Depoliticize Twitter

gistfile1.js

var ignored = ['obama', 'romney', 'paul ryan', 'mittromney', 'biden', 'joebiden', 'barrackobama', 'politico', 'liberal', 'conservative', 'fox news'];

var removePolitics = function(){
	console.log('Removing political tweets.')
	var tweets = $('.tweet');
	var tweet, tweet_content;

	for (var i = 0; i < tweets.length; i++) {
		tweet = $(tweets[i]);
		tweet_content = tweet.html().toLowerCase();

		for (var f = 0; f < ignored.length; f++) {
			if (tweet_content.search(ignored[f]) > -1){
				console.log('Removing a political tweet from @'+ $(tweet).attr('data-screen-name'));
				tweet.remove();
				break;
			}
		}

	}
};

var init = function(){
	if (typeof $ === "undefined") {
		var url = "//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js";
		var script_tag = document.createElement('script');
		script_tag.setAttribute("src", url);
		script_tag.onload = removePolitics; // Run callback once jQuery has loaded
	 	document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(script_tag);
	  
	} else {
		removePolitics();
	}
}();