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more about #washingtondc more comments → BadUncle: On the other hand - summer weddings in DC? Too schvitzy. more » Oy Veh (Informality Reigns): Marion Barry only said no because he realized he couldn't put it in his pipe and smoke it. more » Lymed: Oh, Marion Barry, civil rights is one of those things politicians should lead on...should do the right thing, even against the wishes of their constit... more » jackbarber: Want to bet? Actually / if necessary: this will most likely / definitely happen. P.s. Kerry to Sec St. Seriously -- why would Obama NOT do this. ... more » MrInBetween: A far more inspired (and likely) VP swap would be Biden-for-Rahm. more » MisterHippity: Well, you know what they say ... Thunder only happens when it's rainin'. more » Mike Jahn: That's a shot across the bow of a Palin candidacy. more » Botswana Meat Commission FC: Biden just needs time to take care of his 1981 Pontiac Trans Am. [www.theonion.com] more » MisterHippity: Oh Stevie Nicks .... won't you lay me down in the tall grass and let me do my stuff? Oh. Sorry. Saw the record cover and had a little flashback to h... more » Airvault: This rumor is hardly new. Go look up a Chris Matthews interview on Charlie Rose from a few months back where he says the same thing. more » naugahydeinplainsight: No way to gracefully drop Biden from the ticket (the VP selection being a president's first and most important decision). Except maybe through a job s... more » Magister: Is Hillary considered "incredibly popular" because of all the nice things Sarah Palin has been saying about her on Fox? more » ima221: Don't drink at Tom and Jerry's. I recently moved away from NY to work a year in the south doing social justice work (relevant, not bragging). On my... more » BowlingForDollars: I like this rumor. more » Han Valen: Aren't there always these rumors around this time in an administration? I remember hearing that GWB was going to replace Cheney, and that Clinton wan... more » -
#engagement
D.C. seems poised to legalize gay marriage. Let's see what Congress says about that.
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#hotrumors
'Hot Rumor' Alert: Hil for Veep?
Oh boy, a "hot rumor!" Those are our favorite rumors, bar none! What is it exactly, U.S. News? Hm. It seems that "the hot rumor in Washington" is that Obama will replace Biden with Hillary Clinton, on the 2012 ticket. More » -
#newspapers
Moonie Times Collapsing
Talking Points Memo is reporting on the ongoing implosion of a right-wing newspaper. All because the cult leader owners are having a family feud! More » -
#openings
Spooky Scientology Center Opening Today in D.C. to Protests and Pissed-Off Commuters
Why'd Scientology unveil their new Washington D.C. "Ideal Org" on Halloween, of all days? 'Guess the wide public perception of Scientology being spooky-sketchy hasn't taken. Whatever the incentive: it's pissing off commuters, being protested, and—naturally—has Anonymous spies inside.
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#websites
Politico To Launch New Attention-Grabbing Newsish Thing
Politico—it is a tiny niche newspaper in DC with a money-losing website—is expanding! They are going to do a "local news" thing out there in Washington, where "local news" means "The Redskins." More » -
#picoftheday
ACORN's Last Supporter
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#americasfuture
Stop It, American Youth
Some dumb shit DC teens beat up a classmate, recorded it and then posted it on Facebook. They now face charges for the whooping. Again: let's learn from Derrion Albert. Stop beating people, people! [WaPo] -
#publishing
Happy Dan Brown Day
Hooray! Today you can finally buy Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol, a new interactive novel about a heroic professor with a mullet who fights Catholics and Masons. It will save publishing, and ruin Washington DC. More » -
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#paparazzi
Paps Snag Bam Fam Pix!
INF photogs snapped these candid pictures of Michelle Obama and daughter Malia leaving Top Chef Spike's burger joint in DC. Breaking: there are paparazzi in DC!
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#goddamnamerica
Sally Quinn: Victim of Racial Profiling
Washington establishment queen Sally Quinn knows what happens to black men in America, because once, some black cops spoke out of turn to her, at a Georgetown block party. More » -
#thefamily
Secretive C Streeters Would Like You to Stop Paying Attention To Them Again, Please
"The Family," a fundamentalist Christian sect founded by 1930s right-wingers, owns a townhouse for congressmen in DC. Lots of those Congressmen have been cheating on their wives. So now people keep paying too much attention to this secretive, Mafia-inspired group. More » -
#getinline
Lobbyists Having Homeless Guys Wait Out Lines For Them On Capital Hill
Not surprising, but it looks like lobbyists are having homeless guys wait out lines on Capital Hill for them. This sounds like an old, unspoken trick not really worth mentioning, except CNN had someone on camera talking openly about it. More » -
#scandal
Think Tank Thoughts For Sale
Here is a story that reports something you sort of suspect but never expect to see spelled out so explicitly: the opinions of think tanks are for sale to the highest bidder. More » -
#newspapers
Dreaded 'Traffic' Made the Washington Post Fire Froomkin
Today was Dan Froomkin's last day with the Washington Post, who canned him despite his being generally one of the better things about that paper. And why did they can him? There are theories! More » -
#tweens
Jonas Bro Invades DC, Befriends Old Men
Nick Jonas (not the ugly one) (but notthe cute one?) testified on Capitol Hill today, and guess who acted like a bunch of tween girls: the mothers of tween girls, and the DC press corps. And a Senator! More » -
#breaking
Six Dead So Far in DC Subway Crash
Two trains have collided in Washington DC's Metro. One train is on top of the other, officials say, in between Takoma and Fort Totten on the Red Line. Six people are confirmed dead. Unconfirmed: up to seven dead. More » -
#angrypeople
Liz Becton Continues to Terrorize Washington With Email
Liz Becton, a scheduler for a congressman (a lowly Representative, too!) recently became famous for hating it when you call her Liz. It turns out that she is basically the single worst monster in all of DC. More » -
#youarehere
How to Break Into the Real World: DCers' House
OK, that's not what we're advocating here, or even talking about. What we mean to say is: Hey, look! Someone found the blueprints for the Real World's new Dupont-located fuckhut. The biggest news? There's no goddamned hot tub. Whither Chlamydia? More » -
#michelleobama
Fashion Critic Breaks White House News
Pulitzer-winning critic Robin Givhan is the Fashion Editor of the Washington Post, but today she totally broke some news. There has been a shake-up at the White House! The East Wing of the White House. (That is the lady wing.) More »
