Eliot Higgins

Every Trump speech now produces approximately two dozen 30-second clips peppering the feed that each alone should trigger impeachment or 25th amendment proceedings and are indistinguishable from what your worst uncle would produce if he had any idea how to make ai-generated videos

I'm not sure the Mad Catz version of Reform is going to prove more appealing than authentic Reform.

Trump tries to goad the Navy into booing "Barack Hussein Obama" but is met mostly with silence

Trump: "We won World War 1. We won World War 2. We won everything in between. We won everything before. And all of the sudden they decide to change the name. They went woke then too, you know. Woke is a long term. Word."

Yesterday, I talked at @jbs.cam.ac.uk #WLC10 about how parasocial relationships can potentially offer a sense of inauthentic “comfort” that may catalyze withdrawal from often-messy human interactions.

‘The president is unhinged’: Trump’s online behavior grows increasingly odd The US president’s recent behavior is strange to many, from reposting a false AI video of himself to confusing comments during press conferences

‘The president is unhinged’: Trump’s online behavior grows increasingly odd www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Syria holds first elections since fall of Bashar al-Assad After more than a decade of civil war, committee members will choose transitional parliament

Syria holds first elections since fall of Bashar al-Assad www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Trump sets sights on liberal megadonor George Soros: ‘A chilling message to other donors’ Billionaire ticks all the boxes on the antisemitic score card as Trump attacks Democratic contributors before midterms

Trump sets sights on liberal megadonor George Soros: ‘A chilling message to other donors’ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

‘I was called an enemy of the people’: how the US Senate went to war with the biggest rock stars of the 1980s Forty years ago Prince, Madonna and Judas Priest were among stars dubbed the ‘Filthy Fifteen’ in a high-profile parents’ campaign against ‘objectionable’ music. Some of those artists, and supporters l...

‘I was called an enemy of the people’: how the US Senate went to war with the biggest rock stars of the 1980s www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...

Bellingcat-oprichter: ‘Verbied algoritmes bij sociale media, ze vergiftigen onze democratie’ Eliot Higgins verwierf faam met zijn onderzoeksplatform Bellingcat. Hij duikt nu in online misinformatie en desinformatie, zoals van de Russen. Maar concludeert dat we zelf onze democratie uithollen.

Bellingcat-oprichter: ‘Verbied algoritmes bij sociale media, ze vergiftigen onze democratie’

How Reform ‘misinformation’ campaign sank town’s refugee sanctuary plan Party accused of stoking divisions in Weston-super-Mare over scheme to improve support for asylum seekers

How Reform ‘misinformation’ campaign sank town’s refugee sanctuary plan www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Big "Hurrah for the blackshirts!" moment for the Express.

Setting the stage for an authoritarian crackdown

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Sept. 2-9, 2025, Washington Post Jewish Americans poll Results from a nationwide survey of Jewish Americans on views of Israel, Gaza and other topics.

A Washington Post poll finds 61% of American Jews say Israel has committed war crimes in Gaza, and about 4 in 10 say it’s committing genocide. wapo.st/42kNv8o

Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows

The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.

An array of photos, interviews and videos of Farage and Gill completely debunk Zia Yusuf's claim that "most people in the senior leadership team have never really heard of the guy”. But there's much more 2/12

‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem Far from being distant from the Reform UK Leader, insiders told Byline Times that the former MEP convicted of bribery was one of Farage’s closest aides, while we reveal how Gill worked on the Kremlin’...

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@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12

ICE impersonator incidents rise during Trump’s second term | CNN A CNN review has found two dozen incidents of people posing as ICE officers in 2025 – more incidents than during the prior four presidential terms combined.

A CNN review has found two dozen incidents of people posing as ICE officers in 2025 – more incidents than during the prior four presidential terms combined.

BBC Apologises For Airing Fake Claim About Digital ID Scheme The BBC has apologised for airing a false claim about Tony Blair's son's company being awarded a government contract to produce the new mandatory d...

NEW: The BBC has apologised for airing a false claim about Tony Blair's son's company being awarded a government contract to produce the new digital ID scheme

“‘I’m leaving,’ Trump said. ‘There’s no reason to be here any more’”: inside the meeting that brought Nato to the brink Former secretary general Jens Stoltenberg recalls the rollercoaster ride of dealing with Donald Trump – and how close the US president brought the alliance to the point of collapse

“‘I’m leaving,’ Trump said. ‘There’s no reason to be here any more’”: inside the meeting that brought Nato to the brink www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Understanding autism and dispelling dangerous disinformation Bylines Scotland asked the National Autistic Society Scotland for their response regarding the disinformation about the causes of autism

Bylines Scotland asked the National Autistic Society Scotland for their response regarding the disinformation about the causes of autism | Bylines Scotland

Discord customer service data breach leaks user info and scanned photo IDs An “unauthorized party” may have accessed the names of users, the last four digits of credit card numbers, and more.

Discord customer service data breach leaks user info and scanned photo IDs

The FBI is weighing an arrest and perp walk for Comey — and suspended an agent for refusing to help, sources say The FBI is considering carrying out a "showy" arrest and perp walk of the agency's now-indicted ex-Director James Comey, sources tell CBS News.

“The source told CBS News that [Kash Patel and Dan Bongino] asked for "large, beefy" agents to conduct an arrest of Comey "in full kit," including Kevlar vests and exterior wear emblazoned with the FBI logo.” The leadership of the FBI is now in the hands of infantile psychopaths.

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sentenced to more than four years in prison on prostitution-related charges Federal prosecutors had pushed for a jail term of 11 years and three months of a possible 20 after music mogul’s conviction

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs sentenced to more than four years in prison on prostitution-related charges www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...

I miss when federal agents looked like federal agents, rather than contracted white supremacist gangmembers.

ICE Zip-Ties Children in Horrific Raid on Chicago Apartment Building ICE agents forced everyone out of a Chicago apartment building in the dead of night.

“Another ABC7 interviewee ducked upon hearing flash bangs detonate, and was then distressed by the sight of children detained. ‘They was bringing the kids down too, had them zip-tied to each other,’ she said.” 10/2/25 newrepublic.com/post/201258/...

This GOP move does several things:
+ No votes in the House until at least October 14
+ No swearing-in for Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva D-AZ
+ No 218th signature from Grijalva on the Epstein Files discharge petition
+ Continues the House 'jam' of the Senate on the CR

BREAKING: A federal judge says there is a realistic likelihood that the prosecution of Kilmar Abrego Garcia was driven by vindictive motives — reflected in the public statements of Bondi, Blanche, Noem et al.

He has ordered discovery on the question.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

BREAKING: The 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 100-page opinion -- says it is unequivocally, lopsidedly easy to determine that the Trump administration's view of birthright citizenship is wrong.

www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...