All’s fair in WAR? Twitter removes Trump’s post featuring his OWN IMAGE after NYT files copyright complaint

Twitter has taken down a post by US President Donald Trump, in which he used a photo of himself to make a meme. The tweet was yanked shortly after the Times, embroiled in a bitter feud with Trump, filed a copyright claim.

The tweet in question was posted by Trump on Tuesday and featured a photo of him along with words:”In reality they’re not after me, they’re after you. I’m just in the way.”

Trump is no stranger to using photos of himself to make a statement on his social media of choice (cue his Game of Thrones social media phase). This time, however, the US president apparently made a mistake, using a picture snapped by Times’ photographer Damon Winter.

It did not take long for the paper, which has recently escalated its attacks on the Republican leader, to spot Trump's blunder and file a copyright claim, Axios first reported on Wednesday.

Upon removing the post, Twitter confirmed that the company acted upon a copyright complaint from a rights holder. The Times, in turn, acknowledged that they urged the social media giant to take action.

The photo originally illustrated a story on Trump the NYT ran back in 2015.

It’s not the first time Twitter pulled one of Trump’s posts citing copyright violations. Last month, the platform removed a video sporting a mock CNN chyron shared by the president. The video, which saw one toddler running after another, was removed after the children's parents filed copyright claims.

CNN, as well as the Times, have long been embroiled in a very public war with Trump, who has repeatedly labelled them ‘fake news,’ citing in particular the outlets’ regular claims of ‘Russian collusion’ at the height of the Russiagate saga, which has since fizzled out.

https://www.rt.com/usa/493537-trump-twitter-post-removed/

US Media Date 'Russian Bounties' 5 Years Back, Name 'Key Middleman' in 'Money Transfers'

The explosive reports on "Russian bounties" offered to Taliban-linked militants to kill US soldiers are slowly turning into some kind of a saga, as now US media has offered new "details" on the claims.

As reported by NYT claims described as "intelligence" on Russia offering money to the Taliban for killing US soldiers circulate through the media headlines, the story continues to develop particulars - nevermind that the very beginning of it has not been confirmed by a single official entity.

Ignoring the avalanche of scepticism and denial of the initial allegations from all sides, the US media sticks to the storytelling, moving on to reveal that the "Russian-Taliban bounties" appear to date back several years.

The Daily Beast, citing alleged ex-spokesman for Taliban leader Mullah Omar, Manan Niazi, who spoke via encrypted phone call, claimed that the Taliban "have been paid by Russian intelligence for attacks on US forces in Afghanistan from 2014 up to the present".

“The Taliban have been paid by Russian intelligence for attacks on US forces—and on ISIS forces—in Afghanistan from 2014 up to the present", said Niazi, described as a person who used to be a "very senior figure in the Taliban", but now a dissident, claimed to The Beast.

The story could as well be turned into an exciting movie, as it offers a wide range of dramatic parts from Russia "paying US dollars to Taliban" for several years to spy-like intrigues of undercover Taliban people who pretended to be businessmen in order to "convert Russian funds to cash" in Afghanistan.

Sometimes, however, it also has narrative flaws, for example, the two people that Niazi claimed to be "undercover businessmen who went to Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan", denied their involvement when asked by the DB.

“I don’t want to comment—I don’t even want to talk about Niazi,” said one, contacted by The Beast. “Niazi is our enemy and playing into the hands of the NDS.”

The report refers to the so-called Hawala system - an "informal way to transfer money" - based on "family relationships or regional affiliations".

This system is brought up in another thrilling story, this time again from The New York Times, which names another Russian bounty-related "businessman" - Rahmatullah Azizi - to be a middleman "between the GRU and militants linked to the Taliban who carried out the attacks".

Apparently striving for another Pulitzer for the story based on unconfirmed information, just like in the case of this prize-winning series of anti-Russia articles that were later debunked, the outlet conducted research impossible even for the National Intelligence and Defence Department of the US.

In a fresh "ground-breaking" article, Azizi is described as a "central piece of a puzzle rocking Washington", who "was among those who collected the cash in Russia". According to "Afghan officials" - who are, as usual, unnamed - "$100,000 per killed soldier were offered for American and coalition targets". The controversial enterprise apparently made Azizi extremely wealthy, as the report describes his luxurious possessions, from cars to four-story houses.

Every story has a villain, and the Nytimes.com piece connects the dots in a way that leads, once again, to the devious Unit 29155 - a mysterious GRU intelligence branch that is traditionally held responsible by the US for "assassinations and other operations overseas" - including the famous Sergei Skripal poisoning that was "highly likely" carried out by the ominous Russian assets.

https://sputniknews.com/us/202007021079771392-us-media-date-russian-bounties-5-years-back-name-key-middleman-in-money-transfers/

Black Lives Matter protesters chant in DC: 'Israel we know you, you murder children too'

'It was only a matter of time before the DC protests turned anti-Semitic'

Black Lives Matter protesters marching through Washington, D.C., on Wednesday were captured on video chanting, "Israel we know you, you murder children too."

Nic Rowan, a reporter for The Washington Examiner, posted the footage online with the caption, "It was only a matter of time before the DC protests turned anti-Semitic."

https://www.theblaze.com/news/black-lives-matter-protesters-chant-in-dc-israel-we-know-you-you-murder-children-too

Not surprised here comes the victim pitch

General, Colonel Rebuked After Marine Corps Finds Serious Flaws in Fatal Crash Investigation

In a rare move, the Marine Corps has acknowledged a host of problems with an investigation into a horrific midair collision off the coast of Japan that killed six, resulting in new reprimands for two senior leaders who oversaw the squadrons involved.

A team of a dozen experts tasked with reviewing the findings of a probe into the fatal Dec. 6, 2018 nighttime refueling accident involving an F/A-18D Hornet and KC-130J Hercules found "many inaccuracies" they say led to "differing and false narratives," according to the report, which was obtained exclusively by Military.com.

Initial findings into the accident, which killed the Hornet pilot and five Marines in the C-130, said the aviator who caused the collision wasn't qualified to fly that night and that drug use contributed to the mishap.

The Marine Corps now says those findings were wrong.

The first investigation was not impartial in its focus, thorough in its scope or accurate in its findings, wrote Lt. Gen. Robert Hedelund, the Marine Corps' longest-serving aviator assigned to carry out the new review.

"Because of this, we lost trust with the American people, the families of those who perished, and the young men and women who fly our aircraft," Hedelund wrote.

Assistant Commandant Gen. Gary Thomas directed the review last year when several members of the squadron were relieved of command as a result of the accident. The review, officials said at the time, would look at possible disciplinary action against other leaders.

Two senior officers a two-star general and a colonel have now received formal reprimands amid the renewed examination of shortfalls leading up to the crash. And an aviation safety officer who was incorrectly blamed after the first investigation has now been cleared of any wrongdoing.

Hedelund, who was designated a naval aviator in 1985 and currently leads Marine Corps Forces Command, said the Marine Corps must act now to reclaim the public's trust.

"I firmly believe this report is a clarion call to improve our practices, and can serve as a seminal document to assist in guiding our force development efforts," he wrote.

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https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/07/01/general-colonel-rebuked-after-marine-corps-finds-serious-flaws-fatal-crash-investigation.html

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Taliban was infiltrated by Mossad and C_A so they could run the opium trade for the cabal.

The real Taliban eliminated opium production, so DS started a war.