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Ohiogal

(31,669 posts)
Sat Sep 15, 2018, 10:37 AM Sep 2018

What could possibly go wrong with this idea!

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is testing a new system next week that allows President Trump to send messages directly to U.S. cellphones.

All major wireless firms and more than 100 mobile carriers are participating in the new Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) program that allows for presidential alerts, FEMA wrote in a Thursday statement.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/fema-to-test-system-allowing-trump-to-send-emergency-alerts/ar-BBNmClL?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=mailsignout

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"Water is wet and there's lots of it! Puerto Rico is an island!" etc. etc.

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What could possibly go wrong with this idea! (Original Post) Ohiogal Sep 2018 OP
His twitter account seems to be dying after the bot purge... Wounded Bear Sep 2018 #1
I saw that this morning. Cracklin Charlie Sep 2018 #2
What a damn waste of time and money. I'll just block the calls. dameatball Sep 2018 #3
More like... CincyDem Sep 2018 #4
Mother of God! smirkymonkey Sep 2018 #5
"SLAVERY IS FREEDOM!" nt Atticus Sep 2018 #6
My phone has been configure for years zipplewrath Sep 2018 #7

Wounded Bear

(58,440 posts)
1. His twitter account seems to be dying after the bot purge...
Sat Sep 15, 2018, 10:40 AM
Sep 2018

Guess he's looking for more people to gaslight.

Jesus, who would believe him anyway?

dameatball

(7,380 posts)
3. What a damn waste of time and money. I'll just block the calls.
Sat Sep 15, 2018, 10:41 AM
Sep 2018

Oh crap. Further down in the article it says we are not allowed to "opt out." I suppose that means we can't block the calls.

CincyDem

(6,283 posts)
4. More like...
Sat Sep 15, 2018, 10:44 AM
Sep 2018


"There was no collision".

"It's a witch hunt".

"Deep state DoJ traitors issuing illegal warrants".

"They're coming to take me away. I need you to surround the WH to keep us in power".

Seriously, if he only sends "water is wet" kind of chit we'll be lucky. This is the beginning of his one way megaphone (or is that MAGAphone) to all the faithful who don't follow him on twitter.

That's the real terrifying part of this one for me.

zipplewrath

(16,646 posts)
7. My phone has been configure for years
Sat Sep 15, 2018, 11:55 AM
Sep 2018

There are several emergency settings on my phone. It includes various things like Amber alerts. You can turn most of them off. The one you can't is called, "Presidential Alerts". I"ve never seen it used.

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