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91-year-old former congressman sets the Twitter bar in the Trump era
John Dingell has been owning Twitter for years.Image: ambar del moral/mashable 91-year-old former congressman John Dingell has been quick, witty, and on fire with his 140 characters for years. Despite his age, he knows how to use the tweet machine the way it was intended: biting commentary, playful retweets, and insightful and smart reactions. Time and again he’s shown he’s mastered Twitter. After tweeter-in-chief Donald Trump was elected, Dingell’s Twitter game has become even more relevant and fiery. SEE ALSO: Artist paints offensive tweets he received outside Twitter’s HQ to highlight how Twitter handles abuse After the violence in Charlottesville […]
Oh no, Ted Cruz just liked a very NSFW tweet and it’s all over followers’ timelines
Oh no, Ted whyImage: CQ-Roll Call, Inc. You know some intern’s going to cop the blame for this. A very NSFW video is going viral on Twitter, (no) thanks to Ted Cruz’s official Twitter account. The Texas senator and former U.S. presidential hopeful liked a pretty graphic two-minute long video from @SexuallPosts. SEE ALSO: Seth Rogen expertly trolls fervent Trump supporter on Twitter With over 3 million followers, the like from Cruz’s verified account would have pushed the video to the news feeds of tens, if not hundreds of thousands of his followers’ timelines. Image: twitter/mashable screenshot As Tuesday morning, […]
97-year-old war veteran takes a knee in response to President Trump’s protest comments
There’s never an age limit when it comes to fighting for what you believe in. Brennan Gilmore tweeted a photo Sunday of his 97-year-old grandfather, John Middlemas, kneeling in support of the #TakeAKnee movement, started by former San Francisco 49ers football player Colin Kaepernick in 2016 over police violence against African Americans. President Donald Trump’s outspoken criticism against athletes who don’t stand up for the national anthem sparked this protest among people like Middlemas in solidarity with NFL athletes who kneeled on the field this weekend. SEE ALSO: #TakeAKnee protests are about police violence, not the military or the Constitution […]
White House social media guy reveals whos really writing some of Trumps tweets
Image: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images It’s every social media manager’s worst nightmare. Dan Scavino Jr., who runs social media for President Donald Trump, accidentally tweeted out an attack on NBC News from both his account as well as Trump’s account on Wednesday. Scavino quickly deleted the tweet. The tweet on Trump’s account is still up. I don’t think Trump did this tweet pic.twitter.com/HXZHPr6Nls — Joe Perticone (@JoePerticone) October 4, 2017 The error provides a glimpse behind the scenes of how Trump’s Twitter account is run. It has been generally assumed that Trump sends most of his own tweets. Trump may have […]
Don’t believe that fake viral photo of a NFL player burning the U.S. flag
Another day, another chapter in the ongoing feud between Donald Trump and NFL players who are taking the knee in protest against police brutality. SEE ALSO: The first NFL game of Sept. 24 started with a powerful, unprecedented protest You might have seen on Twitter or Facebook this picture that purportedly depicts an NFL player burning the U.S. flag in the locker room as his teammates enthusiastically look on: Image: facebook/vetsfortrump Besides the utter absurdity of the scene, it immediately pops to the eye that there’s something wrong with the hand holding the flag. But that didn’t prevent many people […]