As the year winds down and Washington retreats to spend the holidays with family and friends, let's look back at the many gifts politicians left for Politwoops in 2013 as they deleted messages once shared eagerly with their followers.
Continue readingThe Week on Politwoops: #badassgame, a shy budget vote and a lengthy butt tweet
Welcome to another weekly review of tweets deleted by U.S. politicians caught and archived by Politwoops.
Continue readingIn debt and under fire, Stockman eyes Senate race
As Rep. Steve Stockman, R-Texas, shifts his campaign to challenge incumbent Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, questions still linger about his finances and how the campaign will repay its tens of thousands of dollars owed in staff compensation.
Continue readingThe Week on Politwoops: An Early Christmas in Alabama, Thanksgiving Crab and a Clumsy Ninja
Here is this week's review of tweets deleted by U.S. politicians caught and archived by Politwoops.
Continue readingThe Week on Politwoops: Macklemore, the Worst Autocorrect Ever and Self-Funding
Time again to look at the past week through the lens of deleted tweets from U.S. politicians caught by Politwoops.
Continue readingThe Week on Politwoops: An Illinois Mix-up, Fooled by Satire and Twitter Endorsements
Happy Friday, here is this week's review of the notable deleted tweets from politicians captured and archived by Politwoops.
Continue readingImproving How Politwoops Displays Retweets
Politwoops, our project to archive the deleted tweets by U.S. politicians, is now more useful than ever as it includes a link to help you find the source of retweets. We also fixed a minor bug that was cutting off some links and messing up screenshots.
Whenever a politician retweets something and then thinks better of it, we will now include a link back to the original tweet, as seen in the example in the upper right from earlier today by Senate challenger Karen Hadel, R-Ga. She retweeted a fan who asks if she can be cloned and then deleted it, but you can now follow the link labeled "Original tweet by @FiercelyRight" to see that the source is still live.
The Week on Politwoops: Post TV, Tuesday’s Elections and Kittens
While Wall Street minted a few billionaires and many millionaires with yesterday's Twitter IPO, Sunlight's non-profit Politwoops got to celebrate the occasion with some recent deletions on the Washington Post's In Play show:
The Week on Politwoops: A Halloween Dog, Inside a Caucus Meeting and Much More
It was a busy and image-filled week on Politwoops! Here's your review of the recent notable deleted tweets from politicians captured and archived by the project.
Continue readingSenator Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) Has Been Systematically Deleting His Official Tweets
The office of Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., appears to be the first in Congress to systematically remove tweets from his Twitter account after they've been publicly available for months.
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