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January 22, 2013, 4:03 pm
By
Alicia M. Cohn
According to new analysis of tweets sent on Inauguration Day, just 4 percent of tweets sent were negative or "not interested" in events.
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January 22, 2013, 3:30 pm
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Alicia M. Cohn
The White House shared a "surprise" on Tuesday when first lady Michelle Obama tweeted a warning that she and the president were going to greet a tour at the White House.
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January 22, 2013, 12:15 pm
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Alicia M. Cohn
Beyonce was the queen of the inaugural ceremony on Monday, at least when it comes to chatter on Facebook.
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January 22, 2013, 10:40 am
By
Alicia M. Cohn
Rep. Pete King (R-N.Y.) knows Beyonce when he sees her, but maybe not Jay-Z.
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January 22, 2013, 9:55 am
By
Alicia M. Cohn
Capitol Hill looks a lot different on Tuesday than it did on Monday, Rep. Bruce Braley (D-Iowa) noted in a tweet.
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January 21, 2013, 5:16 pm
By
Alicia M. Cohn
Kelly Clarkson, Eva Longoria, first lady Michelle Obama, members of Congress and about a million other Americans were tweeting about inauguration on Monday, when President Obama was officially sworn in for his second term at the Capitol.
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January 21, 2013, 4:40 pm
By
Brendan Sasso
Twitter said on Monday that 1.1 million people tweeted messages during President Obama's second inauguration. The figure easily surpassed the 82,392 tweets sent during the inaugural ceremony four years ago. Although there was more excitement for Obama's first inauguration, the social media service was still in its infancy in 2009.
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January 21, 2013, 3:10 pm
By
Justin Sink
Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) used her perch on the inaugural platform Monday to dish some sartorial criticism of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who set off a social media firestorm with his choice of headwear.
Scalia appeared to be wearing a Tudor bonnet, the traditional academic headwear for those who have a professional doctoral degree. The hats, typically made of velvet or cloth, are customarily a soft round cap with a cord that circles the puggaree of the hat. They are most usually worn during graduation ceremonies. Scalia's cap did not appear to have a cord, but otherwise resembled the Tudor bonnet. Whatever the style, the hat was "weird" enough to earn liveblogging from Missouri's senior senator.
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January 18, 2013, 6:11 pm
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Alicia M. Cohn
The percentage of members of Congress using Twitter has more than doubled in the last two years, according to Twitter.
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January 18, 2013, 5:33 pm
By
Alicia M. Cohn
Rep. David Schweikert (R-Ariz.) has his eye on a caffeinated second career post-Congress.
"I see a career at Starbucks" if the whole Congress thing doesn't work out, Schweikert joked in a video shared Friday on his Twitter account.
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