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demmiblue

(36,841 posts)
Wed May 27, 2020, 06:30 PM May 2020

... Pres Trump will be signing an Executive Order on social media.

Air Force One has landed at @Andrews_JBA. @PressSec told reporters aboard that Pres Trump will be signing an Executive Order on social media. Follows his irritation with Twitter for doing fact check on his vote-by-mail tweets.


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... Pres Trump will be signing an Executive Order on social media. (Original Post) demmiblue May 2020 OP
Over 100,000 deaths . . . Iliyah May 2020 #1
petulant little fuckstick.... dhill926 May 2020 #2
Al Jazeera English just reported it a bit ago. roamer65 May 2020 #3
What "executive order?" SoonerPride May 2020 #4
Dang would I LOVE that to be their response! AleksS May 2020 #11
Exactly still_one May 2020 #12
Come on, we still need the juice on OBAMAGATE! Brainfodder May 2020 #17
Amendment #1: SUCK IT? Brainfodder May 2020 #5
There's a little thing called the first amendment and he can't do jack shit warrior1 May 2020 #6
*sigh* EndlessWire May 2020 #43
ACLU is ready and waiting to get an injunction against his little 1st amendment-violating EO hlthe2b May 2020 #7
What can he do? ibegurpard May 2020 #8
Nothing. nt tblue37 May 2020 #10
Send Marines to land in Twitter's Cloud? Captain Zero May 2020 #37
Or send in the Space Farce to save the cloud. madinmaryland May 2020 #40
What Kind Of Executive Order? Me. May 2020 #9
He will huff and will puff... sheshe2 May 2020 #24
Perfect Me. May 2020 #41
Another empty threat from an impotent little man gratuitous May 2020 #13
I'm not a betting woman, but I am going with this: demmiblue May 2020 #18
I like it gratuitous May 2020 #22
Lmao Docreed2003 May 2020 #26
LOL! n/t EndlessWire May 2020 #45
No one should underestimate what he's capable of, and what he can get away with Dennis Donovan May 2020 #14
this! NRaleighLiberal May 2020 #15
And here comes state-controlled media. greatauntoftriplets May 2020 #21
Thank you. N/t Horse with no Name May 2020 #33
It would be struck down before the ink even dried. dware May 2020 #46
If there is one thing to galvanise the youth voters out to vote this year, this would be it sunonmars May 2020 #16
FULL OUT DICTATOR FOLKS..... spanone May 2020 #19
A full out... sheshe2 May 2020 #25
Well there is that😎 spanone May 2020 #27
agreed. sheshe2 May 2020 #29
"I hereby order all social media to say only nice things about me" dalton99a May 2020 #20
Trump insists on digging his own grave. I'll wait. nt 42bambi May 2020 #23
Right as the media is reporting th 100,000 number....DISTRACTION spanone May 2020 #28
Germany 1939. TheCowsCameHome May 2020 #30
It's the "you have to be nice to me" EO. louis-t May 2020 #31
I'm quite certain that, whatever he says, it will violate the 1st Amendment. nt coti May 2020 #32
BLOTUS tells reporters a Lot of Shit, Mark Knoller.. Cha May 2020 #34
Uncle Sam Sez: Blow it out your ass, lardbutt. Buns_of_Fire May 2020 #35
But - I thought he didn't LIKE political correctness. raging moderate May 2020 #36
Executive Order: fleur-de-lisa May 2020 #38
Its not that much of a stretch... DeSmet May 2020 #39
An ex order to do what? Sugarcoated May 2020 #42
Per capita, that's a LOT of irony Roland99 May 2020 #44
He's crazy, and he's dangerous. EndlessWire May 2020 #47

SoonerPride

(12,286 posts)
4. What "executive order?"
Wed May 27, 2020, 06:35 PM
May 2020

I need more details.

It is a private company.

They can delete his account and he can’t do shit about it.

AleksS

(1,665 posts)
11. Dang would I LOVE that to be their response!
Wed May 27, 2020, 06:38 PM
May 2020

Trump: Executive order making Twitter like me.

Twitter: OK jackass, how's this?

Trump's Twitter Account: *deleted*

Trump: *craps his pants*

Brainfodder

(6,423 posts)
17. Come on, we still need the juice on OBAMAGATE!
Wed May 27, 2020, 06:43 PM
May 2020


The BS, they are so fucking desperate, this dark comedy is going to get wild, HANG ON!

EndlessWire

(6,513 posts)
43. *sigh*
Wed May 27, 2020, 10:58 PM
May 2020

Under the right circumstances, which for this pRes means just about whatever he wants, he can indeed hit the kill switch for the internet.

I wish it weren't so.

I'd love a bowl of popcorn to watch what would happen if Twitter cut off his account for abusing the TOS. He has screwed up the economy, and I don't think he cares who he hurts.

Dystopian times we are living in.

hlthe2b

(102,225 posts)
7. ACLU is ready and waiting to get an injunction against his little 1st amendment-violating EO
Wed May 27, 2020, 06:36 PM
May 2020

along with many others. Perhaps Cippoloni or one of his supposed "legal beagles" might teach him the meaning of "unconstitutional."

Dennis Donovan

(18,770 posts)
14. No one should underestimate what he's capable of, and what he can get away with
Wed May 27, 2020, 06:40 PM
May 2020

Everything regarding executive branch constraints depend on a functioning and non-partisan DoJ, and BOTH houses of Congress.

greatauntoftriplets

(175,731 posts)
21. And here comes state-controlled media.
Wed May 27, 2020, 06:45 PM
May 2020

I won't say what I'm thinking, though it's been in my mind for a long time.

dware

(12,363 posts)
46. It would be struck down before the ink even dried.
Wed May 27, 2020, 11:09 PM
May 2020

He's just trying to detract from his failures being called out.

No court in the land, including the SC, would sanction this clearly unconstitutional EO.

sunonmars

(8,656 posts)
16. If there is one thing to galvanise the youth voters out to vote this year, this would be it
Wed May 27, 2020, 06:42 PM
May 2020

Don't fuck with the internet, they will take him apart, every hacker in the world will make him enemy number one.

spanone

(135,823 posts)
27. Well there is that😎
Wed May 27, 2020, 07:00 PM
May 2020

I've only seen tin pot dictators try to muzzle social media if they're criticized.

This fucker has got to go. Next January may be too late.

DeSmet

(257 posts)
39. Its not that much of a stretch...
Wed May 27, 2020, 08:16 PM
May 2020

that trump would eventually issue an executive order that he can't be fact checked. Can't wait to read it.

EndlessWire

(6,513 posts)
47. He's crazy, and he's dangerous.
Wed May 27, 2020, 11:24 PM
May 2020

We gave him this power:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/01/presidential-emergency-powers/576418/

I'll bet Twitter is afraid of his ability to shut them down altogether. He doesn't have to shut down the entire internet, but he could shut down Twitter and anyone else he wants to harm.

"under threat of war." Well, what is China doing nowadays? I think I read that they have been gearing up for war. How did that go? Hong Kong is heating up because they are trying to save themselves. South China Sea is heating up.

We need to have a plan to overcome loss of the internet. Chump has got to go.

Remember that we can Vote Blue no matter who. We can hold that ground. Show up or mail your ballot . There's nothing he can do to prevent us from voting every last bastard out of office. Get rid of the GOP.

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