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Quotes of the Day "I think I can call you Joe now that you're not in the Congress anymore." -- Bloomberg View columnist Jonathan Alter on MSNBC's Martin Bashir's program Monday while arguing with former Rep. Joe Walsh (R-N.Y.). "Yeah, yeah," the former lawmaker replied, unruffled by Alter's obvious disdain for him. Walsh spent two years in Congress with his term ending in 2013. Politico reporter will no longer read New York Post "No joke, I'm sort of unwilling to read anything in the New York Post after last week. That may not pass." -- Politico's Dylan Byers. GASP! Will they go out of business as a result? Last week NYP falsely reported that 12 people at the Boston Marathon had been killed when only three had died. They also ran a photograph of two men with the headline "Bag Men: Feds seek these two pictured at Boston Marathon" but they weren't the right guys. In yet another report, they wrote that a Saudi national was a suspect. Boston police later denied the report. Au de Metro: "Someone on this Metro train smells intensely of moth balls." -- Josh Lederman, White House reporter for the AP. Eavesdrop Cafe with Washingtonian's Fashion Editor "I'm sorry, I don't usually do this, but there is a first date happening next to me at this bar that is a soundbite festival of goodness." -- Washingtonian Fashion Editor Kate Bennett. "Here's a snippet: 'I mean, I don't sweat a lot, but when I do it's pretty bad.' ...'When I do go to a potluck, I always bring something. Always.'" Goldberg gets hate mail over story on Hagel "The hate mail I get for saying that Chuck Hagel is friendly to Israel is very hatey. Here's what they're reacting to." -- The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg, who links to this Bloomberg View story he wrote with the headline: "Israel Welcomes Hagel, a Friend Bearing Gifts." Eddie Scarry contributed to this report.

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