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Yesterday the U.S. House of Representatives reconvened so Congressman Charlie Rangel could take to the House floor and defend the charges placed against him by the House Ethics Committee. Today we were lucky enough to get a real-time look inside the Harlem Congressman’s Gmail inbox. FamousDC Presents … Inside the …

Congress is gone again. Now we’re all back to Chillin’

We should have known better than to believe everything on the interwebs. Yes, it turns out that Dry Erase Board Girl is a big ole fake. Unlike hover boards, dry erase boards are real. But dry erase board girl is not. Deadspin’s David Matthews: Hot Piece Of Ass Who Quit …

Today’s most notable Facebook status update: h/t MS

Now Walk it Out [Gibbs] Rangel’s [reply] Chivalry [dead]

The likelihood of this being real is very low, but in the off-chance that it is, we present to you: Reason #345 why Farmville is awful. From theChive.com: We received the following photos last night from a person who works with this girl. Her name is Jenny (not confirmed) – …

Rep. Charlie Rangel [D-Taxes] was just on the House floor speaking under a point of personal privilege.  [Note: That’s fancy talk for “say whatever the f*ck you want to.”] Apparently Chuck went at it for several minutes, all the while stating his innocence. If I can’t get my dignity back …

We were a little spooked when we heard about the Department of Homeland security issuing a warning to Metro regarding a potential threat.  However, we felt a ton better when we read that some guy named “David Webb” was on the case for Metro. “The information that we have has …

Levi Johnston might get his very own reality teevee show.  [who’s surprised?] Johnston will run for mayor of Wasilla, Alaska — yes, the same job that propelled Sarah Palin to governor of that state (and later, the vice presidential nomination) — in a new reality project being pitched by Stone …

Dick Armey on John Boehner: …[he’s] “the Dean Martin of American politics. He’s so cool, every man should hate him.” h/t Paul Bedard

Welcome back Capitol Hill staff. [at least you get two August recesses] We feel it’s going to be an activate the airplane’s inflatable emergency slide, but not before grabbing two beers, kind of a day.

Politicking [political event] Dan Reilly [Hoyer] Drunk [doctor]

Tomorrow, the U.S. House of Representatives will reconvene because of one single tweet. This 140 character message, not only ruined thousands of August vacations, but will cost staffers and members thousands of dollars when it’s all said and done. With the help from FamousDC, the fine folks at JESS3 illustrated …

Thank God for the Interwebs: The Oregon Trail is on Twitter. If one more person gets cholera, I am turning this wagon around. I don’t have time to caulk my wagon and float it across #OxenCanTotallyHoldTheirBreathForFiveMinutes If dysentery was currency, my wagon would be a gold mine. I don’t need …