Wednesday, May 27: If you’re a fan of gentrification (and who isn’t?), you should be thrilled to find out about the opening of the H Street Country Club in the Atlas District.  Although there is something off about opening a country club in a predominantly black neighborhood when the majority of the patrons will probably be white kids from the NW quadrant, it should be a great new way to have fun in the Distinct.  After all, there is a mini golf course.  [H Street Country Club] MORE »

SAY GOOD-BYE TO JULI & HELLO TO RILEY: Our beloved intern Juli Weiner has left us for new assignments, at both the New Yorker and N+1. Really. We hope to see her back again in Wonkette-land, eventually. But now it’s time to meet your highly qualified Summer 2009 Wonkette intern, Riley Waggaman. MORE »

Congratulations, Libruls, you’ve passed your darling stimulus package, with all its concessions to ACORN and rat propagation and school construction. But do you know who is happiest today, their first day back to “work” after the passage of the Stimulus Bill? Your very own congressional staffers, that’s who. MORE »

What is this “chairman’s prerogative” John Kerry is invoking here? Gross. [YouTube]

BE OUR D.C. INTERN: There is one (1) internship open for a Washington D.C. student who will write a quick daily thing, on weekdays, and have the personality to go cover some stuff in town sometimes, like indie rock shows and ice cream socials and gallery openings and K Street job fairs and inaugurations and other foul LNS debacles. MORE »

Alaska’s corrupt congressman-for-life Don Young is well known for his insane outbursts and being investigated by the Feds for being a bribe-taking crook, but did you know his wife is notorious for torturing her husband’s interns with weird foods? MORE »

Every week, our Anonymous Lobbyist answers your questions about how laws get made and why they probably shouldn’t. If you have a question about the dirty business of doing business in Washington, ask her.

This week: Who do I fuck to get money?

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MoveOn’s hiring! Let’s all convince the Wash Times’ Robert Stacy McCain to apply. [WT]

Good news, unpaid child slaves of The Hill: folks are lookin’ out for you! Specifically, dangerous hippie folks. First, we received an email from “Campus Progress” announcing their 2nd Annual Intern Free Food-a-Thon.

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* How to torture and kill Marines. [Sometimes You Have To Kiss a Few Frogs]
* Would you give up your seat for a pregnant woman, even after vicious urban-style warfare to capture that very resting place? Even if you’re going to Shady Grove? [Urban Baby-DC]
* “When is a pick up not a pick up? When it’s a pyramid scheme.” [Grateful Dating]
* Bloggers, beware: “Being a blogger presents serious liabilities. Industry colleagues and potential employers have all ended up on this blog thanks to Google Search (damn you).” [Big Sky Girl]
* Interns overheard: “Now is your opportunity to shine. Because now is your opportunity to delegate. That’s right Washington, it’s summer, and the interns have landed.” [DCist]