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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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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Brave of them to start events so early:

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Pretty sure they do this on purpose.

A close up of the woman in the original image, where her name badge is obscured by a black bar.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Russia's Matryoshka disinformation campaign has shifted to the US elections, where it's making wild claims about random Democratic Party candidates. They've also started one of their jigsaws again, which is nearly complete. Not sure if it's a specific person, but at least my face isn't on the poo.

The image is a crude satirical illustration set against broad red and cream stripes that run down the background and continue across the floor.
On the left stands a shaggy grey donkey, facing the viewer, with large upright ears, a pale muzzle and several white stars across its chest.
On the right is a blonde woman wearing black glasses, a blue dress with puffed sleeves, a white apron and black high heels. She leans forward with one hand on her hip and holds an oversized wooden spoon in the other. The spoon is coated in a brown substance, which also appears smeared around her smiling mouth and chin.
A large pile of faeces sits between them in the foreground, surrounded by flies and rising green and yellow stink lines.
Three horizontal black bands mark missing sections of the reconstructed image: one across the upper ears and hair, a wider band across the donkey’s muzzle and the woman’s waist, and a narrow band near the bottom.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

That's doubt the source, in case you're keeping track.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Just started Traitors Ireland and all I can think of is this

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

That's the "Doubt the Source" move in case you're keeping track

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

No, you want to deny Russia was responsible, it's pretty obvious. This "I'm such a smart contrarian" routine is dumb and boring. You can't actually present any evidence to make your case, so you have to use what I call "disordered doubt" to maintain your position.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

More than 4 years on, Russia Today is still busy trying to deny the Bucha massacre, despite multiple investigations by human rights organisations, international bodies, and investigative journalists that showed Russia's responsibilities.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

UN-backed experts cite possible US war crimes in Iran strikes apnews.com/article/un-h...

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

More reassuring content from the President.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Real abuser shit, "Everything I've done has been for this family. I've sacrificed so much for you, and all I ever get in return is criticism!" *thwack*

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I assume he's referring to people living next to AI data centers generating content for his feed

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

In case you don't understand Trump helpfully posted 3 versions of the same AI generated chart in a row.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Boy, do I have some bad news for Laila Cunningham

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Bonus photo showing a disassembled M4000 chemical bomb, with the mixing arm visible in the tail section on the right, and the burster charge and ballast visible in the nose section on the left.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Also visible in the dismembered bomb remains is the explosive charge that was used to disperse the sarin on image, visible as the red speckled section on the diagram.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

What's visible in this image is the middle section of the bomb, with the barrier between the two precursors visible. There's also another metal band visible which the barrier is connected to. This band is visible in the M4000 diagram published by Russia between the two suspension lugs.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The metal ring behind the arm is a feature that was visible on the debris marked as 1 on the right hand image, showing the tail section of the M4000 post-attack. It's a metal band that runs around the interior of the bomb, the remains of which were documented at both sites.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

This clearly shows a key part of the bomb, the function of which was described in a 2017 @mediapart.fr article. This oddly shaped item is the mixing arm, which was used to combine the two sarin precursors used to create the sarin inside the bomb: www.mediapart.fr/en/journal/i...

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I pieced the identity together using a diagram Russia rather stupidly shared, and the debris of the munition recovered from 2 of the 3 attacks sites, and documented by The White Helmets and OPCW (among others). This is the first time we get a proper look at the interior of the bombs pre-explosion.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

A new video from Syria shows M4000 chemical bombs being disassembled. These bombs were used in 3 attacks in 2017, including the notorious Khan Sheikhoun chemical attack. After that attack I pieced together their identity back in 2017 using open source evidence www.bellingcat.com/news/2020/04...

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Milo's latest performative engagement grift has started, via the Spectator. A sad clown past his prime.

A Spectator article by Milo Yiannopoulos titled "I am a persecuted human rights icon"

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I was just sent this paper, "Theorizing the rise of internet food cults", and this section could have the names and communities replaced by those from the MH17 or Syria chemical weapon truther community and it would still be 100% valid. Same dynamics every time. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

The US President calls on the FCC to do something about polls he finds uncomfortable.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Trump, who is a very normal and okay US president, just posted this as a follow up.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Laura Loomer has posted a letter from Randy Fine, Keith Self, and Randy K Weber to Marco Rubio and Todd Blanche demanding they investigate The Grayzone and Max Blumenthal.

Laura Loomer post:
🚨 EXCLUSIVE 🚨

GOP Members of Congress call for State Department and DOJ to investigate Radical Left Islamic Terror Sympathizer Max Blumenthal Following His Return From Iran

GOP Congressman
@RepFine
has written a letter to Secretary of State
@SecRubio
and US Attorney General Todd Blanche
@AGToddBlanche
calling for radical left propagandist Max Blumenthal
@MaxBlumenthal
to be investigated by State Department and the DOJ for traveling to Iran to attend the Ayatollah’s funeral. The letter highlights Blumenthal’s pro-Islamic regime activities and his longtime support for state sponsors of Islamic terrorism and radical left movements.

The letter continues,

“The question of who finances Blumenthal's activities and those of his Grayzone Project also remains.
This subject seems particularly relevant in light of the Trump administration's worthwhile efforts to expose the nexus between hostile foreign states and subversive leftist activism on the American homeland.

Laura Loomer post continued:
Upon his return from Iran, DHS had reason to confiscate Blumenthal's devices and ask him about who financed his trip to Iran. Blumenthal has since attempted to make a media spectacle out of his devices being confiscated despite traveling to a sanctioned country where he willingly attended the funeral of a global funder of Islamic terrorism.

Blumenthal's lengthy track record of supporting enemy propaganda, and his recent participation in Ali Khameni's funeral, shows that he sympathizes with America's enemies and is a threat to United States national security. I urge you to use your offices to promptly investigate Max Blumenthal to ensure the American public is safe from this traitor.”

The letter was also signed by GOP Reps Keith Self
@RepKeithSelf
and
@TXRandy14
Randy Weber.

This letter to the Secretary of State and US Attorney General comes 2 days after Marco Rubio announced the State Department is imposing sanctions on violent far-left terrorist groups.

In a press release, the State Department
@StateDept
said, “Today’s actions are being taken pursuant to Executive Order 13224, as amended, which targets terrorists, terrorist organizations, leaders and officials of terrorist groups, and those providing support to terrorists or acts of terrorism. This designation is part of a broader U.S. government effort to address the threat of transnational far-left terrorism.”

Source: https://state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/08/imposing-sanctions-on-violent-far-left-terrorist-groups

Perhaps this is the beginning of the end for Max Blumenthal and his publication @TheGrayzoneNews

Dear Secretary Rubio and Attorney General Blanche, I want to thank you for your hard work and your continued service in protecting America from terrorism and foreign actors who wish to do harm to us. I also want to thank you for looking into our original request on July 17 my colleagues and I sent you regarding anti-American activist Calla Walsh, Jackson Hinkle, and Christopher Helali, for participating in Ali Khamenei's funeral, an event that was organized and orchestrated by Iranian authorities, including the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which
is a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). I am writing today requesting that you add to your investigation an additional American, Max Blumenthal, for also participating in Ali Khameni's funeral in Iran. Max Blumenthal, editor-in-chief of The Grayzone, is a radical leftist who hides under the veil of "journalism' to relay propaganda and misinformation that benefits America's enemies. He is known for his denial of the atrocities of the
October 7th massacre committed by Palestinian terrorists, calling some details of the massacre "manufactured" by the Israeli government, casting doubt on the victims' testimonies. Max is also known
for his support of the Iranian regime, even making excuses for Iran's oppression of its people. Khamenei's funeral wasn't the first time Blumenthal had gone to Iran. He also traveled there in 2025, just prior to Operation Midnight Hammer, to film a state-sponsored propaganda piece about the supposed "safety" of Iran's tiny Jewish community -- tiny because most of that community was driven out by the Islamic Revolution of 1979. The IRGC and its proxies, meanwhile, have been found responsible for trying to murder Jews and firebomb their synagogues, schools, ambulances and cultural
institutions all around the world, from Melbourne to Munich to London to New York.

Blumenthal is no ordinary supporter of the world's leading sponsor of state terrorism. He is also the son of Sidney Blumenthal, the former White House aide to President Bill Clinton and a confidante of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. It should be a matter of grave concern to our law enforcement and counterintelligence agencies that the child of a leading Democratic Party operative has been cultivated
as an agent of influence by an FTO and current military adversary of the United States.
The question of who finances Blumenthal's activities and those of his Grayzone Project also remains. This subject seems particularly relevant in light of the Trump administration's worthwhile efforts to expose the nexus between hostile foreign states and subversive leftist activism on the American
homeland. Upon his return from Iran, DHS had reason to confiscate Blumenthal's devices and ask him about who financed his trip to Iran. Blumenthal has since attempted to make a media spectacle out of his devices being confiscated despite traveling to a sanctioned country where he willingly attended the funeral of a
global funder of Islamic terrorism. Blumenthal's lengthy track record of supporting enemy propaganda, and his recent participation in Ali Khameni's funeral, shows that he sympathizes with America's enemies and is a threat to United States national security. I urge you to use your offices to promptly investigate Max Blumenthal to ensure the
American public is safe from this traitor. Thank you for your attention to this important matter. If you have any questions, please contact my
office.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I have the feeling these are the documents Trump is given by his staff to show him how loved and successful he is, which is why he's so delusional about his performance.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I think the kids call this "aura-farming"