<b>Morning Chatter</b>

Quotes of the Day Uh oh. "If you receive an Edible Arrangement & 4 mylar Happy Birthday balloons in DC today, your bike messenger just got in a fight w my cabdriver." -- The Atlantic's Molly Ball. More ragging on Washington "There is too much wrong with Washington to say 'So and so represents everything that's wrong with Washington.' But it's Lanny Davis." -- Former Obama speechwriter and The Atlantic's Jon Lovett. Davis is former special counsel to President Clinton. He's a lawyer and TV commentator. Bumpy ride followed by brisket "AF1 was wheels up in Denver at 5:09 p.m. local time (7:09 p.m. DC time). The first 15 minutes or so were unusually bumpy, throwing folks around before settling down in time for the beef brisket on Texas toast." -- NYT's Peter Baker in a late-night White House Pool Report. Headline that should make you squirm: "Woman charged with putting menstrual blood in boss's coffee." If you must read the story see here. The lede is wonderfully appropriate: "This is not the best part of waking up." In a strange twist, the story reports that in certain cultures this is a ritual that promotes sexual connection. Yikes. TV reporter gets cheeks question "Working in TV gets you questions. stranger asked if I had cheek implants. said no moved on. now wonder... which cheeks we talking about?" -- ABC7's always dramatic reporter Stephen Tschida. Alec Baldwin wonders about Breitbart's death "I asked what killed Breitbart. And all your RW zombies say I 'mock his death.' I'm glad these people are a fringe few. Sad." -- Alec Baldwin. To one detractor he replied, "Will, you fool. No one is mocking anyone's death. What killed Breitbart is the question." Peter Ogburn contributed to this report.

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