- President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama were at Harriet Tubman Elementary School in Columbia Heights this morning for the President’s signing of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act. Obama was joined by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, several members of Congress, cabinet members and some lucky kids from the school. Check out the video here.
- Amanda Hess has the details on the sentencing of two men involved in a hate crime in which they beat a gay man unconscious while berating him in his Logan Circle apartment building.
- In case you missed it over the weekend, embattled former Jim Graham chief of staff Ted Loza claims that he was not read his Miranda rights when he spilled the beans to FBI agents about a taxicab corruption scandal.
- Speaking of protests about big businesses, a group has convened a soapbox over the proposed boutique hotel in Adams Morgan.
- Mayor Fenty was late to a press conference on the redesign of Cardozo High School this morning, as usual — but, perhaps in a display of his waning power, the conference simply started without him. Mike DeBonis also tried to get the Mayor on record about the rash of recent governmental departures, but Fenty was only offering platitudes.
- Oh yes, Alex Ovechkin dropped the gloves last night. Didn’t help the Caps, though — they lost 7-0.
- Both the number of condos for sale and the amount they are selling for were up in the District over the last year.
- Apparently, a bunch of people who were planning a public caroling flash mob — which we actually mentioned last week — got angry at TBD’s Dave Jamieson for publishing the schedule of their caroling. Which is, you know, ridiculous.
- DCist film critic extraordinaire Ian Buckwalter talks movie reviewing.
- Venerable Washington reporter Tom Sherwood reads the list of Festivus grievances in Adams Morgan. The best part was obviously when Sherwood starts reading a note which mentions love, then says, “Love? We’re not going to have any love.”
Photo by sally henny penny.
