Alexandra Filindra

@afilindra.bsky.social

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Award-winning political scientist writing on the historical origins of gun culture and it relationship to political violence. Loves cheese and her kid. In that order.
New book: Race, Rights, and Rifles.
A Public Voices Fellow.
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Sociology 30%

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Alexandra Filindra @afilindra.bsky.social · 1d

Disneyland>Iceland=Greenland

Reposted by Stephen M. Walt, Anna O. Law, Ben H. Ansell , and 42 more Stephen M. Walt, Anna O. Law, Ben H. Ansell, Jan W. Mueller, Elizabeth Saunders, Rebecca Solnit, Nandita Sharma, Richard S.J. Tol, Richard E. Lenski, Jennifer A. Richeson, Ken Caldeira, Joshua S. Weitz, Steve Peers, Mark D. White, American Library Association, Eric Goldman, Juan Cole, Robert C. Richards, Alan Richardson, David R. Miller, Aaron Sojourner, Stacy D. VanDeveer, Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham, Erol Akçay, Timothy Graham, David C. Kimball, David Rosnick, Sarah Roberts, Cailin O’Connor, Michael Jones‐Correa, W Grant, David Murakami Wood, Mark Rice, Ann Bartow, Greg O’Brien, Alexandra Filindra, Olivier Mannoni, Nicole Guenther Discenza, Manisha Sinha, Aviel Roshwald, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Aidan O’Sullivan, Colin Woodard, Jeannette Sutton

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

🚨HOLY CRAP. An ICE whistleblower just revealed a secret memo authorizing ICE officers to break into homes without a judicial warrant, which DHS's own legal training materials say is unconstitutional!

ICE then hid the memo from the public, passing it along by word of mouth and private conversation.

The Gravamen of the Disclosure

4. The gravamen of the disclosure is as follows:
a. By memorandum dated May 12, 2025 (“the May 12 Memo”), Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons authorizes ICE agents to forcibly enter into certain people’s homes without a judicial warrant, consent, or an emergency.

b. Specifically, in the May 12 Memo, the Acting ICE Director authorized ICE Agents to rely on Form I-205 (which is not a judicial warrant) to enter the residence of an alien subject to a final order of deportation, without consent, including by “a necessary and reasonable amount of force.”2c. While addressed to “All ICE Personnel,” in practice the May 12 Memo has not been formally distributed to all personnel. Instead, the May 12 Memo has been provided to select DHS officials who are then directed to verbally brief the new policy for action. Those supervisors then show the Memo to some employees, like our clients, and direct them to read the Memo and return it to the supervisor.

Alexandra Filindra @afilindra.bsky.social · 2d

You know things are bad when the girlfriend threatens to leave and take his tooth fairy money with her.

Alexandra Filindra @afilindra.bsky.social · 7d

It was because it is very difficult to keep a fractionaluzed coalition together and technocratic, deracialized populism was the lowest common denominator. The problem is that it lacks the emotional energy required to mobilize.

Reposted by Brigitte Nerlich, Brendan Nyhan, Gavin A. Schmidt , and 7 more Brigitte Nerlich, Brendan Nyhan, Gavin A. Schmidt, Juan Cole, Patrick S. Forscher, Alexandra Filindra, Christina Pagel, Aviel Roshwald, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Dana Howard

Jeremy Faust, MD @jeremyfaust.bsky.social · 8d

We have the CDC-funded Hepatitis Vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau protocol.

It’s worse than you thought.

Check it out, first in Inside Medicine…

with @pauloffit.bsky.social David Boulware and others.

insidemedicine.substack.com/p/scoop-the-...

Scoop: The leaked protocol of the CDC-funded Hepatitis B vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau. “This is another Tuskegee.”

The protocol reveals that the trial will withhold the Hepatitis B birth dose from thousands—without placebos, without universal maternal screening, and with endpoints critics call indefensible.

insidemedicine.substack.com

Alexandra Filindra @afilindra.bsky.social · 11d

Translation: we will kill more innocent people who want to exercise their rights and protect their neighbors.

Reposted by Victor Pickard, Alexandra Filindra, Nathan P. Kalmoe

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16d

"Brazilian authorities refused to isolate January 8 as a spontaneous and feverish riot. Instead, they treated it as a conspiracy with identifiable authors. Days after the attack, police searched the home of Anderson Torres (...Brasília’s then–security chief)..."

jacobin.com/2026/01/janu...

What Brazil’s January 8 Can Teach Us About January 6

In 2021, the January 6 Capitol attack exposed deep connections between the US state and far-right groups. When something similar happened in Brazil in 2023, it prompted a national attempt to reform th...

jacobin.com

Alexandra Filindra @afilindra.bsky.social · 27d

Kavanaugh stops on immigration enforcement. And revised Kavanaugh stops. To paraphrase Malcolm, I am not a citizen, if Kavanaugh steps are needed to make me a citizen.

Reposted by Alexandra Filindra

Linda Patch 💙🌊🐶 @lindapatch.bsky.social · Dec 24

@corybooker.com has the 60-minute CECOT segment available on his channel. Watch it while you can. In other places, Paramount has taken the video down - "copyright," don't you know. Share. The more who witness, the better.

youtu.be/jiehEMlNiCI?...

The 60 Minutes Story The Trump Administration Doesn't Want You To See

YouTube video by Cory Booker

youtu.be

Alexandra Filindra @afilindra.bsky.social · Dec 18

So, "I would have generalized, not singled out one threat. There were many creeps."

Alexandra Filindra @afilindra.bsky.social · Dec 11

That's right! It is not identity politics when a white man with limited credentials holds the job. He earned it. Like everything DT has done is earned.

Alexandra Filindra @afilindra.bsky.social · Dec 11

Hey, give him some grace! The penmanship is fantastic!

Reposted by Alexandra Filindra

Conor Sen @conorsen.bsky.social · Dec 3

This is hard to fathom but 25% of the growth in California income tax revenues this year is from tech stock-based compensation: lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/A...

Alexandra Filindra @afilindra.bsky.social · Dec 1

Sure. That is DEFINITELY going to WORK. It is in caps, so it is TRUE.

William Adler @williamadler78.bsky.social · Dec 1

Alexandra Filindra @afilindra.bsky.social · Nov 30

"Stock". Nice. Show me you know your eugenics without bringing up eugenics.

Alexandra Filindra @afilindra.bsky.social · Nov 30

Can we please contextualize this? This shows that support for political violence as measured is thermostatic and expressive. People on the identity extremes express higher support when their side is out of power.

Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · Nov 26

How has support for political violence in America shifted over the past year and who has the highest levels of support?
My new piece at @brookings.edu provides answers by comparing data from #NoKings2.0 with a national survey fielded right after: www.brookings.edu/articles/wha...

What the No Kings Day protest reveals about support for political violence in America | Brookings

New survey data from the No Kings Day protests reveal shifting public attitudes toward political violence in the second Trump administration.

www.brookings.edu

Alexandra Filindra @afilindra.bsky.social · Nov 30

SUNNY, BALMY DAY in Chicago. It is ALL CAPS, so it is true.

Alexandra Filindra @afilindra.bsky.social · Nov 30

Is the floor oak or pine? There is a difference.

Reposted by John Drury, Brendan Nyhan, Juan Cole , and 1 more John Drury, Brendan Nyhan, Juan Cole, Alexandra Filindra

Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · Nov 26

What the No Kings Day protest reveals about support for political violence in America | Brookings

New survey data from the No Kings Day protests reveal shifting public attitudes toward political violence in the second Trump administration.

www.brookings.edu

Alexandra Filindra @afilindra.bsky.social · Nov 8

Siri, how do you define self-dealing?

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · Nov 7

(Forbes) - The Trump Organization’s second-term push to monetize Donald Trump’s presidency has reached the aisles of military exchanges, as Coast Guard-run stores .. have stocked Trump-branded wine and cider. 🤡

@zacheverson.com
www.forbes.com/sites/zachev...

Reposted by Tom Clark, Scott L. Greer, Brooke Harrington , and 3 more Tom Clark, Scott L. Greer, Brooke Harrington, Alexandra Filindra, Nathan P. Kalmoe, David Darmofal

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · Nov 7

Alexandra Filindra @afilindra.bsky.social · Oct 18

Trump will die one day. Trumpism is much more difficult to suppress because elites have learned that there are no limits and SCOTUS reinforces that notion. Will the "silent majority" the 60-65% of Americans who reject Trump, assert themselves? The time is now.

Reposted by Alexandra Filindra

Maya Sen @mayasen.bsky.social · Oct 18

Attn: Brett Kavanaugh

Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · Oct 18

Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents.

I did it because the government isn’t.

This is what I found.

White words on a black background read:

50+
Immigration agents have the authority to detain whom they reasonably suspect are in the country illegally. We found more than 50 Americans who were held after agents questioned their citizenship. They were almost all Latino.

~130
Agents also can arrest citizens who allegedly interfered with or assaulted officers. We compiled cases of about 130 Americans, including a dozen elected officials, accused of assaulting or impeding officers.

~20
Among the citizens detained are nearly 20 children, including two with cancer.

Alexandra Filindra @afilindra.bsky.social · Oct 18

Another #trumptastrophe

MaddowBlog @maddowblog.bsky.social · Oct 18

"In Kentucky, a 60-year-old couple making $85,000 per year could face an increase of $23,700 in annual premiums."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/h...

Higher Obamacare Prices Become Public in a Dozen States

www.nytimes.com

Alexandra Filindra @afilindra.bsky.social · Oct 18

Is trumptastrophe in the dictionary yet? @merriam-webster.com

Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · Oct 17

I haven't seen near the coverage of this catastrophe that it warrants.

alaskapublic.org/news/environ...

Reposted by Alexandra Filindra

MaddowBlog @maddowblog.bsky.social · Oct 18

"In Kentucky, a 60-year-old couple making $85,000 per year could face an increase of $23,700 in annual premiums."
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/h...

Higher Obamacare Prices Become Public in a Dozen States

www.nytimes.com

Reposted by John R. Hutchinson, Alexandra Filindra, Dunlap

Reposted by Alexandra Filindra

Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · Oct 17

I haven't seen near the coverage of this catastrophe that it warrants.

alaskapublic.org/news/environ...

Reposted by Henry Jones, Richard M. Carpiano, Alexandra Filindra

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Oct 13

Absolutely brutal.

Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

www.youtube.com

Alexandra Filindra @afilindra.bsky.social · Oct 1

👇👇👇👇

The Catholic Church is responsible for a lot of culture war crap and all the "gender ideology" nonsense. But on this, Leo is on the right side of the line.

Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · Oct 1

Pope Leo: "Someone who says, 'I'm against abortion,' but is in favor of the death penalty is not really pro-life. Someone who says, 'I'm against abortion but I'm in agreement with the inhuman treatment of immigrants in the United States,' I don’t know if that's pro-life."

Pope Leo speaks up on Dick Durbin’s behalf amid abortion rift

"It's important to look at the overall work that a senator has done,” the pontiff said amid an uproar over a church honor for the Illinois Democrat.

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