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  • AnonymASS Tipster of the Week

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    Betsy Rothstein
    24 May 2013 | 5:30 am
    To put this in proper context, on Thursday we reported that The Daily Caller newsroom was heading out on a cruise yesterday. We wrote that we hoped they weren’t going on a Carnival poop cruise and wished them a bon voyage. So naturally AnonymASS writes in, “You must be breaking out the champagne today! You got to use ‘poop’ again! Maybe somewhere on the web there should be an FBDC Poop page that graphs peak and falliw [sic] periods.” Dear ASS: Yes, we’re breaking out the champagne! And please, we’d love for you to be in charge of our poop graph…

  • Obama's drone speech could improve Pakistan ties

    Washington, DC News
    24 May 2013 | 5:18 pm
    President Barack Obama's decision to impose more restrictive rules governing U.S. drone strikes and his prediction that they will be used less could pave the way for better relations with the new government of key ally Pakistan, officials and analysts said Friday.

  • Menendez: Filibuster-Proof Majority not 'Identified' for Immigration Bill

    Roll Call: Daily News
    24 May 2013 | 3:46 pm
    New Jersey Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez tells Univision that the "gang of eight" senators working on an immigration overhaul don't yet have 60 votes.

  • UK-bound Pakistan plane diverted, 2 men arrested

    Washington Examiner
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    24 May 2013 | 6:30 pm
    Passengers disembark from Pakistan International Airlines flight PK709 bound for Manchester from Lahore, Pakistan, after it was diverted and landed at Stansted Airport, north of London, England, Friday May 24, 2013. The passenger plane was diverted following an incident on board, and two men were arrested on suspicion of endangerment of an aircraft after an RAF Typhoon jet was scrambled to escort the passenger plane traveling from Pakistan to the UK, police said. (AP Photo / Chris Radburn, PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUT – NO SALES – NO ARCHIVES CASSANDRA VINOGRAD DANICA KIRKA LONDON (AP)…

  • Key Republicans press Obama to meet border enforcement union

    Top News
    24 May 2013 | 10:13 am
    The National Immigration and Customs Enforcement Council has warned Congress immigration reform will cause a surge of illegal immigration. Read more...
 
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    Roll Call: Daily News

  • Menendez: Filibuster-Proof Majority not 'Identified' for Immigration Bill

    24 May 2013 | 3:46 pm
    New Jersey Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez tells Univision that the "gang of eight" senators working on an immigration overhaul don't yet have 60 votes.

  • GOP Bolsters Hispanic Outreach Efforts

    24 May 2013 | 2:49 pm
    It's no secret that Republicans needed to revamp their outreach to Hispanics after Mitt Romney's dismal electoral showing last year, and GOP leaders hope a new marketing effort will help their members connect with the burgeoning bloc of voters.

  • Calendar: The Beltway Bombers Series

    24 May 2013 | 2:21 pm
    Recess weeks that are abbreviated by holiday weekends are great opportunities to get out. If you've stuck around Washington while the rest of Congress went back to the home district -- or the beach or what have you -- celebrate the opportunity to just hang out, be at the office less, breathe a little deeper and connect with the city around you.

  • CityDance Wants to 'Move the City'

    24 May 2013 | 12:03 pm
    There are times in life when words aren't enough. For more than 120 D.C. students, this is one of those times.

  • Democrat Noncommittal on Pelosi #NY11 | The Candidate

    24 May 2013 | 11:11 am
    Editor's Note: Every year, scores of congressional candidates visit the CQ Roll Call offices to meet with reporters and Contributing Editor Stuart Rothenberg. This new feature, "The Candidate," will ask these congressional hopefuls five questions about their campaigns. Responses and questions have been edited and condensed.
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    Washington Examiner

  • UK-bound Pakistan plane diverted, 2 men arrested

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    24 May 2013 | 6:30 pm
    Passengers disembark from Pakistan International Airlines flight PK709 bound for Manchester from Lahore, Pakistan, after it was diverted and landed at Stansted Airport, north of London, England, Friday May 24, 2013. The passenger plane was diverted following an incident on board, and two men were arrested on suspicion of endangerment of an aircraft after an RAF Typhoon jet was scrambled to escort the passenger plane traveling from Pakistan to the UK, police said. (AP Photo / Chris Radburn, PA) UNITED KINGDOM OUT – NO SALES – NO ARCHIVES CASSANDRA VINOGRAD DANICA KIRKA LONDON (AP)…

  • Principal recounts tornado hitting Oklahoma school

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    24 May 2013 | 6:30 pm
    Maintenance workers from the Moore Public Schools erect crosses at the Plaza Towers elementary school that they built in memory of the seven children who died during the Moore tornado, Friday, May 24, 2013 in Moore, Okla. One large cross and seven smaller crosses with the names of the victims are in memory of the seven students who died in the Moore tornado.(AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS MOORE, Okla. (AP) ?Û” Teachers and students at Plaza Towers Elementary School hunkered down against the storm just as they had been taught in countless tornado drills, their principal said…

  • Barrick fined $16m for Pascua-Lama violations

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    24 May 2013 | 6:00 pm
    Mining machinery and barrels with chemicals sit on the facilities of Barrick Gold Corp’s Pascua-Lama project in northern Chile, Thursday, May 23, 2013. Chile’s environmental regulator has stopped construction and imposed sanctions on Barrick Gold Corp.’s $8.5 billion Pascua-Lama project, citing “serious violations” of its environmental permit. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz) LUIS ANDRES HENAO VALLENAR, Chile (AP) — Chile’s environmental regulator blocked Barrick Gold Corp.’s $8.5 billion Pascua-Lama project on Friday and imposed its maximum fine on the…

  • US: Czech slaying suspect killed relatives

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    24 May 2013 | 6:00 pm
    MATTHEW BARAKAT ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — An American man killed his uncle, aunt and cousins in the Czech Republic and then flew to the United States, where he was arrested at an airport, authorities said Friday. Citing the Czech police investigation, a federal complaint filed Thursday in Virginia seeking Kevin Dahlgren’s arrest said Dahlgren killed his relatives at their home in Brno on Tuesday or Wednesday. The victims had been stabbed in the head and neck, and it appears that Dahlgren tried to burn three of the four bodies in the basement of the home, according to the complaint.

  • Watchdog: Bank CEO, top executives convicted on multiple fraud charges

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    24 May 2013 | 5:00 pm
    Kelly Cohen Following a multi-week trial, a CEO, three senior executives and a favored borrower were convicted Friday by a federal jury in Virginia in a fraud scheme that led to the collapse of the Bank of the Commonwealth. The men were able to hide non-performing assets at the bank, causing it to fail in 2011. The failure cost the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation about $268 million. Christy Romero, Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, said the co-conspirators “cultivated a culture of deceit and corruption at the bank,” and that their assumption…
 
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    City Desk

  • The Needle: Memorial Day Weekend Edition

    Mike Madden
    24 May 2013 | 2:35 pm
    Ol' Virtual Bastard: The Wu-Tang Clan and N.W.A. will headline this year's Rock the Bells hip-hop tour—complete with appearances by dead members of each group. Ol' Dirty Bastard and Eazy-E will both "perform" with their fellow rappers by hologram when the tour stops at RFK Stadium Sept. 28 and 29. ODB's widow Icelene Jones isn't that into the idea; she's reportedly sent a cease-and-desist letter to the tour's organizers. You'd think a sworn affidavit that Wolf Blitzer won't be involved should smooth things over. -2 Ocean City, D.C.: This weekend marks the unofficial start to the summer, and…

  • Emilio Garcia-Ruiz Named Post Managing Editor

    Jonathan L. Fischer
    24 May 2013 | 1:00 pm
    The Washington Post has a new managing editor, replacing John Temple, who left the paper in March. Emilio Garcia-Ruiz will lead the Post's "digital initiatives and operations, video, the presentation departments of photo, graphics, and design, and the multiplatform editing desk," according to a memo from Post Executive Editor Martin Baron obtained by Romenesko. Garcia-Ruiz joins the Post's other managing editor, Kevin Merida, whom Baron appointed to the position in February. Here's a bit from the memo: As editor for strategic projects for the past two and a half years, Emilio has been…

  • WMATA Employee Arrested for Stealing $18,000 of Defibrillators

    Aaron Wiener
    24 May 2013 | 12:27 pm
    The Metro Transit Police have arrested a Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Employee for alleged theft of Metro equipment. The stolen goods? Thirteen defibrillators, worth a total of approximately $18,000. According to a press release just sent out by WMATA, the employee, 40-year-old Derrick Davis of Laurel, Md., was charged yesterday in Prince George's County District Court with "Theft Over $1000." Davis, who worked on Metrorail maintenance, allegedly sold his stolen merchandise on online auction sites—and was caught in an undercover sting. "Following a multi-month…

  • The Answers Column: What’s With the Lack of Apostrophe in St. Elizabeths?

    Aaron Wiener
    24 May 2013 | 11:57 am
    What’s with the lack of apostrophe in St. Elizabeths? At the St. Elizabeths West Campus near the east bank of the Anacostia River, Department of Homeland Security buildings are nearing completion and the Coast Guard is preparing to move in. At the East Campus, construction crews will break ground next week on the Gateway Pavilion that will serve as the first stage of the big mixed-use development planned there. Yes, St. Elizabeths is taking off. But one thing seems to have been left behind: the apostrophe in the site’s name. The mystery of the missing apostrophe goes back to the early…

  • Ride It Like It’s Hot: A Bold South African Recovers a Stolen Bike

    Drew Lawrence
    24 May 2013 | 11:31 am
    An estimated 1.5 million bicycles are stolen each year in the U.S., and behind each of those is a sad face and a story. Perhaps you chased down a thief who nabbed your Trek from outside your Results gym. Maybe your vintage-inspired Specialized frame disappeared in the crowd of Eastern Market, never to be seen again. City Desk will document the world of local bike theft through regular reader-submitted narratives (and if we run yours, we'll pay you). Send us your tales about that elaborate sting you arranged to catch the guy who nabbed your Cannondale to Jonathan L. Fischer at…
 
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    Washington, D.C. Business News - Local Washington, D.C. News | The Washington Business Journal

  • D.C. prepares for football fever (No, not that football.)

    24 May 2013 | 11:51 am
    The District's RFK Stadium will likely see a sellout crowd next week when the U.S. men's national soccer team plays Germany in a friendly match to mark U.S. Soccer's centennial year. Some 40,000 tickets have already been sold for the June 2 game, according to Events D.C., the city's main sports and events marketing agency. RFK holds approximately 45,000 people. About 15-18 percent of attendees at U.S. soccer games come from out of town. Hotel room nights associated with the U.S. and German teams…

  • Report predicts LivingSocial, as a brand, will die in 2014

    24 May 2013 | 11:35 am
    LivingSocial Inc. — as a brand, at least — "does not stand a chance" and is going to vanish in 2014, or so predicts 24/7 Wall St. in a doomsday top-10 ranking that you're going to click on whether you want to or not. Based on the body of previous reporting on the District-based daily deals giant, the online financial pub places LivingSocial among the "Ten Brands That Will Disappear in 2014," alongside Volvo, J.C. Penney, Nook, "Martha Stewart Living" and "Road & Track" magazines, Olympus, the…

  • M Cafe and Bar, Bar di Bari aim for June 15 opening

    24 May 2013 | 11:30 am
    Two of the restaurants that will add to 14th Street's emerging "really little Italy" are planning for mid-June openings, their owners told me this week. Bar di Bari, the European cafe and restaurant from Red Velvet, Drafting Table and Fat Shorty's owner Aaron Gordon, should be open by June 15 at 14th and R streets NW, Gordon said. (Bar di Bari won't be slowed by his troubles this week with exhaust vents and excessive doughnut smell at his other spot, Zeke's Donuts.) The small restaurant will have…

  • Northern Virginia panel names road, transit projects slated for new funding

    24 May 2013 | 10:53 am
    The panel charged with allocating new road and transit funds in Northern Virginia has selected 33 projects totaling $187.5 million for design and construction work next fiscal year. With the transportation funding bill adopted by the General Assembly now law, the 14-member Northern Virginia Transit Authority has started the process of choosing the projects that will get money first. The funding legislation is expected to raise $350 million annually for the region, though a good chunk of that money…

  • FCi Federal hires veteran CFO

    24 May 2013 | 10:42 am
    Leesburg-based FCi Federal has hired Bill Milligan as vice president of business operations and chief financial officer, the professional services firm announced Friday. Having spent 20 years in CFO roles, Milligan most recently was vice president and CFO at High Performance Technologies, where he led corporate finance and administrative functions and helped manage growth from $22 million to over $100 million. The Washington Business Journal named him CFO of the Year in 2007.
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  • Barrick fined $16m for Pascua-Lama violations

    24 May 2013 | 7:22 am
    - Chile's environmental regulator blocked Barrick Gold Corp.'s $8.5 billion Pascua-Lama project on Friday and imposed its maximum fine on the world's largest gold miner, citing "very serious" violations of its environmental permit as well as a failure by the company to accurately describe what it had done wrong.

  • News Corp. OKs poison pill, buyback before split

    24 May 2013 | 6:00 am
    - News Corp. said its board of directors has approved plans to split its entertainment and publishing businesses into two separate companies. The company also adopted a shareholder-rights plan designed to prevent a hostile takeover in the volatile trading period after the split is complete.

  • FDA warns of infections tied to Tennessee pharmacy

    24 May 2013 | 6:00 am
    - Health officials are investigating cases involving patients who suffered complications after being injected with potentially contaminated medications made by a Tennessee specialty pharmacy.

  • Schumer urges look at security in Sprint deal

    24 May 2013 | 6:00 am
    - Sen. Charles Schumer urged regulators to "use extreme caution" when reviewing the proposed acquisition of No. 3 cell carrier Sprint Nextel by Japan's Softbank, saying the Japanese company's use of Chinese networking equipment could open up U.S. networks to snooping and hacking.

  • China gives US regulators access to audit records

    24 May 2013 | 6:00 am
    - China has agreed to give U.S. regulators access to audit records for Chinese companies whose shares trade on U.S. stock exchanges, a step forward in a long-running dispute.
 
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    Roll Call: Hill Life

  • Calendar: The Beltway Bombers Series

    24 May 2013 | 2:21 pm
    Recess weeks that are abbreviated by holiday weekends are great opportunities to get out. If you've stuck around Washington while the rest of Congress went back to the home district -- or the beach or what have you -- celebrate the opportunity to just hang out, be at the office less, breathe a little deeper and connect with the city around you.

  • Everyone's Gotta Eat | Capitol Lens

    24 May 2013 | 2:03 pm
    A bird flies past the Capitol's Statue of Freedom with food in its beak.

  • Let's Hear It for Model Pitching Coach Steve McCatty

    24 May 2013 | 9:32 am
    Nats fans, it's time to show pitching coach and former model Steve McCatty your appreciation.

  • Boxed In | Capitol Lens

    23 May 2013 | 3:40 pm
    Capitol fixture Rick Hohensee gives a school group the peace sign on the East Front of the Capitol on Thursday. He also played some music at an event where Virginia Indian tribes pressed for federal recognition, also on the East Front.

  • What's in a D.C. Song?

    23 May 2013 | 2:13 pm
    What's in a D.C. song?
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    The Fix

  • Christie says he will ‘be here to welcome’ Obama to New Jersey

    Sean Sullivan
    24 May 2013 | 3:13 pm
    EARLIER ON THE FIX: Anthony Weiner’s rocky restart In defense of Lois Lerner The Fix’s top 15 gubernatorial races Ted Cruz vs. John McCain: Welcome to the new normal in the Senate ‘The Daily Show’ on Obama’s counterterrorism speech (VIDEO) … Continue reading →    

  • Lois Lerner’s “Worst Week”

    Chris Cillizza
    24 May 2013 | 12:50 pm
    Earlier in this space, the Post’s Joel Achenbach wrote in defense of Lois Lerner. Proving that reasonable people can disagree, just a few hours later we awarded the now-former head of the IRS’ tax-exempt arm the “Worst Week in Washington”. Here’s … Continue reading →    

  • Anthony Weiner’s rocky restart

    Sean Sullivan
    24 May 2013 | 11:52 am
    Anthony Weiner announced late Tuesday that he would run for mayor of New York.  He’s received a lot of attention in his first few days back in politics. But much of it hasn’t been the good kind. Since kicking off … Continue reading →    

  • In defense of Lois Lerner

    Chris Cillizza
    24 May 2013 | 10:45 am
    The week that was as seen through the lens of the one and only Joel Achenbach. Reading the commentary on the IRS hearings, it’s clear that the overriding rule in Washington opinion circles is that the moment someone says they … Continue reading →    

  • The Fix’s top 15 gubernatorial races

    Aaron Blake
    24 May 2013 | 9:13 am
    New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) isn’t taking any chances. Riding high as polls continue to show he is a strong favorite to win reelection and one of the country’s most popular governors, Christie’s campaign has taken an aggressive early stance against … Continue reading →    
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    Pundits Blog

  • Tea Party will destroy GOP in 2014, as Palin destroyed McCain in 2008

    24 May 2013 | 7:53 am
    For the far right, dreams die hard and delusions never end. As Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), who represents a congressional GOP with unpopularity of 75 percent, prepares to summon former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, with popularity above 60 percent, to testify, the overreach of House Republicans now threatens Republican control of the House. The triumph of the Tea Party within Republican politics is a gift to Democrats in 2014, as the disastrous vice presidential nomination of Sarah Palin in 2008 helped propelled Barack Obama to a two-term presidency.

  • America is falling apart: How the Tea Party can save us

    24 May 2013 | 5:10 am
    America is falling apart. The IRS abuses reveal that the government does not work. It is too big. It is politicized. There is no true professional class. And the structural decay is now apparent; the federal government is as corroded as the New Jersey bridges. Detroit is dead. Parts of Baltimore are dead and Philadelphia. That former American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took the initiative in “sealing the deal” for Lady Gaga to perform at a gay pride rally in Rome, Italy, the vortex of Roman Catholicism, is a symptom. Former Rep. Andrew Weiner  (D-N.Y.) is a symptom. Benghazi is a…

  • Ted Cruz is Harry Reid's best asset, John Cornyn's worst fear, and Marco Rubio's biggest nightmare

    23 May 2013 | 10:43 am
    For Texas Democrats, national Democrats and Senate Democrats, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is a dream come true, and the gift that keeps on giving. Now the talkative and ubiquitous Cruz has denounced the entire Republican leadership, presumably including Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), as being untrustworthy. Should Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), the former boxer, land another blow to the political chin of Cruz, or send him thank-you notes for doing his part to make Republicans look so radical and weird that more Democrats will be elected to the Senate in 2014?

  • Scandals combine to form perfect storm

    22 May 2013 | 8:09 am
    When it rains, it pours.The combined weight of the three growing Obama administration scandals is weighing down the White House and overwhelming its ability to control the story or advance its agenda.In hospital triage, this is the equivalent of not having enough bed space.Each scandal, if it occurred by itself, could potentially be dealt with. But their combination is forming a narrative that the White House is not being honest amid a culture of “scandal.”The three controversies, the IRS targeting of conservative groups, the Benghazi, Libya, terrorist attack and the Justice Department's…

  • Rand Paul for president (or Ted Cruz)

    22 May 2013 | 7:52 am
    With a season of dissent circling Washington, reporters now, the infamous mainstream media — especially those associated with the White House Correspondents' Association dinner — will begin to bail and join the revolution. Once again it may begin to mean something to be a writer as it did to Ida Tarbell and Carl Bernstein and young'uns may flock again to journalism schools as they did after the Woodward and Bernstein days. An era is upon us, and a new generation, always an equal and opposite counterpoint of the last, will rise with it.
 
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    News

  • Justice asked judge to keep Fox reporter in the dark over tracked email

    24 May 2013 | 1:54 pm
    Justice argued in 2010 that the traditional 30-day notice period did not apply to Fox's James Rosen.

  • Menendez: Immigration bill doesn’t have votes to pass Senate

    24 May 2013 | 1:46 pm
    Sen. Robert Menendez said Friday that the “Gang of Eight” immigration bill doesn’t have enough votes to pass the Senate.

  • Poll: Nearly four in 10 say sequester hurt them personally

    24 May 2013 | 9:51 am
    Some 37 percent of Americans report being personally impacted by the sequester, and half that group say the harm has been "major," according to a new poll released Friday by ABC News and The Washington Post.That's up substantially from the 25 percent of Americans who reported feeling the impact of the $80 billion across-the-board cuts implemented after Congress failed to strike a budget deal.Americans also disapprove of the sequester at a higher rate, with 56 percent of Americans saying they disapprove of the move and only 35 percent backing the cuts. Of those who say the sequester has caused…

  • Sen. Murphy loses 6 pounds on food stamp challenge

    24 May 2013 | 7:34 am
    Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) has lost six pounds, but in an unconventional way.The freshmen senator has been on the food stamp challenge, where he lives on $4.80 a day.The lawmaker has been tweeting about it, writing about his weight loss on Friday morning.Living this wk on $4.80/day food budget. Got on scale this morning - lost 6 lbs in 4 days. #foodstampchallenge— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) May 24, 2013Murphy is taking part of the weeklong SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) Challenge, which encourages participants to live like millions of low-income Americans live, on an…

  • Roger Ailes: Obama administration efforts to intimidate Fox will fail

    24 May 2013 | 7:16 am
    Ailes: “We will not allow a climate of press intimidation ... to frighten any of us away from the truth.”
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    Ben Goddard

  • Don’t focus only on scandal

    20 May 2013 | 3:04 pm
    Can they walk and chew gum at the same time? Read more...

  • It’s time for Holder to go

    20 May 2013 | 2:59 pm
    One of many good things you can say about President Obama is that he is loyal to his friends. But sometimes, he is loyal to Read more...

  • Opinion: The irony of energy

    20 May 2013 | 2:00 am
    Just three years ago, Republican members of the Senate split with President Obama and his party over federal energy policy. Read more...

  • Opinion: GOP leaders have to sell immigration reform to base

    20 May 2013 | 2:00 am
    The biggest stumbling block to immigration reform is no longer politics. It is how to market the deal to conservatives. Read more...

  • Scandal is big government

    13 May 2013 | 4:53 pm
    Twenty-nine years before the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington, D.C., John Dean, then the White House counsel, sent a list of names Read more...
 
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    Dick Morris

  • The IRS audit from hell

    21 May 2013 | 3:28 pm
    From prominent election lawyer Cleta Mitchell comes the disgusting detail with which the Internal Revenue Service hounded conservative groups — they demanded so much information Read more...

  • Don’t focus only on scandal

    20 May 2013 | 3:04 pm
    Can they walk and chew gum at the same time? Read more...

  • It’s time for Holder to go

    20 May 2013 | 2:59 pm
    One of many good things you can say about President Obama is that he is loyal to his friends. But sometimes, he is loyal to Read more...

  • Opinion: GOP leaders have to sell immigration reform to base

    20 May 2013 | 2:00 am
    The biggest stumbling block to immigration reform is no longer politics. It is how to market the deal to conservatives. Read more...

  • Opinion: The irony of energy

    20 May 2013 | 2:00 am
    Just three years ago, Republican members of the Senate split with President Obama and his party over federal energy policy. Read more...
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    DCBlogs

  • DC Blogs Noted

    dcblogs
    24 May 2013 | 3:00 am
    People want lively neighborhoods until the bars close and the drunks take over. It can get bad enough, U Street Dirt writes, that it can drain away the neighborhood. The post: An Unexpected Journey to Supporting the Moratorium. Robbery Victim: DC 911 Hung Up On Me…three times! Titan of Trinidad. There are complaints about the 7th & U Street NW CVS store. The blogger at Bloomingdale says the store can do better. But some commenters offer more tempered views. A Sad Day for Ballet: A K.C. Loading Dock Scene. WashINKton DC. An art blog. Funny Story of a Snake and Bunny. Jason’s View…

  • DC Blogs Noted

    dcblogs
    23 May 2013 | 3:00 am
    So That’s What They Look Like: Behind the Scenes of WAMU’s Metro Connection. Dumb Things I Have Done Lately. Kittens love Liam Neeson. Mean Louise. With video. And, yes, they really do like him. What is unaffordable affordable housing? Arlington Yupette. Someone new to adulthood writes about Kids. These. Days. Shaunanagins. If the spring is motivating you to run again, Rock Creek Runner can help.

  • DC Blogs Noted

    dcblogs
    22 May 2013 | 3:00 am
    At first she thought wires were sticking out of her wall. Grad Expectations. Pablo was not an ordinary cat as far as this neighborhood was concerned. The Hill is Home. The Angry Bureaucrat looks at the things he does to optimize how he spends his time. There’s a list. Here’s one point: I don’t shave every day – I only shave out of social or professional necessity, which means that I end up shaving only 1.5 times per week instead of 7. Shaving takes about 10 minutes, so over 5 years, I’m saving myself about 235 hours by shaving less often. The tragedy in Moore,…

  • DC Blogs Noted

    dcblogs
    21 May 2013 | 3:00 am
    This is an insider account of the plan to “reconstitute” the staff at Cardozo Senior High School. The outcome is explained in the post headline by Washington Teacher: Cardozo Senior High teachers get the axe! You’re Hailing a Cab, Not Stalking a Mouse. You came back to DC? Have your tires been slashed/punctured? Frozen Tropics. Occam’s Razor reviews the new Star Trek movie. He writes: If you have to wait four years between Star Trek movies, you had better get an A+ product, and Abrams delivers. A special note to our loyal readers. Washington Gardener.

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    dcblogs
    20 May 2013 | 3:00 am
    What I’d missed about DC. Chicks Dig Poetry. Ten things. A tire blowout on the Beltway. Work, Wine and Wheels. DCOutsider, writes: Yes, how did I get where I am, down and out by most people’s count, such that I suffer from shame at the thought of reunions. Where will I live when I am old, and with whom, in what kind of a situation? But, alas, America is not the caller of shots anymore, no more healthy pensions, but a cannibalized turn. My review of the new Martha’s Outfitters community thrift in Anacostia. Congress Heights On The Rise The cute baby with electric hair. My…
 
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    FishbowlDC

  • Male Reporters Harden Stances on Weiner Clash With Female Scribes

    Betsy Rothstein
    24 May 2013 | 8:55 am
    Some male reporters felt the need to get in a dick swinging contest with Donald Trump this afternoon. The subject matter: Ironically, ex-Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.). On Wednesday we reported that TWT Senior Op-ed Writer Emily Miller wrote that she and a female colleague Susan Crabtree had alleged that Weiner had harassed them during conversations on Capitol Hill. In Miller’s case, she says a heated Weiner got inches from her face and subjected her to humiliating sexual comments as she tried to question him on the sexting scandal. Crabtree, meanwhile, says Weiner erected his middle…

  • WaPo Names Managing Editor

    Betsy Rothstein
    24 May 2013 | 8:47 am
    WaPo announced today that Emilio Garcia-Ruiz has been named managing editor. According to a release, he will be responsible for digital initiatives and operations, video, the presentation departments of photo, graphics, and design, and the multiplatform editing desk. He was previously WaPo‘s digital strategy editor. He began working for WaPo in 1987 as a night copy editor in Sports. He left in 1990 and spent 11 years at the Orange County Register, LAT and St. Paul Pioneer Press. He returned to WaPo in 2001 as assistant sports editor. “As editor for strategic projects for the past two…

  • Separated At Birth: WaPo’s Ruth Marcus

    Eddie Scarry
    24 May 2013 | 8:15 am
    On this Friday we match up WaPo columnist Ruth Marcus, who appeared on MSNBC. Her doppelganger: Actress Kathy Najimy, known for her roles in the films Sister Act, Sister Act II and Hocus Pocus. New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.

  • Joan Walsh’s ‘Skeezy Huckster’– Racist?

    Eddie Scarry
    24 May 2013 | 7:30 am
    After calling Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) a “skeezy huckster” late Thursday night, Salon Editor Joan Walsh faced a barrage of spankings from conservatives on Twitter who charged that Walsh was being racist. “Wow, Ted Cruz is kind of a skeezy huckster,” Walsh tweeted. “Will Republicans start to notice?” Conservative talk radio host Dana Loesch pounced, tweeting back, “Should we ask joanwalsh if ‘skeezy huckster’ is code for ‘Hispanic?’ Like how she said ‘food stamps’ is code for ‘Black American?’”…

  • AnonymASS Tipster of the Week

    Betsy Rothstein
    24 May 2013 | 5:30 am
    To put this in proper context, on Thursday we reported that The Daily Caller newsroom was heading out on a cruise yesterday. We wrote that we hoped they weren’t going on a Carnival poop cruise and wished them a bon voyage. So naturally AnonymASS writes in, “You must be breaking out the champagne today! You got to use ‘poop’ again! Maybe somewhere on the web there should be an FBDC Poop page that graphs peak and falliw [sic] periods.” Dear ASS: Yes, we’re breaking out the champagne! And please, we’d love for you to be in charge of our poop graph…
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    Frozen Tropics

  • The Elroy Opens Tomorrow

    24 May 2013 | 8:15 am
    The Elroy, the futuristic bar coming to 1423 H Street, announced via Twitter that it will open its doors tomorrow. Young & Hungry had a column on the Elroy concept a while back.

  • Indian Street Food Coming to the H Street Corridor's West End

    23 May 2013 | 1:20 pm
    Huge #NoMaDC / #HStNE scoop: rumors point to indian food stand Indigo (eastern market) opening restaurant at Franklin Carryout 3rd & K NE— mattCampy (@mattCampy) May 23, 2013Indigo, the Indian food to go stand at Eastern Market, is opening a new location at 243 K Street. Huge h/t to Matt Campy for the news (which is confirmed by a peek at Indigo's Twitter feed). #noma #easternmarket suggestions welcome 4 our new location 243k street, ne,DC. Tell us wht u luk for n how u wnt it 2b served. INDIGODC fb— INDIGO (@indigowdc) May 3, 2013

  • Interesting New iPad App: Sensual Cultures

    23 May 2013 | 11:53 am
    A screenshot from the appA Twitter follower sent me a link to this intriguing new iPad application Sensual Cultures aimed at hearing people who would like to know more about their Deaf neighbors, and how to interact with them positively. The app was made by a Gallaudet graduate. The creator describes it thus:A visual guide to cross-cultural conflicts on how cultures value sight, touch, and sound with the focus on Deaf and hearing people! Sensual Cultures come loaded with case studies (videos) showing the conflicts in “real-time” on H Street NE, an artsy corner in Washington DC. (Well, if…

  • Guest Post: Checking Out 360° H

    23 May 2013 | 10:45 am
    Photo of a two bedroom unit's kitchen by Alan Page Reader Alan Page writes in to describe his recent visit to 360° H, the new mixed-use development on the north side of the 300 block of H Street. I had an opportunity to visit 360° H (the apartment complex right above the new Giant at 3rd and H) and I was able to learn a lot about the building. As you may already know, the building offers studios, one bedrooms and two bedrooms. The building features a 24 hour concierge, a private entrance to the 24 hour Giant (so you don't even have to step outdoors to get that jar of spaghetti sauce…

  • Left Behind, the Complete Series

    23 May 2013 | 9:36 am
    Local artist Paige Byrne shared this video of her installations that you can visit at the Wylie Street Garden (13th Street, between H and I).
 
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  • science gateway proposes an urban approach for white oak

    21 May 2013 | 8:22 am
    LifeSci Village, a proposed bioscience research campus that's part of a new plan for White Oak.50 years ago, White Oak was a prosperous suburb that inspired The Wonder Years, but today the community north of downtown Silver Spring struggles with disinvestment. Montgomery County planners say an urban approach to redevelopment can bring new life to the area.While White Oak has several historically affluent neighborhoods, today it has no majority racial or ethnic group, and renters make up over a third of the population. There are abandoned office buildings and a reputation for crime, whether…

  • BRT supporters turn out for public hearing, but skeptics remain

    20 May 2013 | 6:10 am
    Over 50 speakers packed the Planning Board auditorium in Silver Spring last night to offer comments on Montgomery County's proposed Bus Rapid Transit network. During a hearing that lasted over 3 hours, residents debated the merits of the 10-route, 79-mile system county planners envision. A slight majority of speakers spoke in favor of the plan, saying BRT could give people a real alternative to driving and support projected population and employment growth. Many speakers highlighted the importance of transit in attracting new residents, particularly young adults who already flock to the…

  • montgomery housing partnership makes long branch stronger

    15 May 2013 | 9:45 am
    One of many interactive art pieces made by UMD art and architecture students at the Long Branch Super Block Party, organized by Montgomery Housing Partnership. All photos by the author unless otherwise noted.The Long Branch neighborhood of Silver Spring has suffered from disinvestment for decades but is now turning the corner. However, one of the organizations that's helped bring it back to life could lose their financial support. Located two miles east of the Silver Spring Metro, Long Branch developed shortly after World War II. An influx of immigrants in the 1970's made it Montgomery…

  • city place mall will get new name, open up to the street

    14 May 2013 | 10:55 am
    Are you ready for the new Ellsworth Place? All images courtesy of Petrie Ross.Standing inside City Place Mall, it's as if the revitalization of downtown Silver Spring never happened. After multiple attempts to revive the half-empty mall, the answer could be opening it to the street. Representatives from Annapolis developer Petrie Ross Ventures presented their plans for the 21-year-old mall at the corner of Colesville Road and Fenton Street last night at the Silver Spring Citizens Advisory Board's monthly meeting. They want to create several new entrances to the street while reorganizing the…

  • goodbye, wordbones (1955-2012)

    12 May 2013 | 6:00 am
    Dennis Lane's last post on Tales of Two Cities, a blog about Howard County.Until Friday, I didn't know who Dennis Lane was. For at least 6 years, I knew him only as Wordbones, the author of Tales of Two Cities, a blog he wrote about Ellicott City and Columbia. I knew Wordbones grew up in Columbia and became a fixture not just among Howard County's robust blogging community, but offline as well. I knew he co-hosted a regular podcast in the middle of Columbia Mall, had a long career in commercial real estate, and lately was grumbling about his new office. I knew he was a fan of Busboys and…
 
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