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Lint Head

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11. We need hackers on our side!!!!

Reply to Turn CO Blue (Original post)

Fri Jan 6, 2017, 02:40 PM

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They finally dropped all pretense at WikiLeaks. Look at this new creepy-as-hell tweet: [View all] Turn CO Blue Jan 2017 OP

Should we delete our accounts? femmocrat Jan 2017 #1

It's for Public Service Accounts Leith Jan 2017 #15

is this their way of tracking people? bdamomma Jan 2017 #2

It's their way of intimidating people, I'm pretty sure. Crunchy Frog Jan 2017 #3

They've basically just said they have all the info already. 50 Shades Of Blue Jan 2017 #4

This way, Assange can do the work of Trump's minions so they can claim plausible deniability. TheBlackAdder Jan 2017 #5

They're going full on Trump. herding cats Jan 2017 #6

Trump's Tweet re NBC TubbersUK Jan 2017 #30

Something Trump doesn't understand . . . OldRedneck Jan 2017 #33

Hey Donald, how about investigating the FBI'S leak of fake info Tanuki Jan 2017 #37

So; where is Twitter in all this? How can they do this w/o the cooperation of Twitter? Alekzander Jan 2017 #7

They'd do it with a combo of social media trawling and hacking. They're "hactivists" after all. Turn CO Blue Jan 2017 #9

I sincerely hope some DU'er have rethought their support of Wikileaks, Assange at this point. KittyWampus Jan 2017 #8

Snowden and Assange are VERY different people. eggplant Jan 2017 #25

I have tried multiple times to delete my twitter account and it's impossible kimbutgar Jan 2017 #10

I'm not deleting anything radical noodle Jan 2017 #31

FYI - "Protecting Yourself on Social Networks" klook Jan 2017 #35

We need hackers on our side!!!! Lint Head Jan 2017 #11

Putin has a new mandate thanks to the dumbass ameriKan voter elmac Jan 2017 #12

Looks like we are officially at war with Wikileaks to me world wide wally Jan 2017 #13

It says "verified" accounts War Horse Jan 2017 #14

They are making it easy to stalk the children of verified account holders Tanuki Jan 2017 #26

good point n/t War Horse Jan 2017 #27

Fuck'em...they are doing that, so folks can't troll Trump HipChick Jan 2017 #16

So basically any journalist that decides to report on Trump... SaschaHM Jan 2017 #17

Hate to tell folks "I told you so...", but... Blue_Tires Jan 2017 #18

Same here nini Jan 2017 #32

and as expected, WL just keeps digging: Blue_Tires Jan 2017 #19

For the purpose of blackmail or just getting people killed? OregonBlue Jan 2017 #20

They also have a creepy discomfort (lots of deleted tweets) about "the Jews" Blue_Tires Jan 2017 #21

When I think of all the verbal abuse heaped on Skidmore Jan 2017 #22

A lot of those fawning fans forgot their so called "principles".. JHan Jan 2017 #34

Well said, Skidmore.. I was one of those who thought they were Hogwash Cha Jan 2017 #40

No wonder Donnie likes him Angry Dragon Jan 2017 #23

Creepy and further confirmation that my decision to never have a Twitter account is a good one Pachamama Jan 2017 #24

Now they're sounding like Trump. The "Dishonest Press" supposedly misrepresented Eugene Jan 2017 #28

Remember, Assange is in Ecuador to escape rape charges. alfredo Jan 2017 #29

Isn't he in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London to escape rape charges? Cha Jan 2017 #41

Once you are inside an embassy, you are on their land. alfredo Jan 2017 #42

Report the tweet as abuse to Twitter blogslut Jan 2017 #36

and yet some will still defend them. ecstatic Jan 2017 #38

When Billy Bragg, Tim Berners-Lee and Anonymous all condemn your plan muriel_volestrangler Jan 2017 #39

Kick ck4829 Jan 2017 #43

K & R Scurrilous Jan 2017 #44