OK, so a friend of mine in China helped me figure it out successfully by using php to magically export tweets into excel format. Here are his source code, which I have no idea what that is, but hopefully it would be helpful:
function getConnectionWithAccessToken($oauth_token, $oauth_token_secret) {
$connection = new TwitterOAuth(CONSUMER_KEY, CONSUMER_SECRET, $oauth_token, $oauth_token_secret);
return $connection;
}
$connection = getConnectionWithAccessToken("xxxxxxxxxxx-i2IBb0tbBLJftCwJNn3RI0Qz9aguGoCjomMSfvH", "4CDJVgV7jPSULlxxxxxxxxxDM4ZkOBTolh4wP");
$list = array('ADMN_Minnesota','MNagriculture','mndnr','MinnCorrections','MNCommerce','MnDeptEd','mndeed', 'mnhealth','MinnesotaDHS','mnhousing','mnhumanrights','mndli','MetCouncilNews','mndnr','IRRRB','CCLRT', 'MetCouncilNews','MinnesotaManagementandBudget','MnPCA','mnstateparks','mndnr','mnoetnews','MNsure', 'GovMarkDayton','MnDPS_DPS','MnDPS_MSP','MnDPS_HSEM','MnDPS_SFM','MnDPS_OTS','MNRevenue','mndottraffic', 'MNVeteran','MNNationalGuard');
foreach ($list as $agency) {
$content = $connection->get("statuses/user_timeline", array('screen_name' => $agency, 'count' => 500, 'include_rts' => TRUE));
print_result($content);
}
