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L. Coyote

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Fri Aug 25, 2017, 12:32 AM Aug 2017

Valerie Plame wants to buy Twitter to kick Trump off



https://apnews.com/fc8834555ec8437bb9a7d10718fd5586/Former-CIA-agent-wants-to-buy-Twitter-to-kick-Trump-off

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former undercover CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson is looking to crowdfund enough money to buy Twitter so President Donald Trump can’t use it.

Wilson launched the fundraiser last week, tweeting: “If @Twitter executives won’t shut down Trump’s violence and hate, then it’s up to us. #BuyTwitter #BanTrump.” The GoFundMe page for the fundraiser says Trump’s tweets “damage the country and put people in harm’s way.”

As of Wednesday morning, she had raised less than $6,000 of her $1 billion goal. ................

Wilson wrote on the fundraiser’s GoFundMe page that she hopes to raise enough money to buy a controlling interest of Twitter stock. If she doesn’t have enough to purchase a majority of shares, she said, she will explore options to buy “a significant stake” and champion the proposal at Twitter’s annual shareholder meeting. ..............
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Valerie Plame wants to buy Twitter to kick Trump off (Original Post) L. Coyote Aug 2017 OP
That's about as silly as many of tRump's marybourg Aug 2017 #1
Until it happens. L. Coyote Aug 2017 #2
$62,581 of $1B goal HAB911 Aug 2017 #3
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