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Important news from the Wonkette Inbox(!): “Today on TNR.com, Dayo Olopade offers the definitive fact-check of Paris Hilton’s energy recommendations in her new ‘campaign’ video. While Hilton’s video is perhaps a humorous response to McCain’s recent ‘celebrity’ ad featuring her likeness, Olopade concludes that even Paris, alas, gets the facts wrong on offshore drilling.” While this seems like the perfect setup for a Rick Roll, or a blinking screen that says “No Shit,” Mr. Olopade did, in fact, write this article challenging Paris Hilton’s claims. What’s next? Jamie Kirchick’s imaginary response? UPDATE: Oh dear, someone e-mails to say that it is actually “Ms.” Olopade, which we strongly considered Googling to confirm, but now we’re just racist. [TNR]

BEST DREAM TEAM SINCE ‘92 USA BASKETBALL: Former Clinton chief strategist and irreparable dipshit Mark Penn is hiring a new vice chairwoman for his elitist Burson-Marsteller PR firm, and it’s Eleanor Roosevelt. Just kidding, it’s worse! He is hiring famous Bush loyalist Karen Hughes as his vice chairwoman, where she will “provide crisis communications consulting and advice to corporate clients.” What a catch! Karen Hughes has a well detailed background as a P.R. mastermind. [NYT/The Caucus]

Yesterday, this vaguely unsettling contest campaign email from one Philippe Reines, Clinton flack and nominee for hottest media type in Washington (PR division), entertained everyone on the whole internet. Sadly, it appears we broke the poor man’s spirit. MORE »

As FishbowlDC continues its “Hottest Media People” contest, the campaigning and politicking grow more desperate. Yesterday we mocked their appearance, but today we’ll mock them personally.

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The Washington PR firm that bravely paid off Iraqi journalists to publish make-believe “good news” is back on the job with an all-new $6 million (or $20 million) contract.

Lincoln Group had already collected more than $100 million from the Pentagon when it was caught bribing reporters to run fake articles about how well that whole U.S. occupation was going.

How will the DoD’s favorite propagandists spend the new millions? We’ll break it down, after the jump.

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And my mission was very simple. I wanted to thank President Bush for the millions of FEMA trailers that were brought down there. They gave roofs over people’s head. People had the chance to have baths, air condition. We have TV, we have toiletry, we have things that are necessities that we can live upon.

But now, I wanted to remind the President that the job’s not done, and he knows that. And I just don’t want the government and President Bush to forget about us. And I just wish the President could have another term in Washington.

-Hurricaine Katrina survivor Rockey Vaccarella, after he drove his FEMA trailer from New Orleans to Washington to demand a meeting with President Bush, which he was, surprisingly, granted. MORE »

Wal-Mart’s very own paid Civil Rights Leader/apologist Andrew Young abruptly resigned from his position yesterday after giving an interview in which he said his employer was good for the urban working class. Which is basically what he was being paid to say, except for the extra bit he added about the folks who aren’t so good: MORE »

• New DC based reality show tries to drum up buzz from bloggers, who think it’s “a big giant pile of who gives a fucking shit.” [Rock Creek Rambler]

• Mayoral candidates also crash and burn in trying to court bloggers. [Metroblogging DC]
• There’s no better way to remember the king’s last day than downing an obscene amount of cocktails. [Washington Cube]
• At least for a weekend, DC won’t have the highest concentration of nerds on the planet. [Last Second Thoughts]