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Wonkette is a blog published by Gawker Media that details the goings-on of the political establishment in Washington, DC. The site focuses heavily on gossip, humor, and the downfall of the powerful, as well as more "serious" matters of politics or policy.

Ana Marie Cox, a former editor at suck.com, was the founding editor. Under her tenure, Wonkette was known for its sharp, sarcastic, intelligent voice, and for its mixture of heady political discourse with repeated references to gin and anal sex. The blog gained national media attention after Cox publicized the story of Jessica Cutler aka "Washingtonienne", a former Hill staffer who wrote on her blog about her affairs including a Bush administration official.

Cox announced her retirement as Wonkette's editor on January 5, 2006 in order to promote her book, "Dog Days". She was succeeded by David Lat, former editor of Underneath Their Robes, a blog about the federal judiciary, and Alex Pareene, a 20-year-old dropout from New York University.

After the publication of "Dog Days," which was reviewed in outlets like The New York Times and Forbes, Cox began blogging at her personal website, anamariecox.com. The site includes biographical information about Cox as well as information about her novel but also includes her off-the-cuff blog entries, written in much the same style as she used at Wonkette.com. She still occasionally contributes to Wonkette.com, including a weekly review of Sunday political talk shows entitled, "Chatology: Digesting the Sunday Spew."

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