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<p>BREAKING NEWS: On the first day of 2017, our <a href="http://www.someecards.com/news/politics/donald-trump-two-simple-rules-tweets/">President-elect</a> followed, then soon unfollowed, a popular Twitter account called <a href="https://twitter.com/EmrgencyKittens" target="_blank">Emergency Kittens.</a></p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><div><div class="video-correcting-container" style="left: 0px;width: 100%;height: 0px;position: relative;padding-bottom: 56.2493%;"><iframe src="https://giphy.com/embed/l3vR3EssQ5ALagr7y" width="480" height="491" frameborder="0" class="giphy-embed" allowfullscreen style="top: 0px;left: 0px;width: 100%;height: 100%;position: absolute;"></iframe></div></div></div><p>He only follows 42 people, so this is MAJOR news (in the <a href="http://www.someecards.com/entertainment/celebrities/mariah-carey-new-years-eve-what-happened/">insane world</a> we live in where Twitter follows are &quot;news&quot; and Donald Trump is &quot;president&quot;).​</p><p><span style="letter-spacing: -0.01em;">Emergency Kittens has 1.86 million followers, because in <a href="http://www.someecards.com/news/tweet-picks/thanksdonald-hashtag-twitter-trump/">these dark times</a>, everyone needs more kittens in their news feed. And for an internet-shattering few hours, one of those followers was Donald Trump. He followed the account on January 1st, prompting this tweet:</span></p><oembed>https://twitter.com/EmrgencyKittens/status/815791370187067392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw</oembed><p>Detectives of the internet quickly figured out what this &quot;bang&quot; referred to.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/VicBergerIV/status/815767335407652865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw</oembed><p>The news quickly spread, and Twitter literally couldn&#39;t even.</p><oembed>https://twitter.com/CatQuinn23/status/815792733717573632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw</oembed><oembed>https://twitter.com/twittenberry/status/815762815386550272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw</oembed><p><span style="letter-spacing: -0.01em;">He literally did.</span></p><oembed>https://twitter.com/_lizmc/status/815758054474022912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw</oembed><p><span style="letter-spacing: -0.01em;">Some people <a href="http://www.someecards.com/entertainment/tv/late-show-stephen-colbert-donald-trump-spoof-interview-russia-hacking/">blamed the Russians.</a></span></p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Emergency Kittens is where Russia is putting the mind control.</p>&mdash; SpacePeaceCorpsVol (@BenShipbuilder) <a href="https://twitter.com/BenShipbuilder/status/815776148789530624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 2, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WHY IS TRUMP FOLLOWING YOU&gt;??&gt;&gt; THE NUMBERS MASON RUSIIIIIIIIIIAANNSSSS HACKERRRSS</p>&mdash; Phillip Watson (@DamghanRise) <a href="https://twitter.com/DamghanRise/status/815792496135602178?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 2, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p><span style="font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.2px;">A few people made this joke, which Trump was basically asking for.</span></p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">donald trump just followed the emergency kittens account. guess you could say he&#39;s grabbing twitter by the pussy</p>&mdash; girl online 👾 (@grrlonline) <a href="https://twitter.com/grrlonline/status/815758450705563648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 2, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Grab them by the pussy <a href="https://t.co/ihHdGfVfLb">pic.twitter.com/ihHdGfVfLb</a></p>&mdash; Orli Matlow (@HireMeImFunny) <a href="https://twitter.com/HireMeImFunny/status/815772189525966848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 2, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/lisaoftoronto/status/815799403445452800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw</oembed><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">he sure does love pussies</p>&mdash; enby dice clay (@badmoodcity) <a href="https://twitter.com/badmoodcity/status/815779546884673536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 2, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p><span style="letter-spacing: -0.01em;">Emergency Kittens took matters into their own paws (sorry), and tried to reach out to the President-elect to test his cat-humor. But alas, it was too late.</span></p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/EmrgencyKittens/status/815799727010656256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw</oembed><p>A heartbroken and confused Twitter-sphere struggled to understand what had just happened.</p><oembed>https://twitter.com/VicBergerIV/status/815907513547821056</oembed><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Breaking: <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a> just unfollowed <a href="https://twitter.com/EmrgencyKittens?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@EmrgencyKittens</a>! Sad! <a href="https://t.co/YgD3XRp2vs">pic.twitter.com/YgD3XRp2vs</a></p>&mdash; (((R🎃r👻n_St☠️hl)))¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (@Roran_Stehl) <a href="https://twitter.com/Roran_Stehl/status/815788459788996609?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 2, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I had hope for him....then I lost it again. Draw him back to the light, kittens!!!</p>&mdash; Seattle (@MonkyChi83) <a href="https://twitter.com/MonkyChi83/status/816005832328429569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 2, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">this is so sad he doesn&#39;t need to be shy about being a cat lover</p>&mdash; 何がなんだか (@i_rum_you) <a href="https://twitter.com/i_rum_you/status/815810590987849728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 2, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p>And one brave soldier took action.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I reported him</p>&mdash; Election Boy (@dizparks) <a href="https://twitter.com/dizparks/status/815769154821230592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 2, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><p>This probably won&#39;t be the move to get the future President kicked off Twitter. But I admire Brian for trying.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><div><div class="video-correcting-container" style="left: 0px;width: 100%;height: 0px;position: relative;padding-bottom: 56.2493%;"><iframe src="https://giphy.com/embed/wPA8YdBE0ksqA" width="356" height="200" frameborder="0" class="giphy-embed" allowfullscreen style="top: 0px;left: 0px;width: 100%;height: 100%;position: absolute;"></iframe></div></div></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Trump followed and quickly unfollowed 'Emergency Kittens.' Twitter lost its mind.

BREAKING NEWS: On the first day of 2017, our President-elect followed, then soon unfollowed, a popular Twitter account called Emergency Kittens.He only follows 42 people, so this is MAJOR news (in the insane world we live in where Twitter follows are &quot;news&quot; and Donald Trump is &quot;president&quot;).​Emergency Kittens has 1.86 million followers, because in these dark times, everyone needs more kittens in their news feed. And for an internet-shattering few hours, one of those followers was Donald Trump. He followed the account on January 1st, prompting this tweet:https://twitter.com/EmrgencyKittens/status/815791370187067392?ref_src=twsrc%5EtfwDetectives of the internet quickly figured out what this &quot;bang&quot; referred to.https://twitter.com/VicBergerIV/status/815767335407652865?ref_src=twsrc%5EtfwThe news quickly spread, and Twitter literally couldn&#39;t even.https://twitter.com/CatQuinn23/status/815792733717573632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfwhttps://twitter.com/twittenberry/status/815762815386550272?ref_src=twsrc%5EtfwHe literally did.https://twitter.com/_lizmc/status/815758054474022912?ref_src=twsrc%5EtfwSome people blamed the Russians.Emergency Kittens is where Russia is putting the mind control.&mdash; SpacePeaceCorpsVol (@BenShipbuilder) January 2, 2017 WHY IS TRUMP FOLLOWING YOU&gt;??&gt;&gt; THE NUMBERS MASON RUSIIIIIIIIIIAANNSSSS HACKERRRSS&mdash; Phillip Watson (@DamghanRise) January 2, 2017 A few people made this joke, which Trump was basically asking for.donald trump just followed the emergency kittens account. guess you could say he&#39;s grabbing twitter by the pussy&mdash; girl online 👾 (@grrlonline) January 2, 2017 Grab them by the pussy pic.twitter.com/ihHdGfVfLb&mdash; Orli Matlow (@HireMeImFunny) January 2, 2017 https://twitter.com/lisaoftoronto/status/815799403445452800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfwhe sure does love pussies&mdash; enby dice clay (@badmoodcity) January 2, 2017 Emergency Kittens took matters into their own paws (sorry), and tried to reach out to the President-elect to test his cat-humor. But alas, it was too late.https://twitter.com/EmrgencyKittens/status/815799727010656256?ref_src=twsrc%5EtfwA heartbroken and confused Twitter-sphere struggled to understand what had just happened.https://twitter.com/VicBergerIV/status/815907513547821056Breaking: @realDonaldTrump just unfollowed @EmrgencyKittens! Sad! pic.twitter.com/YgD3XRp2vs&mdash; (((R🎃r👻n_St☠️hl)))¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (@Roran_Stehl) January 2, 2017 I had hope for him....then I lost it again. Draw him back to the light, kittens!!!&mdash; Seattle (@MonkyChi83) January 2, 2017 this is so sad he doesn&#39;t need to be shy about being a cat lover&mdash; 何がなんだか (@i_rum_you) January 2, 2017 And one brave soldier took action.I reported him&mdash; Election Boy (@dizparks) January 2, 2017 This probably won&#39;t be the move to get the future President kicked off Twitter. But I admire Brian for trying.

BREAKING NEWS: On the first day of 2017, our President-elect followed, then soon unfollowed, a popular Twitter account called Emergency Kittens.    He only follows 42 people, so this is MAJOR news (in the insane world we live in where...