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January 2010

48 hours to solve this crime [homicide ] Bad Boy Weekend in DC [Fab Empire ] Draper [Project Beltway ] Maid [naked thanks ]

We hear the halftime show is going to be off the chain. C-SPAN is asking Democrats to open healthcare negotiations to television cameras. Note: Officially called the Humana Health Insurance Premium Decrease Stimulus Job Creation Taco Bell Weight Loss Program Unlikely Bowl.

Two college girls: "We should get internships this summer. I can get us one with whatever Senator we want, because of my neighbor. And we could do it everyday and dress up and go to lunch!"

Don’t worry America, we’ll take care of this , as soon as we take care of this.

Seriously. Bob Dold, a small-business owner and former Capitol Hill staffer running for Congress in Illinois, is well aware that his name is a tad bit similar to former Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole. So Dold (again, not Dole) created a folksy song, complete with video, to remind voters he’s …

AskMissA (12/11/09): The "Third Crasher" Revealed WaPo (01/04/10): Secret Service Confirms Third Party Crasher at State Dinner

Our first 2010 prediction: The newly minted plastic bag tax means less poop pick up in our neighborhoods. Also: Where exactly does the $.05 tax money end up? [cashier pockets] Is that the reason Harris Teeter check-out employees now asking you to double bag everything? [more money]

Shira Toeplitz: Ryan To New Hampshire to Fundraise for State GOP

Capital Gig rounds up the top 20 social media stories from 2009

Two weeks ago Parker Griffith [D R – Confused] switched political parties.  His staff was apparently not amused. Most of Rep. Parker Griffith’s staff resigned Monday morning, nearly two weeks after the former Blue Dog Democrat announced his intention to join the Republican Party.  [bye bye, boss] Any Parker staff …

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With a crowded waiting room, the doctor has finally emerged. After four relatively low-profile years pushing the official party line as chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Dean is once again the tribune of frustrated liberals. And after he called out President Barack Obama and his congressional allies over their …

WaPo’s Michael Wilbon: Wizards should clean house after Arenas’s dispute with Crittenton