Current Events > Donald Trump can now mass text all U.S. phones

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ledbowman
09/14/18 9:33:50 PM
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President Donald Trump may soon be communicating with you directly on your phone even if you don't follow him on Twitter.

Next Thursday, the Federal Emergency Management Agency will do its first test of a system that allows the president to send a message to most U.S. cellphones.

More than 100 mobile carriers, including all the major wireless firms, are participating in the roll out, FEMA stated in a message on its website posted Thursday.

"The EAS [Emergency Alert System] is a national public warning system that provides the President with the communications capability to address the nation during a national emergency," FEMA said.

The test message will have a header that reads "Presidential Alert," according to the agency.

Users whose phones are on will twice hear a tone and vibration and then see an English-only (for now) message: "THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System. No action is needed.

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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fema-test-presidential-alert-system-next-week-n909816?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma
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Roshon
09/14/18 9:35:12 PM
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Oh, my.
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TheRealDill2000
09/14/18 9:35:27 PM
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This could be wonderful for the nation.
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Damn_Underscore
09/14/18 9:35:43 PM
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lol
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slimfizzle2
09/14/18 9:36:21 PM
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Can I send the president hardcore BDSM lesbian porn on that number
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DocileOrangeCup
09/14/18 9:36:27 PM
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hockeybub89
09/14/18 9:36:34 PM
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KiwiTerraRizing
09/14/18 9:37:12 PM
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Presidential Alert - You up?
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Cheater87
09/14/18 9:37:17 PM
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He will use this to send mass tweets. XD
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Awesome
09/14/18 9:37:59 PM
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XD its clear that hes doing this to piss his haters off because now its going to get more personal for them, literally getting text messages from the guy they hate the most.
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Christian RULES
09/14/18 9:38:59 PM
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We the people are with you President Trump!
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Roshon
09/14/18 9:39:31 PM
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Honestly thought this would be a The Onion article when I saw the title.
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HylianFox
09/14/18 9:41:35 PM
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Big Brother
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ledbowman
09/14/18 9:42:26 PM
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Despite the Mueller WITCH Hunt cerfofo
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KainWind
09/14/18 9:42:47 PM
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Metro2
09/14/18 9:43:07 PM
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Will definitely be abused.
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Giant_Aspirin
09/14/18 9:43:26 PM
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anyone wanna take bets on how long until he uses this to attack the investigation into his criminal activities?
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Super Saiyan 3 Goku
09/14/18 9:43:39 PM
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I expect a shameless plug for donations to his 2020 reelection campaign.
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Sad_Face
09/14/18 9:43:47 PM
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God bless America.
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metralo
09/14/18 9:44:00 PM
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ah, fascism. but the liberals are the real problem. muh hillary.

fucking idiots.
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hotcegaI
09/14/18 9:44:47 PM
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this is great
in the event of a danger everyone with a phone will know about it
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SuperMedz3
09/14/18 9:45:19 PM
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Republicans love their government
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SageHarpuia
09/14/18 9:45:26 PM
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wow hype

this will make his posts feel more personal <3
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glitteringfairy
09/14/18 9:45:27 PM
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Christian RULES posted...
We the people are with you President Trump!

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SageHarpuia
09/14/18 9:46:35 PM
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Seriously though, lol @ the liberals ITT pretending they don't support shit like this
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Hexenherz
09/14/18 9:46:37 PM
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Wow. Please don't tell me I'm going to get some "EMERGENCY: Mueller and his lying democrats are fake news and it's a witch hunt there was NO collusion" texts. Please. This just reduces what little effectiveness other real alerts have, like lifethreatening weather alerts or Amber Alerts.
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metralo
09/14/18 9:48:07 PM
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SageHarpuia posted...
Seriously though, lol @ the liberals ITT pretending they don't support shit like this


if obama texted my phone I'd very quickly be pissed too. stop lumping us in with you knee bending conservatives. we get it, you want a dictator to lick the boot clean of. the majority of americans don't.
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Hawaiian_punch
09/14/18 9:51:49 PM
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Awesome posted...
XD its clear that hes doing this to piss his haters off because now its going to get more personal for them, literally getting text messages from the guy they hate the most.


Imagine being black and getting a bunch of texts like:

Kamala is low iq
Booker is stupid
Don lemon has very limited brains
Kaepernick is a SOB

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tremain07
09/14/18 9:52:25 PM
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Oh, god, I get enough of his bitch ass daily now he's going to annoy me on my phone. I really fucking hate this sad sick world we live in, I hate so much I can't stand it anymore.
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hockeybub89
09/14/18 9:53:35 PM
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SageHarpuia posted...
Seriously though, lol @ the liberals ITT pretending they don't support shit like this

What have you seen here that makes you believe "liberals" want the President to mass text the population?
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the_rowan
09/14/18 9:53:52 PM
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metralo posted...
ah, fascism. but the liberals are the real problem. muh hillary.

fucking idiots.


Fascism? An emergency alert system is fascist? I guess our government has been fascist from the beginning, then. Someone better tell Paul Revere. Our current EAS already allows the President to take over every radio and TV station within ten minutes for national emergencies.

Trump isn't the one staffing the emergency alert system, and our national emergency alert systems have never been used for propaganda or non-emergency, non-test matters as far as I can tell. (There may have been plenty of propaganda in emergency preparedness warnings that were distributed by other means, but the actual alerts have always been just that AFAIK.)
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SageHarpuia
09/14/18 9:54:01 PM
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metralo posted...
SageHarpuia posted...
Seriously though, lol @ the liberals ITT pretending they don't support shit like this


if obama texted my phone I'd very quickly be pissed too. stop lumping us in with you knee bending conservatives. we get it, you want a dictator to lick the boot clean of. the majority of americans don't.


what a stupid fucking post
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glitteringfairy
09/14/18 9:55:44 PM
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SageHarpuia posted...
metralo posted...
SageHarpuia posted...
Seriously though, lol @ the liberals ITT pretending they don't support shit like this


if obama texted my phone I'd very quickly be pissed too. stop lumping us in with you knee bending conservatives. we get it, you want a dictator to lick the boot clean of. the majority of americans don't.


what a stupid fucking post

Dude is a total joke
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HylianFox
09/14/18 9:56:35 PM
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Republicans sure love their small government

So small it can fit in your pocket!
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Turbam
09/14/18 9:57:00 PM
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Honestly, the concept is a great idea in case of a disaster
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jborgan
09/14/18 9:57:23 PM
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SageHarpuia posted...
metralo posted...
SageHarpuia posted...
Seriously though, lol @ the liberals ITT pretending they don't support shit like this


if obama texted my phone I'd very quickly be pissed too. stop lumping us in with you knee bending conservatives. we get it, you want a dictator to lick the boot clean of. the majority of americans don't.


what a stupid fucking post

Irony.
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theAteam
09/14/18 9:58:29 PM
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We already have an emergency mass phone notification system.

This is redundant.
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On_The_Edge
09/14/18 9:59:03 PM
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Oh man this could be great but doubt he'll use it for the type of stuff he tweets
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ledbowman
09/14/18 9:59:25 PM
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Is he about to start coming on the weather sirens too?
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Tryhaptaward
09/14/18 9:59:28 PM
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Oh please no
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kingdrake2
09/14/18 10:00:09 PM
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Hawaiian_punch posted...
Awesome posted...
XD its clear that hes doing this to piss his haters off because now its going to get more personal for them, literally getting text messages from the guy they hate the most.


Imagine being black and getting a bunch of texts like:

Kamala is low iq
Booker is stupid
Don lemon has very limited brains
Kaepernick is a SOB

This is not ok


there's one thing i can agree with i hate DON Fucking LEMON he's an ass.
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the_rowan
09/14/18 10:01:37 PM
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Can I just say that this article and topic are actually so intentionally misleading, it could actually endanger people? Because statements like "President Donald Trump may soon be communicating with you directly on your phone even if you don't follow him on Twitter" to describe the national emergency alert system could lead to drastic measures to prevent potentially life-saving alerts. This isn't some fucking mass tweet system, this is the system that tells you when we're being bombed. This system is already in place, just it only takes over radio and television at the moment to distribute the warnings rather than going to phone carriers.
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Cornmuffins
09/14/18 10:02:25 PM
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hockeybub89 posted...
SageHarpuia posted...
Seriously though, lol @ the liberals ITT pretending they don't support shit like this

What have you seen here that makes you believe "liberals" want the President to mass text the population?


I mean, the dude has his issues. The sad part he takes issues with shit like this:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/400-current-events/77000493
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SageHarpuia
09/14/18 10:03:33 PM
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But could you imagine being awoken at 3 a.m. to your phone being bombarded with shitposts? I must say, the idea is rather orgasmic.
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Roshon
09/14/18 10:03:57 PM
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the_rowan posted...
Can I just say that this article and topic are actually so intentionally misleading, it could actually endanger people? Because statements like "President Donald Trump may soon be communicating with you directly on your phone even if you don't follow him on Twitter" to describe the national emergency alert system could lead to drastic measures to prevent potentially life-saving alerts. This isn't some fucking mass tweet system, this is the system that tells you when we're being bombed. This system is already in place, just it only takes over radio and television at the moment to distribute the warnings rather than going to phone carriers.


And you dont see how he can abuse this?
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SageHarpuia
09/14/18 10:05:05 PM
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Reported post #45. Equating Conservatism to a mental illness is highly offensive.
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kingdrake2
09/14/18 10:06:25 PM
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SageHarpuia posted...
Reported post #45. Equating Conservatism to a mental illness is highly offensive.


cornmuffin's will be added to the warned/suspended list once he/she goes.
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hockeybub89
09/14/18 10:08:15 PM
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SageHarpuia posted...
Reported post #45. Equating Conservatism to a mental illness is highly offensive.

You are the entirety of conservatism?
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