Is there no way to block Traitor don's "alert" Thursday?

[Va Lefty]

You know faux news would be crapping all over themselves if this was Obama.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Turn off your phone?

[Va Lefty]

2. I'm reading that is not enough

you need to remove your battery. I can't do that on my phone. Maybe turning it off works I don't know

[dalton99a]

3. Presidential alerts override all phone settings, but if your phone is off, it's brain dead.

[Va Lefty]

4. Thanx for the info!

[mr_lebowski]

8. Your 'phone' may be 'brain dead' but that doesn't mean you won't get alerts when you turn it back on

Just like you get text messages when you turn it back on.

[dalton99a]

33. You can view the message at the time and place of your choosing.

[lagomorph777]

28. Mine will be off.

[former9thward]

5. So you want to do the same thing Fox news would do with Obama?

The government is testing emergency preparedness. So what? If you don't want to participate you have to use a hammer to destroy your phone. Not a regular hammer. Only a sledge hammer will work.

[onenote]

19. +1

Yep. Some of the reactions here remind me of the right wing hysteria claiming that a planned military exercise during the Obama administration was really a cover for a takeover of Texas.

[Dave Starsky]

21. Yes. Yes, as a matter of fact, I would.

If you think that Fathead isn't going to abuse this new power of his, like he abuses literally EVERYTHING else involving the Presidency, you have another think coming.

I, for one, am not looking forward to having his rants, tantrums, and other propaganda forcibly penetrate my phone. You have his Twitter feed for that, if that's what you're into.

[brooklynite]

27. If the announcement says anything other than "this is a test", the ACLU would sue...

...and I'd offer to be a plaintiff.

[SixString]

32. +2

[bonecrusher3k]

6. airplane mode

Just set airplane mode on the phone for the period around the alert

[Codeine]

10. You'll get the alert as soon

as you turn off airplane mode, just like a text or iMessage.

[Renew Deal]

7. I think the entire thing is a bit exagerated

They call it "presidential alerts" but really they are alerts about important safety information.

[DetroitLegalBeagle]

11. It is entirely exaggerated

Trump isnt texting everyone. Nor is this something trump demanded. It's an emergency alert system being tested since not every one listens to the radio or watches TV all the time, but many, likely the vast majority of people have their cellphones on them at all times. The law for this was passed in 2014 or 15 and its original basis was likely the post 9/11 modernization efforts for emergency communications.

[FarPoint]

14. It's totally tRunp Intrusive.....

Makes him feel forceful... powerful and important.

He wants to get attention.

[DetroitLegalBeagle]

16. No

Trump had nothing to do with the creation or implementation of this system. The wheels for this was already in motion before the election.

[onenote]

20. The law, passed unanimously in 2015 and 2016 and signed by Obama mandates this test

People are losing their shit over nothing and it makes us look silly.

[FarPoint]

24. It's not actually silly...

Trump is self centered, narcissistic...this called a Presidential Alert...he always looks for secondary gains for himself in all he does...this maybe benign but Trump is never benign...this goes to everyone...we already feel violated by him on a daily basis...our feelings of nausea are validated by the offender in chief.

[onenote]

25. And when the test turns out to be just a test, how silly will we look?

Or do you think that every law that gives the president authority to something should now be repealed?

We complain, justifiably, when FEMA fucks up. Here they actually are carrying out a statutory mandate to test a required alert system and now some are complaining about that.

There are actual things that Trump has done that we should be focused on, not shit that he hasn't done.

[Grassy Knoll]

9. For iPhone Users...

How to control AMBER and Government Alerts on your iPhone
Launch the Settings app on your iPhone.
Tap on Notification Center and scroll all the way to the bottom.
Under the Government Alerts section, toggle the AMBER Alerts or Government Alerts option on or off to enable or disable them.

[Iggo]

13. That was easy.

[Renew Deal]

15. The first two can be turned off. Presidential alerts cannot be turned off

[BannonsLiver]

38. I don't see a presidential alert button

Can you tell me where that might be on an iPhone?

[Renew Deal]

40. There isn't one

Because you cannot turn it off

[BannonsLiver]

41. Righhhht

[csziggy]

43. On my Android phone I can set Notifications alert tones to Silent or Mute

There is no "Government Alerts" section but there is a Notifications Settings were I can set the ringtone and volume as well as silence them.

I'm glad this came up - my phone randomly sounds off for Amber Alerts and for weather notifications.

Amber Alerts are useless on my phone - so far there has never been any information provided with the alerts, not even the county or state much less information about the missing child or the person who may have taken them. When I have gone to the Amber Alert website I have never once been able to find out any information, usually I cannot even find an alert to match the timing of the one on my phone.

Since I am seldom on the road or anywhere I might be a witness to provide information on a possible siting of a taken child - even if I could find out the information to identify that child - Amber Alerts to my phone are worthless and annoying.

While weather alerts might be useful, they really are not. If I am at home, I have access to weather information either on my TV or on my computer. Since I ran a farm for decades I keep track of the weather anyway. If I am on the road I have visual cues to alert me and if the weather looks dangerous, I will check on it. The weather alerts are not consistent so I would not rely on them for warning of severe weather. That could be because I don't get a usable cell signal at my house, but again that makes them worthless and annoying.

[GulfCoast66]

12. Umm. Obama signed it into law.

You are falling for hyperbole.

The old Emergency response system does not really work because few people watch network TV or listen to real radio.

This was passed by an unanimous vote in Congress and signed into law by President Obama.

[bearsfootball516]

17. People love to dismiss facts for a good conspiracy.

[avebury]

18. People are probably concerned that Trump might

find a way to force feed us his nasty tweets.

[onenote]

22. So what is their solution? Repeal every law that gives the president any authority?

[Dave Starsky]

23. Oh, well, CERTAINLY he would NEVER try to abuse it.

Not like he abuses... well, literally EVERY single power and privilege he's been afforded as President.

[onenote]

26. So should every law that gives the president authority that could be abused be repealed?

Complaining about a test seems silly. If he actually tries to abuse it, that's when its time to complain.

[dalton99a]

30. +1. Plus we have a FEMA director who would NEVER abuse his authority and lie about a hurricane

death toll to please the president

[Lee-Lee]

29. This is moronic and childish and as Dems we are better than this

This is a test of a legitimate emergency management function of the Federal Government as part of a program created by the Obama Administration and run by career government professionals.

Talking about blocking just because of who the President is at the the moment is the kind of childish nonsense I expect from the other side.

[dalton99a]

31. Cellphone owners have a right to turn off their phones whenever and for whatever reason they want.

[mythology]

34. Which will accomplish exactly nothing. The notification will be there

Pretending this is some secret plot or that getting the notification will be some sort of grievous injury is silly.

[Petrushka]

37. I agree 100%. But . . .

. . . I don't have a cell-phone.

I wonder if the Presidential Emergency Alert will be left on my landline's answering machine.

[left-of-center2012]

35. Turnong the phone off doesn't help

When I turn my phone on,
any texts, messages, etc that arrived when my phone was off appear.

[Coventina]

36. cancel getting text messages with your phone provider

I don't have text messaging with my phone

But then, I don't have a smart phone either.

[secondwind]

39. This had Obama's FULL APPROVAL.

[petronius]

42. The text of the alert has already been published. It will say:

"THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System. No action is needed. MAGA."

https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/15/politics/fema-presidential-alert-trump-emergency-test/index.html




(OK, just kidding, I added the last bit...)