Congressman Tom Garrett introduced a bill that would gut D.C. gun laws.

Americans for Self-Rule has launched.

A pro-business PAC with ties to local Republicans has paid for a phone call to thousands of D.C. residents urging them to vote against Elissa Silverman in next week’s At-Large Special Election.

Rick Perry, the Texas Governor who recently celebrated his decision to run for the Republican presidential nomination by “deep-throating” a vegetarian corn dog, has placed the responsibility of accounting for his campaign finances in the hands of the individual who had been doing the same job for Stephen Colbert.

Hey, did you see? Stephen Colbert is in town today. (That’s one itchy TweetDeck trigger finger you’ve got there, Mr. Colbert.) The funnyman will be spending his afternoon in the District to file paperwork related to his “super PAC,” which he hopes will allow him to raise and spend innumerable amounts of cash on election-related efforts, while simultaneously becoming the first person in the history of the world to make jokes about campaign finance regulation hilarious. (The idea of Colbert running ads without politicians’ permission has some serious legs, you have to admit.)