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. A blog is a website in which items are posted on a regular basis and displayed in reverse chronological order. ... Gawker Media is an online media company founded and owned by Nick Denton. ... Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United...

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. Ana Marie Cox (left) with Jessica Cutler Ana Marie Cox is an American author and blogger who was the founding editor of the political blog Wonkette, and widely considered synonymous with the title. ... suck. ... An Editor is a person who prepares text—typically language, but also images and sounds—for publication by correcting, condensing, or otherwise modifying it. ... Roman men having anal sex. ... Jessica Cutler Jessica Cutler (born May 18, 1978) is a former congressional intern and journalist who ran a blog called the Washingtonienne concerning her sex life, and the ensuing scandal on Capitol Hill. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States. ...

Cox announced her retirement as Wonkette's editor on January 5, 2006 in order to promote her book, "Dog Days". She will be 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. January 5 is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... David Lat David Lat is a thirty-year-old former assistant U.S. attorney, who was based in Newark, New Jersey. ... New York University (NYU) is a major research university in New York City. ...

After the publication of "Dog Days," which was reviewed in outlets like The New York Times and Forbes, Cox started her own blog, as part of anamariecox.com. The site includes information about Cox and about her novel but also includes her off-the-cuff blog entries, written in much the same manner as she used to write for Wonkette.com. She still occasionally contributes to Wonkette.com, most recently turning up to blog the 2006 State of the Union Address.

Though the new contributors to Wonkette have faithfully adhered to the style that Cox had established, readers who miss the original Wonkette might want to check out her personal site as well.

External links

• Wonkette
• Politics Makes Strange Bedfellows - introduction of Editors Lat and Pareene

Cox era

• Ana Marie Cox
• Cox's Wonkette post announcing her "ascension to Wonkette Emeritus"
• Washington Post's article on Cox's retirement from Wonkette