Hello Rockers!
In today’s Twitteriffic news we see candidates embracing the social media tools we love and Kanye West’s tweets resurfacing as captions for New Yorker cartoons!
CRUCIAL:
Is the world’s worst oil spill coming to a close? http://yhoo.it/aco6vo
BP had success plugging the leak by pumping mud down the oil well. However, a great deal of the previously leaked oil is still left to clean up.
Rejected: Missouri votes against key provision in health care reform: http://bit.ly/cOOFrv
In yesterday’s primary, Missouri voters overwhelmingly rejected a key aspect of Obama’s healthcare reform when they supported a ballot to prohibit penalizing people who fail to procure health insurance.
Coming soon… California Court to announce ruling on gay marriage: http://bit.ly/bNVsxv
A federal judge in California has reached a decision on whether the state’s same-sex marriage ban ( known as Prop 8 ) amounts to unconstitutional discrimination. Check back tomorrow when we’ll have a story after the judge releases the final decision.
BrunnerTube: Ohio Secretary of State adopts a YouTube channel: http://bit.ly/9qJVft
Secretary Brunner created a YouTube channel specifically to educate voters on the midterm election. Will you tune in?
Do you follow #marcorubio, #kendrickmeek or #charliecristfl? http://bit.ly/bRNY2N
Florida’s Senate candidates have turned to Twitter to get their messages out. But how much does tweeting help their campaign?
No excuses: Colorado Senate candidates Buck and Norton oppose abortion: http://huff.to/cc0hfW
Both candidates oppose abortion and agree that there shouldn’t be exceptions in cases of rape or incest.
CULTURAL:
Happy birthday, @BarackObama! http://bit.ly/c4ug5u
Congrats on turning 49! Wish him your own congratulations by signing his birthday card linked above.
Bristol + Levi 4 Ever: http://bit.ly/dkktCs
Palin told Johnston that it’s off. Again.
600 Home Runs?! No biggie for Rodriguez: http://nyti.ms/dCjRK0
Yankee fans were cheering loudly for A-Rod today when he hit his 600th home run.
“We lookin’ crazy fresh where’s paparazzi when you need ‘em” #KanyeNewYorkerTweet: http://bit.ly/baV6ls
Yesterday the Twitter world got taken away by “Kanye New Yorker Tweets,” where people paired old New Yorker cartoons with new captions inspired by Mr. West’s tweets.
Was “Inception” a rip-off?? http://bit.ly/cqtryH
Some are saying the extremely popular movie by Christopher Nolan was taken from the cartoon “Scrooge McDuck & The Beagle Boys”
Tags: abortion, Barack Obama, BP, health care, Kanye West, Prop 8, twitter, YouTube
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