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A new Gallup Poll finds a record-low 28% of American voters say most members of Congress deserve to be re-elected. [snap] “The same poll finds 49% of voters, a near-record low, saying their own member of Congress deserves to be re-elected. This marks only the second time since Gallup began …

Emily Miller, who was a featured gossip columnist for Politics Daily, has signed on as a freelance for The Washington Times. According to Fishbowl, her Politics Daily contract is up soon and she is not staying. Miller, who’s tag-line at Politics Daily read, “Afraid of Nobody,” told FDC “I s’pose …

This is nasty good. [h/t Aztec’s Backfill] Not every day you hear a Taiwanese Boy sing a Whitney Houston song better than Whitney Houston could now.

Funny Or Die recently partnered with parents from the Wonderland Avenue Elementary School PTA in Los Angeles and enlisted the help of Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green for a PSA aimed at blocking the nearly $2.5 billion in proposed education cuts from the California state budget. We watched it …

Not much to add here.  It’s pretty straight forward.  Too many hookers = increase in road signs. Caution! Scantily-clad hazard ahead: Italian prostitutes get own road sign to warn motorists Read the WTF here.

A group of talented public affairs professionals recently launched the Beekeeper Group. We at Beekeeper Group believe that your bees are likely already buzzing! We will help to identify, track, and optimize the existing buzz, and then strengthen it even further to help achieve maximum attention in today’s diverse and complex …

It’s easier to run a city when you’re half naked. [and in Miami] Mayor Adrian M. Fenty is delivering his State of the District address later this week. But for those inquiring about the state of the mayoral six-pack, behold: We have no idea where he’s pointing or why. h/t …

Yesterday President Barack Obama called Coach Mike Krzyzewski. They chatted about hoops and their love of FamousDC.

Your WTF of the week:  [sex drive] In one of the stranger moments on the campaign trail today, an audience member at Comma Coffee in Carson City asked U.S. Sen. Harry Reid what he is doing to encourage immigrant women of child-bearing age to come to the United States. Reid …

No, seriously … This picture was recently taken at Dulles Airport. [complete with fire hydrant] But please — no smoking! h/t RH

…because that’s how it’s done in the 24-hour news cycle. From CNN.com: In the same town-hall, Coburn reiterated his opposition to the health care legislation but warned town-hall attendees to be wary of information they receive about the bill on Fox News. “What we have to have is make sure …

Our thoughts are with the families in West Virginia. A huge underground explosion blamed on methane gas killed 25 coal miners in the worst U.S. mining disaster since 1984, and rescuers on Tuesday began a dangerous and possibly futile attempt to rescue four others still missing. More here.

When you shoot a pilot program for the competitor, it usually doesn’t play well at work. Mediaite has learned David Shuster has been suspended from MSNBC, effective immediately. This comes on the heels of a report Friday he had filmed a pilot for CNN – for which MSNBC said he …