Pizza Gate
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January 18, 2012 GQ Magazine a fashion magazine that was really irrelavant thirty years ago, published an article about the 50 Most Powerful People in Washington The last time we assessed power in D.C., hope and change were still in the air and a tea party was a game you played with your kids. In a town where everyone inflates their own importance, GQ offers our biennial list of the men and women whose decisions actually matter People with the last names Obama and Biden not included. By Reid Cherli n , Rob Fische r , Jason Zengerl e , and Jason Horowit z Number 49 was a Pizza Owner?!!! # 49. James Alefantis Restaurateur and Bon Vivant Liberal twentysomethings in khakis drink beer and eat pizza at Alefantis-owned Comet Ping Pong. More established progressives wine and dine next door at Alefantis-owned Buck's Fishing Camping. Alefantis is also the board president of Transformer, the contemporary art gallery that shamed the Smithsonian for removing an installation offensive ...