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  • JAFFE: And Chuck Ratliff came all the way from Houston, Texas to say that Harry Reid has a bad case of what he calls the D.C. virus.

    Tea Party Uses Searchlight To Find Its Way 2010

  • JAFFE: And Chuck Ratliff came all the way from Houston, Texas to say that Harry Reid has a bad case of what he calls the D.C. virus.

    NPR Topics: News 2010

  • For decades, the Anacostia was called "D.C.'s forgotten river" -- if it was called anything at all.

    Nick Wiseman: Fishing on the Anacostia Nick Wiseman 2011

  • For decades, the Anacostia was called "D.C.'s forgotten river" -- if it was called anything at all.

    Nick Wiseman: Fishing on the Anacostia Nick Wiseman 2011

  • Finally, the word D.C.: Always the ultimate artificial no place, adhering to no map or agreed-upon boundary, having nothing to do with the greater Washington area where many of us live and work normally, having nothing to do even with the "Washington" glimpsed in our many glossy society magazines, but nevertheless serving as a surreal backdrop for the newest of Bravo's five permutations of "The Real Housewives" true-life soap opera.

    As new Housewives divide and conquer D.C., we just don't get 'Real' anymore 2010

  • In plain English, D.C. officials said this is good policy.

    CNN Transcript Jun 26, 2008 2008

  • Web Takes on the Bailout: Perhaps spooked into action by the fact that a bill that overhauls the U.S. financial system and fundamentally recenters the balance of power in D.C. is shorter than my shopping list, Micah Sifry looks at how the left, right, and center are gearing up online to challenge the $700 billion Wall Street bailout plan.

    Daily Digest: Can the Web Buck a Bailout? Scola, Nancy 2008

  • Web Takes on the Bailout: Perhaps spooked into action by the fact that a bill that overhauls the U.S. financial system and fundamentally recenters the balance of power in D.C. is shorter than my shopping list, Micah Sifry looks at how the left, right, and center are gearing up online to challenge the $700 billion Wall Street bailout plan.

    Daily Digest: Can the Web Buck a Bailout? 2008

  • What could he possibly have been thinking when he called the D.C. gun ban unconstitutional?

    Roger Hernandez: Obama Needs Nuance Without Ambiguity 2008

  • BEGALA: Hey, I think -- well, but Vitter admitted that he called the D.C. madam.

    CNN Transcript Aug 29, 2007 2007

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