• February 13, 2012

interns

A “real life” e-mail sent from John Ensign’s office today: “Good Afternoon- This is Jessica from Ensign’s office. I am trying to find out if anyone has any openings for interns. I have some really great interns that want to relocate to another office. If you have anything or know of someone who does please [...]

This is what the Ark would have looked like, if Noah had been an out gay man.

“I’m only 19 BUT as you can clearly see from my big red badge, I have an internship yanking the goose hairs off Congressman Blowhard’s back — you know, THE Congressman Blowhard? — So, my friends and I would like a pitcher of Poland Spring Vodka but you don’t need to bring extra glasses, a [...]

All the food buzz these days seems to about where the Obamas are eating, or the restaurants to avoid because they’re infested with interns, or where those kids from the Real World are going to eat their first meal in the big city.

Wednesday, May 27: If you’re a fan of gentrification (and who isn’t?), you should be thrilled to find out about the opening of the H Street Country Club in the Atlas District.  Although there is something off about opening a country club in a predominantly black neighborhood when the majority of the patrons will probably [...]

SAY GOOD-BYE TO JULI & HELLO TO RILEY: Our beloved intern Juli Weiner has left us for new assignments, at both the New Yorker and N+1. Really. We hope to see her back again in Wonkette-land, eventually. But now it’s time to meet your highly qualified Summer 2009 Wonkette intern, Riley Waggaman.

Congratulations, Libruls, you’ve passed your darling stimulus package, with all its concessions to ACORN and rat propagation and school construction. But do you know who is happiest today, their first day back to “work” after the passage of the Stimulus Bill? Your very own congressional staffers, that’s who.

BE OUR D.C. INTERN: There is one (1) internship open for a Washington D.C. student who will write a quick daily thing, on weekdays, and have the personality to go cover some stuff in town sometimes, like indie rock shows and ice cream socials and gallery openings and K Street job fairs and inaugurations and [...]

Alaska’s corrupt congressman-for-life Don Young is well known for his insane outbursts and being investigated by the Feds for being a bribe-taking crook, but did you know his wife is notorious for torturing her husband’s interns with weird foods?