It was the kind of Saturday morning in downtown Clayton that normally belongs to slow coffee, empty sidewalks, and the easy rhythm of a small town waking up. The sun was still low over the trees, and the 300 block of East Main Street was just beginning to stir. A few early risers were likely making their way to shops, offices, and homes, carrying to-go cups and planning ordinary errands. But shortly after eight o’clock, that quiet routine shattered. Clayton police received a bomb threat call, and within moments, the familiar peace of Main Street was replaced by the urgent…

Here is a humanized summary of the report in six paragraphs. — From 15 to 30 September 2026, a team of researchers and fact-checkers from BROD, the Bulgarian partner in the European Digital Media Observatory network, spent two weeks doing something unusual. Instead of reacting to one fake post at a time, they took a deliberate step back and mapped the entire election information environment as a living, breathing ecosystem. The result is a report built on seven separate datasets, collected exactly one month before Bulgarians headed to the polls for the presidential election on 25 October 2026. If you…