• Reliable Source:Bush showcases a Taliban brick, World Trade Center steel, and Bush bobble-heads that he flicks. . . Teresa said being first lady was "worse than going to a Carmelite convent". . . Linda Tripp giving European tours, but no press coverage: "Gee, I need more ugly pictures of me." [WP]

• Heard on the Hill:Polier's article worth "considerably more" than $10,000. . . McDermott�s rival uses McDermott�s photo to raise money. . . Wanda Baucus in court today. [Roll Call]

• Inside the Beltway:Dean, Jackson, Huffington, Brock, Soros, Spitzer, Podesta, Reich, and others gather to "Take Back America". . . Kerry's "most unprecedented" phrase called malapropism. . . Dick Clarke contradicts Moore claim. [WT]

• Inside Politics:Kerry, in front of children at Vietnam memorial, gives middle finger to shouting critic. . . Bradley Whitford gives commencement, Bush gets applause. . . Was applause for Rumsfeld's commencement "polite," as reported by The New York Times, or "sustained," as wrote the AP? [WT]

• Lloyd Grove's Lowdown:Vanity Fair's James Wolcott disparages Barbara and Laura Bush as well as Hughes, Rice but praises Bush twins: "Jenna and Barbara may be spoiled brats - tarty party girls - but at least they're not perpetuating false pretenses, being used as attractive props and tweeting noises they don't believe." [NYDN]

• Rush & Molloy: In DCCC cartoon, Cheney "frolics" in the nude, Ashcroft covers breasts, Bush stabs himself. Says RNC flak, "Republicans will be the ultimate survivors in November." [NYDN]

• Cindy Adams: For VP, Richardson out, Gephardt or Edwards in. . . Boston is short on hotel rooms and short on cash. [NYP]

• Page Six:Hillary, Schumer, Pataki, Bloomberg, and real celebrities honor Howard Rubenstein. [NYP]