What happened: Jim VandeHei, cofounder and CEO of Axios, berated Matt Kaminski, editor in chief of Politico, during a White House Correspondents’ Dinner after party at the Swiss ambassador’s residence in Washington, D.C.

• VandeHei was “pissed” at Politico, which he also cofounded before departing on less than amicable terms in 2016, for publishing what he described as a “snarky, cynical, and inaccurate” profile.

• The Politico column, written by senior editor Michael Schaffer, poked fun at the spiritual-adjacent lifestyle advice VandeHei often dispenses in his “Finish Line” newsletter.

What they’re saying: VandeHei recalled that he was drinking tequila at the Swiss ambassador’s house when he saw Kaminski. “I put down my drink, put my hand on his shoulder, and told him the column was a ‘piece of shit’ and that he should be ashamed for greenlighting it,” the Axios boss wrote in Axios. “We had a spirited chat. I’m pretty sure I ended it by saying: ‘You are dead to me.'”

[There isn’t enough *snicker* in the world to cover this. The only thing better was if Taylor Lorenz had jumped into the middle of it singing “WRECKING BALL”! ~ Beege]