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Senator Chuck Grassley, discussing Rudy Giuliani with Iowa reporters: MORE »

Kim Eisler, one-time friend of imprisoned lobbyist Jack Abramoff, has a pretty good piece on the disgraced former power player in this month’s Washingtonian. As everything collapsed around him, Jack basically became a Scorcese character.

“We were a band of killers,” he said of his lobbying practice. “We did a lot of bad things.” He was proud of the fact that if someone got between him and the interests of his clients, he would do everything possible to destroy them.

It’s good to know that, at heart, Jack is still the guy who produced and co-wrote Red Scorpion. The guy’s got an ear for dialogue.

More fun with Jack, after the jump.

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* The Supreme Court bench-slapped the White House in the Gitmo military tribunal case. Tony Snow is unfazed: “Oh, those wacky Supreme Court justices, who knows what those guys mean!” MORE »

So Chuck Grassley wants the IRS to audit pimps. He wants them to file wage statements for those under their employ. Which, sure, will maybe catch a couple more pimps, but won’t anyone please think of the hoes? We want to withhold payroll taxes from them now? MORE »

First-hand report from the GOP President’s Dinner fundraiser the other night: MORE »

Just like us, senators are always trying to sneak out of work early, so they can hit the road and get out of here. Per Al Kamen: MORE »

• Reliable Source: Kerry flack David Wade on Kerry’s hotel request list: “Dick Cheney drinks Perrier and refuses to watch anything but Fox News. John Kerry hates Evian, eats meatloaf, and snacks on chocolate chip cookies. If these documents had been leaked during the campaign we’d have won in a landslide.”. . . Antonin Scalia makes “dismissive hand-flick-off-the-chin” gesture at a reporter. . . Patti LaBelle breaks down in D.C. . . Tom DeLay is banned from carrying a gun. [WP]
• Under the Dome: Sen. George Allen (R-Va.) got to yell “Start Your Engines” at NASCAR race. . . 72-year old Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) goes jogging at 5:30 in the morning. [The Hill]
• Cindy Adams: McCain has secured “commitments from governors, Senate colleagues, Bush moneymen who opposed him in 2000.” [NYP]