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“Thirteen U.S. lawmakers, including two representing San Diego-area districts, are resisting subpoenas served by an attorney for Poway defense contractor Brent Wilkes, who is hoping their testimony will help in his upcoming trial on charges of bribing former Rep. Randy ‘Duke’ Cunningham.” [San Diego Union Tribune]

The 15,000 or so johns on DC Madam Deborah Jean Palfrey’s customer list can sort of relax, because she’s not selling the list. MORE »

So, we sort of put up this indictment thingie last night without letting you in on the full-on corrupt-politicians pay to do it with sexy ladies angle To save you the trouble of wading through the 42-page PDF file, here are the sexy parts, which are particularly sexy if you like your paid, anonymous sex to be so anonymous that the ladies you have sex with don’t have names but just letters. The gory details, after the jump.

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* Loveless House debate on Iraq will nonetheless be “full-throated.” [WP, NYT]
* Mitt Romney has everything you could want in a candidate, regardless of what it is you want. [WP, NYT]
* Duke Cunningham banged two Hawaiian hookers. Brent Wilkes paid them $1100. [WP, NYT]
* Online ad spending for the Presidential campaigns to total $80 million. Try not to cry if Obama doesn’t buy a banner on your dating blog. [WSJ]
* Libby trial gives country blue balls, Dick won’t testify. [NYT]
* Everyone on the Metro is either fiddling with a blackberry or a detonation device. [USAT]
* Snow has closed Georgetown University today. All of Douglass Feith’s “Plausible Deniability: 101″ students are directed to his op-ed. [WP]

Hooray for the slow march of justice for lesser Bush Administration figures! Former No. 3 CIA boss Kyle “Slimeball” Foggo and impossibly corrupt Duke Cunningham buddy/contractor Brent Wilkes have been officially indicted for many federal crimes including conspiracy, wire fraud, and money laundering. MORE »

Time asks: Will former CIA director Porter Goss write a “tell-all”? MORE »

2008 just got a whole lot more fun, because San Diego’s Duncan Hunter just announced he’s running for president. Thank you, Jesus. MORE »