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Team Wonkette Field Trip! From left: David Lat, the Comics Curmudgeon, Intern Nick (mostly hidden), and Alex Pareene.

Last night, Team Wonkette made its way out to RFK stadium for the annual Congressional Baseball Game, sponsored by Roll Call. The game was, well, sad and pathetic. The Republicans won 12-1 (Roberts recused himself). But man, what a trip. Drunk hill staffers everywhere, Katherine Harris wandering around, tight unis on middle-aged legislative paunches, and William Jefferson looking really intense. Pocket full of sandpaper, of course. But that’s another story — one for after the jump, in fact, illustrated with lovely pictures from Liz Gorman, Intrepid Girl Reporter.

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I’ve had my picture taken with Katherine Harris — in matching outfits, no less. My work here is done.

Greetings. It’s David Lat, one of your two editors here at Wonkette. And just like Star Jones, another ex-prosecutor-turned-sassy-personality, I’m using this week to say good-bye — at least for now.

As is usually the case, the gossip is true. I’m leaving the wild ‘n wacky world of politics, which I’ve enjoyed blogging about for the past five months, to return to my first love: the law. Not the practice of it, but writing about it; I’m going back to the legal blogosphere, from whence I came. Having spent a truckload of dough earnin’ a fancy law school degree, as well as several years in legal practice, I figure I might as well put it all to some productive use (with “productive” loosely defined).

The full details, plus teary farewells, after the jump (or just click here, then scroll down).

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It all starts out so tranquil and well-intentioned.

You’re used to seeing them riding around with your SEC filings and PAC checks in their bags. But couriers ride for fun, too.

And they party like it’s their job. Sunday’s Perverts Invitational open street race was a prelude to late night debauchery at Chief Ike’s that was gratuitous even for Adams Morgan.

Check out the fun photographs — including pics of sweaty, shirtless men — after the jump.

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Citizens! The time for bread and circuses is here — processed meat and beer for all!

Ah, the lazy Memorial Day weekend baseball outing — what a classical American tradition!

You don’t need us to cover the actual game action. But here are some pretty pictures from yesterday’s Nats game.

Check them out — courtesy of Nats fan Intern Nick — after the jump.

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“The reporters are so bored they’re actually interviewing tourists.”

Who says we bloggers lack original content and never do reporting? Courtesy of Intern Nick, who has just returned from the scene, here are a few photographs of the hullaballoo at the Rayburn House Office Building.

Check them out, along with Nick’s commentary, after the jump.

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As we mentioned earlier this week, Friday was “Bike to Work Day” here in Washington. Bicyclists gathered at Freedom Plaza, then formed “commuter convoys” that fanned out to different destinations in the metropolitan area. Yesterday was a lovely day for cycling.

After the jump, courtesy of Intern Nick, a few more photos from “Bike to Work Day.”

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Once again, we need your help. It’s Thursday morning, and Intern Nick — who keeps track of these things, so we don’t have to — reports that we have fewer than ten sightings for this week’s edition of Wonk’d. MORE »

Yesterday we reported on the Nationals’ home opener, where Dick Cheney showed up to throw out the first pitch — and got roundly booed.

We weren’t there to see it, chained as we are to our laptops. Gawker Media is a cruel mistress — at least Jill Carroll got bathroom breaks. But Intern Nick was at the game, and he took a few photos, which we now present as an update to our prior coverage.

Here is Nick’s personal favorite, “of a ‘Washington-type-A’ on his effin Treo during the game”:

Our first instinct is to mock this guy for Treoing during a baseball game. But then again, it wasn’t much of a game. The subhed for the Post write-up says it all: “Offense Listless, Crowd Lethargic, Defeat Sluggish: Mets 7, Nationals 1.”

(Also, the Original Wonkette is hopelessly addicted to her Treo. And if we were cool enough to have them, we might be too.)

Additonal photos from yesterday’s game appear after the jump.

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