Politwoops, Sunlight's archive of deleted tweets from politicians, exposes how some lawmakers are stubborn when pressed to discuss removed messaging, no matter how trivial.
Continue readingThe Week on Politwoops: Periscope eyes Meerkat
Just one week after delving into Meerkat, politicians are checking out Periscope, the latest app to live-stream video.
Continue readingThe Week on Politwoops: Politicians try out Meerkat
In this week's review of deleted Twitter activity archived on Politwoops, we'll look at how politicians are quickly adopting the latest hyped app in the tech world, Meerkat.
Continue readingCreate your ode to openness with #FOIApoetry
The Freedom of Information Act has a long history of liberating information. Now, anyone can celebrate this crucial opengov tool with #FOIApoetry, a new Sunlight project to craft your own personal poetry using real FOIA documents.
Continue readingThe Week on Politwoops: Honing messages about Selma
In this week's roundup of deletions archived by Politwoops, we look at how politicians subtly honed their messages during the 50th anniversary of the civil rights march in Selma, Ala.
Continue readingThe Week on Politwoops: Office account says ‘I voted yes’ when member votes no and more
This week's roundup of deletions archived by Politwoops includes a declaration of a yes vote when the congressman voted nay and more.
Continue readingThe Week on Politwoops: Hiding campaign connections, playing coy about 2016 and more
This week's roundup of deletions archived by Politwoops includes a campaign-related image deleted from an official account, another possible 2016 contender removing a reference to them as a candidate and more.
Continue readingThe Week on Politwoops: Marijuana, mix-ups and messaging
On this week's roundup of notable deleted tweets archived on Politwoops, we look at a politicians trying to hide a message, subtly changing a message and mixing up which account to share a message.
Continue readingThe Week on Politwoops: Becerra’s time to govern, Bishop tweets the Grammys and more
This week, Politwoops, the archive of deleted tweets from politicians, caught some poor word choices and a criticism of the entertainment industry.
Continue readingThe Week on Politwoops: Reagan telegram, deleted donations and staffers in the wrong account
This week's roundup of deleted tweets by politicians archived on Politwoops includes an endorsement telegram, some donations and two staffers accidentally tweeting from their boss' official account.
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