Not sure who actually ingests “protein powder” and “dietary supplements,” but if you do, I’d check the label next time you buy and make sure it’s not made by any of these New Jersey outfits: Quality Formulation Laboratories, Inc., American Sports Nutrition Inc., and Sports Nutrition International LLC.

The Department of Justice just shut them down for, among other things, the live and dead rodents that Food and Drug Administration inspectors found on three separate trips to the factory. They also found gnaw holes on bags of supplements. Ewww!

Aside from Constitution Ave., there aren't too many places in the District to take a cheap dump. One can imagine how much bigger of a problem this will be come inauguration, when the Mall and downtown will swell like a tick on a hound dog. Turns out such worries are a waste of energy--WaPo reports that the Mall will have roughly 5,000 Porta-Potties in place for inauguration week:

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