stream.py

import requests
from requests_oauthlib import OAuth1
import json

auth = OAuth1(APP_KEY, APP_SECRET, OAUTH_TOKEN, OAUTH_TOKEN_SECRET)
client = requests.Session()
client.auth = auth
client.stream = True
response = client.post('https://stream.twitter.com/1.1/statuses/filter.json', data={'track': '@mikehelmick'})

for line in response.iter_lines():
    if line:
        print json.loads(line)