To help celebrate Twitters 6th birthday, the Edelman Digital team released an interesting report that evaluates effective use of Twitter by Members of the U.S. Congress: Capitol Tweets: Yeas and Nays of the Congressional Twitterverse The report analyzed Twitter data from 89 U.S. Senators and 367 U.S. Representatives across a 112-day …

Dear Twitter – Happy Birthday! Like any six year old, you continue to amaze and distract us everyday. 6 years ago today, @Jack sent the first-ever tweet –> “Just setting up my twttr”. — Alec Ross (@AlecJRoss) March 21, 2012   Good luck in first grade.

If Chad Ochocinco was still with Cincy, something tells us Bengals fan Kevin Madden could have made this happen. @MittRomney Excuse Mr. Romney i’d like to have a 30 minute sit down with u. If u’re available I’d love for my followers to hear ur thoughts. — Chad Ochocinco (@ochocinco) …

Our favorite tweet from last night. Colorado apparently doesn’t deliver results until the last minute. LIKE TEBOW. — pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) February 8, 2012

Note: Passwords that involve your first name followed by “123” are generally not secure. Grassley’s Twitter Account Hacked By Kate Tummarello Sen. Chuck Grassley’s Twitter account, @ChuckGrassley, was hacked today. The account belonging to the Iowa Republican began Tweeting unusual content, including negative sentiments about the Senator, in the early …

Love the neckbeards. Funniest tweet ever? RT @brandonwardell: Justin Bieber is to teen girls what Ron Paul is to neckbeards on the internet — rob delaney (@robdelaney) December 15, 2011  

While you contemplated your third piece of pumpkin pie, Mary Katharine Ham was crushing Mt. Kilimanjaro last week.

Everyone knows that we’re big fans of Mayor for life Marion Barry. So imagine our excitement when we stumbled upon this: Yes, Marion Barry has joined Twitter. TWAG – Tweets with SWAG RELATED: A Lesson in Parking Marion Barry Photoshop Contest Bird Set Me Up! New T-Shirt for Casual Friday …

Twitter hires Mindy Finn [congrats] Low turnout [again] America’s Mayor wants his son to fill his seat [Marion] Blind Pilot @ 9:30 Club [photos] Like a good neighbor [Bread for the city] By Oscalito

The pride of Nordonia High School and one of the nicest staffers on Capitol Hill is currently on the homepage of the New York Times. After Being Burned in ’08, Republicans Embrace Twitter Hard for ’12 At a daily meeting in Mr. Boehner’s office, the communications staff decides what they should …

Look out Tony Horton, your days might be numbered. [The Hill] Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) said Wednesday she uses her Twitter account as a means to keep herself accountable. McCaskill told CBS’s “Early Show” that “public accountability” is one of the reasons she was able to lose 50 pounds this …

Tornado on I-95 [look out] TBD dubs Emily Miller “Twitter King” [solid] Halloween costume advice [Capitol Hill Style] Obama to dedicate MLK memorial [history] Herman Cain’s Sim City problem [9-9-9] By Lane 4 Imaging

Capitol Hill is full of funny, bizarre and otherwise interesting moments that don’t happen anywhere else in this country –  moments happen at least once, if not multiple times a day. Most of us ignore them, because they’ve become so common, while others of us can’t believe they continue to …

BYT gives us a breakdown of a viral disaster,survival instincts in an earthquake, fallen angels, twitter > cell service, happy hour started early, the earth moved under our feet, MLK virtual march caused DC to shake, we don’t know much about history, who even knew Virginia had a seismic zone? Public schools …

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