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"Anyone ever hear of pocket tweet, pocket dial? I mean it was pretty simple," Brown said of the incident.

Rep. Cohen tweeted messages to a woman on Twitter whom his office is calling "the daughter of a longtime friend."

Rep. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) took to the Internet Tuesday night before and after President Obama’s State of the Union address to answer questions on Reddit.

Polis responded to questions for several hours on the popular website, which hosted President Obama’s “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) session in August of 2012. The site also spearheaded opposition to the Stop Online Piracy Act.

AMA’s are self-posts by users inviting other users to ask them any questions they may have. President Obama’s generated so much traffic that the website had difficult staying up.

House Republicans are looking to reach out to Hispanic voters via a new Spanish-language Twitter feed that debuted Monday afternoon.

Bienvenidos a la página oficial de Twitter de la Conferencia Republicana de la Cámara de Representantes de los Estados Unidos.

— Conferencia GOP (@GOPespanol) February 11, 2013

The feed is the latest in an attempt by Republicans to woo Hispanic voters after 71 percent broke for President Obama in the last election. That figure, coupled with changing national demographics, has many in the party concerned that the GOP could struggle to remain viable without winning back a larger share of Hispanic voters.

Republicans are encouraging supporters to tweet with the hashtag #Obamaquester. 

Former Obama administration senior adviser David Axelrod defended Gov. Chris Christie (R) against criticism that the New Jersey governor is too fat.

NBA legend Magic Johnson met Thursday night with President Barack Obama and senior adviser Valerie Jarrett to discuss HIV/AIDS, the hall of fame point guard tweeted Friday night.

On the way to the airport, I just left a meeting with Pres. @barackobama& Senior Advisor to the POTUS @vj44!

— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) February 8, 2013

I told Pres. @barackobama that whatever he needs me to do to help our country, I am willing to do!

— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) February 8, 2013

Every time I meet with Pres. @barackobamaI always come away saying "That is the smartest man I've ever met in my life!" #POTUS

— Earvin Magic Johnson (@MagicJohnson) February 8, 2013

Real estate mogul Donald Trump is joining the chorus of conservative activists upset with Karl Rove over his decision to launch a new super-PAC aimed at aiding more electable candidates.

Trump blasted Rove as "a total loser" on Twitter on Thursday.

Rove, a former Bush aide and major Republican fundraiser, launched the Conservative Victory Project earlier this week. The political action committee's stated intent is to aid Republican candidates it considers more viable in a general election, but the group has come under fire from some grassroots groups who argue that the party establishment is attempting to crowd out their efforts.

Trump, whose subscription to "birther" conspiracy theories has won him favor with some in the Tea Party, argued the last election cycle cast doubt on Rove's political instincts.

Lena Dunham, the co-creator of HBO's "Girls" and star of a controversial YouTube video for President Obama's reelection campaign, took to Twitter on Thursday to refute a report that claimed she didn't cast a ballot in the presidential election.

New York political blog Room Eight reported Wednesday that Dunham was registered to vote in Brooklyn but did not cast a ballot in 2012. But, as Dunham explained on Twitter, trouble with an absentee ballot forced her to vote provisionally.

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) took to Twitter on Thursday to downplay this week's issue of Time Magazine, which features a cover story labeling him "The Republican Savior."