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“You’re In My House!”
President Barack Obama slapped down White House heckler during his speech at the LGBT Pride Month event that took place at the White House. Society6 has just released their new Obama “You’re In My House” political t-shirt in response to this event! Buy HERE!
Famous Friday [Round Up]
Famous Friday Round Up #RUNNING It seems like everyday we have a new politician announcing their candidacy for the 2016 presidential race. Is there some sort of unwritten guide that us common folk haven’t cued in on? We nailed down a few key steps that will surely have you on …
Happy 60th Birthday Roll Call!
Political newspaper, Roll Call turned 60 yesterday! Roll Call editors, writers, former employees, and supporters discuss the newspaper’s impressive legacy, built over the last sixty years. Jake Tapper Draws Cartoon for the Roll Call 60th Anniversary In case you missed our post yesterday, about CNN’s Jake Tapper, host of “The …
CNN’s Jake Tapper Revisits His Cartoonish Roots
Jake Tapper, host of CNN’s The Lead and State of the Union pays homage to his professional roots at Roll Call, where he worked as a cartoonist and depicted some pretty comical scenes on “Capital Hell”. For Roll Call’s 60th anniversary today, Tapper gifted his alma mater with this — and we …
Life on the Hill: Chief of Staff
When you work on the Hill, certain tasks can take over the time you spend at the job. We put the call out to our chief of staff friends to ask how their time is spent at work. This week, we have how a Capitol Hill chief of staff’s day can sometimes be divided.
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You Can Put Out Fire with Sound
Extinguishing fire WITH SOUND. Amazing. Two George Mason students figured this out. What have you done lately?
Congressional Mean Tweets
The Radio and Television Correspondents’ Dinner resulted in many excellent jokes, as well as this amazing video. Members of Congress read mean Tweets about themselves.
Life on The Hill: Press Secretary
When you work on the Hill, certain tasks can take over the time you spend at the job. We polled our press secretary and former press secretary friends to ask how their time is or was spent at work. This week, we have how a Capitol Hill press secretary’s day can sometimes be divided.
Post-Administration Glow
Check out Sam Stein’s interview with President Obama for Huffington Post. Great quote from the reel: When asked how much sleep he gets a night, President Barack Obama said, “probably not enough.” “I will say that when people leave the administration and I see them six months later, they have …
Go Outside and Do These Things
BYT put together a great list of cool things to do in the spring, something I definitely needed. During nice days this weekend, I struggled to bring up ideas for things to do outside. Ended up taking a walk, but will be better armed for next time with things like: …
Famous Friday [Round Up]
#NATIONAL This guy is on his videobomb game; Twitter feed from 12-1PM yesterday = “OBAMA USED A SELFIE STICK OMG“; The government knows how to use Twitter; RIP David Carr and Bob Simon; Google and Mattel are ready to suck all fun out of the View Master; awwwwwwwww; the war …
John Wall, A History
Great article about Washington Wizards point guard John Wall on ESPN today. So while Greater Washington coos and prays for its homegrown luxury liner, Kevin Durant, to dock at Chesapeake Bay in 2016, perhaps the city unwittingly discounts the captain destined to restore D.C.’s NBA legacy to where Wes and …
Advice for D.C. From the History Books
An astute and well-loved FamousDC tipster discovered a particularly powerful, historical memo written by journalist, anchor, columnist, radio host, musician and third White House Press Secretary under George W. Bush, Tony Snow. This was written for all “White House newcomers” before Bush’s inauguration, but it’s a good reminder for all …
Hyper Hill: Milk and Cookies
Can someone get us cookies from this place? [We’re on the bandwagon.] Family zoo day turned violent [What is it about pandas that make people want to pull a gun?] Andrew Beaujon dug up [5 fascinating moments from the 1985 Senate rock lyrics hearing] Photo by Andrew Benson
Famous Friday [Round Up]
#NATIONAL Your name can go to Mars; Google hired a camel for desert streetview; skip the jack-o-lantern, make a keg; you have a carefully engineered craving for bacon; yes, your dog heard and understood that; Whole Foods vs. Cracker Barrel – Senate elections edition; Is brunch for jerks? Discuss; Maureen …