Trump Regime to send "Presidential Alert" test on Thursday

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Trump administration to send U.S. cellphones a test alert on Thursday

Oh dear god. Who thinks once Trump has the ability to tweet to everyone, he WILL tweet to everyone? At any time, for any reason (most of the said reasons being butthurt ego).

I think THAT is a national emergency.

It's not a political message, but an emergency test message sent from President Donald Trump as part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's system to warn the public in cases of national emergencies.

A majority of cell phone users will receive an alert on Thursday, September 20, with the header "Presidential Alert" and the message, "THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System. No action is needed."

WEA was technically launched in April of 2012, but this will be the first time FEMA has tested the system on the presidential level in hopes to work out the kinks, the agency said in a press release this week.

The presidential alert is one of three kinds of alerts in the FEMA's WEA system, which also notifies the public about extreme weather or missing children, also known as AMBER alerts.

The agency [FEMA] is required by law to conduct a nationwide test of its public alert systems no less than once every three years.

Source: 'Presidential Alert': FEMA to test emergency alert system next week

Thirty minutes?!? This is much more than a "test." It borders on propaganda at the level of "...just keeping all Americans safe. By the way, the federal midterm elections are just 48 days away!"

Dang!

If I wasn’t expecting an important call on that day, I would just leave my cell phone switched off.

I predict that this will be more than just a test. I predict that Mr. Trump and his buddies at the Kremlin will use this system as a means to spread his lies and propaganda to everyone who owns a mobile phone. I predict that anyone who does not acknowledge the broadcast will have their names put on a list of “Traitors & Rebels” when Mr. Trump finally gets around to declaring martial law.

... or not...

Trump could use this system to mobilize his white supremacist base to try to overturn the voting result and prevent the seating of the winners after the GOP loses the midterm elections in November.

Of course, Trump will claim that the election was rigged. Trump could then declare a "national emergency" and use this emergency phone system to call upon his base to back him up, bringing their guns and ammunition with them. Everyone should be aware of this possibility and if Trump tells his base to arm themselves and massively and forcefully gather to cancel the election results, shut down court houses and so on, the counter-protesters should be in equal readiness. After all, the phone calls will go to everybody.

This scenario may well not happen, but the mere fact that it could happen and that in this day and age it is actually plausible should be a warning. As we used to say a long time ago, "If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention".

Conspiracy Theory! No propaganda! Just a test, similar to the tornado warning sirens whenever there is a major storm passing through. September 20th will come and go just another uneventful day.

Learn to hack your phones already?

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-Georges Lemaitre
"I fly through hyperspace, in my green computer interface"
-Gem Tos

"9-1-1. We've IDed your address. What is your emergency?"

"It's not here. It's in the apartment complex across the street. There's a fire and there's a woman with a baby trying to get out on her balcony."

"Can you give us her location, what floor she's on?"

"Sure. She's on the ..."

bzzzzt

"This is your president speaking. I'm sending out this fake news about a national emergency just to let you know we're watching. You got any complaints about any of this, remember Hillary's emails and Obama's real birthplace".

The reality is that this is just a government back door capable of disabling or at least crashing devices you're supposed to own.

_________________
"Standing on a well-chilled cinder, we see the fading of the suns, and try to recall the vanished brilliance of the origin of the worlds."
-Georges Lemaitre
"I fly through hyperspace, in my green computer interface"
-Gem Tos

dumb question but I gots to ask it- I lack cell phone, so does that mean i'm immune to this mess?