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If you corner a wild Russert, he may attack unless placated with a headshot and sharpie. (Photo by Liz Gorman)

Valerie Plame and Joe Wilson are suing Scooter Libby, Karl Rove, and Dick Cheney. If you care about such things, they’re holding a press conference at the Press Club tomorrow morning (10 am, 13th. floor).

Arlen Specter announced today that the administration has tentatively agreed to let the secret FISA court do a “one-time review” of the illegal NSA domestic spying program that has been in operation for years and will continue to be in operation indefinitely.

How many people quit the Harris campaign this week?

It would almost be beyond the pale to mock Katherine Harris now, when she’s about to go in for surgery to remove a (probably benign) ovarian mass.

Logo courtesy CBS and the AP, and we’re only crediting them out of the hope that they’ll feel a little embarrassment.

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Anyone who works at the State Deparment want to confirm the anonymous rumor we just heard that everyone’s freaking the **** out re. the unverified death of Fidel Castro?

Ben Widdicombe reports today that Jeff Gannon, beloved Washington male escort/journalist, is heading up to New York to chat with the Log Cabin Republicans on Thursday. Widdicombe asks Gannon about his, uh, “biases,” and Gannon invokes “the Anderson Cooper rule,” which is fantastic on so, so many levels.

Dear D.C. Superior Court Judge John Bayly,

Texas came this close to ridding themselves of Tom DeLay forever, and now, thanks to some activist GOP-appointed judge, they’ll be stuck with him again. Not only will DeLay’s name remain on the ballot in the 22nd District, but Tom is strongly considering running for reelection again.

While we haven’t seen any confirmation of this beyond a single, unverified blog post, it looks like Joe Biden is demonstrating his strong support for Joe Lieberman by skipping a scheduled campaign appearance for him. Biden was suppose to stump for his buddy today at the Tigin Irish Pub but it seems that Indian-American’s favorite Democrat missed his train.

Peter Hoekstra, wishing to appear slightly interested in this whole “oversight” business, made a big point of demanding that the White House fill him in on an intelligence program they’d been hiding from the Intelligence Committee, so that the Intelligence Committee could hide it from the American public. We’re so very proud.

From her campaign site: Congresswoman Katherine Harris will visit Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. on Monday, July 10th to undergo pre-operative testing to remove an ovarian mass. The preventative surgery is scheduled for July 17th at Walter Reed.

Weep to this tragic tale of an impolite journo-celebrity. A young man with a “terrifically hot girlfriend” is snubbed — snubbed! — by regular-guy and noted father-lover Tim “Little Russ” Russert. The gentlemen greeted the Ultimate Insider with a hearty “good evening, sir!” Did Tim return the salutation? “No, you just kept walking to your Lexus SUV.”

Enron founder Kenneth Lay died this morning in Aspen, Colorado, awaiting sentencing for fraud and conspiracy. Lay, 64, was admitted to the hospital last night after suffering a massive coronary.

Joe Lieberman, facing a primary challenge from an actual Democrat (well, someone who isn’t Joe Lieberman — we’re just assuming the guy’s a Democrat.

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

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

It’s been, what, three weeks since we last ran this picture? (AP)

Just this morning, the Supreme Court struck down the Bush Administration’s plan to try Guantanamo detainees before military commissions, as violative of both U.

We knew we should’ve renewed our membership at the Safari Club. They had a celebrity auctioneer Tuesday night, you see, by the name of Tom DeLay. One of the items he auctioned off was “a sheared beaver fur vest,” and before you start sniggering at that, well, the former Majority Leader was way ahead of you.

Here is a goofy picture of Curt Weldon we found on the internet.

The TV people were faked out by the Court today too. And unlike us, they brought all this crap with them.

Today Wonkette took a field trip to the U.S. Supreme Court. We were all excited, ‘cause we — like many others — thought it might be the last day of the Term.

Next week on ‘Reliable Sources’, a roundtable on Bill Keller: Hanging or public hanging?

So Chuck Grassley wants the IRS to audit pimps.

Will it ever stop? What have we done to deserve… wait, hold on — it’s totally sunny out right now.