A Girl Scout troop initially testified in front of the D.C. Council about giving the little brown bat this official designation in January.

The Washington region has the highest level of girl participation in Scouts BSA in the country.

Until it literally rained on their parade.

>> Tony Snow, Dan Bartlett and the White House Press Corps turn a routine presser into a Christopher Nolan movie for morons. The Pledge: Snow and Bartlett begin an ordinary conference on the record. The Turn: Halfway through, the two make their ordinary act seem extraordinary by suddenly becoming Anonymous White House Sources. The Prestige: Everyone assembled acts as gallingly obsequious as possible to enforce the illusion that the American people are children that should…

Is it Girl Scout Cookie season yet? I just got this powerful craving for some Thin Mints and those peanut butter ones (what do they call them?) and have no clue where to go to buy them. Where in D.C. are people (legitimately) selling Girl Scout Cookies? We hear you, sister. And those peanut butter ones you mentioned? They’re called Tagalongs®, and they are without a doubt my favorite Girl Scout Cookie variety, though the…

Yesterday DCist broke the news that Rep. Henry Bonilla, a Texas Republican, was looking to rename 16th Street NW after Ronald Reagan — adding one more dedication for the nation’s 40th president to the 67 that already exist in 24 states. Word spread fast — before the end of the day, Rep. Tom Davis III (R-Va.), whose committee would review the legislative proposal, encouraged Bonilla to “name anything else he has to look at his…