Trump Blocked Me on Twitter and It’s Costing Me My Career

Fortune ^ | 7/14/17 | Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza

[NohSpinZone]

Most of my writing is about the Trump administration. In fact, my mandate from Pacific Standard is “Trump and the law.” On Twitter, the bulk of my recent follower growth and new relationships with others in the politico-legal sphere have come out of responding quickly when the president tweets and engaging the threads of conversation that flow from those tweets.

So when President Donald Trump blocked me in June, apparently for suggesting that Russia influenced the outcome of the 2016 election, he harmed me professionally. Even though I knew @realDonaldTrump was important to my career, it still took me at least a few days to recognize how being blocked by the president on Twitter would affect me as a public intellectual.

[Iscool]

She was the Deputy National Press Secretary of the Democratic National Committee during the 2008 election. Previously, Rebecca served as Director of Special Projects at Progressive Accountability, a project of the Center for American Progress and Media Matters, and in the Office of James Carville. She has contributed to progressive political campaigns in the United States, South America, Europe, and Africa.

Well there's a progressive campaign going on right now in Venezuela...There's an intellectual international opportunity right there...Course they nor anyone else may be inclined to hire a loser...Guess that's why there's nothing left for you but Twitter...

[Chipper]

How much more watered down could the word intellectual be, if you are saying your “research” relies on <140 characters blurbs.

[JudgemAll]

The only thing killing your career is being a democrat in conspiracy theory. But of course blaming Trump for falling for an old Soviet hoax instead of blaming CNN is the typical liberal stokholm
syndrome reaction

[poconopundit]

Hey knucklebrain reporter: Do what I and thousands of other people do. Just put a bookmark on your browser and click every morning.

Problem solved.

[Stopthethreat]

[TrueFact]

What is a public intellectual?

[Lazamataz]

What a f****n moron.

Simply follow him with a new account, ya damned squirrel.

(shaking head, muttering about how ‘chick couldn’t report her way out of a wet paper bag’.)

[RightGeek]

Public Intellectual:

[poconopundit]

Yes, we need a new term for liberal “intellectual”.

Here’s one: emoti-lecture-al

Hey V.K. Help me out. What’s a good one?

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Yes, but you wouldn’t like her sisters, “Utter Mockery Girl “ and “Public Scorn Girl.”

And here they are!

[poconopundit]

Good one!

[buffaloguy]

To Miss Fancy Pants public intellectual:

God Bless your little heart.

[LadyDoc]

So sign up again using different email, or ask your partner to follow him and print them out.

[V K Lee]

LOL, PP, don’t look at me!

There is no such thing as liberal intellect. Intelligence is like underwear. It’s important you have it but it’s not necessary to show it off. No, not mine, it’s lifted

[ConservaTeen]

I'm sorry that the mean President Trump blocked you, let me cry with you - er, forget it....

Hey moron, when did Tweeter become a right? It's not a right, snowflake..

[ConservaTeen]

Public intellectual???

More like a public nuisance... :-)

[Dr. Pritchett]

Shoulda thought twice about hitting the hand that feeds her!

[Dr. Pritchett]

Shoulda thought twice about biting the hand that feeds her!

[Rastus]

Looks like Lydia from Breaking Bad.

[KC_Conspirator]

Now enough about me, lets talk about me.