On Wednesday, March 6, 2013, an unprecedented 13-hour filibuster, from Senator Rand Paul, from Kentucky, ignited a social media sensation using the hashtag #StandWithRand. Paul filibustered the nomination of John Brennan for head of the CIA. He opposed the nomination saying that Brennan was “a proponent of drone strikes on suspected terrorists.” Paul started with 96,000 Twitter followers just before… Read more »