How is it that the president can send an emergency text to millions of people without their consent? From Carey Wedler at theantimedia.com:
The internet erupted in a flurry of posts about President Trump’s message to millions of people Tuesday afternoon. The text, which was announced prior to its transmission, served as a test to a new national alert system enacted by FEMA for the purposes of alerting citizens about natural disasters, terrorist attacks, and other emergencies.
People were quick to express their desire to opt out (you can’t) and their general disgust at receiving direct texts from the president. Others condescendingly claimed the alerts will be for our own good— because apparently no one ever got word of national emergencies until the day Donald Trump and FEMA decided they were going sound the alarm.
