If we turn OFF the Emergency alert button on our phones will we then NOT receive the test text?pic.twitter.com/JFMVoX0JzJ
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If we turn OFF the Emergency alert button on our phones will we then NOT receive the test text?pic.twitter.com/JFMVoX0JzJ
i'm not sure -- i'll ask
was this always the name for it since the TV/R version is the emergency broadcast system or did the name change in the past few months? who exactly has access to this create any message? understand the need for it in a phone driven society but would hate to see it abused
There's two versions now, one for wireless, plus the old one for broadcast 
Thanks for the info...first message that goes out announcing his thoughts on the 17 dems fake witch hunt or demanding I watch fox news I'm either blocking it or never opening them, believe he views national emergencies in a different more personal manner
I want you to take one moment Brian and consider it's 2003, the George W Bush Terror Alert system is created, and George knowing re-election is going to be brutal has the ability to send these alerts to every cellphone owner in America in the runup to the election. See it's not
"political" per se, but it's done in an increasing pattern, to where right before the election every cellphone in America is getting and Orange and or Red Alert daily and even on election day. Do you see, can you interpret how it can be used to manipulate and gaslight people?
Trump has never played by the rules, regardless of who created them. He's a known liar, I think we're at 5015 or so now, he doesn't follow any precedent and how anyone thinks Trump won't abuse this access is pure naivety in my mind. His march towards Authoritarianism is a factor
Now is not the time to be doing this. The last person I want to hear from over some short form electronic communication is this president. It's like Twitter but paid for by the government. i don't trust him and I don't trust him to use it responsibly.
This is the only "Presidential Alert" I want to see.pic.twitter.com/eStbNgmWZi
I can think of no reason why we need a Presidential Alert, unless it's to tell us that trump has resigned.
The Rev. Pence is even scarier, but in a different way.
More appropriate would be FEMA ALERT.
It's only a matter of time before Trump is blasting Robert Mueller, the press, the FBI, and the legal process on our phones. Give a toy to a baby and he will play with it.
3/10???? Must be another #fakecnnpoll, I’m Canadian and know that this is #fakenews. Majority of Americans support @realDonaldTrump and his agenda. #MAGA
No, they do NOT!!! Most Americans can't stand him! His approvals are in the mid 30's, in most polls. You must be looking at the ONE poll, Rasmussen, which always has him above 45%, and which other pollsters dismiss.
There's nothing normal or necessary about FEMA putting a message from the U.S. dictator on our phones. It's Orwellian.
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