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12-19-2017, 08:16 PM #1
White House takes down ‘We the People’ petitions site before responding to a single 1
White House takes down ‘We the People’ petitions site before responding to a single one
An image of the White House's petitions site, a popular online tool created by the Obama administration. The removal notice says that the site will be relaunched in January. (Petitions.Whitehouse.gov)
The White House has taken down a popular online tool created by President Barack Obama's administration that allowed the public to create online petitions, some of which required an official response.
All of the petitions, including one that called on President Trump to release his tax returns — the most popular, with more than a million signatures — disappeared from Petitions.WhiteHouse.Gov as part of what a statement posted on the site said was part of a maintenance effort to improve its performance.
The statement said that the site, as well as all of its existing petitions, would be restored by the end of January.
“All existing petitions and associated signatures have been preserved and will be available when the site is relaunched,” the note said. “Following the site's relaunch, petitions that have reached the required number of signatures will begin receiving responses.”
The site was launched by the Obama White House in 2011 as part of an effort to give people a resource to lobby the government for legislation and other changes, however limited. It has been a subject of fascination for years, due to the varied and colorful nature of the many pleas on the site, as well as the requirement that the White House respond when petitions receive more than 100,000 digital signatures.
During the Obama years, respondents quickly learned the difference between a response and a reaction. A study done by the Pew Research Center last year of 4,800 petitions on the site showed that many of those that received the most attention revolved around pop culture, including petitions to deport Justin Bieber after a spate of bad behavior by the singer; to build a Death Star from the movie “Star Wars”; and for President Barack Obama to appear on Bill Maher's HBO show.
“We’re glad you care about immigration issues,” the White House responded after the Bieber petition received more than 270,000 signatures. “Because our current system is broken. Too many employers game the system by hiring undocumented workers, and 11 million people are living in the shadows.”
Officials did not deport Bieber, of course.
[The White House actually responds to the petition to deport Justin Bieber]
Still, a few pleas did lead to tangible results, including those that resulted in a new law that ensured cellphone users could transfer their phones to another network; a White House call to end gay conversion therapy for minors; and a Presidential Medal of Freedom awarded to former baseball player Yogi Berra.
The Obama White House was criticized for waiting two years to respond to a petition asking for a pardon of Edward Snowden after it had garnered 100,000 signatures.
The answer? No. Multiple petitions, included one filed in the wake of the massacre at Newtown Elementary School in Connecticut, called on Congress to enact stricter gun control, drawing supportive responses from the White House but little in the way of significant legislative action.
The Trump White House has not responded to any of the petitions that have circulated on the site since the president took office, many of which have taken a particularly grave tone.
Other popular petitions on the site this year included those calling on Trump to put his businesses and financial assets in a blind trust (356,000), asking for the anti-fascist organization Antifa to be recognized as a terrorist organization (366,000), asking that the liberal financier George Soros also be declared a terrorist (152,000) and calling on President Trump to resign (138,000).
The White House did not respond to an immediate request for comment.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...-a-single-one/
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12-19-2017, 08:19 PM #2
Good! The White House has more important things to do.
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12-19-2017, 08:19 PM #3NO AMNESTY
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12-19-2017, 08:20 PM #4
The White House doesn't arrest anyone. Tell it to the FBI.
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12-19-2017, 08:44 PM #5
Thank you for your interest in Petitions.WhiteHouse.gov.
To improve this site's performance, the platform is currently down for maintenance and will return in late January.
All existing petitions and associated signatures have been preserved and will be available when the site is relaunched.
Following the site's relaunch, petitions that have reached the required number of signatures will begin receiving responses.
To receive updates from the White House about Petitions.WhiteHouse.gov and other issues enter your email below. You can also contact the White House at any time using this form.
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