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Be honest, we know you searched him on Facebook. If our tip box is a reliable  source, most of DC was trying to figure out what Ben Dunham looks like. And the Politico Click article about a hill staffer hooking up with Mad Men’s January Jones was flying all over …

Gossip Girl made the week for Taylor Llewellyn and Tucker Blair , Politico and Matt Drudge look to be taking some time off , Doug Pinkham said the Chamber of Commerce was the villain of the week , we can’t believe namesofthedead.com was still available, the “Yes Men ” are getting around, …

Eamon Javers takes an interesting look at Matt Drudge’s obsession with the US Dollar. On Tuesday, Matt Drudge ran a headline about the weakening U.S. dollar on his website, Drudgereport.com. In and of itself, that would be unremarkable, except that it was the 18th time Drudge had posted a link …

Our guess: “Just like Steel said: Look serious, concentrate, lean in for the shot.”

Glenn Thrush: Summers brushes back Boehner It’s always about the jobs

Jake Sherman takes a look at a story that creeps up about once a year: how many days does the House of Representatives actually work? Give the story a read before you hear about it all day on talk radio and cable news. Jake Sherman: House: Working hard or hardly …

Patrick O’Connor: House feels left out on health care

Patrick Gavin could be a genius. He gets paid by POLITICO to play Members of Congress in Connect Four and Wii. The Patricks battle it out in the Click’s latest video: Game Changer (Wii edition).

JoMa: Pawlenty preps 2012 campaign team And behind the scenes, he’s engaged in a far more subtle campaign against another possible presidential rival. … Pawlenty has been phoning aides and advisers to Romney’s 2008 campaign, ostensibly to introduce himself and solicit their advice. … One midlevel Romney aide who got …

These never get old. POLITICO: Wall Street money rains on Chuck Schumer Wall Street has showered nearly $11 million on the Senate since the beginning of the year, and more than 15 percent of it has gone to a single senator: Democrat Chuck Schumer of New York. Visualize mentally. You’re welcome. RELATED: Lil Frates …

The Redskins Defense came up big and held on for a win [beat Rams] Obama’s media blitz continues tonight on Letterman [Lynn Sweet] Joe Dub had a long drive back from Vicksburg, Va. [Va Tech wins] Michael Crabtree is still unemployed [$66 million] The San Diego Chargers’ kicker Nate Kaeding looks …

Over 40 "Kennedy" mentions on the POLITICO homepage alone.  Did they miss any angles?

Our friends at POLITICO were kind enough recently to feature us in their "hot list" story. But will the Fab Fifty have any chance of taking over The Hill’s list, which has become nationally known after a solid six-year run? … Don’t bet on it, according to blog FamousDC , …

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 .

Anne Schroder Mullins recently wrote a piece about the creators of the "Auto-Tune" web videos. [sorta viral] The quote of the story goes to Pete Snyder, the CEO and president of New Media Strategies: Snyder sees little downside for politicians being featured in an “Auto-Tune the News” video… “I wouldn’t …