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DONALD TRUMP STILL WON'T UNBLOCK ROSIE O'DONNELL ON TWITTER
Newsweek ^ | 8/29/2018 | ALEXANDRA HUTZLER

Posted on 09/15/2018 3:41:28 PM PDT by simpson96

Months after being ordered by a federal judge to unblock of Twitter users, Donald Trump finally allowed dozens of previously blocked accounts to access his social media feed. Rosie O'Donnell was not among the lucky ones.

"Still unblocked," the comedian wrote in a Twitter post late Tuesday, adding that the president is a "coward" for continuing to block her on the social media site.

Trump's unblocking spree happened months after a federal judge ordered him to do so back in May. The judge stated that blocking people from accessing his account was a violation of the first amendment. Naomi Reice Buchwald, the judge presiding over the case, wrote that her ruling was based on the fact that Trump uses the account @realDonald Trump to “take actions that can be taken only be the President as President.”

The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University filed the lawsuit resulting in the court ruling, and earlier this month sent a letter alerting the Justice Department that 41 Twitter accounts were still being blocked by the president. On Tuesday, Trump unblocked 20 of the users on that list. Previously blocked users include journalists, writers and political commentators.

But O'Donnell remains blocked by Trump,

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


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To: simpson96

Unblock her for one minute, let her start typing, and then block her again before she can post.


21 posted on 09/15/2018 5:03:29 PM PDT by Architect of Avalon
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To: simpson96

Who cares?


22 posted on 09/15/2018 5:35:45 PM PDT by Crucial
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To: Paladin2

Fat, ugly, and unfunny skanks everywhere are triggered.


23 posted on 09/15/2018 5:48:43 PM PDT by WMarshal (America First)
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To: mountn man

Anyone who is a subversive liberal type, especially those in the upper echelons—Yes, I agree. But I still hold optimism that there are those who are morally good in the lower ranks.


24 posted on 09/15/2018 7:11:27 PM PDT by hawaiianninja (Palm note to self: "Trump/Pence -- Making America Great Again Since 2017!")
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To: simpson96

DAMMIT! You unlock me so I can tell you how much you suck! But you won’t unblock me cause your a coward!

What kind of crazy bat crap bull dyke logic is that?


25 posted on 09/15/2018 7:17:59 PM PDT by Bommer (Help out 2ndDivisionVet and his wife - https://www.gofundme.com/married-recent-amputees)
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To: simpson96
"Still unblocked," the comedian wrote in a Twitter post late Tuesday...

If she's not blocked, what's her complaint?

26 posted on 09/15/2018 7:20:14 PM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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Months after being ordered by a federal judge to unblock of Twitter users

A federal judge telling people who they must include in the conversation. I must be stupid because I think the first amendment says people have a right to talk, but doesn't require anyone to listen. Guess I'm wrong.

27 posted on 09/15/2018 7:29:51 PM PDT by NutsOnYew
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To: simpson96

And Francisco Franco is still dead. WHO CARES??


28 posted on 09/16/2018 12:23:49 AM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: simpson96

Since she’s still UN-blocked, what’s she complaining about?


29 posted on 09/16/2018 6:13:32 AM PDT by KosmicKitty (Opportunities multiply as they are seized.)
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