#Weekend Awesome events: Satisfy that sweet tooth this weekend at DC’s first and only edible cookie dough confectionery, The Cookie Jar DC!; Half of Simon and Garfunkel will be performing tonight at Merriweather Post Pavilion (hint: it’s not Garfunkel); Get jazzy and snazzy with us at DC Jazz Festival; Don’t miss …

Anyone have a phone book? [via WaPo] We’ve heard of witness intimidation, and now we know one of Congress’ secrets to making those testifying before committees feel a bit … overmatched: low-slung chairs. Rep. Lynn Jenkins found herself on an unfamiliar side of the dais Thursday when she testified before …

The GOP New Media Challenge is heating up and so is the language on the House Floor. Congresswoman [Lynn] Jenkins speaks in favor of a motion that would dismiss government employees who look at, download, or spread pornography on government computers. Matter of fact, some of the Congresswoman’s constituents have …