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NewJeffCT

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14. Deranged Donny may think he can do this

Reply to Dennis Donovan (Original post)

Thu May 28, 2020, 10:13 AM

May 2020

but, the people around him know better

They're doing it for 2 reasons:
1) It's throwing red meat to the base, like the 40+ votes to repeal Obamacare
2) It's "working the refs" to cry bias in hopes that Twitter may relax some standards on suspending hateful RW accounts.

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Boehlert: Trump's war on the media descends into murder claim, threat to "close down" Twitter [View all] Dennis Donovan May 2020 OP

K and R dewsgirl May 2020 #1

Dear dog UpInArms May 2020 #2

And now a moment of sanity ... Hermit-The-Prog May 2020 #3

This is not going anywhere. Ridiculous attempt to censure all companies under the ... SWBTATTReg May 2020 #4

You're predicating that on a functioning DOJ and Senate Dennis Donovan May 2020 #10

No, I predicting that the Telecommunications Industry, of which I was long a part of, will SWBTATTReg May 2020 #16

And he has .. .. Iliyah May 2020 #5

trump outdoes himself continually - this was weird empedocles May 2020 #6

Slow moving coup Soxfan58 May 2020 #7

All Twitter needs to do is hold Trump to their actual Terms of Service and kick him off. cbdo2007 May 2020 #8

Once Trump has been removed from office wnylib May 2020 #13

Quick, 100,000 dead from coronavirus. We need a distraction, throw some free speech shit johnthewoodworker May 2020 #9

LOL! Going after social media giants. What could possibly go wrong? Alex4Martinez May 2020 #11

Not to worry! Even if this draconian step works, newly elected President Biden will reverse this.... machoneman May 2020 #12

Deranged Donny may think he can do this NewJeffCT May 2020 #14

The COn beleives he can say anything he wants about anyone malaise May 2020 #15