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Twitter bans ads from RT and Sputnik

Twitter has made the policy decision to off-board advertising from all accounts owned by Russia Today (RT) and Sputnik, effective immediately. This decision was based on the retrospective work we've been doing around the 2016 U.S. election and the U.S. intelligence community's conclusion that both RT and Sputnik attempted to interfere with the election on behalf of the Russian government. We did not come to this decision lightly, and are taking this step now as part of our ongoing commitment to help protect the integrity of the user experience on Twitter Early this year, the U.S. intelligence community named RT and Sputnik as implementing state-sponsored Russian efforts to interfere with and disrupt the 2016 Presidential election, which is not something we want on Twitter. This decision is restricted to these two entities based our internal investigation of their behavior as well as their inclusion in the January 2017 DNI report. This decision does not apply to any other advertisers. RT and Sputnik may remain organic users on our platform, in accordance with the Twitter Rules. Twitter has also decided to take the $1.9 million we are projected to have earned from RT global advertising since they became an advertiser in 2011, which includes the $274,100 in 2016 U.S.- based advertising that we highlighted in our September 28 blog post, and donate those funds to support external research into the use of Twitter in civic engagement and elections, including use of malicious automation and misinformation, with an initial focus on elections and automation. We will have more details to share on this disbursement soon.

Twitter has made the policy decision to off-board advertising from all accounts owned by Russia Today (RT) and Sputnik, effective immediately. This decision was based on the retrospective work we've been doing around the 2016 U.S. election and the U.S. intelligence community's conclusion that both RT and Sputnik attempted to interfere with the election on behalf of the Russian government. We did not come to this decision lightly, and are taking this step now as part of our ongoing commitment to help protect the integrity of the user experience on Twitter Early this year, the U.S. intelligence community named RT and Sputnik as implementing state-sponsored Russian efforts to interfere with and disrupt the 2016 Presidential election, which is not something we want on Twitter. This decision is restricted to these two entities based our internal investigation of their behavior as well as their inclusion in the January 2017 DNI report. This decision does not apply to any other advertisers. RT and Sputnik may remain organic users on our platform, in accordance with the Twitter Rules. Twitter has also decided to take the $1.9 million we are projected to have earned from RT global advertising since they became an advertiser in 2011, which includes the $274,100 in 2016 U.S.- based advertising that we highlighted in our September 28 blog post, and donate those funds to support external research into the use of Twitter in civic engagement and elections, including use of malicious automation and misinformation, with an initial focus on elections and automation. We will have more details to share on this disbursement soon.

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Assange, Mercers, and Trump

In an email sent in late July 2016 and recently reviewed by the person, Cambridge Analytica CEO Alexander Nix told other employees at the firm and Rebekah Mercer, a top Republican donor, that he had recently reached out to Mr. Assange to offer help better indexing the messages WikiLeaks was releasing to make them more easily searchable. Those messages stolen from Mrs. Clinton's campaign chairman John Podesta's account and from the Democratic National Committee. emails included a trove of

In an email sent in late July 2016 and recently reviewed by the person, Cambridge Analytica CEO Alexander Nix told other employees at the firm and Rebekah Mercer, a top Republican donor, that he had recently reached out to Mr. Assange to offer help better indexing the messages WikiLeaks was releasing to make them more easily searchable. Those messages stolen from Mrs. Clinton's campaign chairman John Podesta's account and from the Democratic National Committee. emails included a trove of

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Wikileaks, Mercer, and Trump

Rebecca Ballhaus @rebeccaballhaus Follow May 2016: Mercer mulls looking for missing Clinton emails July 2016: Nix emails Assange, CC's Mercer, about emails Wikileaks' Assange Says He Rejected Overture From Trump-Linked Group The chief executive of a data analytics company that worked for two Republican presidential campaigns, including that of Donald Trump, reached out to WikiLeaks. wsj.com 8:22 PM-25 Oct 2017 995 Retweets 1,247 Likes 65 995 1.2K

Rebecca Ballhaus @rebeccaballhaus Follow May 2016: Mercer mulls looking for missing Clinton emails July 2016: Nix emails Assange, CC's Mercer, about emails Wikileaks' Assange Says He Rejected Overture From Trump-Linked Group The chief executive of a data analytics company that worked for two Republican presidential campaigns, including that of Donald Trump, reached out to WikiLeaks. wsj.com 8:22 PM-25 Oct 2017 995 Retweets 1,247 Likes 65 995 1.2K

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@jack did what now?

Follow @M_Simonyan Hope @jack won't forget to tell @congressdotgov how @Twitter pitched @RT_com to spend big $$s on US elex ad campaign. U.S. Elections Proposal for @RT_com #QuestionMore For discussion purposes only RT 5:00 AM-26 Oct 2017 493 Retweets 487 Likes 52 493 487

Follow @M_Simonyan Hope @jack won't forget to tell @congressdotgov how @Twitter pitched @RT_com to spend big $$s on US elex ad campaign. U.S. Elections Proposal for @RT_com #QuestionMore For discussion purposes only RT 5:00 AM-26 Oct 2017 493 Retweets 487 Likes 52 493 487

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Republicans seek premature end to Russia probes

Jeremy Herb· @jeremyherb Follow NEW this AM with @mkraju: GOP calls grow to end congressional Russia probes by the end of the year GOP calls grow to end Russia investigations this year A growing number of key Republicans are sending this message to the leaders of the al committees investigating potential Trump campaign collusion with cnn.com 5:49 AM- 18 Oct 2017 율 @ ● e 日 28 Retweets 14 Likes

Jeremy Herb· @jeremyherb Follow NEW this AM with @mkraju: GOP calls grow to end congressional Russia probes by the end of the year GOP calls grow to end Russia investigations this year A growing number of key Republicans are sending this message to the leaders of the al committees investigating potential Trump campaign collusion with cnn.com 5:49 AM- 18 Oct 2017 율 @ ● e 日 28 Retweets 14 Likes

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Protester throws Russian flags at Trump and McConnell

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Rohrabacher's travel funding denied, because of Russia

"His committee travel and hearing requests were curtailed following news accounts of his outside-the-box interest in Russia," Rohrabacher's communications director, Ken Grubbs confirmed to The Daily Beast. Congressional leaders are often loathe to interject in each other's jurisdictions, let alone level such an intra-party admonishment. But anxiety over Rohrabacher and his proximity to Moscow has been brewing within GOP circles for months, if not years. Rohrabacher has long called for closer relations between the U.S. and Russia, to the point that the FBI warned him that he was being potentially recruited as a Russian spy. But it was his use of congressional resources in pursuit of those better relations that led GOP leadership to act.

"His committee travel and hearing requests were curtailed following news accounts of his outside-the-box interest in Russia," Rohrabacher's communications director, Ken Grubbs confirmed to The Daily Beast. Congressional leaders are often loathe to interject in each other's jurisdictions, let alone level such an intra-party admonishment. But anxiety over Rohrabacher and his proximity to Moscow has been brewing within GOP circles for months, if not years. Rohrabacher has long called for closer relations between the U.S. and Russia, to the point that the FBI warned him that he was being potentially recruited as a Russian spy. But it was his use of congressional resources in pursuit of those better relations that led GOP leadership to act.

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Goldstone and Veselnitskaya email about Don Jr. meeting

AT&T LTE 1:46 PM イ0 % 93% Done 2.cdn.turner.com 25.08 2 1 of 1 .. ..ラ..onfirmed for Donald Trump Jr @mail We will be at trump tower from 345pm so let me or lke know when you are here Rob This iphone speaks many languages On Jun 9, 2016, at 12:39, Haranwa Prefect! Will be there at 4 pm, meeting confirmed. OrnpasneHO C Phone wrote 9 MIOHR 2016 r, B9:55, Rob GoldstoneHancan(a): I would suggest you bring whoever you need in order to make the meeting successful. Please bring them with you and meet lke for your meeting at 4pm today Best Rob This iphone speaks many languages On Jun 9, 2016, at 09:24, HaTanwa wrote Dear Mr. Goldstone, I am writing to ask you to pass by Mt. Trump my request to include our trusted associale and lobbyist Mr. RInat Akhmetshin, who is working to advance these issues with several congressmen. He has invaluable knowledge about the positions hold by the membors of the Fcreign Rclations Commitice that will bo vory important to our discussion. Mr. Akhmetshin has signed an NDA with us as did Mt. Samochonov. I will be awaiting your decision Kind regards, Natalia OmpasneHo c iPhone 7 IOHA 2016 r, 17:27, Rob GoldstoneHanwcan(a) Good Afternoon I have confirmed a meeting for you both at 3pm on Thursday with Donald Trump Jr. at his office at Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue. I can meet you there and bring you up to his office, introduce you all and then I shall step away and leave you to the meeting Please ensure you have official ID for the very tight security now at Trump Tower Driver's license and or passport etc. I will be on my cell on Thursday If you need anything - Rob Goldstone

AT&T LTE 1:46 PM イ0 % 93% Done 2.cdn.turner.com 25.08 2 1 of 1 .. ..ラ..onfirmed for Donald Trump Jr @mail We will be at trump tower from 345pm so let me or lke know when you are here Rob This iphone speaks many languages On Jun 9, 2016, at 12:39, Haranwa Prefect! Will be there at 4 pm, meeting confirmed. OrnpasneHO C Phone wrote 9 MIOHR 2016 r, B9:55, Rob GoldstoneHancan(a): I would suggest you bring whoever you need in order to make the meeting successful. Please bring them with you and meet lke for your meeting at 4pm today Best Rob This iphone speaks many languages On Jun 9, 2016, at 09:24, HaTanwa wrote Dear Mr. Goldstone, I am writing to ask you to pass by Mt. Trump my request to include our trusted associale and lobbyist Mr. RInat Akhmetshin, who is working to advance these issues with several congressmen. He has invaluable knowledge about the positions hold by the membors of the Fcreign Rclations Commitice that will bo vory important to our discussion. Mr. Akhmetshin has signed an NDA with us as did Mt. Samochonov. I will be awaiting your decision Kind regards, Natalia OmpasneHo c iPhone 7 IOHA 2016 r, 17:27, Rob GoldstoneHanwcan(a) Good Afternoon I have confirmed a meeting for you both at 3pm on Thursday with Donald Trump Jr. at his office at Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue. I can meet you there and bring you up to his office, introduce you all and then I shall step away and leave you to the meeting Please ensure you have official ID for the very tight security now at Trump Tower Driver's license and or passport etc. I will be on my cell on Thursday If you need anything - Rob Goldstone

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Agalarov lawyer says meeting was about sanctions

The emails provided to CNN between Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya and publicist Rob Goldstone who arranged the meeting with Trump Jr. show Veselnitskaya asked the morning of the meeting for a Russian-American lobbyist to be added because of his knowledge of the Magnitsky Act, the legislation that put in place US sanctions discussed at the meeting Related Article: Exclusive: Mueller's team met with Russia dossier author And a five-page talking points memo also provided to CNN shows Veselnitskaya's case to repeal the Magnitsky Act to improve US-Russia relations, with a passing reference to a possible financer of Clinton's campaign The June 2016 meeting with Trump Jr., President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and then-Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has attracted intense interest because Trump Jr. was told he would get damaging information on Clinton amid allegations of possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian officials The documents were provided by Scott Balber, who represents Aras and Emin Agalarov, the billionaire real estate developer and his pop star son who requested the June 2016 meeting Balber, who went to Moscow to obtain the documents from Veselnitskaya, said in an interview with CNN that the emails and talking points show she was focused on repealing the Magnitsky Act, not providing damaging information on Clinton. Balber, who went to Moscow to obtain the documents from Veselnitskaya, said in an interview with CNN that the emails and talking points show she was focused on repealing the Magnitsky Act, not providing damaging information on Clinton The message was muddled, Balber said, when it was passed like a game of telephone from Veselnitskaya through the Agalarovs to Goldstone Balber also suggested that Goldstone "probably exaggerated and maybe willfully contorted the facts for the purpose of making the meeting interesting to the Trump people." Related Article: FBI chief on Russian hacking: We 'should have seen this Trump Jr. has said Veselnitskaya started the meeting talking about "individuals connected to Russia" funding Clinton but provided no details to support her claims and then moved on to focus on the US sanctions under the Magnitsky Act and the adoption of Russian children. To the extent they had information concerning the fitness, character or qualifications of a presidential candidate, I believed that I should at least hear them out," Trump Jr. said in a statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee But the meeting between the Russian lawyer and Trump Jr. has become of significant interest to the congressional Russia investigators. And President Trump's role in drafting his son's misleading initial statement-which claimed the meeting was about Russian adoptions- has prompted special counsel Robert Mueller's team to approach the White House about interviewing staffers aboard Air Force One when the statement was drafted

The emails provided to CNN between Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya and publicist Rob Goldstone who arranged the meeting with Trump Jr. show Veselnitskaya asked the morning of the meeting for a Russian-American lobbyist to be added because of his knowledge of the Magnitsky Act, the legislation that put in place US sanctions discussed at the meeting Related Article: Exclusive: Mueller's team met with Russia dossier author And a five-page talking points memo also provided to CNN shows Veselnitskaya's case to repeal the Magnitsky Act to improve US-Russia relations, with a passing reference to a possible financer of Clinton's campaign The June 2016 meeting with Trump Jr., President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and then-Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort has attracted intense interest because Trump Jr. was told he would get damaging information on Clinton amid allegations of possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian officials The documents were provided by Scott Balber, who represents Aras and Emin Agalarov, the billionaire real estate developer and his pop star son who requested the June 2016 meeting Balber, who went to Moscow to obtain the documents from Veselnitskaya, said in an interview with CNN that the emails and talking points show she was focused on repealing the Magnitsky Act, not providing damaging information on Clinton. Balber, who went to Moscow to obtain the documents from Veselnitskaya, said in an interview with CNN that the emails and talking points show she was focused on repealing the Magnitsky Act, not providing damaging information on Clinton The message was muddled, Balber said, when it was passed like a game of telephone from Veselnitskaya through the Agalarovs to Goldstone Balber also suggested that Goldstone "probably exaggerated and maybe willfully contorted the facts for the purpose of making the meeting interesting to the Trump people." Related Article: FBI chief on Russian hacking: We 'should have seen this Trump Jr. has said Veselnitskaya started the meeting talking about "individuals connected to Russia" funding Clinton but provided no details to support her claims and then moved on to focus on the US sanctions under the Magnitsky Act and the adoption of Russian children. To the extent they had information concerning the fitness, character or qualifications of a presidential candidate, I believed that I should at least hear them out," Trump Jr. said in a statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee But the meeting between the Russian lawyer and Trump Jr. has become of significant interest to the congressional Russia investigators. And President Trump's role in drafting his son's misleading initial statement-which claimed the meeting was about Russian adoptions- has prompted special counsel Robert Mueller's team to approach the White House about interviewing staffers aboard Air Force One when the statement was drafted

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Pro-Trump = Pro-Treason

The reason this is worrisome is that Republicans are turning up the volume on their efforts to scuttle the probes. In a good piece this morning, Politico reports that pro-Trump Republicans are angry with the GOP leadership for allegedly allowing these probes to get out of hand. Some Trump allies are even claiming that this is happening because the GOP leadership allegedly opposes Trump. As one put it: "Of course, the Republican leadership is behind these probes. The Republicans cannot get over the fact that Trump won and is our president." Remarkably, these Trump-allied Republicans are explicitly asserting that GOP leaders are betraying Trump by failing to squelch ongoing efforts to get to the bottom of a hostile foreign power's apparent sabotage of our democracy, in addition to the possibility of Trump campaign collusion with it. These probes are also designed to establish whether there was Russian interference, and if so, how it happened.

The reason this is worrisome is that Republicans are turning up the volume on their efforts to scuttle the probes. In a good piece this morning, Politico reports that pro-Trump Republicans are angry with the GOP leadership for allegedly allowing these probes to get out of hand. Some Trump allies are even claiming that this is happening because the GOP leadership allegedly opposes Trump. As one put it: "Of course, the Republican leadership is behind these probes. The Republicans cannot get over the fact that Trump won and is our president." Remarkably, these Trump-allied Republicans are explicitly asserting that GOP leaders are betraying Trump by failing to squelch ongoing efforts to get to the bottom of a hostile foreign power's apparent sabotage of our democracy, in addition to the possibility of Trump campaign collusion with it. These probes are also designed to establish whether there was Russian interference, and if so, how it happened.

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It was only a matter of time

Yes, it's not america, but the principle still aplies... besides, it has spread to the global political stage in a somewhat... memetic way, shall we say

Yes, it's not america, but the principle still aplies... besides, it has spread to the global political stage in a somewhat... memetic way, shall we say

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Ferguson and Baltimore targeted by Russia's Fake News

The Black Lives Matter ad targeted toward Baltimore and Ferguson, which sources discussed with CNN on the condition of anonymity, was one of a small handful of ads presented to congress earlier this month. Facebook has said that it will hand over detailed records of all 3,000 ads to congress in a matter of days. CNN has not seen the ad but the targeted was described by the sources Facebook has already handed over copies of the ads and information about the relevant accounts to Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is conducting an investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Facebook did not comment for this story but did point to a statement from Facebook's chief security officer, Alex Stamos, who said earlier this month that "the vast majority of ads run by these accounts didn't specifically reference the U.S. presidential election, voting or a particular candidate." "Rather," Stamos said, "the ads and accounts appeared to focus on amplifying divisive social and political messages across the ideological spectrum - touching on topics from LGBT matters to race issues to immigration to gun rights. Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said this week that the aim of the ad-buyers "was to sow chaos. "In many cases, it was more about voter suppression rather than increasing turnout," he told reporters The Senate Intelligence Committee will also hear from Twitter on Thursday about how foreign nationals may have used its ad service to influence the 2016 election. Twitter has declined to shed any light so far on what information it plans to give to Congress.

The Black Lives Matter ad targeted toward Baltimore and Ferguson, which sources discussed with CNN on the condition of anonymity, was one of a small handful of ads presented to congress earlier this month. Facebook has said that it will hand over detailed records of all 3,000 ads to congress in a matter of days. CNN has not seen the ad but the targeted was described by the sources Facebook has already handed over copies of the ads and information about the relevant accounts to Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is conducting an investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Facebook did not comment for this story but did point to a statement from Facebook's chief security officer, Alex Stamos, who said earlier this month that "the vast majority of ads run by these accounts didn't specifically reference the U.S. presidential election, voting or a particular candidate." "Rather," Stamos said, "the ads and accounts appeared to focus on amplifying divisive social and political messages across the ideological spectrum - touching on topics from LGBT matters to race issues to immigration to gun rights. Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, said this week that the aim of the ad-buyers "was to sow chaos. "In many cases, it was more about voter suppression rather than increasing turnout," he told reporters The Senate Intelligence Committee will also hear from Twitter on Thursday about how foreign nationals may have used its ad service to influence the 2016 election. Twitter has declined to shed any light so far on what information it plans to give to Congress.

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Russia and Facebook

New descriptions of the Russian- bought ads shared with CNN suggest that the apparent goal of the Russian buyers was to amplify political discord and fuel an atmosphere of incivility and chaos, though not necessarily to promote one candidate or cause over another. Facebook's review of Russiarn efforts on its platform focused on a timeframe from June 2015 to May 2017.

New descriptions of the Russian- bought ads shared with CNN suggest that the apparent goal of the Russian buyers was to amplify political discord and fuel an atmosphere of incivility and chaos, though not necessarily to promote one candidate or cause over another. Facebook's review of Russiarn efforts on its platform focused on a timeframe from June 2015 to May 2017.

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Trump, Sanders, and Stein

Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein was the beneficiary of at least one of the Russian-bought political ads on Facebook that federal government officials suspect were intended to influence the 2016 election. Other advertisements paid for by shadowy Russian buyers criticized Hillary Clinton and promoted Donald Trump. Some backed Bernie Sanders and his platform even after his presidential campaign had ended, according to a person with knowledge of the ads. The pro-Stein ad came late in the political campaign and pushed her candidacy for president, this person said. "Choose peace and vote for Jill Stein," the ad reads. "Trust me. It's not a wasted vote.... The only way to take our country back is to stop voting for the corporations and banks that own us. #GrowaSpineVoteJil!Stein."

Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein was the beneficiary of at least one of the Russian-bought political ads on Facebook that federal government officials suspect were intended to influence the 2016 election. Other advertisements paid for by shadowy Russian buyers criticized Hillary Clinton and promoted Donald Trump. Some backed Bernie Sanders and his platform even after his presidential campaign had ended, according to a person with knowledge of the ads. The pro-Stein ad came late in the political campaign and pushed her candidacy for president, this person said. "Choose peace and vote for Jill Stein," the ad reads. "Trust me. It's not a wasted vote.... The only way to take our country back is to stop voting for the corporations and banks that own us. #GrowaSpineVoteJil!Stein."

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Boston Antifa...in Russia?

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Money Laundering, you say?

Special counsel probing flow of Russian-American money to Trump political funds By BRIAN ROSS and MATTHEW MOSK Sep 26, 2017, 2:53 PM ET

Special counsel probing flow of Russian-American money to Trump political funds By BRIAN ROSS and MATTHEW MOSK Sep 26, 2017, 2:53 PM ET

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