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  1. CHART (w/corrected #SB1070 count): Tweets per minute re: #SCOTUS, #Obamacare, #HCR, #ACA and related terms. twitter.com/gov/status/218… 9:14 PM Jun 28th via TweetDeck
  2. CHART: Tweets per minute re: #SCOTUS, #Obamacare, #HCR, #ACA and related terms, plus recent comparisons. twitter.com/gov/status/218… 3:12 PM Jun 28th via TweetDeck
  3. @MelissaMontoyaO As promised: Terms related to Arizona Immigration Law #SB1070 ruling peaked at 1,726 Tweets per min at 10:22a ET Monday. 2:01 PM Jun 28th via web
  4. Another #SCOTUS tidbit: Terms related to Arizona Immigration Law #SB1070 ruling peaked at 1,726 Tweets per min at 10:22a ET Monday. 1:59 PM Jun 28th via TweetDeck
  5. Welcome to @Twitter, @SenatorEnzi! 1:16 PM Jun 28th via TweetDeck
  6. @MelissaMontoyaO will try to get you something later today. 9:02 AM Jun 28th via Twitter for iPhone in reply to MelissaMontoyaO
  7. Previous TPM peak for #SCOTUS / #Obamacare / #HCR / #ACA / related terms was ~4K when bill passed U.S. House in March 2010. 8:24 AM Jun 28th via web
  8. @joshs @lheron Just barely. And we don't have final counts yet. Remember SOTU also when most people home & awake — not 10a ET / 7a PT. 8:08 AM Jun 28th via web in reply to joshs
  9. @lheron Some other politics ones: Gay Marriage announcement ~7k TPM peak, State of the Union ~14K TPM peak 8:00 AM Jun 28th via web in reply to lheron
  10. QUICK STATS: #SCOTUS / #Obamacare / #HCR / #ACA / etc Tweets peaked at more than 13K per minute at 10:17a ET… Charts later. 7:47 AM Jun 28th via TweetDeck
  11. #SCOTUS / #Obamacare / #HCR / #ACA -related Tweets peaked at ~900 per minute during oral arguments… What's your guess for today? 7:01 AM Jun 28th via TweetDeck
  12. Excited to welcome @marksluckie to the @gov / @twitterfornews team! Joins the great @EricaAmerica on news side of our flock. 9:18 AM Jun 25th via Twitter for iPhone
  13. Best Practice: Hashtags help viewers discuss/echo your message. Example: @MarkeyMemo on @cspan: twitter.com/HowardMortman/… (h/t @HowardMortman) 4:16 PM Jun 19th via TweetDeck
  14. Excited that @bccoyne and @Sean_Evins are joining the @gov team this week. Welcome to the flock! 10:25 AM Jun 19th via TweetDeck
  15. 91 U.S. Senators now have Twitter presence, as does ~87% of U.S. House and more than half of all congressional committees. #gov20 7:54 AM Jun 7th via TweetDeck
  16. Welcome to @Twitter, Senator @MikeCrapo! 7:32 AM Jun 7th via TweetDeck
  17. Welcome to the @Twitter team, @SineadMcSweeney — our new Director of Public Policy for Europe! (via @colin_crowell) 9:19 AM May 29th via TweetDeck
  18. .@whitehouse uses @Twitter's @TwBootstrap templates for new digital strategy. fedscoop.com/with-twitters-… Try it: twitter.github.com/bootstrap/ 11:22 AM May 25th via TweetDeck
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