<b>Morning Chatter</b>

Quotes of the Day From the Dept. of Bragiculture... "Hmmm..not sure this is good news: Sen Feinstein: 'You learn more from the book than I did as chair of intel cmte.'" -- NYT Chief Washington Correspondent David Sanger in reference to his book, Confront and Conceal: Obama's Secret Wars and and Surprising Use of American Power. To which NYT Mark Leibovich shouted on Twitter, "Humblebrag!!" Sanger links to this story by John Hudson of The Atlantic Wire. Journalism! "I just e-mailed White House pooler @lesleyclark to ask her what she was wearing today. Not every day you run into Anna Wintour and SJP." -- The Hill's White House Correspondent Amie Parnes. Lesley Clark is the White House Correspondent for McLatchy. The fundraiser at actress Sarah Jessica Parker's home last night in New York's West Village raised a cool $2 million. Journo laments crappy Father's Day cards "Why are greeting cards so snarky about Father's Day portraying dads as lazy, selfish, dumb? Lay off. My dad is awesome." -- WJLA's Mike Conneen. Question to Ponder: "Can Chris Hayes hyperextend his elbows?" -- Ryan Cooper, The Washington Monthly, on the MSNBC host. That's it? They took $10? The last time we cared to check in with DCist's Ben Freed was in January when he was knocked off his bike, hit his head and wound up in the ER with superficial wounds and no concussion. Last night, the little drama queen took to Twitter once again to elicit sympathy for a mugging. He wrote, "Fun fact: Got mugged for my cash on the walk home tonight. Wallet, phone and body are intact." Then he added, "To follow up on before: I am fine. I have all my stuff. Except for $10. Some thug on a fixie has my cash. Thanks for your concerns. G'night." Next up: Freed gets stuffed into a locker by the gang from Glee! Number of Tweets it takes for Mediaite White House Correspondent Tommy Christopher to defend his beloved MSNBC's Chris Hayes: 16. Number of "chickenshit" mentions: 13. Last night Christopher took to Twitter to unravel in a late-night tirade in which he accused (with no evidence whatsoever) FBDC of blindly quoting The Daily Caller Editor-in-Chief Tucker Carlson and TV reporter Jeff Poor. Neither Carlson nor Poor were my sources for this post. Christopher then suffered a series of verbal blows from journos who think he's overly sympathetic to Hayes: RCP's Ian Schwartz remarked, "If that @Mediaite thing doesn't work out for @tommyxtopher, he can always be Chris Hayes' coffee/cabana boy." Poor suggested he has a "man crush" on Hayes. Free Beacon's CJ Ciaramella said simply, "Here you go little Buddy," and offered him a bottle of Baby Shampoo. To show the unraveling of Christopher we offer a sampling: 1. "I'm really amused that your #tcot pals are too chickenshit to insult @chrislhayes to his face. Lol at them. While we're at it though, you're kinda chickenshit for enabling it, aren't you?" 2. "But kudos to FBDC for protecting her not Tucker Carlson and not Jeff Poor source." We wish Tommy all the best in getting treatment for his Hazyitis, an inflamed, psychoerotic condition in which the inflicted feel they must defend Chris Hayes. Happens from repeated watching of Hayes' new very inspirational Lean Forward ad. Peter Ogburn contributed to this report.

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