The foreign hackers claimed to have stolen 250 gigabytes of sensitive D.C. police data, but over the course of the week seem to have backed away from threats to make it public if they are not paid a ransom.

We’ve long been fans of The Daily Show’s Resident Expert John “Mr. PC” Hodgman, but last night he may have put himself over the top to become our favorite personality on the show. During a discussion with Jon Stewart over how best to approach solving the United States’ debt crisis with China, Hodgman noted that the one thing we have that China really seems to want is our very own Butterstick. Couldn’t we use the…