DC Summer Interns are on Twitter,  Pete Snyder & Mike Madden celebrated birthdays, Rick Klein drinks famous coffee, Twitter ruined August vacation, another terrible storm in DC, political dish always tastes better with a touch of Basil, should we give Courtney Kolb a mug?, American Recovery project now building portable …

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Now there is time and Time is young. ~ May Sarton Be sure to tell Mr. Matt Dornic Happy Birthday tomorrow.

Passion starts early. Two women have been charged with misdemeanors for a fight that led to a brawl during a Southern California kindergarten graduation ceremony.  [WTF] Our favorite part, “a fight that led to a brawl.”  How ugly did this get? No word on why the two women were arguing, …

Staying hydrated is very important, but during the dog days of Summer, it is even more so. While you might be tempted to grab for another beer or glass of Sangria, opt for these drinks instead. Coconut Water is a wonderful source of potassium, magnesium, phosphorous, sodium and calcium. Otherwise …

The Hill’s Alexander Bolton:McConnell scolds Franken for making faces from dais during his speech Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) scolded Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) on the Senate floor Thursday for allegedly mocking him while he delivered a solemn speech on Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan.

Obviously God is mad about Congress coming back next week. Hold on to your hats. It looks like the End of Days could be upon us. Please send any storm pics to [email protected] and we’ll add them to this post. Live view of the storm, from the Senate side of …

Facebook Status Abuse: Chris: Just pulled another all-nighter. It’s what you do when you’re making things happen. Dear Captain Red Bull, We’re not impressed. We weren’t impressed the first seven times you did it and we won’t be impressed next week when you post the same thing and again make …

Our friends at Red State Update, who we’ve interviewed, recently did an interview themselves. The lucky winner: Republican Basil Marceaux for governor of the Great State of Tennessee

POLITICO’s Gloria Park: Next D.C. Career: Blogger Relations Michelle Malkin, a conservative blogger and author, credited staff at The Heritage Foundation, minority staff at the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, Senate Judiciary Committee and House Homeland Security Committee and staff in the offices of Rep. John Boehner and Sen. …

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Tell Pete Snyder happy birthday. Also be sure to tell him you’re sorry in advance for the Eagles upcoming season. And despite what some people think — we don’t work for Mr. Snyder.

Mr. Rick Klein of ABC News is known to be quite the collector. Now he has a FamousDC mug to add to his impressive baseball card collection. C-SPAN, Page Six JESS3, and now ABC News Where will the next FamousDC mug show up? PREVIOUS: Extreme Famous Morning Coffee PREVIOUS: Page …

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Just as the Founding Fathers imagined … Speaker Pelosi just reconvened the U.S. House of Representatives via a Tweet. Speaker Pelosi: I will be calling the House back into session early next week to save teachers’ jobs and help seniors & children Blackberry updates are ruining August vacations at beaches …