Stephen McParlin
@stephenmcparlin.bsky.social
Aerodynamicist, avid European, socially and politically liberal. Scouse exile. Geeky. Auld hippie. Has lots of peculiar interests. Opinions very much my own.
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Good moment to remember that US foreign policy is also being reoriented to enable foreign censors and authoritarian propaganda around the world
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America Surrenders in the Global Information Wars
The U.S. is reorienting its foreign policy to protect governments that manipulate and suppress information.
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September 19, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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Rachel Maddow points out two surprising but mostly overlooked revelations that came from Donald Trump's Oval Office meltdown over his inability to arrange a deal with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy. One is Trump revealing the last time he spoke with Vladimir Putin, something about which he is....
Maddow: Two new details learned from Trump's Oval Office meltdown
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March 1, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Rachel Maddow points out two surprising but mostly overlooked revelations that came from Donald Trump's Oval Office meltdown over his inability to arrange a deal with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy. One is Trump revealing the last time he spoke with Vladimir Putin, something about which he is....
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On 24 June 2023 Prigozhin was 200km from Moscow.
Now Putin’s in the Oval.
Russian history has always been wild.
Now Putin’s in the Oval.
Russian history has always been wild.
March 1, 2025 at 7:13 AM
On 24 June 2023 Prigozhin was 200km from Moscow.
Now Putin’s in the Oval.
Russian history has always been wild.
Now Putin’s in the Oval.
Russian history has always been wild.
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A former White House lawyer under Nixon writes:
The Trump presidency is deeply embarrassing. Today, he and JD Vance, went to new lows in attacking president Zelenskyy – a true war hero. Trump and Vance looked weak. Absent their positions they are weak. Today we witnessed way beyond Nixonian abuses of power. It was Hilterian.
March 1, 2025 at 7:13 AM
A former White House lawyer under Nixon writes:
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Guess what?
If you have sacrificed my nation to preserve the peace of the world, I will be the first to applaud you. But if not, Gentlemen, God help your souls.
Jan Masaryk
1938.
Jan Masaryk
1938.
I see Trump is handing over Czechoslovakia.
March 1, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Guess what?
I’ve been a member of the European Movement since Brexit. The U.K. has been targeted by Putin for assassinations, corruption and subversion. It’s time for that to be reflected and admitted to by HMG. Let’s call out Fuhrage and his Quislings for what they are.
If you’re outraged by Trump & Vance and want to *do* something…
Join European Movement UK.
The UK needs to get back to being a full member state asap - as Europe needs to unite hard.
Join European Movement UK.
The UK needs to get back to being a full member state asap - as Europe needs to unite hard.
European Movement
We're the UK's largest pro-European movement. Our goal is to reverse the calamity of Brexit and restore relations with our European neighbours.
www.europeanmovement.co.uk
March 1, 2025 at 6:24 AM
I’ve been a member of the European Movement since Brexit. The U.K. has been targeted by Putin for assassinations, corruption and subversion. It’s time for that to be reflected and admitted to by HMG. Let’s call out Fuhrage and his Quislings for what they are.
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Given that the Trump people did nothing to induce Russia to end the war, it’s fair to conclude that the whole idea of pursuing peace was just a pretext to renew relations with Russia.
February 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Given that the Trump people did nothing to induce Russia to end the war, it’s fair to conclude that the whole idea of pursuing peace was just a pretext to renew relations with Russia.
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History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for.
February 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
History will remember this day— when an American President and Vice President abandoned all we stand for.
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What we’re witnessing in America is what happens when disordered discourse captures a political party, then the state itself. The Republican Party was the first to fall - abandoning truth for conspiracy, ideology for grievance, and policy for performative outrage.
February 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
What we’re witnessing in America is what happens when disordered discourse captures a political party, then the state itself. The Republican Party was the first to fall - abandoning truth for conspiracy, ideology for grievance, and policy for performative outrage.
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Nigel Farage with the wife of the man who’s accused of bribing his fellow MEP, Nathan Gill
February 25, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Nigel Farage with the wife of the man who’s accused of bribing his fellow MEP, Nathan Gill
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Every day, the goals become clearer: The point of DOGE is not efficiency, but regime change
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There’s a Term for What Trump and Musk Are Doing
How regime change happens in America
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February 23, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Every day, the goals become clearer: The point of DOGE is not efficiency, but regime change
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World Wonders What Trump Has On United States That’s Forcing Nation To Keep Him In Power
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February 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
World Wonders What Trump Has On United States That’s Forcing Nation To Keep Him In Power
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A lawyer’s resignation letter for the ages, and that penultimate paragraph is an absolute corker.
AUSA Hagan Scotten, former clerk for John Roberts, really put some mustard on his resignation letter.
February 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM
A lawyer’s resignation letter for the ages, and that penultimate paragraph is an absolute corker.
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Absolutely @eddavey.libdems.org.uk
Ukraine has fought too hard for its freedom, only to have its future dictated by Putin and Trump behind closed doors.
Any peace must guarantee Ukraine’s sovereignty and security on terms acceptable to Ukrainians, not just to Moscow and Mar-a-Lago.
Any peace must guarantee Ukraine’s sovereignty and security on terms acceptable to Ukrainians, not just to Moscow and Mar-a-Lago.
February 12, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Absolutely @eddavey.libdems.org.uk
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If it's so easy to destroy the American democracy and turn it over to the country's enemy, then why hasn't it been done before? Or is it only this perfect storm of online propaganda technology and a years-long eradication of trust in the legacy media that's done it?
February 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
If it's so easy to destroy the American democracy and turn it over to the country's enemy, then why hasn't it been done before? Or is it only this perfect storm of online propaganda technology and a years-long eradication of trust in the legacy media that's done it?
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And there it is: Doors are open for kleptocracy in America
February 6, 2025 at 8:27 PM
And there it is: Doors are open for kleptocracy in America
I stopped listening to R4 when John Humphrys was routinely allowing Gove to gallop through unchallenged non-sequiturs. In retrospect, the BBC gave up on journalistic integrity well before that.
Anyway, look: I stopped listening to the Today programme a while back and am now much better informed. Would recommend you do the same, until they sort their shit out.
January 26, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I stopped listening to R4 when John Humphrys was routinely allowing Gove to gallop through unchallenged non-sequiturs. In retrospect, the BBC gave up on journalistic integrity well before that.
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As the 5th anniversary of Brexit approaches, here's the chillingly methodical moment when the UK flag was removed from the EU Council building in Brussels. Since then, not a single Brexit promise has come true.
#BrexitHasFailed
#BrexitHasFailed
January 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
As the 5th anniversary of Brexit approaches, here's the chillingly methodical moment when the UK flag was removed from the EU Council building in Brussels. Since then, not a single Brexit promise has come true.
#BrexitHasFailed
#BrexitHasFailed
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This is the person of the year.
December 19, 2024 at 12:46 PM
This is the person of the year.
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💥 Former MI6 boss Sir Richard Dearlove tells me:
“We have to face up to the fact that the Russians think they're in a state of war with us. Donald Tusk has referred to it as a pre-war situation. I think he's wrong. I think it's an actual war.”
“We have to face up to the fact that the Russians think they're in a state of war with us. Donald Tusk has referred to it as a pre-war situation. I think he's wrong. I think it's an actual war.”
November 27, 2024 at 5:32 PM
💥 Former MI6 boss Sir Richard Dearlove tells me:
“We have to face up to the fact that the Russians think they're in a state of war with us. Donald Tusk has referred to it as a pre-war situation. I think he's wrong. I think it's an actual war.”
“We have to face up to the fact that the Russians think they're in a state of war with us. Donald Tusk has referred to it as a pre-war situation. I think he's wrong. I think it's an actual war.”
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It's disheartening that in an age where knowledge has never been more accessible - the United States is about to be governed by an administration so primitive and ignorant as to believe that tariffs are good and that vaccines are bad.
November 26, 2024 at 3:17 AM
It's disheartening that in an age where knowledge has never been more accessible - the United States is about to be governed by an administration so primitive and ignorant as to believe that tariffs are good and that vaccines are bad.
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Fact-Checking RFK Jr. On Health
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November 25, 2024 at 7:05 PM
Fact-Checking RFK Jr. On Health
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That’s the quote. I was looking for it. And here it is. Hannah Arendt on the Matt Gaetz as AG announcement
'This process includes the replacement of all first-rate talents, regardless of their political loyalties, with crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is the best guarantee of their loyalty.' (The Origins of Totalitarianism, renewed version, A Harvest Book New York, 1976, 339)
November 14, 2024 at 11:38 AM
That’s the quote. I was looking for it. And here it is. Hannah Arendt on the Matt Gaetz as AG announcement
So, I’ve finally deactivated and deleted my account in the place that shall be forgotten…
November 6, 2024 at 9:59 PM
So, I’ve finally deactivated and deleted my account in the place that shall be forgotten…