Tag Archive: Randy Weber

The Week on Politwoops: A comparison to Hitler, a deleted press release and an outgoing Gov learns Git

by Nicko Margolies Jan 16, 2015 6:00 pm

This week's roundup of deletions archived by Politwoops includes a long delayed deletion about Hitler, a revoked press release and more.

Rep. Robin Kelly clears a heap of old campaign tweets

by Nicko Margolies Feb 26, 2014 3:02 pm

Yesterday morning, the campaign account for Rep. Robin Kelly, D-Ill., deleted 108 tweets, making the Sunlight Foundation's Politwoops archive the only place to find these once public messages.

Rep. Randy Weber deletes mass of campaign tweets

by Nicko Margolies Feb 13, 2014 9:16 am

In the last two weeks the campaign Twitter account for Rep. Randy Weber, R-Texas, has deleted nearly a hundred messages that were once shared with the public and now can only be found on our Politwoops archive of deleted tweets.

Political ad watch: Now starring Steve King

by Kathy Kiely

investigations

Jul 27, 2013 1:39 pm

Rep. Steve King has a starring role in a Democratic ad blitz that seeks to hang the Iowa Republican's latest controversial remarks about immigrants around the necks of Republicans trying to appeal to constituencies with heavily Hispanic votes.

The political powerhouse labor union SEIU has just released a Spanish-language ad that targets seven Republican House members, challenging them to say whether they agree with comments that "insult our families" or support legislation that would provide millions of immigrants now living illegally in the United States with a pathway to citizenship. Sunlight spotted the new campaign on Ad Hawk, our ...