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Article snippet: Roger J. Stone Jr., an ally of President Trump and a self-proclaimed political “dirty trickster,” has been kicked off Twitter. In a series of tweets on Friday, Mr. Stone insulted several CNN news anchors and contributors. The messages appeared to be in response to reports that a federal grand jury had approved charges in the continuing investigation into the Trump campaign’s possible connections to Russia. Mr. Stone’s posts were littered with expletives. He said Don Lemon, the host of “CNN Tonight,” “must be confronted, humiliated, mocked and punished,” adding that he was a “buffoon.” He said Bill Kristol, a conservative pundit and a former columnist for The New York Times, was “packing on the pounds,” and used the hashtag #porky. He used an expletive to describe the political pundit Ana Navarro and wrote that Jake Tapper, who hosts “The Lead” on CNN, “must be held accountable for his lies and very severely punished.” Then his Twitter account was suspended, but there was some confusion. On Saturday, Mr. Stone wrote on Facebook that Twitter had notified him that the suspension would last only a few hours. But on Sunday, the account remained suspended. It was unclear whether that would be permanent. Mr. Stone told The Wrap he would sue Twitter. “The battle for free speech has just begun,” he said. “I have been inundated on Twitter with bloggers threatening to kill me, my wife, my kids and even my dogs, yet Twitter seems unconcerned about that,” he told The Wrap. “T... Link to the full article to read more