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Alexandra Stein

@alexandrastein.bsky.social

Social psychologist specialising in cults and totalitarian systems. My books: Terror, Love and Brainwashing: Attachment in cults and totalitarian systems & Inside Out: A memoir of entering into and breaking out of a political cult. www.alexandrastein.com

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Why are Labour restricting vaccines? It’s overloading the NHS? Do they want it to collapse?

08.11.2025 09:08 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

This is old chestnut: measures to prevent child abuse, slavery, sexual abuse, false advertising, coercive control, privacy invasion, and financial and labour exploitation, and hold perpetrators to account β€œwill impede on religious freedom”

07.11.2025 22:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
06.11.2025 12:07 β€” πŸ‘ 244    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1
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Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how

Another opportunity for Blue Sky liberals to feel smug about not being on X any more. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

06.11.2025 08:31 β€” πŸ‘ 142    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 4
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The Zohran Mamdani method can work beyond New York. Take the fight to the right | Aditya Chakrabortty For too long, the centre has been adopting the language of the right but deploying it with greater civility – to disastrous ends, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

More on Mamdami.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

05.11.2025 19:27 β€” πŸ‘ 62    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

I hope Starmer as much as Farage is watching this.

05.11.2025 07:34 β€” πŸ‘ 457    πŸ” 112    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 5

Congratulations NYC!

05.11.2025 02:48 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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'Blatant bias': BBC under fire over double standards for Question Time panel BBC Question Time has come under fire after describing a Reform UK campaigner on its panel as an β€œacademic” – while labelling a left-wing…

The main problem is not how Matthew Goodwin is introduced on Question Time, the main problem is that he is (still) invited to Question Time, despite having drifted into openly expressing classic racism.

04.11.2025 17:11 β€” πŸ‘ 126    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3
An β€œI voted” sticker. It says β€œYo voté” at the top and β€œI voted” at the bottom. It has a picture of a frog on a pedestal, drawn by a school kid, and the year 2025.

An β€œI voted” sticker. It says β€œYo voté” at the top and β€œI voted” at the bottom. It has a picture of a frog on a pedestal, drawn by a school kid, and the year 2025.

Go vote.

04.11.2025 16:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1042    πŸ” 166    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 1
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UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 5: Vito Marcantonio

There are many who dismiss our vision for New York as impossible. To them, I say we need look only to our past for proof of how we can shape the future.

Tomorrow is Election Day. And this is the final Until It's Done of our campaign.

04.11.2025 04:14 β€” πŸ‘ 15333    πŸ” 3336    πŸ’¬ 387    πŸ“Œ 413

The British should be joining the call to release the Epstein files.

Not just quietly watching from the sidelines while Americans demand transparency.

Because let’s be honest: this isn’t just an American coverup.

More ⬇️

02.11.2025 12:41 β€” πŸ‘ 711    πŸ” 214    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 16
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Dominic Cummings Lobbied Officials to Hand 'Test and Trace' Contracts to Palantir After Secret Meeting With Peter Thiel Exclusive: Boris Johnson's senior advisor pushed for Covid contracts to be handed to companies run by Trump-supporting tech billionaires Peter Thiel and Larry Ellison

πŸ”΄Dominic Cummings Lobbied Officials to Hand β€˜Test and Trace’ Contracts to Palantir After Secret Meeting With Peter Thiel

Exclusive: Boris Johnson’s advisor pushed for contracts to be handed to companies run by Trump-supporting tech billionaires Peter Thiel and Larry Ellison

31.10.2025 09:20 β€” πŸ‘ 244    πŸ” 163    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 16
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Yes, this is a real post made by the Department of Homeland Security.

None of this is normal.

29.10.2025 17:22 β€” πŸ‘ 8049    πŸ” 3274    πŸ’¬ 1624    πŸ“Œ 504

Post from Trumpland πŸ’”

27.10.2025 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Log In Welcome to the National Trust 2025 voting website, hosted by independent voting service provider Civica Election Services.

It's that moment again for National Trust members to vote to keep the entryists out.

Quick and easy to vote and please do so by 31st of October

Quick Vote link keeps the AstroTurfers out.

Then share. Thank you.

secure.cesvotes.com/V3-3-0/nt25/...

25.10.2025 10:11 β€” πŸ‘ 686    πŸ” 507    πŸ’¬ 50    πŸ“Œ 34

Of course the U.S. is not the first country to sleepwalk into authoritarianism, but the speed with which it does, and with which most of both the elites and masses collaborate or simply accept it, is truly stunning.

24.10.2025 13:33 β€” πŸ‘ 287    πŸ” 70    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 4
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Australia’s cults crisis: why more people are falling prey to insidious high-control groups Inquiry hears of boom in cult activity as coercive groups promise recruits β€˜simple answers to complex problems’

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

24.10.2025 08:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Clinically vulnerable families never wanted to take children out of school. We all wanted clean air and vaccine access but were denied. The government kept talking about school closures, no one wanted school closures. We wanted adjustments but they didn’t listen.

23.10.2025 09:49 β€” πŸ‘ 65    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2
Drop ICE ADS NOW!

No ICE Ads on our
Streaming Platforms

boycottspotify.com

Drop ICE ADS NOW! No ICE Ads on our Streaming Platforms boycottspotify.com

Spotify is running ICE advertisements and refuses to address it. Might be because their founder is basically another Elon Musk.

It’s time to cancel your subscription, and we made it easy for youβ€”just go to BoycottSpotify.com.

23.10.2025 21:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1341    πŸ” 647    πŸ’¬ 86    πŸ“Œ 71
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ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase.

The President is building an army to attack his own country.

21.10.2025 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 14828    πŸ” 8012    πŸ’¬ 990    πŸ“Œ 1295
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We currently have a president who is so childishly crude and grotesque that newspapers consider it indecent to accurately describe the video he recently posted, and TV shows think it is indecent to show it.

But many Americans are OK that the Oval Office is home to the nation's crassest toddler.

20.10.2025 01:05 β€” πŸ‘ 10221    πŸ” 3154    πŸ’¬ 619    πŸ“Œ 161
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Is Spotify running ICE recruitment ads? Here are the facts The advertising "is part of a broad campaign the US government is running" across various platforms β€” not just Spotify, a spokesperson told Snopes.

Cancel SPOTIFY.

They are running ICE ads.

F them.

www.snopes.com/fact-check/s...

19.10.2025 16:24 β€” πŸ‘ 13115    πŸ” 5864    πŸ’¬ 780    πŸ“Œ 489
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Happy #NoKings Day! πŸš«πŸ‘‘

18.10.2025 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 120    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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This.

18.10.2025 07:02 β€” πŸ‘ 3799    πŸ” 1231    πŸ’¬ 114    πŸ“Œ 48

Thank you for your support - donations much appreciated
www.justgiving.com/charity/thef...

16.10.2025 08:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Challenging cults and high demand groups: Zoom sign-up Emrhys Cooper (actor and film maker), Naomi Brown (Jesus Fellowship Redress Scheme) and Rachael Reign (Surviving Universal UK)

If you can't attend our in-person event in Sheffield - here is the zoom link. Please help us continue our work to raise awareness about cults and the harm they cause by donating at the JustGiving link on my next post. Thank you! 1/2
www.eventbrite.com/e/challengin...

16.10.2025 08:36 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

www.justgiving.com/charity/thef...
We raise awareness of cultic coercion to support victims and prevent cult abuse.

16.10.2025 08:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Challenging cults and high demand groups Hear from Emrhys Cooper (actor and film maker), Naomi Brown (Jesus Fellowship Redress Scheme) and Rachael Reign (Surviving Universal UK)

This will be a great event. Please come! Your donations make this possible. Donation link below. Thank you! 1/2

www.eventbrite.com/e/challengin...

16.10.2025 08:31 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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A leaked memo, a Maga-style hat and a trail of broken pledges – it’s Labour’s great housing betrayal | Aditya Chakrabortty Ignore the bombast: Steve β€˜build, baby, build’ Reed’s boast looks likely to end in targets more pathetic than they are now, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

Please read my column today in conjunction with Aditya's. The government pretends to be delivering housing to those who need it, but is in fact just appeasing the big corporations. Then it blames nature protections, and rips those down at their behest as well.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

16.10.2025 06:59 β€” πŸ‘ 547    πŸ” 235    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 17

ICE targeted an apartment building near my home. Masked agents in unmarked cars. I've said this before. Democratic Governors & Mayors need to order their local police depts to arrest any & all unidentified & masked alleged ICE agents.

This anonymous denial of due process is deadly.

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14.10.2025 19:32 β€” πŸ‘ 7159    πŸ” 2264    πŸ’¬ 151    πŸ“Œ 78

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