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Eliot Higgins

@eliothiggins.bsky.social
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Founder and creative director of Bellingcat and director of Bellingcat Productions BV. Author of We Are Bellingcat.

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CalMatters @calmatters.org · 6h
CalMatters won first place for immigration reporting for “Agents of Chaos: Tracking Border Patrol Operations Across the US,” a joint project with Evident Media and Bellingcat. CalMatters was also a finalist for a single newsletter for “My Legislator.” cal.news/4AP8X4V
Online Journalism Awards graphic announcing “Agents of Chaos” as a 2026 winner for topical reporting on immigration and “My Legislator” as a 2026 finalist for excellence in newsletters.
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Anthony L. Fisher @anthonylfisher.bsky.social · 11h
Found the perfect screengrab to use the next time someone tries to tell me I’m missing out on important discourse by not using Elon Musk’s mircoblog site
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 15h
We are aware of an individual using a UK number on Telegram and WhatsApp under the name “Antony Kevin” to seek assistance recruiting journalists and analysts working on Syria. They claim to work for Bellingcat, but do not. Please disregard requests from them and contact [contact@bellingcat.com].
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Andy Scollick @andyscollick.bsky.social · 15h
Amnesty International UK chair Sandy Ruthven has left the Green Party following the party's adoption of its 'Zionism is racism' motion at its conference over the weekend. (Sky News)
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Former Green mayoral candidate quits party
Sandy Ruthven has resigned his membership of the Green Party after its conference adopted a 'Zionism is racism' motion
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 15h
This individual does not work for Bellingcat, and have no prior knowledge of them or their activities, so we'd urge anyone who is contacted by them to ignore their requests, and let us know via contact@bellingcat.com
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 15h
Bellingcat has become aware of an individual contacting people via Telegram and WhatsApp from a UK number, naming themselves "Antony Kevin", claiming to work for Bellingcat, and asking for assistance recruiting journalists and analysts working on Syria, in particular Damascus and Idlib.
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404 Media @404media.co · 16h
According to a Meta source, as well as internal security documentation and internal posts viewed by 404 Media, at least one of the vulnerabilities could have allowed an outside attacker — that is, a normal Muse user — to access data in sensitive internal Meta databases.
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Meta Rushed to Fix Muse ‘VM Escape' Vulnerability Immediately Before Launch
The vulnerability could have let a Muse user access sensitive internal Meta databases.
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404 Media @404media.co · 16h
NEW: In the immediate weeks before Muse’s launch, Meta engineers found several security vulnerabilities, at least one of which could have allowed malicious users to break outside of Muse’s intended environment and access Meta’s own sensitive databases and services, 404 Media has learned.
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Meta Rushed to Fix Muse ‘VM Escape' Vulnerability Immediately Before Launch
The vulnerability could have let a Muse user access sensitive internal Meta databases.
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 20h
What can AI actually do for investigative research? Our Stage Talk with journalist @craigsilverman.bsky.social is out now. Craig shares how he uses AI in investigations, what it can uncover, and the risks researchers need to watch for. Search 'Stage Talks with Bellingcat': rss.com/podcasts/bel...
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"Using AI In Investigations - To Uncover A North Korean Hiring Scam" with Craig Silverman | Stage Talks with Bellingcat
This week OSINT journalist and trainer Craig Silverman joined us to share how he uses AI in investigations, from prompting Claude to become a research…
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 23h
Hadn’t realised that you could ‘attend’ GPEW conference - and seemingly vote - remotely just by being a member and paying a fee. Can’t see what might go wrong with that, at all….
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 23h
Spain’s Sánchez calls snap election amid national housing crisis – Europe live
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Spain’s Sánchez calls snap election amid national housing crisis – Europe live
PM says vote will take place on 29 November after parliament rejected two of his government’s emergency relief measures Sanchez says “to do more, we need to renew and expand public support” for the “deep reforms” required. “We must mobilise and secure a much broader progressive majority in parliament – one that allows us to overcome the elites … and continue transforming Spain,” he says. Continue reading...
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 05/10/2026
Russia’s federal statistics agency has reportedly stopped publishing the number of people living below the poverty line for 2026, but it's kept the percentage rate (7% in Q2). Why? Rosstat cites a law allowing the govt to restrict release of some official statistics. t.me/economystica...
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Экономистика
Росстат прекратил публикацию абсолютных оценок численности бедных за 2026 год. В публикации от 9 сентября вместо числа жителей за I и II кварталы, а также первое полугодие стоят прочерки. Ведомство со...
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Sky News @news.sky.com · 04/10/2026
US removes all Air Force bombers from RAF Fairford
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US removes all Air Force bombers from RAF Fairford
The US Air Force has removed all of its bombers from RAF Fairford, it has revealed.
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subtleknife.bsky.social @subtleknife.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Als je in Nederland bent: nu NPO2 aanzetten!
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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Satellite images confirm that a Russian Su-34 and a Su-35S were destroyed at the Khanskaya military airfield in Russian Adygea last night. These aircraft are heavily used to attack Ukraine. Excellent news. Source: AviVector
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
On tonight in the Netherlands at 22:40! www.vpro.nl/artikelen/ki...
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Killing Anna: Psychologische docu-thriller onthult Syrische misdaden
Killing Anna: zondag 4 oktober, 22.40 uur, VPRO, NPO 2 en NPO Start
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Just Elon Musk endorsing this 4Chan case on why high status males [& the neurodivergent!] should have a say in democracy. (Women are not free to think; should not have voice/vote).
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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This is sad news. Simon was a big help with this story that showed Howard Lutnick apparently lied about his business entanglement with Jeffrey Epstein—a story that deserves more attention. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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New details from Epstein files reveal Lutnick had years-long business tie with sex offender
The commerce secretary apparently still hasn't come clean on his connection with Epstein.
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General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Is there a subtle contrast being drawn between who Labour help and who the Tories help 🤔 #CPC26
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Nice Panzer she's driving
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
On tonight in the Netherlands at 22:40! www.vpro.nl/artikelen/ki...
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Killing Anna: Psychologische docu-thriller onthult Syrische misdaden
Killing Anna: zondag 4 oktober, 22.40 uur, VPRO, NPO 2 en NPO Start
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Nikki McCann Ramírez @nikkimcr.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Trump straight up doxxed Senator Tom Cotton this morning
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Illia Ponomarenko @ioponomarenko.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Just hanging on the edge of my seat, waiting for all the witnesses of “Ukrainian biolabs,” because of which Russia was right to exterminate Ukraine, to lose their shit to the same extent over the very much real reckless leak of pneumonic plague from a lab in Russia’s Irkutsk.
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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Moldova’s National Army radars recorded a sixth airspace violation in one day, an unmanned drone, as Russia launched a massive attack on Ukraine.
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 03/10/2026
Killing Anna, a new production by Bellingcat and Keo Films, will be broadcast in the Netherlands, UK and Latvia this month. The psychological thriller follows a Syrian academic who, using the alias Anna, befriends a former Syrian regime official suspected of involvement in the Tadamon massacre.
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Kiran Stacey @kiranstacey.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
EXC: Tories plan cuts even greater than the £47bn already announced, says Tory shadow chancellor in a recording leaked to the Guardian. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Tories plan to extend cuts beyond £47bn previously pledged, leak reveals
Exclusive: Shadow chancellor Andrew Griffith told party members last year he had discussed making further savings if they win next election
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Today's Profiles in Courage
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 03/10/2026
Killing Anna will also screen at a number of film festivals over the next three months. Details of where and when you can watch the film are included in the image below.
Killing Anna: 
Upcoming Festivals:
Prix Bayeux - 5th October
Double Exposure - 13th October
Doxumentale - Stories of Freedom - November 11th 
Exground FilmFest Wiesbaden - November 13th 
Women’s Worlds Film Festival - 18th November
Peloponnisos International Doc Film Festival - November 22nd 
Watch Docs Human Rights Film Festival Warsaw - December 1st


Upcoming TX dates:
VPRO Netherlands TX date: 4th October 
UK Channel 4 TX date: October 12th at 11pm
LTV Latvia TX date: October 13th
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 03/10/2026
Viewers in the Netherlands can catch Killing Anna on VPRO, NPO 2 and NPO Start tomorrow evening, details of which can be found here: www.vpro.nl/artikelen/ki...
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Killing Anna: Psychologische docu-thriller onthult Syrische misdaden
Killing Anna: zondag 4 oktober, 22.40 uur, VPRO, NPO 2 en NPO Start
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
When is the right time to compare US politics to the Nazi era? This expert on Christian nationalism says: now www.theguardian.com/books/2026/o...
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When is the right time to compare US politics to the Nazi era? This expert on Christian nationalism says: now
Robert P Jones argues that declining white Christian influence has fuelled an alliance with Trump, and warns it is reshaping US democracy
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Jay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Pro tip: If you have to shore up your base support in Oklahoma and Alabama, the rest of the map must be a total disaster for your party.
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Marcel van den Berg @marcelvandenberg.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Tv-tip: morgen, zondag bij NPO2 de documentaire Killing Anna. www.vpro.nl/artikelen/ki...
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Killing Anna: Psychologische docu-thriller onthult Syrische misdaden
Killing Anna: zondag 4 oktober, 22.40 uur, VPRO, NPO 2 en NPO Start
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Combining all 8 NYT polls from September, & assuming everything not polled goes to expectation (including NC to Dem), by margin of the NYT poll you'd get: Texas as Dems' seat #49, Alaska as seat #50, Ohio at #51 (Dem +3); Kansas #52 (tie); Iowa #53 (Dem -1); Maine #54 (Dem -3).
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Holy shit, the favorability ratings: Talarico 47/38 (indies 57/30) Paxton 39/51 (indies 27/68) Turek 44/34 Hinson 41/45 Brown 46/41 (indies 47/36) Husted 37/47 (indies:35/50) Peltola 50/42 (indies 68/28) Sullivan 42/53 (indies 24/73) Hamilton 39/27 Marshall 40/45
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The NYT dropped 5 major Senate polls this morning — and they tell you exactly why the GOP is freaking out about the Senate. Alaska: Peltola up 50/43 Texas: Talarico up 51/45 Ohio: Brown up 49/46 Kansas: a 45/45 tie Iowa: Hinson up 48/47.
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Kevin Rothrock @kevinrothrock.me · 03/10/2026
Russian authorities still haven't confirmed reports that a 28-yr-old woman in Shelekhov died of pneumonic plague. But the local hospital is quarantined, a nearby city briefly warned residents not to travel there, & local pharmacies are running short of key antibiotics. t.me/Baikal_Peopl...
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Люди Байкала
Не ездить в Шелехов из-за чумы попросили власти Байкальска — и через два часа удалили пост. РЕН ТВ стер пять публикаций об инфекции 18+ НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ (ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) ПРОИЗВЕДЕН, РАСПРОСТРАНЕН И (ИЛ...
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
For background on the film's remarkable story: www.theguardian.com/world/2022/a...
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Massacre in Tadamon: how two academics hunted down a Syrian war criminal
After a rookie militiaman secretly watched a video of 41 people being brutally killed, he knew he had to get the horrific images to the outside world
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Exground FilmFest Wiesbaden - November 13th Women’s Worlds Film Festival - 18th November Peloponnisos International Doc Film Festival - November 22nd Watch Docs Human Rights Film Festival Warsaw - December 1st
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Bellingcat's latest documentary, Killing Anna, has new broadcast and festival dates: VPRO Netherlands : 4th October UK Channel 4 : October 12th at 11pm LTV Latvia : October 13th Prix Bayeux - 5th October Double Exposure - 13th October Doxumentale - Stories of Freedom - November 11th
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Rena Netjes @renanetjes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
4/ Noticed more sleeveless blouses and t-shirts on women of all ages around Damascus this time.
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Rena Netjes @renanetjes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
3/ There isn't much of a language barrier for Turks here.. Millions of (especially young) Syrians picked up fluent Turkish after many years in Türkiye. The owner of this shop, which opened back in June, relocated from Istanbul’s İstiklal St. Business is booming, and he’s thrilled to be home.
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Rena Netjes @renanetjes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
2/ New shops are popping up almost daily here in Damascus. Talked to the owners of this 5-week-old kiosk (an Idlib & Damascus duo). Older shopkeepers tell me business is way better post-Assad, the end of crushing import bans has broken their reliance on the smuggling economy.
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Rena Netjes @renanetjes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
One month in Damascus: a few field notes outside my usual research Observation 1: Traffic is the ultimate hazard. Pedestrian crossings are mostly ornamental, demanding often an assertive hand-raise just to claim the right-of-way, while motorbikes darting down sidewalks keep you on your toes.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🔎 From the archive: Was Peter Thiel’s controversial data firm – which holds contracts with the UK’s NHS and Ministry of Defence – targeting democratic dissent as well as illegal immigration? WIRED confirms ICE stored information about protestors in a Palantir-built database #PalantirSpyTech
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‘Domestic Terrorism’: ICE Contractor Palantir’s Tools for Tracking Dissent
Peter Thiel’s controversial data firm – which holds contracts with the UK’s NHS and Ministry of Defence – researched protest prediction for the US Army before agreeing to build ICE’s data platform to conduct mass deportation. Are its tools now targeting democratic dissent as well as illegal immigration?
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Brave of them to start events so early:
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Daniel Suitor @danielsuitor.com · 02/10/2026
Will is 100% right. Has happened to multiple clients of mine. One judge (not my case) has said that this isn't really release and ordered the person *actually* released. But it's forcing us habeas attorneys to win our cases twice (or more)
On September 9, 2026, Respondents permitted Pablo F. to exit the building where 
he was detained, but he was immediately swarmed by four ICE officers and handcuffed as 
soon as he stepped outside. (Doc. No. 25-3 at 4:48:45–4:49:26.)3
 The officers drove him
to the back of the Whipple building and returned him to a holding cell. (Doc. No. 21 ¶¶ 8–
9; Doc. No. 25 ¶ 5.) During this encounter, officers dislocated Pablo F.’s shoulder. (Doc. 
No. 21 ¶ 7.)4
 Pablo F. now bringsthis Motion seeking to enforce the Court’s Order granting 
the Petition.Again, Respondents make no attempt whatsoever to support their assertion that 
Pablo F. was released. Absent any such argument, the Court cannot agree that a reasonable 
person would have felt free to leave when exiting the detention facility and immediately 
being stopped by ICE officers. Likewise, absent some argument, the Court necessarily 
concludes that Pablo F. was subject to restraints not shared by the public generally when 
he took one step outside of the detention facility and was immediately stopped by ICE 
officers who forcibly returned him to a detention cell. Because Respondents do not make 
any legal argument that Pablo F. was ever meaningfully released from custody, the Court 
grants the motion and orders Pablo F.’s release.6
6 To be clear, Pablo F. is not arguing, and the Court is not concluding, that an order of 
release in a habeas matter renders unlawful any future arrests. Rather, the Court reaches 
the narrow conclusion that because Respondents advance no legal argument in this case to 
support their assertion that Pablo F. was released from custody, and because the 
uncontested facts show that ICE officers immediately swarmed Pablo F. as soon as he 
stepped out of the building, Pablo F. was not released from custody.
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I had a GM treasure hunter character so the treasure hunting section really brought it back for me
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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Earlier this year, the podcast I co-host profiled Michael Tracey and tried to explain why he is... the way that he is. Here's a link to that if you're curious about his background: www.patreon.com/PostingThrou...
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110: Who the Hell is Michael Tracey? feat. Bobby Silverman | Posting Through It
110: Who the Hell is Michael Tracey? feat. Bobby Silverman by Posting Through It on Patreon. Join Posting Through It's community for exclusive content and updates.
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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Michael Tracey claims he took his post down out of principle, and that it wasn't a "retraction." But it should be. He ran with information from a junk website without looking into it. If he worked at a publication with any sort of standards, this unforced error would be a fireable offense.
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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I don't know why this site listed a name that didn't appear in actual New York court records, but the name has been floating around far-right circles on X. Given the curation of other purported court records on the site (Lindsay Clancy, Clavicular, etc), the site operator may run in those circles.
A list of the other purported court records on "ecourtrecords.org" (taken from an archived copy of the website)
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