We can’t even remember what this particular dude did — Abramoff something, bribes, etc. — but White House budget office guy David Safavian is off to federal prison for a year and a half. MORE »

It’s time for another edition of “Stuff not quite filthy enough for a whole post, because you basically need to rape a baby live on C-SPAN to get a whole post this month.”

And we’ve got a Logo Winner, as you can see by the Logo. Thanks to Dan Milberg for the world’s angriest baby — you’d be angry if you were raped on C-SPAN, too!

Lots of congressional crime and even some hot abuse of the handicapped, after the jump.

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Because we’re all about “service journalism,” you can guess what happened after we read this e-mail:

With today’s guilty plea of Les Crawford, I have now officially lost count how many Bush administration/Congressional Republicans have been indicted/convicted/abruptly resigned “to spend more time with their families.” Any chance that you could pull together the full, exhaustive list for the rest of us? Thanks in advance.

No, Steve L., thank you. This is just the kind of numbingly banal work we were meant to do. Join us after the jump, for The List.

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Today’s guilty-as-sin congressman is Ohio Republican Bob Ney! Welcome to the rapidly growing club, Bob. MORE »

• The Senate Indian Affairs Committee released its final report on Jack Abramoff and Michael Scanlon’s Indian casino lobbying deals. The report disputes claims made by Bob Ney. The Justice Department investigation is ongoing. [WP, ABC]

• Using “broad new interpretation of the Treasury Department’s administrative powers to bypass traditional banking privacy protections” and a declaration of emergency, the Bush Administration has been secretly tapping into confidential international finance records for years. [WP, NYT]
• The Senate voted against withdrawal from Iraq, with Democrats failing to establish a timeline for departure. Senator Joe Lieberman voted against two Democratic amendments calling for withdrawal. [CSM, WP, WP]
• Seven people were arrested in Miami and charged with plotting terrorist attacks on a number of buildings, including the Sears Tower in Chicago. [St Petersburg Times]

This just in: Junkets look really boring. MORE »

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* Rep. Cynthia McKinney hits a Capitol Police officer with her cell phone. We’ve been all over this one — our coverage is collected here (scroll down). MORE »

* Given how badly it treats the bison, the Interior Department should pick a new symbol. We suggest Halliburton. [PEER] MORE »

Ok, NPR? You are having way too much fun with this. Yeah, it’s cute, but you’re missing the point of the “six degrees” game. See, all of these people are one degree from Abramoff. Like, he gave them money and hung out with them and stuff. Well, Reid is like two degress, but still. Look, we’ll show you how it’s done:
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