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Invitation to a beheading
Powerlineblog ^ | November 8, 2025 | Scott Johnson

Posted on 11/08/2025 8:47:15 AM PST by lasereye

Barbara Wien posted flyers exposing White House adviser Stephen Miller’s address and calling for “NO NAZIS.” Drawing on Marc Caputo’s Axios story, Jessica Schwalb reports for the Washington Free Beacon (links omitted):

On Sept. 11, a day after conservative commentator Charlie Kirk was killed by a politically motivated assassin, Barbara Wien, a retired 66-year-old American University professor, posted the flyers around Miller’s Arlington neighborhood showing a photo of the Trump adviser in a red circle with a cross through it. They also included a QR code that linked to the Instagram account of Arlington Neighbors United for Humanity, an activist group that has praised Antifa and left chalk messages outside Miller’s home accusing him of “destroying democracy.”

Secret Service surveillance footage shows Wien walking by that same day and making eye contact with Miller’s wife, Katie, who was on her front porch, Axios reported. Wien made an “I’m watching you” gesture, pointing two fingers to her eyes.

Federal authorities have been frustrated in their efforts to search Wien’s phone. They want to ascertain exactly what’s heppening here and whether Wien lied when she was interviewed by the FBI. As Axios puts it, “The Justice Department’s push to investigate a progressive activist accused of doxxing top Trump adviser Stephen Miller has been stymied by two judges and a Virginia prosecutor[.]”

The story puts me in mind of the dystopian novel Invitation to a Beheading, by Vladimir Nabokov. Nabokov was an imaginative writer. Nabokov could probably have invented this detail, but might have found it too obvious for satire. Wien claims to be a harmless academic “in the field of peace studies.”

It’s not funny. Miller has joined a growing list of senior Trump-administration political appointees—at least six by the count of The Atlantic—living in Washington-area military housing, where they are shielded from potential violence.


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KEYWORDS: axios; barbarawien; charliekirk; democratterrorism; democratterrorists; doxxing; jessicaschwalb; marccaputo; scottjohnson; stephenmiller; theatlantic; virginia; vladimirnabokov
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1 posted on 11/08/2025 8:47:15 AM PST by lasereye
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To: lasereye

Maybe someone can release Barbara Wien’s address. I would guess the leftist media would be displaying their insanity if that that happened.


2 posted on 11/08/2025 8:51:13 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: lasereye

Do they even know what the acronym translates to? Hint: the newly elected mayor of New York is proud to be one.


3 posted on 11/08/2025 8:56:49 AM PST by Texas Eagle ("Throw me to the wolves and I'll return leading the pack"- Donald J. Trump)
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To: MtnClimber
Well heck, let's get the party started!
4 posted on 11/08/2025 9:13:14 AM PST by V_TWIN (RIP Charlie Kirk)
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To: V_TWIN

Should call it, “Anti-American University”


5 posted on 11/08/2025 9:13:46 AM PST by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: V_TWIN

“Prace building specialist”

Unfreakinbelievable SMH


6 posted on 11/08/2025 9:14:12 AM PST by V_TWIN (RIP Charlie Kirk)
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To: V_TWIN

Peace building


7 posted on 11/08/2025 9:14:49 AM PST by V_TWIN (RIP Charlie Kirk)
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To: MtnClimber

Could this be her. Publicly available on the Internet.

https://www.spokeo.com/purchase?pid=1701068071&q=Barbara+J+Wien&type=name&url=%2FBarbara-Wien%2FVirginia%2FArlington%2Fp1701068071


8 posted on 11/08/2025 9:18:15 AM PST by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts )
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To: lasereye

I suppose by “Facilitator” she must have in mind assassinations.


9 posted on 11/08/2025 9:20:11 AM PST by SharpRightTurn (“Giving money & power to government is like giving whiskey & car keys to teenage boys” P.J. O'Rourke)
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To: lasereye; All

Thanks for posting. WORDS from an EVIL individual.


10 posted on 11/08/2025 9:45:39 AM PST by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

11 posted on 11/08/2025 9:46:51 AM PST by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: lasereye

If I were Babs, I would be concerned about the “Law of reciprocity”. What comes around, goes around.


12 posted on 11/08/2025 9:52:20 AM PST by Judge Bean
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To: MtnClimber

ask and you shall receive- the phone numbers belong to her:

Barbara J. Wien Updated September 20, 2018

Professorial Lecturer & Affiliated Faculty, Ethics, Peace and Global Affairs Master Program
https://www.american.edu/sis/epga/

Peace, Global Security, and Conflict Resolution Undergraduate Thematic Area

American University, Washington, DC 20016 wien@american.edu
Office: 202-8856429 Home: 703-522-3069 Cell: 202-297-2744

From the age of 21, I have worked to end human rights abuses, violence, and war, and restore the environment.
I am a peace scholar and practitioner, with extensive knowledge of nonviolent social movements, the political
economy of war spending, gender & peacebuilding. I have edited or written 27 publications, led eight non-
profits, and taught at six universities. I was recognized for my leadership and “moral courage” by four
foundations and academic societies. I am featured in Amy Goodman’s book Exceptions to the Rulers, and in the
Progressive magazine for opposing the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq as a U.S. government official. My
interviews include The Washington Post, NBC Nightly News, Australian Broadcasting, Nuclear Times, and
broadcasts in India, Uganda, Zambia, Palestine-Israel, and Australia (find links under Media Appearances).

https://www.american.edu/uploads/docs/barbaraj.wiencvupdated2019.pdf

FB page: https://www.facebook.com/barbara.wien1


13 posted on 11/08/2025 10:17:09 AM PST by God luvs America
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To: V_TWIN

When all ‘their’ political enemies it will be a peaceful and prosperous utopia. Just like Cambodia, Russia, or North Korea.


14 posted on 11/08/2025 11:08:07 AM PST by Organic Panic ('Was I molested. I think so' - Ashley Biden in response to her father joining her in the shower.)
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