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5 Things You Don’t Want to Do if You’re A DC Intern …
It’s almost that time of year again. 5. Bring your dogeared copy of “Modelland” to the break room. 4. Tweet: “So I just got asked to give a neck massage. Creepy! #myboss” 3. Ask, “Who is Betty White?” 2. Wear your “Vive la France” t-shirt on Bastille Day. 1. Say …
Too Cute By Half
Could you say this with a straight face? “just because they receive an invite it doesn’t mean they are being solicited.” POLITICO: Reid invites Wall St. contribution
Top 10 Real Reasons Why David Obey is Retiring
FamousDC presents … the Top 10 Reasons Why David Obey is Retiring 10. He’s not retiring. He’s Favreing. 9. The playful flirting is finally over: He’s gonna ask Flake to marry him. 8. His elbow was numb 7. Chuck Todd’s goatee told his beard to get outta the House 6. …
Coolest Congressional Ride
And we thought the gentleman from North Carolina would get Senatized.
Salahi Free Weekend
From the front page of today’s The Hill: Emily Goodin: Party-crasher crackdown for this weekend’s correspondents’ gala
US House of Representatives Leadership Doing the Electric Slide
It’s electric. h/t Ericka Andersen
What would we do, baby… Without us?
What would we DO, baby, without us? And there ain’t no nothing we can’t love each other thruu-hoo! What would we do baby… Without us? Sha la la laaaa. The Hill’s Molly Hooper: Reps. Steve King and Michele Bachmann to share press staffer Side note: this has to be the …
We’re All Gonna Be Famous
Ars Technica’s Nate Anderson: Library of Congress: We’re archiving every tweet ever made Get ready for fame, tweeters of the world: the Library of Congress is archiving for posterity every public tweet made since the service went live back in 2006. Every. Single. Tweet. So in the future you may …
Ride Facebook to Congress
Hillicon Valley’s Kim Hart: Google, Facebook prepare for political ad bonanza in midterm elections
Bruce Braley Baseball Haven [Office Space]
CQ – Roll Call’s Ali McSherry has another edition of office space out. This time she’s visiting with Congressman Bruce Braley (D-Iowa)
Two Branches Enter, One Branch Leaves
Crossroads with Jan Crawford: White House Vs. Supreme Court: It’s Getting Ridiculous But once again, the White House has to try to get the last word. Last night, Gibbs struck back at Roberts. … “What is troubling is that this decision opened the floodgates for corporations and special interests to …
Now Congressional Hockey Gets Serious [Bounty]
It was all fun and games until a hill staffer puts a bounty on the head of a gun lobbyist … BDayspring: Placing a $500 bounty on the head of @goody37 for tonight’s game. RELATED: Not Your Normal Hockey Game [Lawmakers vs. Lobbyists] RELATED: Flickr photoset from last night’s hockey …