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    Amanda Terkel‏Verified account @aterkel Aug 28

    Trump’s flag drama created serious confusion across the fed gov’t. Places like post offices, national parks got 3 emails yesterday: Lower the flag, don’t lower the flag, okay lower the flag.http://bit.ly/2LzBb9N 

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      2. Amanda Terkel‏Verified account @aterkel Aug 28

        One postal worker told me it was really embarrassing for them: "In small towns when you lower the flag people want to know why and use it as a signal to lower their own. It put us all in a bad position to explain why we would be putting our flags back up"

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      3. Amanda Terkel‏Verified account @aterkel Aug 28

        A USDA employee who sent out the order to lower the flag, and then sent out the cancellation notice, got such backlash from employees that she had to email again to clarify it wasn’t her making the decision.

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      4. Amanda Terkel‏Verified account @aterkel Aug 28

        The federal workers I talked to said they couldn’t remember anything like this happening. Usually, flag lowering is standard. You are told a start and end date. That’s it. Nothing like the drama yesterday.

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      1. Duncan Hunter’s Bunny‏ @OneDoneAndDone Aug 28
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        So an actual emergency should be special.😬

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      1. Jan Ostrom‏ @janogram Aug 28
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        Lower it and fly it upside down. Our country is in Deep Distress.

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      1. AboxPaul‏ @aboxpaul Aug 28
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        Well, they obviously needed to wait for the one that started "Simon Says."

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      1. Annie Tolliver‏ @PooPooPeDo Aug 28
        Replying to @aterkel @samstein

        Gawd, Trump is all over the place. Respect the flag, no wait - don't respect the flag. Its really not about the flag anyway, its about control and power. "Do as I say, not as I do...."

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      1. Mike Sullivan‏ @mikesullivan63 Aug 28
        Replying to @aterkel @lpolgreen

        We got 5 e-mails... and we don’t even have a flag outdoors! ROTC building across the street had their flag at half staff all day!

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      1. Whatever‏ @shereedre10 Aug 28
        Replying to @aterkel @samstein

        He will go down in history as the Pres of Chaos. Everything he touches turns to either chaos or cancer!

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      1.  🍀 Katy‏ @lotuspad Aug 28
        Replying to @aterkel @eliotnelson

        The water park we were staying across from in Lincoln, NH over the weekend knew to fly it at half mast. I think fed govt could have figured it out too.

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      1. ((Jen Quist))‏ @QuistJennifer Aug 28
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        So much winning

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      1. Vote Democrat Nov. 6th‏ @ccradle Aug 28
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        You know. I'm starting the this the @realDonaldTrump isn't entirely competent.

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      1. debh‏ @debstwit Aug 28
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        Maybe they should have reviewed the appropriate federal guideline "The flag is to be flown at half-staff at all federal buildings, grounds and naval vessels in the Washington, D.C., area on the day and day after the death of a United States senator"

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      1. PhillyFan‏ @_PhillyFan Aug 28
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        The flag is lowered so often, so indiscriminately, and so haphazardly, that its meaning has been lost. That's a far bigger deal than some supposed "drama".

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      1. John C Whipple‏ @JohnCWhipple Aug 28
        Replying to @aterkel @samstein

        Just another move by Trump to manipulate the news cycle

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      1. Raef de la Fayette‏ @RaefDLF Aug 28
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        They can’t coordinate a flagpole, but here’s the keys to the government.

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      1. Yao black‏ @YaoBlacks Aug 28
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        The clusterfuck presidency.

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      1. JackieAlberg‏ @taffybaileyrock Aug 28
        Replying to @aterkel @samstein

        The opposite of leadership.

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      1. Deedee71‏ @orangecone21 Aug 28
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        Did it note when to take a knee and when not to?

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