Rep. Dingell checks in on EPA after Kim Kardashian tweet
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West (Nelson Barnard, Getty Images) This post has been updated: The longest-serving member of Congress is worried about the EPA and its sudden Kim Kardashian fix. Rep. John...
View ArticleMitt Romney gets social by posting vacation pics on digital platform
Ann and Mitt Romney, center, with five of their grandchildren during their summer vacation. (Photo from Mitt Romney’s Medium.com post) Mitt Romney is sharing cool photos of his vacation with the...
View ArticleRep. John Dingell cool to the 'Sharknado' craze
Ian Ziering as Fin Shepard in a scene from “Sharknado 2: The Second One.” (Syfy/AP Photo) Rep. John Dingell is fast becoming the best politician on Twitter, even if it means the 88-year-old confesses...
View ArticleKevin McCarthy takes over as @GOPLeader
Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., center, won a promotion to House majority leader. (J. Scott Applewhite, AP) Call it the passing of the torch for the digital age. Besides saying farewell Thursday as...
View ArticleBush 41 sends prayers to namesake aircraft carrier
The USS George H.W. Bush, shown here in the Straits of Hormuz in April 2014. (U.S. Navy via AP) Former president George H.W. Bush has a small tie to the airstrikes against the Islamic State in northern...
View ArticleHillary and friends tweet birthday wishes to Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton blows out candles on his 50th birthday cake with his wife and daughter. (Greg Gibson, AP) Hillary Rodham Clinton is leading the Twitter tributes to her husband, Bill, on the occasion of...
View ArticlePresident Obama's tan suit lights up Twitter
President Obama leaves the White House briefing room. (Evan Vucci, AP) President Obama was making serious comments about the Islamic State’s threat, but the Twitterverse was obsessed with his tan suit....
View ArticleFinal word? Obama's press secretary jokes about tan suit
President Obama (Alex Wong, Getty Images) White House press secretary Josh Earnest started his daily briefing Friday with an important announcement. “The president stands squarely behind the decision...
View ArticleCan you tweet the Constitution? Rep. Darrell Issa did
Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., holds a copy of the U.S. Constitution. (Alex Wong, Getty Images) Wednesday was Constitution Day, which prompted House Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa to post the document’s...
View ArticleDonald Trump gets it right in new tweet about Sen. Mitch McConnell
Donald Trump (Manuel Balce Ceneta, AP) This time, Donald Trump’s tweet about Sen. Mitch McConnell is on the right track. Two days after deleting a tweet that said McConnell is in line to be speaker of...
View ArticleMore voters track politics via cell phone
A new Pew survey shows more voters using mobile and social media for politics news (Pew Research Center) More than twice as many voters use their cell phones to get political news and follow candidates...
View ArticleBush vs. Clinton: Ex-presidents duke it out via hashtag
Ah, those ex-presidents and their social media! Don’t get between Bill Clinton and George W. Bush when it comes to hashtags. Clinton, a Twitter fanatic with 2.57 million followers, couldn’t resist...
View ArticleReport: GOP, outside groups used Twitter to share polling info
The logo for Twitter on a banner outside the New York Stock Exchange. (Andrew Burton, Getty Images) CNN is reporting Republicans and outside groups used Twitter accounts that were hidden in plain sight...
View ArticleImmigration dominated Twitter on Thursday — but not everywhere
A screenshot of the USA Today/Twitter Political Issues Index for Nov. 20. President Obama’s prime-time speech predictably made “immigration” a top trending topic on Twitter, but it wasn’t the top...
View ArticleUSA generates millions of social media posts about Ferguson
An event like Ferguson is almost made for social media — a breaking news event with several hours of fallout. And the data from social media platforms show that people were not only watching the drama...
View Article22 people had to sign off on Mitt Romney's campaign tweets
Mitt Romney ran for president in 2008 and 2012. (Alex Wong, Getty Images) Sometimes information moves so fast on Twitter you can’t keep up. But what if 22 pairs of eyes must approve the tweet before...
View ArticleTwitter salutes CIA, Michelle Obama's turnip dance as tops in 2014
Remember when the CIA blew up Twitter? The spy agency’s funny introduction to the micro-blogging site on June 6 became the most retweeted government/political post on Twitter this year, with more than...
View ArticleTwitter reacts to Jeb Bush's decision to 'actively explore' 2016 race
Former Florida governor Jeb Bush (John Minchillo, AP) Jeb Bush exploded on Twitter, but not necessarily in a good way. The former Florida governor became the first major Republican candidate to declare...
View ArticleRand Paul clashes with Marco Rubio over Cuba
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. (Molly Riley, AP) Get your popcorn: Rand Paul and Marco Rubio are bickering over U.S. policy on Cuba. Paul, the Kentucky senator who believes opening Cuba “is probably a good...
View ArticleOops! Praise for Sgt. Bergdahl tops deleted tweets by politicians
Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl in an undated photo. (U.S. Army via AP) The pitfalls of communicating in 140 characters or less came to life for many American politicians this year. Politwoops, which tracks...
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