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Hollywood Hits Washington [Emily Leaman ] In Case of Emergency [Hammer ] City Council [free Nats tickets ] Third Eye Blind [Cooley ]

Brian Rogers changed teams, Wanda Sykes threw fuel on the fire, Richard Hunt felt the heat of a few background quotes on his way over to CBA, Megan McArdle and Marc Ambinder were both promoted at The Atlantic, The Fix gave a shout-out to Barack Obama’s Teleprompter, Ben and Beth …

Socialite [manners ] Cloture [club ]

Irony meets Tragedy [Carrie Prejean ] Rule Number One [protest ]

It’s a Tweet down! After being asked by Patrick Ruffini, Joe Trippi calls a George Stephanopoulos story about John Edwards: "complete BS — fantasyland – not true." The story George Stephanopoulos: Edwards Staff Had Affair ‘Doomsday’ Strategy Basically, if it looked like Edwards was going to win the Democratic Party …

Ramesh Ponnuru was almost named to the Macon, Georgia City Council, Alex Ovechkin continued his campaign for DC Sports Savior, Obama supporter Colin Powell offered advice to the GOP via Chris Strohm, Mike Madden complained he’s never been called for DC jury duty, Kara Rowland invited Members of Congress to …

Amazing [youshouldhaveseenthis ] Please explain [confused ] Facesaerch [FamousDC ] Shirtless [Biden ] Top 10 [Phelps ]

Having solved all other problems, Congress has now turned its attention to the two most important issues facing America today: online poker and college football. Frank Set To Introduce Web Gambling Bill Jon Stewart checks how Congress is dealing with the nation’s high-priority issues, such as the BCS We’re actually …

Need another reason to keep the campaign aides off the Twitter machine? Rosalind Helderman: Leaky Tweets Sink…

Birthday Wishes [Pamela’s Punch ] I hate Monday [h/t DCist ] Gwen Ifill [four-timing ] Any trouble? [Betty ]

There is an association for everything [cremation association ] Average Looking White Man [mad DC cabbie ] Party on! [margaritas ] Taverna Greek [closing ] Rain, Rain [go away ] FamousDC [WHCD ]

FamousDC received an exclusive copy of President Obama’s agenda for the House Energy and Commerce Committee meeting for this coming Tuesday. The meeting agenda will consist of: 1) Opening remarks: WTF 2) Q & A: What in the heck are you guys doing? 3) Sermon: Getting your act together 5) …

Cap and Cash Back [ecoAmerica ] Commencement [Larry Page ] Fear [girl of words ] WH [change ]

Having solved all other crisises facing America… [swamp bowl] The House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection held a hearing to dissect the Bowl Championship Series, asking whether the model needs to be tweaked, overhauled or done away with altogether. While some lawmakers are passionate about legislation that is …

Ivy Sellers Larsen celebrated a birthday, Chris Cillizza started the Huntsman 2012 watch, Querry Robinson hit Politico fame (and all the reporters he books linked to the piece), Chris Frates finally got out-of-work Republicans on the record, Joe Biden was given permission to speak, and then the privilege was once …