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Congressman Joe Walsh (R-Ill) recently caused a stir with his unhinged performance at a small gathering of constituents, but the real star of that viral video hit was Melissa Rakestraw, a Walsh constituent who went toe-to-toe with him, and wouldn’t be shouted down. MSNBC’s Ed Schultz interviewed Rakestraw on Thursday night’s The Ed Show,  and the feisty letter carrier shared what Walsh told her when he was done screaming.

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President Obama confirmed that packages found on airplanes that originated from Yemen, contained explosive material. In a statement made in the White House briefing room, and covered on all networks, Obama called the most recent news of quarantined UPS airplanes “a credible terrorist threat” and that that he was first briefed on the threat on Thursday night.

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It’s no secret that large corporations still have to figure out social media. Even when they’re not buttoned-up and unresponsive, they’re routinely outmatched by smaller, chattier Tweeters. We put together seven surprising comparisons between deep-pocketed companies and their offbeat Twitter competitors. Spoiler alert: a farting robot is in the same league as a $30 billion corporation.