Sean Wienand
@seanwienand.bsky.social
Ex Saffa, new Brit, living in London since just before the madness that was the Brexit vote. Hoping this remains an oligarch-free zone.
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Sean Wienand
@seanwienand.bsky.social
· Nov 24
As I was reminded by a poly-sci academic, politics is a very complex and nuanced business. So, it pains me to be so reductive, but the US simply can't escape the fact that they elected an adjudicated rapist, self-confessed sexual predator, and multiple convicted felon to the White House!
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Trump has pardoned:
(1) A former Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking
(2) Ross Ulbricht, who operated Silk Road, the dark web marketplace where illegal drugs were sold
(3) Binance founder Zhao who failed to stop criminals from using Binance to move money tied to drug trafficking. 1/
(1) A former Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking
(2) Ross Ulbricht, who operated Silk Road, the dark web marketplace where illegal drugs were sold
(3) Binance founder Zhao who failed to stop criminals from using Binance to move money tied to drug trafficking. 1/
December 3, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Trump has pardoned:
(1) A former Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking
(2) Ross Ulbricht, who operated Silk Road, the dark web marketplace where illegal drugs were sold
(3) Binance founder Zhao who failed to stop criminals from using Binance to move money tied to drug trafficking. 1/
(1) A former Honduran president convicted of drug trafficking
(2) Ross Ulbricht, who operated Silk Road, the dark web marketplace where illegal drugs were sold
(3) Binance founder Zhao who failed to stop criminals from using Binance to move money tied to drug trafficking. 1/
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RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
RFK Jr: "Two weeks ago we ended, under your leadership, a twenty year war on women".
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
Three out of five men in this shot have been accused of sexual misconduct, harassment or abusive behaviour towards women. A fourth signed into law a near-total abortion ban in his state as governor.
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I remember reading and posting about this before the 2016 election. It's time Katie Johnson was back in the news.
Trump & Epstein were named as co-defendants in a lawsuit accusing them of raping 13 year old Katie Johnson. She ended up dropping the lawsuit after receiving death threats for her & her family.
This is not new evidence.
This cannot be covered up.
#PedoPresident
This is not new evidence.
This cannot be covered up.
#PedoPresident
November 16, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I remember reading and posting about this before the 2016 election. It's time Katie Johnson was back in the news.
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“100% ANTI TRUMP, WHICH IS PROBABLY ILLEGAL.”
November 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
“100% ANTI TRUMP, WHICH IS PROBABLY ILLEGAL.”
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For an American First isolationist he sure is invade-y.
Trump threatens to invade Nigeria "guns-a-blazing.”
“I am hereby instructing our Department of War to prepare for possible action. If we attack, it will be fast, vicious, and sweet, just like the terrorist thugs attack our CHERISHED Christians!”
“I am hereby instructing our Department of War to prepare for possible action. If we attack, it will be fast, vicious, and sweet, just like the terrorist thugs attack our CHERISHED Christians!”
November 1, 2025 at 9:03 PM
For an American First isolationist he sure is invade-y.
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I'm thinking this through further and there is no difference between deporting people to form a "culturally coherent group of people" and Hitler saying jews could not be aryan.
Caution around Godwin's Law should be dropped. Katie Lam has openly supported nazi ideology.
Caution around Godwin's Law should be dropped. Katie Lam has openly supported nazi ideology.
She said both that integration matters but was very pessimistic about how possible it is after *many* generations
Language of "a mostly but not entirely culturally coherent group of people" conveys a sense that *some* people may remain too visibly different, somehow, to be "culturally coherent"
Language of "a mostly but not entirely culturally coherent group of people" conveys a sense that *some* people may remain too visibly different, somehow, to be "culturally coherent"
October 19, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I'm thinking this through further and there is no difference between deporting people to form a "culturally coherent group of people" and Hitler saying jews could not be aryan.
Caution around Godwin's Law should be dropped. Katie Lam has openly supported nazi ideology.
Caution around Godwin's Law should be dropped. Katie Lam has openly supported nazi ideology.
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Trump has dragged the US to the abyss and Nigel Farage would do the same to Britain.
Reform funded by the super rich would erode worker rights, human rights, hand the NHS to private sector, divide society, deepen inequalities and environmental crisis.
Reform funded by the super rich would erode worker rights, human rights, hand the NHS to private sector, divide society, deepen inequalities and environmental crisis.
Trump has dragged the US to the abyss and Nigel Farage would do the same to Britain. Here’s how to stop him
It’s not too late to puncture the Reform leader’s populist myth. His ‘make Britain great again’ act is out of step with the British people, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
September 21, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Trump has dragged the US to the abyss and Nigel Farage would do the same to Britain.
Reform funded by the super rich would erode worker rights, human rights, hand the NHS to private sector, divide society, deepen inequalities and environmental crisis.
Reform funded by the super rich would erode worker rights, human rights, hand the NHS to private sector, divide society, deepen inequalities and environmental crisis.
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From me, a list of Trump supporters who killed, or tried to kill, Democrats and opponents of Trump in recent years (since the right are now claiming all the political violence is from the left!)
Receipts:
zeteo.com/p/charlie-ki...
Receipts:
zeteo.com/p/charlie-ki...
September 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
From me, a list of Trump supporters who killed, or tried to kill, Democrats and opponents of Trump in recent years (since the right are now claiming all the political violence is from the left!)
Receipts:
zeteo.com/p/charlie-ki...
Receipts:
zeteo.com/p/charlie-ki...
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Good Night From The Drummer, My Friends. Sleep Tight.
Grace Jones - I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)
YouTube video by GraceJonesVEVO
youtube.com
September 3, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Good Night From The Drummer, My Friends. Sleep Tight.
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Say it again, and again, and again. They are not "illegal immigrants".
-seeking asylum is legal and has been since 1951.
This legally trumps all arguments of “but they arrived by illegal means”. That’s just a fact. That’s why you don’t see asylum seekers arrested & charged. Our MSM must do better.
-seeking asylum is legal and has been since 1951.
This legally trumps all arguments of “but they arrived by illegal means”. That’s just a fact. That’s why you don’t see asylum seekers arrested & charged. Our MSM must do better.
Silencing the drumbeat again: seeking asylum is legal
Hundreds protested in Ashington against so-called "illegal immigrants" - though seeking asylum has been legal since 1951
northeastbylines.co.uk
September 1, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Say it again, and again, and again. They are not "illegal immigrants".
-seeking asylum is legal and has been since 1951.
This legally trumps all arguments of “but they arrived by illegal means”. That’s just a fact. That’s why you don’t see asylum seekers arrested & charged. Our MSM must do better.
-seeking asylum is legal and has been since 1951.
This legally trumps all arguments of “but they arrived by illegal means”. That’s just a fact. That’s why you don’t see asylum seekers arrested & charged. Our MSM must do better.
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This is the enduring lesson of Weimar: extremism never triumphs on its own. It succeeds because others enable it—because of their ambition, because of their fear, or because they misjudge the dangers of small concessions
www.foreignaffairs.com/germany/hitl...
www.foreignaffairs.com/germany/hitl...
Warnings From Weimar
Why bargaining with authoritarians fails.
www.foreignaffairs.com
August 30, 2025 at 12:18 PM
This is the enduring lesson of Weimar: extremism never triumphs on its own. It succeeds because others enable it—because of their ambition, because of their fear, or because they misjudge the dangers of small concessions
www.foreignaffairs.com/germany/hitl...
www.foreignaffairs.com/germany/hitl...
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Just another reason to keep giving Netflix my money.
Netflix co-founder drops $2 million into Gavin Newsom's redistricting campaign
Reed Hastings is a longtime Democratic donor and Newsom ally.
www.politico.com
August 29, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Just another reason to keep giving Netflix my money.
This is such a a depressing post.
August 30, 2025 at 2:48 PM
This is such a a depressing post.
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A little write-up of our Psych Review paper (with @chazfirestone.bsky.social) on culture and visual illusions — out now in Slate! 👇
Could it really be that our very eyes tell us something different about the world depending on where we grew up? slate.trib.al/OrluVlN
We Looked at 100 Years of Research on Perception. What We Found May Surprise You.
Do you see what I see? It’s a classic question.
slate.trib.al
August 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
A little write-up of our Psych Review paper (with @chazfirestone.bsky.social) on culture and visual illusions — out now in Slate! 👇
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“I was r*ped sometimes 3 times a day on that island… and I was not the only girl on that island… Ghislaine must die in prison, because I’ve been in hell and back for the last 17 years.”
Listen to the survivors.
Listen to the survivors.
August 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“I was r*ped sometimes 3 times a day on that island… and I was not the only girl on that island… Ghislaine must die in prison, because I’ve been in hell and back for the last 17 years.”
Listen to the survivors.
Listen to the survivors.
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Trump manipulated by Putin again this week, offering up Ukraine’s land
Meanwhile, thanks to Trump’s support, Israel’s violence is continuing to escalate beyond imagination against civilians in Gaza
THE TRUMP STATE VISIT TO THE UK MUST BE CANCELLED #r4today
Meanwhile, thanks to Trump’s support, Israel’s violence is continuing to escalate beyond imagination against civilians in Gaza
THE TRUMP STATE VISIT TO THE UK MUST BE CANCELLED #r4today
August 18, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Trump manipulated by Putin again this week, offering up Ukraine’s land
Meanwhile, thanks to Trump’s support, Israel’s violence is continuing to escalate beyond imagination against civilians in Gaza
THE TRUMP STATE VISIT TO THE UK MUST BE CANCELLED #r4today
Meanwhile, thanks to Trump’s support, Israel’s violence is continuing to escalate beyond imagination against civilians in Gaza
THE TRUMP STATE VISIT TO THE UK MUST BE CANCELLED #r4today
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"Epstein & Trump are, in so many ways, the same person...here are these 2 guys joined at the hip for nearly 15 years, doing the same thing, pursuing the same goals, two guys who are functionally partners, partners in crime if you will"
- Michael Wolff (16:33 mark)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdJ-...
- Michael Wolff (16:33 mark)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdJ-...
"I was Donald's Closest Friend": Inside The Trump-Epstein Relationship with Michael Wolff
YouTube video by Wajahat Ali
www.youtube.com
August 8, 2025 at 11:35 PM
"Epstein & Trump are, in so many ways, the same person...here are these 2 guys joined at the hip for nearly 15 years, doing the same thing, pursuing the same goals, two guys who are functionally partners, partners in crime if you will"
- Michael Wolff (16:33 mark)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdJ-...
- Michael Wolff (16:33 mark)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdJ-...
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I prosecute and defend the most serious sexual offences in our courts.
The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative.
Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.
The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative.
Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.
August 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I prosecute and defend the most serious sexual offences in our courts.
The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative.
Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.
The overwhelming majority of offenders are British-born. Overwhelmingly the victim is someone known to them, either a partner or relative.
Anybody purporting to care about protecting women might start there.
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Fossil Fuel subsidies = $5.7T globally, 2022. Trump, once again, is spreading lies for his constituents: the billionaires -- at the expense of everyone one else on the planet.
July 31, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Fossil Fuel subsidies = $5.7T globally, 2022. Trump, once again, is spreading lies for his constituents: the billionaires -- at the expense of everyone one else on the planet.
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NEW: EPA to revoke 2009 finding that climate pollution endangers humans.
EPA to revoke 2009 finding that climate pollution endangers humans
The repeal of the finding on the dangers greenhouse gases pose to human health and welfare will face fierce legal challenges.
www.politico.com
July 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
NEW: EPA to revoke 2009 finding that climate pollution endangers humans.
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I can’t stop thinking about how the Access Hollywood tape came out before the election even happened, yet suddenly we have people concerned that the President might have lied about being a sexual predator who were totally fine with it when he told the truth about being a sexual predator
very grim
very grim
July 23, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I can’t stop thinking about how the Access Hollywood tape came out before the election even happened, yet suddenly we have people concerned that the President might have lied about being a sexual predator who were totally fine with it when he told the truth about being a sexual predator
very grim
very grim
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🧵Introducing the Trump Action Tracker website!
Today I’m launching www.trumpactiontracker.info - a live, searchable list of authoritarian‑style actions from Trump’s second term (over 740 actions so far). 1/14
Today I’m launching www.trumpactiontracker.info - a live, searchable list of authoritarian‑style actions from Trump’s second term (over 740 actions so far). 1/14
July 21, 2025 at 8:57 PM
🧵Introducing the Trump Action Tracker website!
Today I’m launching www.trumpactiontracker.info - a live, searchable list of authoritarian‑style actions from Trump’s second term (over 740 actions so far). 1/14
Today I’m launching www.trumpactiontracker.info - a live, searchable list of authoritarian‑style actions from Trump’s second term (over 740 actions so far). 1/14