Anthony Weiner Tweet-Taunts Clarence Thomas About Financial Records News Dump http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/27/anthony-weiner-clarence-thomas_n_868295.html Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) spent his Friday afternoon pestering Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas for executing a classic news dump: a release of his financial disclosure filing on the eve of Memorial Day Weekend.
The Congressman spent the day tweeting to his heart's content, first alerting his 43,000-plus followers to the likelihood that someone on the Court was going to try and bury an embarrassing story while the world's attention was turned toward the commute and barbecue ahead:
"Friday dump Scotus style? I'm hearing disclosures released today. #ConflictsAbound," he tweeted.
Shortly thereafter, Weiner let it be known that it was Thomas whose financial disclosure filing he was awaiting. Around 4:30, he had a link to send, showing that Thomas had served on the Board of Directors for the nonprofit Horatio Alger Association and had made $10,000 for a speech at University of Minnesota School of Law.
If i RT a story about my twitter do I fall into some vortex?
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