Here’s where we stood as of yesterday:

* Regnery dismissed blogosphere pariah Ben Domenech before the Post was embarrassed into it because of, so they claimed, simple conflict of interest issues.
* Domenech — along with a couple others in positions to know — told us quite clearly that there wasn’t anything more to the story.
* But we also heard better, more interesting stuff.

What we’ve heard today, along with a little bit o’ reporting, is after the jump:

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FINAL UPDATE: All clear. BOOOOOOO–RRRRIIINNNGGG. In SF and here. Everyone go home. That robot’s on his way to Hollywood for his spin-off. It was fun while it lasted.
UPDATE5: SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE IN SAN FRANCISCO SUBWAY! THIS GUY’S GOT AN AMAZING ARM! ROBOT STILL CUTE. Some guy seems to have to like stand by the robot and help it, which defeats the purpose of a robot. Right? “NO DISSASEMBLE!” No one told Fox about the San Fran thing yet. Rather, Fox doesn’t CARE ABOUT HIPPIES.
UPDATE4: The “package” may be an “item.” Fox is showing a bunch of bike cops holding a package. Is this the package? Hard to tell. “Anything that is thrown over the fence of the White House is, by definition, suspicious.” This kid is not getting his frisbee back. White House wasn’t evacuated. They’ve sent fucking bike cops. Panic fading… robot sitting there… wait, it’s by the briefcase. The “item” is a briefcase. Robot’s moving again!
UPDATE 3: “An individual threw a package over the White House fence.” he has done this before. He is in custody. You know it’s like a fucking screenplay or something. Also, Fox called Fred Barnes for comment. Why? He’s in the bullpen? Also, Fox has just admitted that the static shot they’ve had for 20 minutes of a fence is not actually where the goddam package is. BRING BACK THE ROBOT.
UPDATE 2 (formatting thrown to the wind): THIS IS BORING AS HELL. WE HAVE EVEN TRIED SWITCHING TO FOX, BUT ALL WE SEE IS A PARKED CAR BEHIND A FENCE. THERE WAS ANOTHER BLURRY SHOT OF THE ROBOT, BUT WE CAN’T REALLY TELL HOW CUTE IT IS. SOURCES INDICATE THAT IT MAY LOOK LIKE THIS:

FOXNEWS: “As for the President’s whereabouts, that’s always a mystery” — uh, NO IT ISN’T. HE’S ON HIS WAY TO WEST VA FOR A FUCKING PLANNED SPEECH YOU BLONDE IDIOT, HE LEFT LIKE AN HOUR AGO. MORE »

A representative of “The Distilled Spirits Council of the Untied States” (can we please score an invite to one of your council meetings?), guessing (quite correctly) that he’d found a loyal ally in Wonkette, just sent us a press release responding to (or correcting, sort of?) a 20/20 piece that hasn’t actually aired yet. Because we believe very strongly in the mission of the good people at the Distilled Spirits Council, we’d like to point you to their letter to ABC. MORE »

John Warner, on the Senate floor a little while ago: MORE »

* Duke Cunningham gets the longest sentence ever given to a congressman: 8 years and 4 months. MORE »

$612 million later, RIM settles with NTP, Blackberries are saved, everyone in DC rejoices: MORE »

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operative: if i may go feminazi for a moment…
operative: why do we have to know how condi keeps her goddamn figure?!
wonkette: haha. ’cause it’s SWEEPS MONTH
operative: arguably the most powerful woman in the country and we’re still talking about her WEIGHT
operative: dude, is she gonna be in seventeen next, talking about her period?
wonkette: what’s funny is that we know her workout routine, but not her actual positions on affirmative action, abortion, etc etc
wonkette: ‘08 PRIMARIES FRONT-RUNNER!
operative: her position on abortion is bent at the waist with back straight, neck relaxed, abs tight, delts squeezed… MORE »

ABC’s headline for the heavily-hyped Vargas/Bush interview: MORE »

So, while we’re on the subject of Matt Drudge, we just want to ask: MORE »

The guy on the left is like 45 seconds away from a glassing. (Photo courtesy Liz Gorman)

Last night found Wonkette dressed to kill at the Hilton Washington Hotel for the 23rd-annual National Press Foundation awards dinner, where we mingled with the ink-stained wretches (and their TV peers, who looked a bit more comfortable in formal wear) and pretended to be real-life journalists. For a recap of the night’s big name guests, speeches, and awardees, you’ll probably want to go here or here. For a bunch of pictures of journalists looking awkward, you’ve come to the right place! We snuck in Wonkette photographer Liz Gorman (without telling our host or getting her a ticket, natch) to capture Washington’s best, brightest, and most adept at scoring free dinners in their unnatural habitat. Full gallery and heavily embellished recollections after the jump!

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