Editor's note: This updates with apparent cause for the order to halt Twitter feeds.
A few national park Twitter accounts, at least, went silent Friday afternoon after the newly installed Trump administration ordered the Interior Department to idle its accounts.
"... All bureaus and the department have been directed by incoming administration to shut down Twitter platforms immediately until further notice," read a notice that went out across the National Park System on Friday.
President Trump, of course, is famous for using his Twitter account at all times of the day.
The issue behind the order was apparently an unflattering retweet the National Park Service made comparing crowds at President Obama's 2009 inauguaration and Trump's inauguration. The photos were telling: gaps in the crowds for Trump's inauguration, and a National Mall practically bursting at the seams for Obama's.
Not all parks seemed to get the message, though, as a number of parks were still posting tweets Friday evening.
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Resist and do all we can to get him impeached.
Stop being stupid and grow up. The people of this country elected him and he is now the president. Its much better than the reckless Obama letting Gito murders of of jail. Or giving a pardon to that tranny.
Give the president a chance, wait awhile before criticizing him and stop the childish whining because you didn't get your way.
Give him a chance? Wait a while before criticizing? Stop whining because we didn't get our way? Get real! This has nothing to do with party politics. The so-called "president" is actively violating the 1st Amendment by censoring public service announcements for millions of our citizens less than 24 hours after his swearing in and you louts expect us to just be silent on the matter? Never! Maybe you diehard Trump supporters are content to sit back as your Constitutional rights are torn away from you, but the rest of us are not. People rely on the NPS for live updates on hazardous road conditions. Public safety is at risk from this blatant censorship of speech and press, direct violations of constitutional law. Resistance is no longer the talk of sore losers; it is now our duty as free citizens to maintain a free country.
Shaming and silencing those who disagree with you is a very old political tactic. But it is not an American one.
If you think suppressing free speech is ok, then you need to study the constituion that this country is frounded on. A president who shuts off communication because he is so think skinned is not going to do good for this country.
1/4 of the people of this country elected him.
That thin-skinned ego is going to be a problem.
This is something a tyrant does.
Why is this not a surprise?
I'll bet a burger that a day will soon come when some terrible news reporter will ask DJT why some of the "promises" made in today's harangue have not been fulfilled and the answer will be "I never said that!"
Then, when the terrible news reporter plays the tape of the speech, we will hear, "That's unfair! The media is picking on me! It's Fake News!"
I can't remember any time since the days of George Wallace and a few others like him when we heard similar speeches of such disgusting content.
It was nauseating.
The ongoing revisionist history has begun.
Time to brush up on your Newspeak https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Newspeak_words
The end of fake news from our government, especially all the climate change lies. Thank goodness we will be returning our government back to reality.
I live close enough to have gone inauguration and wanted to but choose to keep my family safe from liberals/progressives protesters lighting fires and destroying the city.
You obviously haven't been in a national park lately. I've seen the effects of climate change in our parks. Glacier National Park almost has no glaciers left. Alaska was 5 degrees above normal. The permafrost is melting. The problem is people are so partisan nowadays that they can't even see the truth (which is science, natural laws that don't change).
In 1923, scientists predicted Glacier National Park would be ice-free by 1948, due to a warming climate.
http://www.newspapers.com/image/103670563/?terms=glaciers%2Bmelting
you clearly don't understand what fake news means
No you have a young intern at NPS running their social media accounts, and s/he thinks that it is ok to take a political posture and RT a politically angled tweet because it was ok for the past 8 years and everybody here thinks alike. Time to be mature and learn there is a new boss and official federal social media sites are not for personal messaging, at least in the career service. Also, if these young folks understood the national archives and records administration responsibilities they would know why accounts start over clean.
"Time to be mature and learn there is a new boss and official federal social media sites are not for personal messaging". Are they not following the precidence set forth by their new boss?
Robert Reich on Trump vs. media (~3 min):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_anu-feuKE&feature=youtu.be&
Ohh no.... data is EVIL, eh beachdump!
http://www.beachapedia.org/State_of_the_Beach/State_Reports/NC/Beach_Ero...
There has been beach erosion long before the SUV. There is a difference between politized "adjusted" data and real raw data, I'll stick with the real raw scientific data. That real raw data shows virtually no global warming and no acceleration of sea levels. I look forward to getting real information from our government now.
Gary aren't you supposed to be rioting somewhere today?
Can someone please let me know what "politized adjusted data" means? I assume it means when the police state takes over and tries to remove historical records in order to benefit their corporate masters that own them? I might be wrong.
Regardless, 16 of the last 17 years have been the warmest on record, with last year being the warmest on record globally. The north pole has temperatures ranging from 30 to 50 degrees above normal in the early part of this winter, and here in the upper Southeast we are experiencing temps about 20 degrees above average, with only a handful of days that saw dips below freezing.
As for your comment about Glacier. There are many historical photograph showcasing erosion of glacial activity in the park. When I lived in the Rockies, watching permanent snowfields dissapear off the mountains in a short decade long span was common. The Tetons have also documented their glaciers losing ice over the last century.... Ohh yeah, and the extreme ice survey has plenty of timelapses showing glaciers losing mass over the last decade throughout the planet.. . Either way, Beach... you should watch trying to pretend that you know the difference between "Fake News" and well researched journalism, let alone scientific research, especially when you seem to be one of the biggest consumers of fake news on this site, and constantly link out to such sites in your commentary.
I have no reason to protest, nor is that my style. However, i'm suprised that you have time to comment on here, especially since your far-right fuhrer is now in office, and you seem to be wasting time bothering to "educate us" here. Why aren't you out dumping science books in a pile and burning them with your neo-nazi, KKK, and breitbart buddies? Your comment below proves that you haven't a clue, and just wish for the erosion of the scientific community so that it suits your wanton needs and desires. It's evident you have never worked on any projects in your life that required scientific expertise... and at best you are just another hooker of the industrial tourism community, and it bites you when those scientists put up road blocks that irk you..
Beachdump stated "There has been beach erosion long before the SUV. There is a difference between politized "adjusted" data and real raw data, I'll stick with the real raw scientific data. That real raw data shows virtually no global warming and no acceleration of sea levels. I look forward to getting real information from our government now.
Gary aren't you supposed to be rioting somewhere today?"
Wow! It's always such a mind-blower to read so many non-park-related commentors being so vitriolic to others on this national park-oriented website (and most of you commentors aren't even members of this site). Really, look at these comments - many of them have nothing to do with the national parks. Instead, you are all ranting and raving about how glad you are the liberals are no longer in office and how America can now be saved. Eye roll. In line with what the Traveler stands for, I would be more worried about the news (I'm sure some of you will call it fake) in this link https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jan/19/bureau-land-manageme... than about some liberal trying to destroy your 1950's view of America. I understand that many of you don't really think wildlife refuges and national parks and national forests mean much to getting food on the table and putting minorities and immigrants in their places. However, these lands provide something a little less tangible but no less important to our wellbeing. In truth, these refuges and forests and parks are the reminders of what the land was like before *we* even came along. They are the de-clutterers of the mind and allow us to find mental, visual, audio and emotional respite from the rest of the world. These lands provide us with space to stand up tall again after being quashed down by the gray, muddy rest of life. We can breathe in fresh air not tainted by the fragrance of gas flare or chlorine or particulate matter from smokestacks (I speak from experience here) and marvel in awe at the beauty of the scenery and the wildlife. They are special places that really, no other country provides to its people in such great extent. I fear, though, that with the stroke of a pen from this new administration, what is left of these lands will eventually either become only the purview of the rich, or just some photo in a textbook because they won't be there for future generations. And you can sure bet they aint gonna return the lands to the original Native Americans / First Nations Peoples. Greed and shortsightedness will have fulfilled its directives. And many of you won't care, because you've really never appreciated these lands. Hell, you may have never even visited any of these lands - you just think the photos are pretty and, again, this is a great venue for you to comment about something totally not representative of this website.
The quote below is from a Mr. Banks who was a big money man behind the UK's vote to leave the EU. It helps explain why Trump is our president. Facts on global warming will never matter to the deniers. With the Republicans in charge we may still have National Parks but they will be islands surrounded by mines, deforested lands, and oil and gas wells on other public lands. And why worry about our air quality, no one needs to see the stars any way and most already can't, and with bottled water from Fiji to drink our water quality does not need to be a concern.
“Never apologize,” he said he had told Mr. Trump. “Facts are white noise,” and “emotions rule.”
Man oh man, the trogolodytes are really feeling emboldened by their proven ability to elect a subliterate self-admitted sexual predator to the nation's highest office.
The day of truth for them will be when the new oligarchs start to take action. When the Trump voters surviving on Medicare find their Medicare is reduced. When their view of the park's majesty gets interrupted by oil rigs. Then their own rights of peaceful assembly begin to crumble.
By the way - the people have spoken? Only by the particular mechanics of the electoral college. When you try to speak of a national mandate, 2.6 million more people disagreed with Trump than supported him.
Which means as much as one football team gained more yards but was outscored. If the definition of winning was popular vote rather than electoral college (which thankfully it isn't), the campaign would have been run differently with a good likelyhood the outcome would have been the same.
Totally expected response from you Gary. I would again provide you with scientific data but you wouldnt be able understand it. The climate scam is officially over.
Ohh...more "edumakation" from purveyers of fake news.. Did you even take a collegiate course in your life, Beachy? I'd be surprised if you have. Sorry, but unlike you, i'd do a little more research before promoting "REALclimatechange" as if it were the authoritative messiah of facts.
Neophytes now running NPS need to read Machiavelli, "Never wound the king."
This is the end of free speech as we know it. It's not coming - it's already here!
The Fuhrer was offended. Thank you
I saw this morning the new White House spokeswhore ws chastizing the press corps for reporting on the meager attendance at the inaugural, and for having the audacity to compare it to the millions who showed up for President Obama.
I can't wait to hear how he, and his ilk, try to minimize the worldwide women's marches today.
The womens march just minimized themselves.
Trump is a NEW YORKER! There's definitely the "Syndrome" that comes from living there, and when you live in a world that is a sea of concrete, where it's constantly filthy, intensly noisy at all hours including 3AM at night, where the rivers are streets are so polluted that a nauseating smell lingers in the air, where it's a flood of people in every direction like ant's trapped in a childs antfarm, where the hustle and bustle is so intense that it creates a populace where people seem uptight, angry, and a bit unfriendly - well, you get a culture that permeates from this type of lifestyle and acts just like Trump..
Don't get me wrong, NYC is one of the most cultured cities on the planet, and there are many that come out of there that dont act this way... but he's a New Yorker to the core. It's so noisy, and so cluttered there that it drives a lot of people that have lived there most of their lives to become boisterous annoying narcissits that demand everyone else worship and respects them. And when they are outside of NYC, they'll realize that it doesn't exactly work that way, and some can't handle that and start to lose control... It's always funny meeting the "transplants" that come from there but were obviously never lived outside of that bubble before. It gets popped quickly, or else they don't adapt right, and they wonder why they become alienated. And that maze is so big, that occasionally the ants do escape.
I had a college roomate from "THE CITY" and he always had this mentality that people should worship him because he was from NYC. And reality was in small town PA, no one cared he was from there. After a while, he was like a fish out of water, and it was evident he wasn't very happy. Trump is going to find that middle America will eventually revolt against this mentality. At first they were enamored by his rhetoric, but give it some time, and they'll tire of it quickly.
Trump stated his cabinet has the "highest IQ" in American history.. And I think the facts on that are very much open and not exactly accurate. But whatever.. . I just pass rhetoric like that off as "NYC Syndrome". The skin on that apple is always freaking thin..
The government employee does not make negative public comments about the Commander and Chief without some reprecussions. The twit that tweeted is lucky they still have a job.
The 2.8 [the last I heard] million, as I said in my initial post, referred to his lack of mandate. Not to the electoral college mechanics that gave him a win. NO MANDATE. Not that that will matter to his apologists.
Count the noses today, world wide. Count those who showed up for the inauguration.
Patrick, what's so negative about it? The only thing it showcases is the past two inaugurations from the same camera angle. Just because the current one has a lot less crowds it sure has gotten some of you riled up into a tizzy. Trump also has a lot lower approval ratings going into office than Obama did. So, he has a lot of work to do.
Secondly, the National Park Service needs to live on past countless administrations, whether they are democratic, republican, or whatever party eventually seizes America in the future after the current two fade away. This isn't a game for any administration to play, and the parks are not "commodities to be traded at will" to suit the flavor of the day. There was obviously a lot of criticism leveled on this site, and from various NPS employees about various rules from the Obama administration, as well. So don't act like any Presidential administration isn't open to criticism.. They very much are, and Trump needs to quit being so sensitive.
Regardless, you are foolish to think if this picture is anything more than a historically accurate depiction of two inaugurations events in DC. They need to do this again for the next administration and have all 3 photos compared, and keep it ongoing. I don't even know if the case can be made if pictures like this serve as a barometer, since things like weather can also play a factor. It did rain.
Now quit being a thin-skinned fickle whiney brat. I thought republicans percieved themselves as big and tough, and independently minded? And you are whining about a historically accurate photo? So much for imagining yourselves as big bad John Wayne.
I have watched every inaugural since 1977. This one was just as memorable, unless, of course, your memory is of having lost the election, which you still refuse to concede. Yes, Trump is going to very different, starting with his marginalization of the press, which, of course, marginalized him some 18 months ago. There, Mrs. Clinton's sigh on the Capitol steps said it all. In the internet age you take nothing for granted. The power of the press has changed.
I just heard a new phrase that I'm afraid we may hear a lot in the future. When asked about crowd size this morning, Kellyann Conway introduced the term "Alternate Facts."
Not sure what it means, but I think we're about to find out.
Its not new. Its what you have been getting from the left wing press for quite some time.
I've heard it before when the wolf debate was taking over the northern rockies. Many that were against wolf introduction used the phrase "Probably facts" many of times in the discussion. Meaning, they had no clue, but it's what they assumed, and they wanted you to believe it too.
They say a single picture is worth a thousand words. It's going to take Trumpy and his crew more than a thousand words to spin this one... They still have a long way to spin it. Obviously, didn't take many words for EC to start buying the mantra, which isn't suprising.. but the picture is proof.. all of the "Probably facts" and "Alternative Facts" in the world are not going to change the reality that was in the photo.
Lee - it is simply their announcement from the start that they are going to follow Orwell's Newspeak, and that everey single thing they say will be open to doubt, if not scorn.