I can’t believe August starts this weekend! Didn’t we just leave behind #snowpocalypse? It seems a distant memory as we have now entered the #heatpocalypse phase.  When’s its this hot out, eating anything other then ice cream is a challenge. Part of a exercising and working out is eating right. …

Rep. Alan Grayson recently released a riveting 90-minute DVD featuring video highlights from his first term in office. The DVD comes wrapped inside a mailer covered with promotional slogans: “Congressman Alan Grayson, Hard at Work for You,” “He works hard. He pays attention. He gets things done,” and “Video DVD …

Roll Call has the former Hill & Politico reporter – and current Bloomberg News reporter – front and center on RollCall.com

Patrick Gavin is not scared.  He will do whatever he needs to do in order to keep his audience entertained – including crawling on the floor of the Longworth House office building. PS: He might look nice, but Sherrif Reichert still scares the sh*t out of us.

This is how you make the pages of Mike Allen’s Playbook: @CADelargy (CBS News’ Christine Delargy): “Have finally mastered art of blow drying hair w one hand and reading @mikeallen’s playbook w the other.” Nicely played.

NOT THE ONION: John McCain tweets to Snooki and later President Obama says he doesn’t know her … during an interview with The View. Steven Jessop: Snooki-Gate? Obama Tells The View “He Has No Idea” Who Snooki Is, After Joking About Her At White House Correspondents Dinner

The ladies of “The View” always ask the tough and relevant questions. BARBARA WALTERS: “In the last month what has been the rose? And what has been the thorn?” @HowardKurtz: Shocking admission: Obama says “some 20-year-old” tweets for him! Also doesn’t know who Snooki is. Barbara Walters: “All five of …

Which POLITICO person? [pourmecoffee] Jim Bunning > [Stephen Strasburg] figgity phat [Dave Catanese] Dez Bryant [busted]

It is so damn hot outside. And we’re only in July. h/t Deadspin

Our friends over at Hugh and Crye are having a party this Saturday in Georgetown to officially launch their clothing line. So, if you don’t have plans for Saturday night, cruise on over and support a D.C. entrepreneur, Pranav Vora, at Shirts & Giggles. Buy a shirt, have a Peroni, …

Kevin Durant is stopping by Capitol Hill tomorrow and we’re wishing him all the best. Seriously. If he slips on some Congressional testimony and misses the season, don’t blame us. We love injury-prone Texas Longhorn basketball superstars. Here’s the Dear Colleague circulating Capitol Hill: Join NBA Star Kevin Durant and …

Just in time for the 30th anniversary of Caddyshack. H.R. 5878. A bill to amend the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make funds and tax benefit available to assist job creation and workforce diversification in the golf industry, and for …

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