Marcus Chown
@marcuschown.bsky.social
Writer. Books include A Crack in Everything, Breakthrough, The Ascent of Gravity, Infinity in the Palm of Your Hand, Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You & Solar System for iPad. See www.marcuschown.com
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Marcus Chown
@marcuschown.bsky.social
· Jan 5
"The most revolutionary thing one can do is always to proclaim loudly what is happening."
- Rosa Luxemburg
- Rosa Luxemburg
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Kidnapping the leader of a foreign state without any declaration of war and announcing it via social media is full-on rogue state stuff. From the world’s number one superpower.
January 3, 2026 at 9:56 AM
Kidnapping the leader of a foreign state without any declaration of war and announcing it via social media is full-on rogue state stuff. From the world’s number one superpower.
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A defining moment for Europe. If it endorses/fails to condemn this flagrant breach of international law, it will have surrendered its core justification for opposing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
JUST IN: Trump says the U.S. has captured Maduro and his wife and flown them out of the country.
January 3, 2026 at 10:17 AM
A defining moment for Europe. If it endorses/fails to condemn this flagrant breach of international law, it will have surrendered its core justification for opposing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
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Nigel Farage expresses support for Trump's "unorthodox" breach of international law - on grounds that they may "make China and Russia think twice"
But the main impact on Russia and China will be to help them to legitimise aggression in cases like Ukraine and Taiwan, citing Trump/US as analogous.
But the main impact on Russia and China will be to help them to legitimise aggression in cases like Ukraine and Taiwan, citing Trump/US as analogous.
January 3, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Nigel Farage expresses support for Trump's "unorthodox" breach of international law - on grounds that they may "make China and Russia think twice"
But the main impact on Russia and China will be to help them to legitimise aggression in cases like Ukraine and Taiwan, citing Trump/US as analogous.
But the main impact on Russia and China will be to help them to legitimise aggression in cases like Ukraine and Taiwan, citing Trump/US as analogous.
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Keir Starmer should condemn Trump’s illegal action in Venezuela.
Maduro is a brutal and illegitimate dictator, but unlawful attacks like this make us all less safe.
Trump is giving a green light to the likes of Putin and Xi to attack other countries with impunity.
Maduro is a brutal and illegitimate dictator, but unlawful attacks like this make us all less safe.
Trump is giving a green light to the likes of Putin and Xi to attack other countries with impunity.
January 3, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Keir Starmer should condemn Trump’s illegal action in Venezuela.
Maduro is a brutal and illegitimate dictator, but unlawful attacks like this make us all less safe.
Trump is giving a green light to the likes of Putin and Xi to attack other countries with impunity.
Maduro is a brutal and illegitimate dictator, but unlawful attacks like this make us all less safe.
Trump is giving a green light to the likes of Putin and Xi to attack other countries with impunity.
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“Far from acknowledging the dangers of a Trump presidency…., the likes of Farage and Johnson have actively sought to assist him, while personally profiting by association.”
Traitors all. They do us nothing but harm. Just how many times do we need to be warned?
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/trumps-ill...
Traitors all. They do us nothing but harm. Just how many times do we need to be warned?
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/trumps-ill...
Trump's Illegal Assault on Venezuela Opens the Door to Even Darker Foreign Adventures
It's time for the President's apologists to admit that those of us warning about the grave global threat he poses were right
www.adambienkov.co.uk
January 3, 2026 at 12:23 PM
“Far from acknowledging the dangers of a Trump presidency…., the likes of Farage and Johnson have actively sought to assist him, while personally profiting by association.”
Traitors all. They do us nothing but harm. Just how many times do we need to be warned?
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/trumps-ill...
Traitors all. They do us nothing but harm. Just how many times do we need to be warned?
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/trumps-ill...
Farage is the "patriot" who would sell his own country down the river.
He already takes every opportunity to stab us in the back when he's abroad.
He would invite Putin's war machine onto our shores if he thought there was a buck in it for him.
Patriot.
Traitor, more like.
He already takes every opportunity to stab us in the back when he's abroad.
He would invite Putin's war machine onto our shores if he thought there was a buck in it for him.
Patriot.
Traitor, more like.
January 3, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Farage is the "patriot" who would sell his own country down the river.
He already takes every opportunity to stab us in the back when he's abroad.
He would invite Putin's war machine onto our shores if he thought there was a buck in it for him.
Patriot.
Traitor, more like.
He already takes every opportunity to stab us in the back when he's abroad.
He would invite Putin's war machine onto our shores if he thought there was a buck in it for him.
Patriot.
Traitor, more like.
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At this time of danger from Putin and Trump, Farage is the enemy within.
It's crucially important that those thinking of voting Reform realise this.
It's crucially important that those thinking of voting Reform realise this.
January 3, 2026 at 2:51 PM
At this time of danger from Putin and Trump, Farage is the enemy within.
It's crucially important that those thinking of voting Reform realise this.
It's crucially important that those thinking of voting Reform realise this.
A colleague of Farage's has literally gone to prison for taking bribes from Putin.
Reform voters, how much more evidence do you need that Farage is the enemy within and that he endangers us all?
Reform voters, how much more evidence do you need that Farage is the enemy within and that he endangers us all?
January 3, 2026 at 3:04 PM
A colleague of Farage's has literally gone to prison for taking bribes from Putin.
Reform voters, how much more evidence do you need that Farage is the enemy within and that he endangers us all?
Reform voters, how much more evidence do you need that Farage is the enemy within and that he endangers us all?
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"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last."
- Winston Churchill
History shows that appeasement never works.
The time for appeasing Trump is over.
- Winston Churchill
History shows that appeasement never works.
The time for appeasing Trump is over.
January 3, 2026 at 2:46 PM
"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last."
- Winston Churchill
History shows that appeasement never works.
The time for appeasing Trump is over.
- Winston Churchill
History shows that appeasement never works.
The time for appeasing Trump is over.
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Absolutely true.
What Americans need to understand is that Trump is betraying every one of the 250,000 US servicemen who fought and died for freedom against the Nazis in World War 2.
Every single one of them.
What Americans need to understand is that Trump is betraying every one of the 250,000 US servicemen who fought and died for freedom against the Nazis in World War 2.
Every single one of them.
A president Trump would have supported a German invasion of Britain in 1940
January 3, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Absolutely true.
What Americans need to understand is that Trump is betraying every one of the 250,000 US servicemen who fought and died for freedom against the Nazis in World War 2.
Every single one of them.
What Americans need to understand is that Trump is betraying every one of the 250,000 US servicemen who fought and died for freedom against the Nazis in World War 2.
Every single one of them.
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The US is a rogue state
January 3, 2026 at 11:00 AM
The US is a rogue state
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Europe needs to face reality
No one is coming to help us when Putin invades the first NATO country
The US may even assist Putin
A tiny percentage increase in defence spending by some remote future date is not going to deter Putin
We are signalling to him that we are not serious
Time to wake up
No one is coming to help us when Putin invades the first NATO country
The US may even assist Putin
A tiny percentage increase in defence spending by some remote future date is not going to deter Putin
We are signalling to him that we are not serious
Time to wake up
January 3, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Europe needs to face reality
No one is coming to help us when Putin invades the first NATO country
The US may even assist Putin
A tiny percentage increase in defence spending by some remote future date is not going to deter Putin
We are signalling to him that we are not serious
Time to wake up
No one is coming to help us when Putin invades the first NATO country
The US may even assist Putin
A tiny percentage increase in defence spending by some remote future date is not going to deter Putin
We are signalling to him that we are not serious
Time to wake up
At this time of danger from Putin and Trump, Farage is the enemy within.
It's crucially important that those thinking of voting Reform realise this.
It's crucially important that those thinking of voting Reform realise this.
January 3, 2026 at 2:51 PM
At this time of danger from Putin and Trump, Farage is the enemy within.
It's crucially important that those thinking of voting Reform realise this.
It's crucially important that those thinking of voting Reform realise this.
"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last."
- Winston Churchill
History shows that appeasement never works.
The time for appeasing Trump is over.
- Winston Churchill
History shows that appeasement never works.
The time for appeasing Trump is over.
January 3, 2026 at 2:46 PM
"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last."
- Winston Churchill
History shows that appeasement never works.
The time for appeasing Trump is over.
- Winston Churchill
History shows that appeasement never works.
The time for appeasing Trump is over.
Absolutely true.
What Americans need to understand is that Trump is betraying every one of the 250,000 US servicemen who fought and died for freedom against the Nazis in World War 2.
Every single one of them.
What Americans need to understand is that Trump is betraying every one of the 250,000 US servicemen who fought and died for freedom against the Nazis in World War 2.
Every single one of them.
A president Trump would have supported a German invasion of Britain in 1940
January 3, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Absolutely true.
What Americans need to understand is that Trump is betraying every one of the 250,000 US servicemen who fought and died for freedom against the Nazis in World War 2.
Every single one of them.
What Americans need to understand is that Trump is betraying every one of the 250,000 US servicemen who fought and died for freedom against the Nazis in World War 2.
Every single one of them.
Europe needs to face reality
No one is coming to help us when Putin invades the first NATO country
The US may even assist Putin
A tiny percentage increase in defence spending by some remote future date is not going to deter Putin
We are signalling to him that we are not serious
Time to wake up
No one is coming to help us when Putin invades the first NATO country
The US may even assist Putin
A tiny percentage increase in defence spending by some remote future date is not going to deter Putin
We are signalling to him that we are not serious
Time to wake up
January 3, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Europe needs to face reality
No one is coming to help us when Putin invades the first NATO country
The US may even assist Putin
A tiny percentage increase in defence spending by some remote future date is not going to deter Putin
We are signalling to him that we are not serious
Time to wake up
No one is coming to help us when Putin invades the first NATO country
The US may even assist Putin
A tiny percentage increase in defence spending by some remote future date is not going to deter Putin
We are signalling to him that we are not serious
Time to wake up
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I wonder if any member of the bootlicking American media will display this graph today
January 3, 2026 at 2:14 PM
I wonder if any member of the bootlicking American media will display this graph today
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"So Mr Trump, what was it that first attracted you to the country with the world's largest oil reserves?"
January 3, 2026 at 10:48 AM
"So Mr Trump, what was it that first attracted you to the country with the world's largest oil reserves?"
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Just your occasional reminder that Venezuela’s oil reserves are greater than Saudi Arabia’s, and nearly 4X those of the United States
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/b...
January 3, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Just your occasional reminder that Venezuela’s oil reserves are greater than Saudi Arabia’s, and nearly 4X those of the United States
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/b...
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Canada needs to take see the invasion of Venezuela for what it is - a deliberate attack on the international rules based order. We have a bandit nation on our border and we need to be ready for whatever comes next.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/venezuela-...
charlieangus.substack.com/p/venezuela-...
Venezuela - The Lesson for Canada
Make no mistake, the attack on Venezuela by the Trump regime is not about removing a rogue leader; it is a deliberate attack on international law.
charlieangus.substack.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Canada needs to take see the invasion of Venezuela for what it is - a deliberate attack on the international rules based order. We have a bandit nation on our border and we need to be ready for whatever comes next.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/venezuela-...
charlieangus.substack.com/p/venezuela-...
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Brazil says US crossed 'unacceptable line' over military strikes on Venezuela reut.rs/4quUXXY
Brazil says US crossed 'unacceptable line' over military strikes on Venezuela
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Saturday condemned the U.S. military attack on neighbor Venezuela and the capture of his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolas Maduro, saying it crossed "an unacceptable line."
reut.rs
January 3, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Brazil says US crossed 'unacceptable line' over military strikes on Venezuela reut.rs/4quUXXY
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Anybody who isn't braindead can see that Donald Trump's crimes committed in Gaza the USA and on Epstein island far outweigh any that Maduro might have committed in Venezuela.
January 3, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Anybody who isn't braindead can see that Donald Trump's crimes committed in Gaza the USA and on Epstein island far outweigh any that Maduro might have committed in Venezuela.
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If your position is that regime change should be forced on countries where the president does not respect democratic norms and regularly kidnaps opponents using an officially sanctioned paramiliatary, have I got news for you about your position on the United States
January 3, 2026 at 1:45 PM
If your position is that regime change should be forced on countries where the president does not respect democratic norms and regularly kidnaps opponents using an officially sanctioned paramiliatary, have I got news for you about your position on the United States
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If Xi Jinping invaded Taiwan right now, and toppled the president there, on what grounds would the United States object? Or have any credibility to say anything?
January 3, 2026 at 1:13 PM
If Xi Jinping invaded Taiwan right now, and toppled the president there, on what grounds would the United States object? Or have any credibility to say anything?