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On this #TooCloseToCall rant, Dave takes paid subscribers into Holiday Party season in Washington, D.C. where banal conversations reign, lobbyists beat their chests, white Russians are spilled and Off the Record rules are in effect.

Here’s how to survive a party when you had a Twitter spat with its host.