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22 Jan 2017, 5:47 pm

Washington Post: Interior Department reactivates Twitter accounts after shutdown following inauguration

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“All bureaus and the department have been directed by incoming administration to shut down Twitter platforms immediately until further notice,” said an email circulated to thousands of Interior employees.

So Trump didn't like that the Parks Department tweeted that his crowd was smaller than previous and he shuts them down. He is trying to bend reality to his vision and he doesn't care about truth. That's very dictatorial.

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22 Jan 2017, 5:51 pm

Sickening. Trump is trying to control the media to only favor him, and censor negative stuff! But its not surprising, he studied books about Hitler if I remember right...

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22 Jan 2017, 6:15 pm

New Yorker: Trump’s Vainglorious Affront to the C.I.A.

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Crocker, who was among the last to see Ames and the local C.I.A. team alive in Beirut, was “appalled” by Trump’s comments. “Whatever his intentions, it was horrible,” Crocker, who went on to serve as the U.S. Ambassador in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Lebanon, and Kuwait, told me. “As he stood there talking about how great Trump is, I kept looking at the wall behind him—as I’m sure everyone in the room was, too. He has no understanding of the world and what is going on. It was really ugly.”

“Why,” Crocker added, “did he even bother? I can’t imagine a worse Day One scenario. And what’s next?”

Trump is a narcissist, he has no ToM; he thinks the world is as interested in him as he is in himself.

He's America's abusive boyfriend.

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22 Jan 2017, 6:21 pm

Do you respect the CIA as some sort of institution or something?

Trump is president now and Obama's social media lackeys don't get the run the twitter accounts anymore.

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22 Jan 2017, 6:30 pm

Jacoby wrote:

Do you respect the CIA as some sort of institution or something?

Trump is president now and Obama's social media lackeys don't get the run the twitter accounts anymore.

Blame Obama, blame Hillary, blame the press. Anything to distract from the naked emperor. His is truly a cult of personality and that is scary because the people who support him don't seem to be able to question him.

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22 Jan 2017, 6:38 pm

Jacoby wrote:

Do you respect the CIA as some sort of institution or something?

Trump is president now and Obama's social media lackeys don't get the run the twitter accounts anymore.

This has nothing to do with Obama! The topic is about Trump and his censorship because he is a big brat that can't handle his little feelings being hurt.

Are you realistically alright with Trump censoring people?

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22 Jan 2017, 7:28 pm

How is taking control of the country's "official" twitter handles away from Obama censorship?

There is nothing to question by the way, wailing about irrelevant things like what webpages he took down and what tweets he made. People act like Trump is immature for communicating that way but it's you folks that obsess over every little thing he does on social media trying to make a mountain out of a mole hill. Have you ever heard of the story of the boy who cried wolf?

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22 Jan 2017, 7:56 pm

Jacoby wrote:

How is taking control of the country's "official" twitter handles away from Obama censorship?

What are you talking about? Do you seriously think Obama is communicating with the Parks Department to discredit Trump?

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22 Jan 2017, 8:43 pm

I really didn't expect them to be so open about their post-truth philosophy.

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22 Jan 2017, 8:52 pm

jrjones9933 wrote:

I really didn't expect them to be so open about their post-truth philosophy.

I guess they figure everyone will just go along with it because Trump's such a great guy.

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22 Jan 2017, 8:55 pm

I'm surprised bureaus and the department had Twitter accounts in the first place. Anything they have to say should go though official channels. The idea of government agencies not go spouting off to the world individually is hardly dictatorial.

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22 Jan 2017, 8:58 pm

EzraS wrote:

Needing to approve every message from any government agency is not dictatorial? What exactly would be?

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22 Jan 2017, 9:02 pm

jrjones9933 wrote:

EzraS wrote:

Needing to approve every message from any government agency is not dictatorial? What exactly would be?

Standard practice called going through channels and/or following the chain of command. That's always been a standard followed by the government and the military. Nothing new about it.

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22 Jan 2017, 9:07 pm

EzraS wrote:

jrjones9933 wrote:

EzraS wrote:

Needing to approve every message from any government agency is not dictatorial? What exactly would be?

Standard practice called going through channels and/or following the chain of command.

Standard for dictators, yes.

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22 Jan 2017, 11:40 pm

thanks to that opportunistic professional liar/"agent of authority" named Kelly anne Conway, "alternative facts" is now a major meme, complementing "truthiness."

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23 Jan 2017, 1:47 am

Despite the fact that the photos of Obama's and Trump's inaugurations showed a definite difference in crowd size, Trump and his lackeys still insist it's the exact opposite, with Trump Drawing more people. I have to wonder how the Trumpanzese will accept Trump's warped interpretation of reality. Trump's press secretary reminds me of Baghdad Bob.

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