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Everyone knows that John McCain is a sociopath and a monster who calls his wife terrible things and survives on the fresh livers of babies. But did you know that he also once engaged in fisticuffs with an Arizona Congressman who has now been indicted for various boring corruption-related things? Well he did! And this was just two years ago, so McCain can’t say it was his youthful McNasty temper acting up. MORE »

You know that congressman from Arizona who brought shame on his family of 12 children when he got indicted today in some very complicated scheme that had, unfortunately, nothing to do with attractive lobbyists or underaged congressional pages? Well, there are two things that make his long-anticipated “fall from grace” hilarious even if this scandal is not terribly sexy, gross, or weird. MORE »

Yesterday afternoon, “sources familiar with the matter” were pretty sure that Rep. Rick Renzi would be stepping down soon — maybe as soon as today! Renzi, under investigation for a couple dozen shady deals, was recently the presumed target of an FBI raid of his wife’s insurance agency. MORE »

Rick Renzi, who was once Jack Abramoff for a couple minutes (and whose finest moment is still this) joined fellow Congressman John Doolittle in the “my shit got raided” club yesterday. MORE »

Yesterday we asked you for guesses about a blind item: a tempermental member of Congress who goes through staffers like the rest of us go through paper towels. According to our source, this representative — who has been in office just three years — “has had 4 press secretaries (2 were fired), two COS, three LDs, and more leg staff come and go than I have ever heard of. Some get fired… and some just leave.”

This item was a popular one, and many of you submitted guesses. It sounds like every Member is a difficult boss who is churning through staff. Maybe it would have been easier to ask you which Member is not hemorrhaging personnel.

We’ve reprinted your guesses after the jump. And we will also tell you that one of your guesses — or, to be more accurate, at least one of your guesses — is a Member who fits the bill.

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Hi, everyone! Pretty slow news day, right? Well, here’s something:

Click to enlarge that sucker. You’ll need to, ’cause they’re tiny. Too tiny to tell if it even is Abramoff, too tiny to tell immediately if it’s been photoshopped, but what the hell. There it is. Bush and his buddy Jack. Enjoy. MORE »