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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Political science 57%

Sociology 30%

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Alexandra Filindra @afilindra.bsky.social · 2d

Siri, how do you define self-dealing?

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4d

(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 · 4d

Alexandra Filindra @afilindra.bsky.social · 23d

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.

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Maya Sen @mayasen.bsky.social · 23d

Attn: Brett Kavanaugh

Nicole Foy @nicolefoy.bsky.social · 23d

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.

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

Alexandra Filindra @afilindra.bsky.social · 24d

Another #trumptastrophe

MaddowBlog @maddowblog.bsky.social · 24d

"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 · 24d

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

Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · 24d

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

alaskapublic.org/news/environ...

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MaddowBlog @maddowblog.bsky.social · 24d

"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

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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.bsky.social · 24d

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 · 29d

Absolutely brutal.

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

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

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Alexandra Filindra @afilindra.bsky.social · Oct 1

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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.

www.politico.com

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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · Oct 1

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.

www.politico.com

Alexandra Filindra @afilindra.bsky.social · Sep 30

Is there a mirror in front of him?

Alexandra Filindra @afilindra.bsky.social · Sep 27

Where is the link to this, please?

Alexandra Filindra @afilindra.bsky.social · Sep 21

Cuban Americans may harbor the same beliefs due to being part of the ideological stew for 50 years.

Alexandra Filindra @afilindra.bsky.social · Sep 12

Wtf.

Reposted by Rosemary A. Joyce, Joshua Goodman, Richard Pettigrew , and 3 more Rosemary A. Joyce, Joshua Goodman, Richard Pettigrew, Mark Rice, Daniel Kuehn, Alexandra Filindra

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · Sep 12

‘Booty’ and ‘butt’ are synonyms.

‘Call’ and ‘dial’ are synonyms.

But, a ‘booty call’ and a ‘butt dial’ are VERY different things.

Alexandra Filindra @afilindra.bsky.social · Aug 21

Excellent book! Your book is also great. Sure one of them is going to bring up "blacks served in the Confederate army". After they call slaves "immigrants".

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Aug 21

Meet Shakira. Ten years ago, she was living in a shelter with her three kids, working at a non-union hotel.

Now she's a member of HTC.

Unions are how working people can build a dignified life. But in a city as expensive as ours, they need local government on their side.

Alexandra Filindra @afilindra.bsky.social · Aug 21

Even a fully creative approach? Or is this the "restrained" approach?

Reposted by Hilde Van den Bulck, David Murakami Wood, Alexandra Filindra

The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · Aug 21

Google's data center in Council Bluffs, Iowa used 1 BILLION gallons of water in 2024 - enough to supply all of Iowa's residential water for five days.

Researchers in water law and policy explain how companies rarely tell the public exactly how much water data centers consume:

Data centers consume massive amounts of water – companies rarely tell the public exactly how much

In 2024, one data center in Iowa consumed 1 billion gallons of water, enough to supply all the state’s residences with water for five days.

buff.ly

Alexandra Filindra @afilindra.bsky.social · Aug 21

If you full gerrymandering California to the degree that Texas is gerrymandered, how many additional Dem seats would you get?

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Michelle Wu 吳弭 @wutrain.bsky.social · Aug 21

You can check out the Boston Public Library’s unbelievable Special Collections in person at the newly renovated reading room: www.bpl.org/special-coll...

We’re also working to digitize even more of these treasures & make them searchable & accessible from anywhere in the world. @bpl.boston.gov

Boston Public Library aims to increase access to a vast historic archive using AI

The library is launching a project in collaboration with Harvard Law School and OpenAI this summer to digitize the materials and make them more fully searchable.

www.npr.org

Alexandra Filindra @afilindra.bsky.social · Aug 20

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · Aug 20

What's gone unsaid in all this talk about homeless people in DC is that so many in the Capital are veterans who are now having the military aimed back at them for the crime of being poor.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 20

REPORTER: Why are troops stationed here at Union Station and at the National Mall instead of areas where crime is higher?

JD VANCE: Crime is actually extremely high here at Union Station. You have vagrants.

Reposted by Robert C. Richards, W. Andy Knight, Mary Jane Curry , and 1 more Robert C. Richards, W. Andy Knight, Mary Jane Curry, Alexandra Filindra

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · Aug 20

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/o...

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · Aug 20

What's gone unsaid in all this talk about homeless people in DC is that so many in the Capital are veterans who are now having the military aimed back at them for the crime of being poor.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 20

Alexandra Filindra @afilindra.bsky.social · Aug 19

W.t.f??

People For the American Way @peoplefor.bsky.social · Aug 18

Texas Republicans have locked Democratic Rep. Nicole Collier inside the state house chamber and refuse to allow her to leave.

They are requiring Democrats to sign “permission slips” and have a police escort in order to leave the chamber, and she refuses to sign it.

Alexandra Filindra @afilindra.bsky.social · Aug 18

I can live with one Nazi per state. They can't even get enough for a soccer team. They have to bring four from outside Indy. Oddly, good news for the country.

Alexandra Filindra @afilindra.bsky.social · Aug 18

They didn't manage to get in DC in the summer of 1864 so they thought they might try it now.

Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, Julia Lynch, David Rosnick , and 2 more Brendan Nyhan, Julia Lynch, David Rosnick, Henry Jones, Alexandra Filindra

People For the American Way @peoplefor.bsky.social · Aug 18

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