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Trump-free Twitter: dOCTOR ON dUTY
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Twitter wouldn’t say if it was
a contractor and declined
further explanation, raising
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the plug. pening again.” supporters without the filter
“My Twitter account was The New York Times re- of the media, but it’s also
taken down for 11 minutes ported Friday, citing two allowed him to circumvent
by a rogue employee,” unnamed sources, that it his own staff.q November 5
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