about taxes and doesn’t bring up tea bags. h/t Nikki Burdine

Michael Brown, the former FEMA dude that got his career handed to him by Hurricane Katrina, recently did an interview with POLITICO.  It included answers like this one:  [fabulous, huh?] Q: On what type of products do you never go cheap on? A: Technology gadgets and whatever my grandchildren need/want. Oh, and …

According to a White House press release that went out prior to the Easter Egg Roll this morning: Many of the activities at this year’s event will be webcast live on the White House website…This is the first time the activities at the White House Easter Egg Roll have been …

Jason Roe sparred with Karl Rove, Spain headed to Cali to iron out wedding details, Joe Trippi hearts "The Fix", Not Larry Sabato is jacked up about his tweet debate, Leah Hunter is feeling "Kind," Stacie Paxton is moving on up, DAG hired two good-looking dudes, Nicole Wallace watched her …

Meghan McCain just inked a six figure book deal.  And believe it or not, she’ll likely sell a ton of them – so long as she continues to drop heaters on all the conservative super heroes.  [Begs the question:  Coloring book?]

It looks like the Obama White House is taking transparency to a whole new level.  Below yesterday’s "Daily Guidance" [the President’s public calendar that’s sent out daily], there were several internal White House email strings accidentally included. [whoops] Here are a few highlights that were batted back and forth as …

Golf clap for our friends at Holy Taco.   [piss your pants funny] Oh, You Have 70 Thousand Twitter Followers? Congratulations, Sh*tbag Yesterday we were at a party, and towards the end of the night we went outside to the patio of the bar. Suddenly, a woman came up to us …

Which former Republican staffer has a huge man-crush on Obama?  [we have our own "theory"]

We had no idea Tom DeLay was Scottish.  [thought he was French] Read the quote that everyone is talking about.

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It all comes down to this. We’ve seen battles, we’ve witnessed the verbal assaults, we’ve even seen pictures and updates from the White House briefing room. 64 twitterers started this tournament and today two twits remain: @MichaelTurk vs.@matthewgagnon . Several story lines here folks: NCTA vs. NMS Kung Fu Quip …

This must be the only story in town. Everyone has written on it. Over the weekend Ben Pershing became the most recent reporter to jump on the House GOP vs. House GOP bandwagon. Did we leave any out? Ben Pershing: GOP May Be Stuck on Cohesion Jackie Kucinich: Boehner Unfazed …

Congratulations to all the players.  Unfortunately there can only be two winners. @mkhammer vs. @michaelturk WINNER: @michaelturk This one came down to hard work.  Turk clearly out worked the Peep Princess.  Proof here , here , here and here .  Oh, and here .  Not to mention a celebrity endorsement …