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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Tue Apr 18, 2017, 08:10 PM Apr 2017

White House Considers Dumping Petition Site

After announcing Friday it will no longer voluntarily release visitor logs, the White House is considering eliminating the popular petitions site We the People.

A decision to end the service would be seen as a setback for accountability by many critics of President Donald Trump, but as the end of a soft-news gimmick by others.

The site, launched on the White House website in 2011, was deftly used by the Obama administration to generate positive press. Since January, it has served largely as a sounding board for Trump opponents.

More than 1 million people, for example, have demanded that Trump publish his tax returns. Another petition that's passed 100,000 signatures – a time-sensitive threshold set by the Obama administration to earn an official response – tells Trump to resign.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/white-house-considers-dumping-petition-site/ar-BBA004E?li=BBnb7Kz&ocid=edgsp

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White House Considers Dumping Petition Site (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2017 OP
As the dictatorshit settles in! n/t RKP5637 Apr 2017 #1
Next target: the original We the People Mr. Ected Apr 2017 #2
why not, they certainly don't want to hear from the people. spanone Apr 2017 #3
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