If they directly engage with her. It's her policy after being swarmed by harassment and threats and happens to lots of people who just write innocuous things, even just thanks, also.

Too many threats from trolls and harassment from bots. I'm not sure what standard she uses to ID people but she does pretty much block anyone who doesn't have a real picture and identity. She ends up blocking 90% of people who ask her questions this way- just wanted OP to know this is an entirely common thing with Mensch.

whoever is important enough to get that blue check by their name.

email and you click on it....

or anyone else, and as long as I provide an email I can access, I get verified?

from Crooks and Liars hasn't been able to get verified.

I was verified.

you can block a persons retweets, but not their original tweets.

FWIW, I haven't seen any "rouge" account that was real except maybe that one from the parks. The other ones that say they are a White House staffer are all fake.

I really don't know all the ins and outs of twitter since I just made it to follow Trump.
I don't think the rogue accounts are real either, but I thought it was strange they posted back in February that yesterday was the day. Right now my money is on them having made a lot of different accounts and predicted different dates for all of them, but only publicized the right one. I don't think you can fake a twitter time stamp.

Same as with you, she blocks most everyone. While I understand the position, it makes her seem like an elitist shithead by shutting out so many people on a wholesale basis. It's her right though and I still appreciate her work regarding trump.

Just know that you did nothing wrong aside from being a common peasant.

I really don't understand the DU love for this vile woman...

I made one comment and was immediately blocked. I think she's afraid of Russian bots or something. I still manage to read her tweets.

Not sure why but I think that is what she's been doing this past week.
Pretty sure I can make a different account to follow, it just seemed odd to be that touchy before I knew she blocks everyone, lol.

She blocked one of my alt accounts after I made a rather positive comment.

On my main account, she retweeted one of my replies to her post about scooping the NYT on something. I posted a Randy Savage meme and called her post savage.

She seriously blocks everyone who she slightly suspects might be a troll account. She gets trolled a lot.

without following them. Just bookmark their thread. I like to do this to keep
my own feed less congested.

You do have to make an effort to check them, but usually once a day suffices.

You can't respond or interact with them - not necessarily a loss. Thanks for putting that out there .

New to twitter, still had the egg picture that I didn't even know was a "thing". lol My 2nd tweet ever I said thank you for your hard work! Blocked lol Ive found other twiters that distill her stuff. That Schindler guy and Khanissour. I got to say I was disappointed! (and kind of embarrassed... what did I do wrong, I'm new etc?) This was about two weeks ago right at the start of Nunes.

I also understand why she does it as she has been under attack by russian bots, but Im not one of them!
tib

He's former NSA and can knock 99.9 pct of the BS down cold. He's doesn't do blanket blocking and takes the Putin lovers head on. Schindler is American, so naturally he has a better grasp on our political nuances.

Plus he's a cat person.

Never-Trump front, but his comments about in the IC hating Susan Rice because she uses bad language really rubbed me the wrong way

You can still see all her activity by viewing her page, but probably cannot reply.

I've never been blocked, but I rarely tweet politically.

I only said thank you... my first, only, and last "political" tweet!

tib

I just follow, I don't comment.

But I was new and an "EGG" so Ive heard that was why. Wasn't anyting I said.

Far FAR too many conspiracy theories for me.

Want someone great to follow?

@lhfang
@GrrrGraphics
@davidsirota

2 are are incredible investigative journalists who tell it like it is. The other is one of the best political cartoonists on the planet.

and Ben Garrison. really? L O L. Ok.

Not sure why you find that funny. Granted he 'toons everyone. Joe Heller is great too though I don't think he's on twitter http://hellertoon.com/main.html

As far as the other 2, they shoot straight and THAT is a rare things these days. Admirable.

May have someone on ignore possibly.

tell it like it isn't for clicks and I don't know who the other one is, but given the company, I'm guessing RWer whose barely concealed contempt for liberals plays along with the lunacy of the other too.

They literally have exposed themselves to be in the HA HA Goodman level "journalists" who never let facts get in the way of their obvious bias.

during the election he did a cartoon of Michelle Obama as unattractive and Melania as the ideal first lady. He portrayed Michelle as a masculine sort, playing into the RW meme of her being unfeminine and unattractive.All his other cartoons are RW caricatures of Clinton and Obama and liberals in general. Yeah, "one of the greatest political cartoonists of our time" indeed

I guess that's the sort of Democratic bashing, right wing sources that some folks prefer, fits right in with Lee Fang and Sirota, who are still actively pushing right wing talking points and attacking Democrats and President Obama.

The forces that sow discord and divisiveness are not even being subtle about what their goals are here. I especially liked how the guy retweeting Mike Cernovich and posting flattering cartoons of Trump and nasty ones of the Obamas and Hillary are sandwiched between the two supposed liberals who were pushing all those Right Wing points.

Not subtle at all.

I hope people check out those timelines and learn exactly what's being pushed here.

" incredible investigative journalists who tell it like it is...."

More accurately, "some dudes who validate my bias."

the 1st one is an intercept guy and the last one pretty much proved he had no credibility all on his own.

I don't get all the hate towards Mensch and Dworkin from the followers of these CT specialists. Glenn Greenwald is also on this whole "attack anyone who exposing stuff on Russia" train. I wonder why.

they're hacks.

I also never thought I'd see anyone on here praise Ben Garrison.

Left off were equally credible sources like HA HA Goodman, Tim Canova, Lee Camp and his colleagues at RT.

The divisiveness goes on, thankfully not taking in quite so many people, but the project continues. It's amusing how the uptick correlates with the news cycle.

and named the WH Nunes connection 3 days before the NYTimes or anyone else.

I can deal with conservatives with some integrity. I'd rather hear from them than from fake progressives who consistently push third parties that reduce the chance of the Democrats winning.

And nothing but. She has no integrity, she's backed up by Murdoch and she's a xenophobe to boot. No thank you.

And it's pretty funny that someone who is pushing a DT guy like Ben Garrison is criticizing Louise Mensch.

Still works at News Corp.

if she's still working for Murdoch.

http://www.showbiz411.com/2017/02/14/msnbc-can-thank-rupert-murdoch-for-new-anti-trump-contributor-louise-mensch

Rupert Murdoch brought former MP Louise Mensch to New York from London to create a new conservative website called Heat Street. But once Louise got here, she became a rabid liberal, endorsing Hillary Clinton and attacking Donald Trump and all his cronies. She gets good stuff, too. So in January Murdoch’s people removed Louise from Heat Street. It’s unclear if she’s still with News Corp, but now she’s appearing on MSNBC, going after Trump and co. with a vengeance. I like her more and more each day. I hope News Corp is still paying her, because the whole thing is a hoot. PS Her husband manages rockers AC/DC.

Unlike the "progressives" who urged Democrats to leave the party and vote for Jill Stein.

In other words, you searched all over for anything that would show she doesn't work for Murdoch.


And couldn't find anything because...she does.

Are you also going to claim that he's a DT supporter?

Give me Louise Mensch over Susan Sarandon or Jill Stein or Dennis Kucinich any day. At least she voted for Hillary, and was encouraging others to do so.

She's not a US citizen.

And you keep bringing up that she supported Clinton in the general, conveniently leaving out that she was a Rubio supporter in the primary.


What you also leave out is that one of her reasons for being against Trump is she found him too liberal

she had this to say last year:

"My personal objection to Donald Trump is that he has said very racist things, is lying to the voters, and is a fairly radical left-wing Democrat.”"

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/05/03/the-woman-running-rupert-murdoch-s-gawker-for-the-right.html


I never said she supported Trump. She obviously does not. What I said is she works for Murdoch, which she does.

And that she is a right-winger. Which she is.

and some whom you don't agree with (W Bush??) did, is that a way to excuse her actions? She's a Tory! She isn't your friend and is against everything liberals stand for. Keep that in mind.

Do you understand that she wrote an article literally saying Obama wiretapped Trump?
She's a flippin' nut case! She isn't on your side. An excerpt below.

https://heatst.com/world/exclusive-fbi-granted-fisa-warrant-covering-trump-camps-ties-to-russia/

her some information before the rest of the media has confirmed the stories. It's interesting to consider what she has to say.

And I'm an illustrator myself. Did you see I also mentioned Joe Heller too? http://hellertoon.com/main.html

Russia funded riots in Ferguson?
Alex Jones v2.0

Link to tweet

to think that Russia was behind some of them -- or for anyone to question how many of the violent anarchists and others that invade peaceful protests here might be supported by Russia.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/19/ferguson-outsiders-protesters-riots-peaceful-unrest

For more than a week the people of Ferguson welcomed the outside activists who flocked here to show solidarity after police killed an unarmed teenager. By day 11, some residents were having second thoughts.

The intensified mayhem of recent nights, apparently initiated by a small, organised group of agitators, has raised a question mark over the strangers who join the nightly demonstrations.

“Who the hell are you people?” one woman shouted early on Tuesday morning as youths surged towards a phalanx of police, hurling insults, water bottles and, later, molotov cocktails.

With the national guard deployed to quell civil unrest in the US for the first time in over a decade, amid a night of gunshots, teargas, chaos and 31 arrests, it was an urgent question.

SNIP

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/20/world/europe/in-russia-scenes-from-ferguson-are-played-as-nothing-shocking-its-america.html

In Russia, Scenes From Ferguson Are Played as Nothing Shocking: It’s America

MOSCOW — At least once an hour, sometimes more frequently, images of battalions of riot police officers in helmets clashing with demonstrators fill the screen of Rossiya 24, one of Russia’s major government-controlled television channels, and newscasters speaking in grave tones inveigh against the injustice and violence by the authorities.

The images are not from Kiev, Ukraine, or from here in Moscow, where such scenes have been more than familiar in recent years. They are from Ferguson, Mo., where the shooting death of Michael Brown and the crackdown by the authorities against protesters have provided the latest opportunity for Russia to portray its detractors in America as hypocrites.

and Louise Mensch is getting hammered on twitter from liberals by saying this. She was trending at #1 for her outrageous comments and is still trending (although not #1) world wide. Deray is NOT a Russian agent lol

Deray. You know who that is, right?

Whacko alert!

happened. But when outside agitators ALSO turn up at protests like this, or at student protests across the country, there could be Russian actors involved. In view of everything else Russia has been doing it wouldn't surprise me.

Ben Garrison used one of the worst RW tropes against Michelle Obama during the election, and you're here praising his ass.

Tell us again how wonderful Louise Mensch is.

Link to tweet

nice switch and bait.

Why make those suggestions if you didn't expect people to comment on it? If you could partly agree with Libertarian pro-Trumper Ben Garisson's nonsensical caricatures why pontificate about people liking some of what a Tory named Louise Mensch tweets?

Sorry you disagree, not my problem.
Have a nice day

It's getting boring.

The people who run that account are nutters who say the Illuminati rigged the election for Trump, that they are spiritual advisors to Hillary and Obama, and all kinds of crazy stuff. Oh, and they're scamming money off of people for so-called revivalist tours they claim to go on.

and I don't follow her,and don't remember ever commenting on her posts!

Unless you want to hear about how Putin whacked Andrew Breitbart. The respected Malcolm Nance has no use for Mensch.

Link to tweet

not a big deal though, i made a fake account to follow her with. Added perk is my main timeline is "cleaner" , but thanks.

I've seen her block people and smear them as Russian agents with no proof. Ultimately she is still a right winger.

After a tweet that I replied to that she was tagged in (not something she even wrote).