Trump attempts abuse of power to force Twitter to unmask critic

Yes, it is cowardly, bullying and unconstitutional behavior.

But Trump being unable to deal with criticism is nothing new.

As someone else said in the other thread, he really is Snowflake-in-Chief

 

We have no idea if this was "Trump" or just DHS. Twitter had similar problems with the Obama administration a couple of times, so this might just be an over-zealous person at DHS, which is completely within the realm of possible.

I just hate when any administrative action becomes the President's intent and fault (happened a lot with Obama, which was ridiculous).

 

Everyone knows this is Lester Holt. Move along.

 

He's the orange snowcone Americans are forced to eat.

 

Republicans want the government to be involved in every aspect of our lives.

 

No, I am sure Trump is all for SMALL government like he promised, he has kept everyone of his promises.

 

Unmasking... ahahah. You can't beat the irony with Trump ever.

 

Hey, he is standing up to Russia, give the man some credit!

 

Awful Thread title. Did you read the entire article? There is nothing linking the White House to this. Would I be surprised if there was? Of course not but there isn't.

 

Good ol Sweet Lou turning legit stories into fake news

 

No. I admit I could be missing something, but the article I read doesn't show any direct connection to the White House. It's a sexy and even plausible idea that Trump would want to know the identity of a critic on Twitter, but that doesn't mean he ordered this or that his immediate staff even ordered it, by any stretch.

Twitter can defend itself just fine, and I think we have bigger fish to fry, but that's just me.

 

Great way to put it. OP making assumptions and passing them off as fact with declarative sentences with the hope that it will be proven true at somepoint. Same **** trump does and that alt right viral articles. Take true stories and market them with wild assumptions.

If you fight fire with fire then you'll burn everything down.

 

Seriously, Lou, we aren't trying to clown or troll you, but it is totally possible that DHS and CIS, on their own, had a problem with a fake version of them and crossed a privacy line trying to figure out who it was. The Atlantic article, which I just read, still says nothing about the White House, but just DHS and CIS. Could even have been older career gubment employees making the request. But of course, we can say "Trump Administration" and pretend we know he initiated this, but as Brando2101 said, can we not stoop to that Brietbart style?

EDIT: (as to your next post) Yes, I read the Atlantic article. It does not implicate the white house but it definitely shows a picture of Trump. But whatever. Just don't complain the next 1,000 times that a conservative hack "connects the dots" and passes insinuation as fact.

EDIT2: Not "up in arms," at all. Just posting on a BBS a little between tasks on a work Saturday. But I get the point that there is no point and will stick to the dunks thread in the GARM!