POLITICO must be helping Chet Edwards throw protesters off the trail by sending them to bother Gene Green. Michael Falcone: Chet Edwards changes course, adds town halls That would be Congressman Gene Green , not Congressman Chet Edwards .

Sadly, it might be the end of an era for one of our favorite DC bands. According to The Frustrations lead singer, Kristen Soltis, their lead guitar player is leaving the band. "Unfortunately, our uber-talented guitar player Jim is leaving the Frustrations, and we’re sad to see him go! We’re …

It’s like having a meeting before the meeting.  They’re super important. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison formally announced her bid for TX gov. today, after her semi-formal announcement a month ago that followed her pre-prom announcement in April. Seen in Hotline’s Last Call

Two-step Tom is not messing around.  With some help from NJI Media Group , DeLay has already launched a fan site and is looking for your support. On a side note, Spencer Garrett, the man playing DeLay in the upcoming movie Casino Jack has nothing but nice things to say …

The White House e-tip box is no longer in service.  After setting up the email address to capture "fishy" activity regarding health care, [a tricky way to convince people that the government was actually paying attention] the White House has decided to disable the address. Don’t worry, this changes nothing, …

Huge news for Tech Adventure – CSPAN is on board. Tech Adventure is striving to organize experiences that "aren’t standard events *about* Social Media – they *are* Social Media" – so join in the fun!

Politics Daily contributor Emily Miller landed an exclusive interview with the Hammer’s wife Christine early this morning. "Tommy is so excited and he’s been working out to get in shape for the show before rehearsals even start," she explained. Read the whole story here. UPDATE: According to his daughter, Dani …

Ok, there’s cold as in getting a blank stare when slipping the maitre d’ a 20 spot, or in getting nothing but the hair-flip-turn-and-burn upon offering to buy a girl a drink [is it hot in here?], and then there’s, well, COLD. Last Thursday, Matt Drudge went arctic [Who left …

He was known for twisting arms while a member of Congress, but now it seems that Tom DeLay will be doing a whole new kind of arm-twisting — this time on the dance floor. You learned it here first yesterday – but it’s now official – Tom DeLay will be …

The new Dancing with the Stars line up will be announced tomorrow morning on Good Morning America. FamousDC predicts Paula Abdul is out, Tom DeLay is in. Stay tuned…

Wonder boy Garrett Graff became Editor of the Washingtonian, Erin McPike sent cross country updates from her road trip, Chris Cillizza almost took a full 24 hours off from posting updates, Fred Miller is older and Nora McAlvanah [27th] celebrated birthdays, nerds collided in Pittsburgh, Nancy avoided her constituents, Patrick …

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The Buckhead Invitational golf tourney, which was played this past weekend in Atlanta, GA, handed out some pretty interesting t-shirts to all tournament participants. What’s not clear is which political party the tournament sponsors belong to.  It’s also unclear as to why the t-shirts were printed in hunter safety orange.

When push polls go wrong … [um, next question please!]

Join Kelechi Kalu and FamousDC this weekend as we celebrate Bacardi Flavor’s "50 Most Beautiful People on The Hill under 30." It appears two Senate staffers are taking matters into their own hands. … They want to find the beautiful people on Capitol Hill and feel the lists that typically …