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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIf these tweets are legit, the WH is an even bigger clusterfuck than I'd imagined.
And I imagined a clusterfuck of epic proportions. I was wrong. It appears to be a clusterfuck of Biblical proportions.
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West Wing leaker goes dark after pulling back the curtain: Trump "irrational", staff "demoralized"
By Keith Pickering
Thursday Jan 26, 2017 · 4:33 AM EST
On Wednesday, a twitter account was briefly active before being shut down. The tweeter, @WhiteHouseLeak, is an anonymous mid-level staffer in the West Wing of the White House, who described a chaotic atmosphere, a demoralized staff, and an unfocused and irrational President incapable of processing information. The staffer is a Republican who apparently worked on the Trump campaign, but is now thoroughly disillusioned by what has been going on. During his brief presence he was tweeting to real reporters, including Fox News and the New York Daily News.
It is impossible to know if the leaker shuttered the account himself or was outed. The tweets have all been deleted, but thanks to screencaps by MC Rantz Hoseley (@MysteryCr8tve) and an imgur by vapensiero they were preserved before vanishing. The presentation here is, I believe, in strict chronological order. I have omitted a few irrelevancies, but most of the 37 total tweets from the account are shown below.
....snip...(screenshots of fascinating/terrifying tweets below in article)
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/1/26/1625349/-West-Wing-leaker-silenced-after-pulling-back-the-curtain-Trump-irrational-staff-demoralized
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chillfactor
(7,574 posts)we have an unstable lunatic sitting in the president's chair.
onethatcares
(16,166 posts)"The Beaver" with Mel Gibson of all things on nflix. The man needs a beaver to talk to or to talk for him.
BTW, worst movie I've seen in the past 5 years.
spanone
(135,826 posts)lindysalsagal
(20,670 posts)I'm a believer.
kentuck
(111,079 posts)Priebus had to talked out of resigning?!
And he wants Omarosa as the new press secretary?!
He is driving them all nuts! Not to mention the rest of the nation, also.
JenniferJuniper
(4,510 posts)almost certainly very close to the truth.
We have no President right now.
JMCoast
(37 posts)these leakers and whistleblowers that will bring him down. The dedicated career government workers are our only hope I'm afraid. Just knowing how pissed King Don must be is priceless
ffr
(22,669 posts)Now our lives could be on the line.
I'd hope someone over at SAC is holding tRump's code briefcase and guarding it with his life.
Cary
(11,746 posts)That people would be stupid enough to put this guy in office, that blows my mind.
Skittles
(153,150 posts)to witness Trump's behavior on the campaign trail and think somehow he is going to transform into a great leader
neverforget
(9,436 posts)love of country. We are so fucked.
gopiscrap
(23,756 posts)to all GOP voters a giant FUCK YOU!!!! I pray that disaster is visited upon you! Maybe a job loss, a serious illness, perhaps a divorce or a bankruptcy you all deserve it!
Barack_America
(28,876 posts)Does anyone trust the Republican Party to step in and do something about this?
Yeah, me neither.
Skittles
(153,150 posts)TrekLuver
(2,573 posts)I mean wouldn't they be able to figure it out???? Never mind I continued reading.
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)They're probably all exhausted.
I know I am.
TrekLuver
(2,573 posts)Leith
(7,809 posts)Why the hell did the leaker include @realdonaldtrump in the tweets from the very start? Did that person not know that orange boy would see them immediately?!
Whoever did that was either monumentally stupid or wanted to stir up controversy.
TrekLuver
(2,573 posts)exactly how I imagined it. The jury is out on this one.
Leith
(7,809 posts)I presume that the leaker is using his/her cellphone (at least one would hope that s/he isn't stupid enough to use the government computer).
If the leaker didn't make sure the settings were to NOT use the in-house wireless network, the phone would be pinpointed within minutes; just the amount of time it takes for orange boy to read the tweet, blow his top, and get somebody to track the leaker down.
So much of this is just strange.
dawnie51
(959 posts)with a side order of Putin. His orangeness is too busy watching TV and tweeting.
TrekLuver
(2,573 posts)Loge23
(3,922 posts)HopeAgain
(4,407 posts)Buckeye_Democrat
(14,853 posts)Trump on abortion according to that person:
That's his self-centered attitude on any issue, though, and that's the scary part.
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,853 posts)The same woman who said we'd all have to BOW DOWN to Donald of Orange?
TrollBuster9090
(5,954 posts)Accurate, but creepy.
TrollBuster9090
(5,954 posts)vi5
(13,305 posts)If anyone thinks that isn't the end goal, and that there won't be many more of these 'leaks" and people wandering off the reservation, then I have a bridge to sell you.
These leakers jobs are safe and they are doing exactly what they are supposed to be doing.