Tag: twitter
Donald Trump, with 2 tweets, helps push GOP reversal on ethics
Every president taps a legislative affairs director to work with Congress. President-elect Donald Trump appears ready to use a legislative whip like none other:...
55% of the Alabama Legislature is on Twitter
Years ago, a lawmaker's official website used to be sole clearinghouse for information — functioning as hub of schedule updates, press releases, contact information, and...
Rio2016, Election2016, PokemonGo top global Twitter trends
The Rio Olympics, the American presidential election and Pokemon Go were the top global trends on Twitter in 2016.
The social media site says Rio2016...
Will Lochamy: Uh, Mr. President… your Twitter is showing
This isn’t about policy. I wish it was. I’d love to have a rational conversation about policy. Instead, I keep looking around and thinking,...
Forget the TV: How to follow Election Day online
TVs are so last century. News outlets are using Facebook Live, Snapchat, YouTube and other tools to offer live coverage of Election Day in...
Barack Obama mixes talk of ‘mean tweets,’ politics on Jimmy Kimmel
President Barack Obama entertained Jimmy Kimmel's audience with some of the mean tweets sent his way, beginning with one sent by Donald Trump in...
Twitter: 17 million-plus tweets sent about the debate, most ever
Twitter says Sunday's presidential debate was the most tweeted ever, with more than 17 million tweets related to the forum sent.
The social media platform...
Steven Kurlander: Debating debatable debates
In 21st century American politics, it’s a given that if you are running for office, you should expect to debate your opponent(s) during the...
Sweet Meteor of Death campaign rolling on empty promises
The Sweet Meteor of Death is not going to upstage this election season.
That's according to the NASA Near Earth Object Program that tracks roughly 15,000...
Inside the origins of Donald Trump’s high-octane Twitter account
Peter Costanzo is the man who helped turn Donald Trump into @RealDonaldTrump.
That, of course, is Trump's Twitter account — a high-octane portal for the...