>>> data = json.loads(open('data.txt').read())
>>> data
[{u'text': u'dicks1'}, {u'text': u'dicks2'}, {u'text': u'vag1'}, {u'text': u'vag2'}]
>>> with open('data.txt', 'w') as outfile:
...     json.dump(data, outfile)
...
>>> data = json.loads(open('data.txt').read())
>>> data
[{u'text': u'dicks1'}, {u'text': u'dicks2'}, {u'text': u'vag1'}, {u'text': u'vag2'}]