Photo by: Christopher Gindlesperger, aka NotNotGindy It is hot in Washington, D.C. Damn hot. Even the occasional breeze is on strike and not showing up. Do you know what goes well with sweltering heat? American Flag Apparel. The 4th of July tourists are ironing their favorite red, white, and blue …

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We, for one, welcome our new Wildcat point guard overlord. WaPo’s Michael Lee: Washington Wizards select John Wall in NBA draft In a dramatic, franchise-altering shift, the Washington Wizards have gone from “Pick 1” to the No. 1 pick, moving away from the misery of a horrific campaign into the …

Meet Rick Klein. He Tweets from the hospital room when his child is born and covers politics and hosts Top Line for ABC News. In addition to that, Mr. Klein was recently promoted to Senior Washington News Editor for ABC “World News.” Rick was kind enough to spend a few …

He’s got a good point … Thaddeus McCotter U.S. Soccer team got robbed out of winning goal by the referee! “Open hand diplomacy” clearly not working in World Cup. 

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Boy, that escalated quickly… I mean, that really got out of hand fast. Washington Post: Hey isn’t that…: Desirée Rogers, Tommy Vietor, Jon Favreau, Ty Burrell Tommy Vietor and Jon Favreau shirtless at Old Glory on Sunday. The White House spokesman and the chief speechwriter appeared to be playing beer …

Rep. Diane Watson had a five-minute speech paying tribute to Gary Coleman. We can just imagine the office conversation before the floor speech: Staffer: “Congresswoman, there are 20 thousand gallons of oil pouring into the Gulf everyday. Want to touch that on the floor?” Congresswoman: “Nah, that’s a toughie.” Staffer: …

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Albritton scooped up DCist’s Sommer Mathis for TBD.com, House floor speeches can be boring, Clinton Portis has a stripper pole in his basement, @BlairDC gave us her favorite top 5 rooftop bars, bring it Mayweather, so what’s the deal?, Chris Frates finally took a vacation, public service for Congressional press …

Apparently size matters. “They’re too small.” Srsly?

We hope you enjoy the Supreme Court nominee madness kicking off today. “I’m sorry y’all I often drift I’m talkin’ gift so when it comes you never look the horse inside it’s grill.”

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