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LAS14

(13,783 posts) Sat Jan 21, 2017, 02:38 PM Jan 2017

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Dept of Interior's official Twitter feed shut down. And so it begins...

All Twitter accounts associated with the Interior Dept are shut down following the re-tweet of pictures of Trump's crowd compared to Obama's.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2017/01/21/interior-department-banned-from-twitter-after-retweet-smaller-than-usual-trump-inauguration-crowd/2S7MgjBwftXVN6qfd8GnQP/story.html?p1=Article_Trending_Most_Viewed

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Dept of Interior's official Twitter feed shut down. And so it begins... (Original Post) LAS14 Jan 2017 OP

Mt. Rainier rangers had to go to Facebook for updates underpants Jan 2017 #1

Sad. fishwax Jan 2017 #2

It's already back up. n/t tammywammy Jan 2017 #3

CNN just had it in the crawl and said people were directed to their Facebook page. LAS14 Jan 2017 #5

Too important to get lost. LAS14 Jan 2017 #4

Maybe I hope Generator Jan 2017 #6

underpants

(182,938 posts)

1. Mt. Rainier rangers had to go to Facebook for updates

Reply to LAS14 (Original post)

Sat Jan 21, 2017, 02:51 PM

Jan 2017

Because, you know, communicating road conditions is part of what they do.

Stupid overreaction by Snowflake.

fishwax

(29,149 posts)

2. Sad.

Reply to LAS14 (Original post)

Sat Jan 21, 2017, 02:55 PM

Jan 2017

tammywammy

(26,582 posts)

3. It's already back up. n/t

Reply to LAS14 (Original post)

Sat Jan 21, 2017, 03:27 PM

Jan 2017

LAS14

(13,783 posts)

5. CNN just had it in the crawl and said people were directed to their Facebook page.

Reply to tammywammy (Reply #3)

Sat Jan 21, 2017, 05:24 PM

Jan 2017

LAS14

(13,783 posts)

4. Too important to get lost.

Reply to LAS14 (Original post)

Sat Jan 21, 2017, 05:23 PM

Jan 2017

Generator

(7,770 posts)

6. Maybe I hope

Reply to LAS14 (Original post)

Sat Jan 21, 2017, 05:25 PM

Jan 2017

every bullshit paranoid crazy thing President Scumbag orders to be done will make people mad and furious instead of fearful. Angry people change things. Fearful ones not so much.

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