Musk has said he will loosen Twitter’s rules, although he tweeted shortly after the takeover that the platform “obviously cannot become a free-for-all hellscape.” The move signals a new direction for Twitter, which in recent years has pivoted from an embrace of all-out free speech to take more aggressive action on abuse, harassment, misinformation and calls for violence. Trump had 88.8 million Twitter followers when the company banned him. At other times, he used his account to attack his critics, the media, Democrats and Republicans who he said were not sufficiently loyal. He also tweeted or retweeted a variety of false and misleading statements from Antifa conspiracy theories to false Covid treatments. Around 2011, he began using Twitter to falsely claim that then-President Barack Obama hadn’t been born in the U.S., and later, he used Twitter as president to fire Cabinet officials and threaten North Korea. I'm £5 richer but I think I wish I wasn't.Twitter was central to Trump’s political rise, allowing him to broadcast his thoughts, provocations and insults to millions of fans and critics without the filter of the traditional media or anyone else. I always knew there was a chance that Trump would win, despite the overwhelming odds. I haven't slept, though that's more due to being a university student. I started out last night joking about having money riding on it. I figured that either I'd lose the bet but win due to not having Trump as a president. From the primaries to the final election. I've had fun telling him about all this stuff, about what I've learned and about how everything was going. Through CGP Grey and the discussions on various subreddits. I've learned a lot about the US election process. That those who want to vote for him will vote for him. That all of the comments that should have hurt him from our point of view would barely effect the results. I told him that the media over here is very anti-Trump and that what he sees in the media is completely different. Every week since the primaries started, he would speak about how Donald Trump has "really put his foot in it now" and "has no chance of winning". I'm English and every single week, my grandfather would contact me about this election. Will you own Trump's mistakes? Will you continue to vote if he is a disappointment? Will you still be angry? I hope so. I'm gonna keep voting for the kind of things I want for this country. It was just as empty a threat as all those people claiming they'd grab a gun and revolt if Hillary won last night. I know I will beĮDITx2: Because I'm still getting replies especially about my sour grapes "I don't want to live here" comment, I own it. And if America isn't "great again" I hope you're at least as fucking angry as you were when you voted yesterday. I really hope you motherfuckers at least hold their feet to the fire to get real shit done. but its time for them to put up or shut up. The last time republicans held all branches was 2001-2007. Yeah you Trump voters enjoy my tears now. Maybe even this planet.ĮDIT: didn't even expect anyone to read this. I don't want to live in this country anymore. Unfortunately the environment seems to be the least of the world's problems right now, as he has promised to shit on every treaty/deal/agreement we currently have, under the pretense that the US is "losing" on them. The Republicans will essentially control all 3 branches, and be able to shove whatever bullshit they want down America's throat, and that includes climate-change denialism. The Supreme Court which usually has 9 justices to prevent tied votes has had a vacancy since early this year because the Republican-controlled senate refused to consent to Obama's nominee, under the idea that the next president should ultimately get to fill that vacancy. Not only did Republicans win the presidency, they retained majority control of the senate and house (so the entire legislative branch). The US government has 3 branches (executive: president, legislative: house and senate, judicial: supreme court) where each serve as a check and balance on the others. The problem is much larger than Trump I'm afraid. Untimed bans may be lifted when the moderators are confident that you will not continue to infringe on the community rules. Violation of our rules may result in a ban from this subreddit. See the wiki for details on each rule Disallowed comments Blogspam (if stolen content/direct copy).See all of our AMA events here Worldnews Rules Disallowed submissions r/worldnews is for major news from around the world except US-internal news / US politics
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