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Capture Knowledge Now

November 19, 2012 By markbernstein

Kate Donaghue recently recorded some excellent knowledge for organizers who work in our modern environment of cell phones, text messages, and email. Voters today aren't always at home; our voters and potential voters, especially, aren't … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2012, 2014, engagement, obama, twitter, volunteers, warren, web

Help #BrownFactCheck Tonight’s Debate

October 10, 2012 By massuniting

If his performance in the first two debates is any indication, we can expect Scott Brown to spend a lot of time tonight stretching the truth about about his tenure as US Senator in Springfield tonight. But with your help, we'll continue to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: BrownFactCheck, debate, ma-sen, ma-senate, ma-senate-debate, twitter

On Speaking To Power, Or, When Sanity’s Gone, There’s Always Satire

August 1, 2011 By fake-consultant

So everybody’s hearing the news, right? There is a tentative debt ceiling deal, and this Administration and Congressional Democrats seem to have won everything they wanted: Republicans get to have multiple “we don’t approve” votes before … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: #thanksalot, action, comedy, congress, debt, Debt Ceiling, democrats, economics, elections, humor, medicare, obama, politics, republicans, satire, snark, social-security, twitter, white-house, whitehouse

On Open-Source Entertainment, Or, Today, Jon Kyl Meets Twitter

April 14, 2011 By fake-consultant

...I decided to celebrate Jon Kyl's ground-breaking excystplanation last night by tweeting round-the-clock nonfacts about him: "For the past ten years Jon Kyl has been two children in a very convincing Jon Kyl suit" and "Jon Kyl calls all … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: #notintendedtobeafactualstatement, abortion, comedy, congress, health-care, humor, jon-kyl, national, planned-parenthood, politics, republicans, satire, snark, stephen-colbert, twitter

A Politician’s Role in the Twitterverse: Follower to Friend Ratio

December 28, 2010 By smartsexyliberal

Social media analytics platforms created a simple ratio to speak to the relationship between followers & those who are followed. Many look to the number of people that are following a given Twitter user as an indicator of that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: #filibernie, candidates, elected, follower, follower/friend-ratio, friend, gap, governor-deval-patrick, governor-markell, national, politicians, politics, senator-bernie-sanders, tff, twitter

The perils of twittering

October 15, 2010 By David

So I've been getting into the Twitter lately, and I have to say it's pretty fun.  There's something satisfying about pushing out 140-character tidbits of information, links, argument, and snark, without feeling like you have to flesh … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: media, random, twitter

We Will Be Watching: Victory for the DREAM Act

September 21, 2010 By kyledeb

If you haven't heard about the DREAM Act yet I wouldn't be surprised.  The media has largely been focused on the train wreck that is Christine O'Donnell's campaign.  But the mainstream media is missing out on one of the most … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: business, christine-odonnell, dadt, democrat, dream-act, education, facebook, guatemala, harry-reid, illegal, immigrant, immigration, lady-gaga, lgbt, migrant, migrant-youth, migration, military, millenial, national-defense-authorization-act, polling, republican, spanish, twitter, undocumented, youth

Charlie Baker: Please stop plastering AstroTurf over the Grassroots on Twitter!

July 16, 2010 By chrismatth

After a few weeks of observing the Baker Bots tweet, I received an anonymous tip as to the identity of one of the anonymous accounts. I was told that @TomSnod was really none other than Jay Altschuler, Northeastern University College … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: astroturf, baker, charlie-baker, governor, massachusetts, twitter

21 in 21 for the 9th District

July 12, 2010 By mac-dalessandro

I'm writing to you today to urge you to keep our momentum building by taking part in our grassroots outreach effort 21 in 21 for the 9th District.  Over the next three weeks, I will continue reaching out to our communities by visiting … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 9th-district, democratic-primary, facebook, grassroots, ma-09, mac-dalessandro, netroots, progressive, stephen-lynch, twitter, u.s.-house-of-representatives

Baker’s Bully

March 4, 2010 By westof495

The state’s new anti-bullying legislation might need to be expanded to restrain Baker campaign manager Lenny Alcivar – who has launched an all-out twitter assault on Cahill daughters Makena (25) and Nicole (22) Here’s a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: 2010, bullying, charlie-baker, makena-cahill, nicole-cahill, tim-cahill, twitter

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