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  May 16, 2009, 8:51 am

Meet the U.K.'s oldest tweeter

By Eric Zimmermann
Ivy Bean got bored with Facebook, she says, so made the switch to Twitter. At 104 years old, Bean is the U.K's oldest tweeter, the Sun reports.

Bean currently has 4,957 followers, just a smidge over thr 4,800 friends she had on Facebook.

The manager of her retirement home says her enthusiasm is contagious.

"All the residents are taking a leaf out of her book," said Pat Wright. "Four signed up for computer college. Others have joined Facebook or surf the net and enjoy themselves with ten-pin bowling on the games console."

Her most recent tweet?
had a loverly afternoon with my friends here at hillside just had tea just having a chat with the staff.

Follow Ivy's twitter feed here.
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  May 16, 2009, 6:54 am

Culberson's having a good Saturday

By Eric Zimmermann
Rep. John Culberson (R-Tex.) seems to be enjoying his Saturday morning:
I am at the Houston gun show at Reliant Center nxt to the Astrodome - one of my favorite yearly events - full of patriots and proud Texans!

I especially enjoy the historic guns like this Henry repeater rifle - ammo is disappearing fast -

Wall to wall Texans - all of us passionate defenders of our God given right to self defense immortalized in the 2nd Amendment
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  May 15, 2009, 11:39 am

Radanovich: SEIU leading Obama

By Michael O'Brien
Rep. George Radanovich (R-Calif.) accused President Obama of acting at the behest of one of the largest labor unions in the country on his Twitter page.

Radanovich tweeted Friday:
The Obama Admin is inappropriately interfering with CA budget at behest of SEIU http://tinyurl.com/qkb5rn #tcot #hhrs
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  May 15, 2009, 10:44 am

Perriello: 'Line!'

By Michael O'Brien
Rep. Tom Perriello (D-Va.) is looking for your help in his bid to inspire Patrick Henry Community College's Class of 2010.

Perriello's getting ready to speak, and tweeted:
getting ready to speak at PVCC and Patrick Henry CC commencements. Graduates, send in your favorite quotes and I may use one in my speech.
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  May 15, 2009, 10:00 am

TOP TWEETS

By Michael O'Brien
Tripling SF's solar generation - San Fran. Mayor Gavin Newsom (D)
Fire update - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R)
Watch Cavuto tonight - Fla. GOP Senate candidate Marco Rubio
Internship deadline fast approaching - The White House
Before USC commencement - Calif. Gov. Arnold Schwarenegger (R)
8 Mile luncheon - Rep. Sander Levin (D-Mich.)
On Pelosi's presser - Dana Perino
It's a sad day - Rep. Thad McCotter (R-Mich.)
Good discussion on Speaker Pelosi - Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.)
Sneak peak of our website - Rep. Gresham Barrett (R-S.C.)
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  May 15, 2009, 8:25 am

Specter makes way to White House

By Michael O'Brien
CBS News's Mark Knoller, who makes the most of his 140 characters, noted an interesting appearance for the Philadelphia Phillies' appearance Friday at the White House.

New Democratic Sen. Arlen Specter (Pa.), a notoriously big Phillies fan, was amongst those to congratulate last season's World Series champs at the White House today.

Knoller tweeted:
Sen. Arlen Specter, D-PA., is at the WH for the Phila Phillies event at 1230p/ET. And Phillies fans from the WH staff & media are here too.


Not to be outdone, Philly native Jake Tapper tweeted:
phillies lining up at WH south portico for event w/POTUS. go Phils!!!
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  May 15, 2009, 7:37 am

Feingold will love you, baby

By Michael O'Brien
Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wisc.) is out with another installment of "Fein-tunes," and the Wisconsin lawmaker is pumping up the hype for Wilco's new album.

"One of the guys I worked with in Washington was always playing Wilco -- it seemed like 24 hours-a-day -- to the point where I really grew to like them," Feingold explained in a web video. "And one of the albums I liked was 'Mermaid Avenue,' which was Woody Guthrie songs."

The Chicago-based band's "Wilco (The Album)" is out June 29, but the band launched a stream of the entire album on its website earlier this week.

Feingold's page had this tweet on Friday:
BLOG POST: Wilco (Feingold) Will Love You Baby http://is.gd/Aaze


The link follows through to a blog on Feingold's website, where staffer Melissa Ryan writes of the senator's "rousing" opening speech before the band took the stage in Madison last year. Wilco played their new album's opening song, "Wilco (The Song)," substituting Feingold's name for their own in the chorus, "Wilco will love you, baby."

Feingold explains why he likes Wilco below:



LISTEN TO WILCO'S NEW ALBUM HERE.
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  May 15, 2009, 6:47 am

If it's Friday, it's 'Meet the Press' tweets

By Michael O'Brien
One of the Washington parlor games on Friday afternoons is chatting about the coming Sunday's lineup on the talk show circuit.

The news of which show had landed which guests would usually be sent out in releases Friday, or, more recently, posted on FishbowlDC.

The new game in town comes from the shows and networks themselves, though, who detail their lineups on their Twitter pages.

Longtime "Meet the Press" producer Betsy Fischer has taken to tweeting the lineups on Friday, with this week being no exception.

She tweeted:
In their first Sunday Showdown ... RNC Chairman Michael Steele vs. DNC Chairman Tim Kaine - this Sunday on MTP!


MTP Roundtable: Richard Haass of CFR, Jon Meacham of Newsweek, Ron Brownstein of Nat'l Journal and Peggy Noonan of the Wall St. Journal.


Check out profile & cover art drawing of Newsweek Editor "young geezer" (and good friend) Jon Meacham in the NY Observer. http://tr.im/lr1k


Of course, all's fair in TV ratings wars. ABC News's PR department tweeted Thursday:
For the 15th Straight week "This Week" closes total viewing gap with "Meet." "This Week" cuts total viewing gap with "Meet" by 79%


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  May 15, 2009, 5:53 am

Dodd down on Main Street

By Michael O'Brien
Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) is spending time on Main Street Friday -- not figuratively, but literally.

Dodd tweeted
:
Please join me at 357 Main Street in East Hartford at 1:30 as we rally support for the Credit CARD Act and push it across the finish line!
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  May 14, 2009, 12:41 pm

Weekend at Gitmo

By Michael O'Brien
Sen. John Ensign (R-Nev.) is spending the weekend in beautiful, tropical...Cuba!

The senator tweeted Thursday that he's headed down to the Navy's Guantanamo Bay base tomorrow:
Heading to Gitmo tomorrow to tour the detainee facilities and receive a briefing on detainee policy.
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