How to mainstream delusional thinking - Fox News host Tucker Carlson calls QAnon followers 'gentle' patriots theguardian.com/us-news/2021/m…
This slow creep of insane conspiracy theories being accepted by an increasing number of the US right is a fundamental threat to democratic societies.
Engaging with conspiracy theorists who see everyone outside of their community as either dupes or part of the conspiracy is extremely dangerous, especially when that conspiracy claims the political opposition are a cult of Satanic paedophiles.
New investigation from @Bellingcat shows how influencers use services that provide monkeys, tigers, lions and cheetahs that they pose with in their Instagram posts that can be tracked to a shady network involved in the wildlife trade bellingcat.com/news/mena/2021…
Our researchers were able to track multiple animals that appeared in different influencers' videos and photographs by using the pattern on the animals' fur.
Helpfully, the users who shared the photographs and videos of the animals on Instagram tagged the same account, the mysterious mbe.777
You'd think with all the questions @marydejevsky has about me and Bellingcat she would have at least tried to have emailed us some questions while she was writing this piece, I'd have been happy to answer them. unherd.com/2021/02/bellin…
Mary on the edge here of discovering the details of my years playing World of Warcraft & administrating housing moves and bill payments for asylum seekers. What's more interesting to explain, the details of organising a 40 man raid on Blackwing Lair or our latest investigations?
Mary could answer many of these questions about our sources by reading our detailed articles about our sources and how we treat them, or listening to the many interviews I've given on the topic in the last couple of weeks bellingcat.com/resources/2020…
Russia will not be participating as they've refused to take part in the hearing. Definitely the act of an innocent party.
Jacques Maire starts by explaining the situation they're investigating, the poisoning of Navalny with Novichok, and introduces the work of Bellingcat, as seen here bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-eu…
Our latest on @bellingcat takes a look at the journey of Ashli Babbitt, from Obama supporter to MAGA QAnon cultist, and the shooting in the Capitol building on January 6th that led to her death. bellingcat.com/news/2021/01/0…
In 2018, Ashli Babbitt expressed support for President Obama and opposition to Hillary Clinton, which led to her voting for Trump.
A year later, she was already referring to the Pizzagate conspiracy theory that led many to QAnon conspiracy theories
BREAKING - In a bizarre twist in the Navalny FSB assassination case, Navalny managed to trick one of the FSB officers involved into providing details of the assassination attempt by phone, all caught on camera. bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-eu…
The FSB officer involved in the post-operation clean up provided details of the attempt in a 45+ minute call with Navalny, including details of where the poison was placed - Navalny's underpants.
The FSB officer also provided Navalny, who he believed to be the assistant of a senior government figure, with the reason why he thought the plot failed.