Most Frequently Used Hashtag by Congress: #Trumpcare
The analysis looked at hashtags the lawmakers used on Facebook and Twitter. Other hashtags that also were popular in legislators' posts included #aca, #taxreform, and #protectourcare.
Category Archives: Twitter
The Latest: FBI director defends agency amid Trump criticism
Wray testified Thursday that "there is no finer institution than the FBI, and no finer people than the men and women who work there and are its very beating heart." The comments come days after Trump took to Twitter to slam the FBI as a biased institution whose reputation is in "tatters."
Amid calls to resign, Franken to make a statement
Minnesota Democratic Sen. Al Franken is set to make a statement Thursday about his future in office, following a raft of allegations he touched women inappropriately and dozens of his Democratic colleagues calling for him to step aside. "Senator Franken is talking with his family at this time and plans to make an announcement in D.C. tomorrow.
Obama trumps Trump in Twitter Top 10 of 2017
US President Donald Trump is perhaps the world's most famous Twitter user, but the most popular post of 2017 was from Barack Obama. Three tweets by former president Barack Obama made it into Twitter's Top 10 list of retweeted messages for this year.
Chicken nugget guy, Obama among most retweeted of 2017
What do a former U.S. president, LeBron James and a guy with an insatiable appetite for chicken nuggets have in common? They all made the biggest splash on Twitter this year. Twitter on Tuesday released its top trending people and topics for 2017, ranging from sports to politics to Korean boy bands.
Fox News acknowledges error in Steinle/MSNBC reporting
Fox News corrected a demonstrably false report the network aired on Sunday about MSNBC's coverage of the Kate Steinle verdict after social media users pointed out the error to Fox News and nearly 12 hours after CNN first alerted the network's PR department. During a "Fox & Friends Weekend" segment, host Pete Hegseth told viewers that MSNBC had "completely ignored" news that a jury on Thursday acquitted Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, who was in the U.S. illegally, of murder and involuntary manslaughter in the death of Steinle.
SEC’s New Cyber Unit Moves to Tackle ‘Scam’ Coin Offering
In the first enforcement action initiated by its new "Cyber Unit," the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday announced it has secured a court order to freeze the assets of individuals behind a "scam" initial coin offering, or ICO. Ben Hancock is a San Francisco-based reporter covering litigation, technology, finance, and the future of law.
Lost Einsteins: The Innovations We’re Missing
Yes, Donald Trump, You Said That - The president is currently engaging in some revisionist history. - December 3, 2017 - OPINION - Soil Power! The Dirty Way to a Green Planet - Regenerative agriculture can help mitigate climate change.
US masses stealth jets in South Korea for war games
Yes, Donald Trump, You Said That - The president is currently engaging in some revisionist history. - December 3, 2017 - OPINION - Soil Power! The Dirty Way to a Green Planet - Regenerative agriculture can help mitigate climate change.
Crooked Hillary Walks Free
Donald Trump Attacks FBI For 'Destroying' Michael Flynn's Life By Prosecuting Him For Russia Lies And Asks Why 'Nothing Happened' To 'Crooked Hillary' In Late-Night Twitter Storm Michael Flynn's cooperation with the Russia probe seemed to unnerve President Donald Trump on Saturday night, and he lashed out at the FBI for 'destroying' the ex-adviser's life. 'So General Flynn lies to the FBI and his life is destroyed, while Crooked Hillary Clinton , on that now famous FBI holiday "interrogation" with no swearing in and no recording, lies many times and nothing happens to her?' Trump wrote.
Trump lashes out at own FBI in a series of tweets
President Donald Trump launched a fresh attack Sunday on the credibility of his own FBI, responding to revelations that an FBI agent was removed from special counsel Robert Mueller's team investigating Russian election meddling because of anti-Trump text messages. President Donald Trump gestures as he walks towards Air Force One at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017.
Comey Responds to Trump Saying the FBI is in ‘Tatters’:…
After years of Comey, with the phony and dishonest Clinton investigation , running the FBI, its reputation is in Tatters - worst in History! But fear not, we will bring it back to greatness. "I want the American people to know this truth: The FBI is honest.
Trump blasts FBI in tweets about Russia investigation
President Donald Trump launched a fresh attack Sunday on the credibility of the FBI, responding to revelations that an FBI agent was removed from special counsel Robert Mueller's team investigating Russian election meddling because of anti-Trump text messages. Trump, two days after former national security adviser Michael Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI , again denied that he directed FBI Director James Comey to stop investigating Flynn.
Trump in deep trouble
US President Donald Trump yesterday denied having asked then FBI director James Comey to stop investigating ex-national security advisor Michael Flynn, who has since pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about discussions with Russia. Trump also insisted he and his campaign had not colluded with Moscow in last year's election, and shifted blame on the Justice Department and his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.
How Trolls Locked My Twitter Account For 10 Days, And Welp
Emails Dispute White House Claims That Flynn Acted Independently on Russia - WASHINGTON - When President Trump fired his national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn, in February, White House officials portrayed him as a renegade who had acted independently in his discussions Was Michael Flynn asked to wear a wire in Mueller hunt for evidence on Russia? - Plea agreement includes clause showing Flynn consented to participate in 'covert law enforcement activities" if required - The least-noticed sentence in Michael Flynn's plea agreement with special counsel Robert Mueller Trump Tweets He Knew Flynn Lied to FBI When He Asked Comey to 'Let Flynn Go' A day after Trump's former national security advisor, Michael Flynn, pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate with special prosecutor Robert Mueller, who is investigating the Trump team's alleged ties to the Kremlin, Trump tweeted about Flynn: ... (more)
Trump Goes on Tweetstorm Against ‘Rigged System’ That…
Robert Mueller 's special counsel was not enough. Donald Trump is back on the presidential Twitter machine to complain about a legal "double standard" that has left Flynn's life in ruins while allowing Hillary Clinton to get away with her private email scandal.
Acquittal of Mexican in San Francisco shooting a complete travesty, says Trump
Donald Trump has condemned a jury's verdict that a Mexican man is not guilty of murdering a woman on a San Francisco pier. In a pre-dawn tweet, the president said the cleared man, Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, "came back and back over the weakly protected Obama border, always committing crimes and being violent".
Trump’s lawyer says he was behind President’s tweet about firing Flynn
President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, John Dowd, confirmed to CNN on Sunday that he wrote a tweet for the @realDonaldTrump Twitter account about the firing of former White House national security adviser Michael Flynn. "I had to fire General Flynn because he lied to the Vice President and the FBI," the Saturday tweet reads.
Trump stokes anti-Muslim sentiment; censured in US, abroad
Stoking the same anti-Islam sentiments he fanned on the campaign trail, President Donald Trump on Wednesday retweeted a string of inflammatory videos from a fringe British political group purporting to show violence being committed by Muslims. The tweets drew a sharp condemnation from British Prime Minister Theresa May's office, which said it was "wrong for the president to have done this."
Trump stokes anti-Muslim sentiment; censured here and abroad
Stoking the same anti-Islam sentiments he fanned on the campaign trail, President Donald Trump on Wednesday retweeted a string of inflammatory videos from a fringe British political group purporting to show violence being committed by Muslims. The tweets drew a sharp condemnation from British Prime Minister Theresa May's office, which said it was "wrong for the president to have done this."