By now we have all heard about the alternative Twitter sites that have sprung up in reaction to the Trump administration. When the President tried to stifle the comments and communication of the people working in the government, many of them took to Twitter under alternative names.
These groups, including AltNasa, AltUDSA and RogueEPA, are manned by anonymous employees who are working in secret. They are risking their jobs, and maybe even their freedom, to bring us information about what is truly going on behind the closed doors of the Trump administration.
One of the most interesting and most informative alternative Twitter accounts belongs to RoguePOTUS. This group tweets regularly about the chaos and madness going on inside the White House itself.
A conversation was had yesterday to explain to POTUS he cannot simply decree 4% GDP growth, then bark demands at others to make it happen.
— Rogue POTUS Staff (@RoguePOTUSStaff) February 22, 2017
Now RoguePOTUS staff has created a dedicated web page to spread its message to the American people. The page calls itself “The Official White House Resistance Operation.” It says that the group consists of White House employees at various levels within the government.
Its mission statement reads, in part:
“Those involved in Rogue Potus Staff are not part of a partisan attack against Republican politics. To the contrary, most of us are devout Republicans. We are, however, opposed to the egregious incompetence, idiocy, and pettiness of President Trump’s White House, and the effective divorce from reality with which it is run.”
They state that they have no interest in pushing for Democratic victories. They aren’t trying to hurt one party in favor of the other. Instead, they insist that they simply want the public to understand the severe level of dysfunction within Trump’s inner circle.
One page on the website runs the latest tweets from RoguePOTUSStaff, so that even those who aren’t on Twitter can get an inside look at the Oval Office incompetence.
POTUS knew Flynn was lying, but assured VP he was telling truth.
— Rogue POTUS Staff (@RoguePOTUSStaff) February 15, 2017
POTUS ordered Yemen raid after ignoring intel briefings. Ignored why? Because he was too busy tweeting.
— Rogue POTUS Staff (@RoguePOTUSStaff) February 21, 2017
POTUS is annoyed with Kellyanne. Says she keeps "messing up." Upset that her spin clashes with the now official spin created by Pence.
— Rogue POTUS Staff (@RoguePOTUSStaff) February 14, 2017
Another page is called #TheResistance. It contains a list of events being held around the country in protest of Trump’s policies. It promises to keep updating as new events are made public.
The site was created in part to prove to people that the @RoguePOTUSStaff Twitter account is still under the complete control of the White House secret group. Rumors have gone around Twitter that the account had been compromised, and was under the control of outsiders or of the White House itself. The website is designed as a backup. The site states that it operates completely separately from Twitter, and that there are multiple security measures on both.
Since the election of Donald J. Trump, most Americans have been feeling helpless and overwhelmed. That makes the work of the RoguePOTUS staffers all the more important and all the more encouraging.
I hope they keep it up as long as they possibly can. I’ll continue to follow them every single day.
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