A sign that Twitter’s influence has swollen in the past four years, Twitter volume during Monday’s presidential Inauguration dwarfed the amount of activity during president’s first Inauguration. [...] The peak moment on Monday came at 12:08 p.m. when President Barack Obama said “we cannot mistake absolutism for principle” and denounced “name calling as a substitute for debate.” That generated 27,795 tweets per minute.
The peak moment on Monday came at 12:08 p.m. when President Barack Obama said “we cannot mistake absolutism for principle” and denounced “name calling as a substitute for debate.” That generated 27,795 tweets per minute.
The head of the Mon Valley Republican Committee in Pennsylvania is facing backlash from his local community after displaying an American flag upside down — a statement usually meant as a distress signal by soldiers in times of war — during President Obama’s second inauguration ceremony.
Amid all the pomp and circumstance of inauguration weekend, Vice President Joe Biden showed a few of his 2016 cards as he mingled with some constituencies that would be key if he decides to run for president.
Gareth Morgan has a simple dream: a New Zealand free of cats. But the environmental advocate triggered a claws-out backlash Tuesday with his new anti-feline campaign. Morgan called on his countrymen Tuesday to make their current cat their last in order to save the nation's unique native birds. He set up a website, called Cats To Go, depicting a tiny kitten with red devil's horns. The opening line: "That little ball of fluff you own is a natural born killer."
Morgan called on his countrymen Tuesday to make their current cat their last in order to save the nation's unique native birds. He set up a website, called Cats To Go, depicting a tiny kitten with red devil's horns. The opening line: "That little ball of fluff you own is a natural born killer."