How Twitter took on Trump's bot army—and won

Just around dawn on Tuesday, at 6:21 a.m., President Donald Trump tweeted.

He mocked Congressional Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and New York Senator Chuck Schumer's protests against his recent executive order on immigration, which banned citizens from Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States. 

Over 39,000 tweets were sent in response to the president’s words. But for many users, it was a thread mocking Trump from New Yorker and television writer Bess Kalb that soared to the top of his replies. 

She pointed out how Trump failed to criticize the reason lawmakers protested, and instead, focused on calling them names.  Read more...