Morgan Gress is Editor at 1776, and the former editor of FamousDC. A quick note: FamousDC’s current editor, Marie, asked Morgan to write today’s thankful Thursday post. Guiding influences that immediately came to her mind? Amos Snead and Josh Shultz.

If a rainbow shows up in DC and wasn’t Instagrammed 12,000 times – did it really happen? #NATIONAL Do you love dogs and weapons? Then the TSA’s Instagram is for you; Emmy nominations: who got robbed?; If soccer injuries were real life; we’re irrationally peeved about this guy and his …

Breaking: CNN is still looking for this roundup #NATIONAL Yellowstone … Yikes; Goodbye Letterman; RGIII is keeping #10, DeSean Jackson; CRAWFISH; We heard the last HIMYM episode sucked but need to catch up on seasons 1-9 so NO SPOILERS for the next year and a half; Microsoft rolled something out …

#NATIONAL Always get the bigger pizza; Or maybe never get the pizza; We found the best ever House of Cards tumblr; Bitcoin: nice while it lasted; Lebron-man; Seaworld still pissed about “Blackfish;” where’s our American flag tee shirt?; what’s going on with the Tea Party?; Oscars Sunday; Anchorman 3: ain’t …

What do you get a guy who had a Crimson Tide National Championship, a Baltimore Ravens Super Bowl win and welcomed twins into the world all in the same year? Famous Birthday Wishes! If you have a moment today, wish FamousDC co-founder Amos Snead a Happy Birthday! –The FDC Team

In the days leading up to the Olympics, the NJI team has been practicing our English accents and brushing up on Olympiad factoids. Simply put, we love the Olympics and thought it’d be fun to pair up with our friends at Story Partners and create a cheat sheet to bring …

The editors of FamousDC hardly ever post personal content, but this one is important. Amos, one of the FamousDC co-founders, is the consummate professional. He’s able to juggle work, blogging and married life with the greatest of ease. Today, not so much. This morning, as Amos struggled to hustle his …