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Texting Their Patience: New Yorkers Sue Trump, FEMA Over Presidential Alert No Opt Out Texting Their Patience: New Yorkers Sue Trump, FEMA Over Presidential Alert No Opt Out
Texting Their Patience: New Yorkers Sue Trump, FEMA Over Presidential Alert No Opt Out A lawsuit has been filed in New York following Wednesday’s test of FEMA’s new “presidential alert” notification system. On Wednesday, Oct. 3, the initial test of FEMA’s new system went off for most Americans at around 2:15 p.m. The message was sent to cell phones similar to AMBER alerts and inclement weather warnings that are currently in place. However, not everyone was pleased about the alert, and three New York plaintiffs have filed a lawsuit in Manhattan against President Donald Trump and FEMA officials. They are claiming that the alert system is a “violation of Americans' First and Fo…

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