Alexandra Filindra
@afilindra.bsky.social
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.
New book: Race, Rights, and Rifles.
A Public Voices Fellow.
Siri, how do you define self-dealing?
(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. 🤡
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November 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Siri, how do you define self-dealing?
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Attn: Brett Kavanaugh
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.
I did it because the government isn’t.
This is what I found.
October 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Attn: Brett Kavanaugh
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October 18, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Another #trumptastrophe
"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...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/h...
Higher Obamacare Prices Become Public in a Dozen States
www.nytimes.com
October 18, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Another #trumptastrophe
Is trumptastrophe in the dictionary yet? @merriam-webster.com
I haven't seen near the coverage of this catastrophe that it warrants.
alaskapublic.org/news/environ...
alaskapublic.org/news/environ...
October 18, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Is trumptastrophe in the dictionary yet? @merriam-webster.com
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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.
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.
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
October 1, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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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.
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.
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‘Booty’ and ‘butt’ are synonyms.
‘Call’ and ‘dial’ are synonyms.
But, a ‘booty call’ and a ‘butt dial’ are VERY different things.
‘Call’ and ‘dial’ are synonyms.
But, a ‘booty call’ and a ‘butt dial’ are VERY different things.
September 12, 2025 at 3:18 PM
‘Booty’ and ‘butt’ are synonyms.
‘Call’ and ‘dial’ are synonyms.
But, a ‘booty call’ and a ‘butt dial’ are VERY different things.
‘Call’ and ‘dial’ are synonyms.
But, a ‘booty call’ and a ‘butt dial’ are VERY different things.
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this is amazing. it's a great ad for Mamdani, obviously, but it's also an honest to god ad for unions and the power of labor.
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.
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.
August 21, 2025 at 9:56 PM
this is amazing. it's a great ad for Mamdani, obviously, but it's also an honest to god ad for unions and the power of labor.
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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:
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.
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August 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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:
Researchers in water law and policy explain how companies rarely tell the public exactly how much water data centers consume:
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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
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
August 21, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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
We’re also working to digitize even more of these treasures & make them searchable & accessible from anywhere in the world. @bpl.boston.gov
If you full gerrymandering California to the degree that Texas is gerrymandered, how many additional Dem seats would you get?
August 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
If you full gerrymandering California to the degree that Texas is gerrymandered, how many additional Dem seats would you get?
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August 20, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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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.
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.
JD VANCE: Crime is actually extremely high here at Union Station. You have vagrants.
August 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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W.t.f??
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.
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.
August 19, 2025 at 12:44 AM
W.t.f??
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CORRUPT AS FUCK
“As previously reported by Rolling Stone, the president has complained to his inner circle that it was ‘stupid’ of him to leave so much money on the table during his first term, and that he planned to rectify his mistake the second time around.”
"...he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States, or any of them."
"...no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust...shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title...from any King, Prince, or foreign State."
"...no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust...shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title...from any King, Prince, or foreign State."
August 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
CORRUPT AS FUCK
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‼️ Colleagues: If you're prepping for the Fall term, please let me know how I can help & be in touch if you're teaching immigration, free speech/association, Cold War/McCarthyism, or ideological exclusion/deportation. 🗃️ @harvardpress.bsky.social @iehs.bsky.social
www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
Threat of Dissent — Harvard University Press
“Suspicion of foreigners goes back to the earliest days of the republic…Kraut traces how different ideologies would be considered intolerably dangerous according to the dominant fears of a given era. ...
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August 13, 2025 at 1:37 PM
‼️ Colleagues: If you're prepping for the Fall term, please let me know how I can help & be in touch if you're teaching immigration, free speech/association, Cold War/McCarthyism, or ideological exclusion/deportation. 🗃️ @harvardpress.bsky.social @iehs.bsky.social
www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
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Being transgender is not misconduct. These servicemembers have a reliance argument (contract law) that should succeed in court. Otherwise what’s to prevent any admin from just finding arbitrary reason to dismiss military people right before they retire??
WASHINGTON (AP) - US Air Force says it will deny retirement pay to transgender service members being separated from the service.
August 7, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Being transgender is not misconduct. These servicemembers have a reliance argument (contract law) that should succeed in court. Otherwise what’s to prevent any admin from just finding arbitrary reason to dismiss military people right before they retire??
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NEW: "The electronic case filing system used by the federal judiciary has been breached in a sweeping cyber intrusion that is believed to have exposed sensitive court data across multiple U.S. states, according to two people with knowledge of the incident."
Federal court filing system hit in sweeping hack
The identities of confidential court informants are feared compromised in a series of breaches across multiple U.S. states.
www.politico.com
August 7, 2025 at 1:46 AM
NEW: "The electronic case filing system used by the federal judiciary has been breached in a sweeping cyber intrusion that is believed to have exposed sensitive court data across multiple U.S. states, according to two people with knowledge of the incident."
@timgalsworthy.bsky.social what's the book on? I have an article that may be of interest!
August 6, 2025 at 1:06 PM
@timgalsworthy.bsky.social what's the book on? I have an article that may be of interest!
GOP seem to prize power above everything. They are content to rule without challenge over a country that is discredited, whose vaunted institutions are crumbling, and whose economy will decline rapidly as soon as it is clear that data about it have less credibility than Greek numbers in 2012.
August 5, 2025 at 3:42 AM
GOP seem to prize power above everything. They are content to rule without challenge over a country that is discredited, whose vaunted institutions are crumbling, and whose economy will decline rapidly as soon as it is clear that data about it have less credibility than Greek numbers in 2012.
Why would anyone buy US bonds if the statistics on which their value is based is not to be trusted? Destroying the legitimacy of BLS and the Treasury also destroys the legitimacy of the greenback. The dollar is just a piece of paper.
August 5, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Why would anyone buy US bonds if the statistics on which their value is based is not to be trusted? Destroying the legitimacy of BLS and the Treasury also destroys the legitimacy of the greenback. The dollar is just a piece of paper.
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thanks anne—and we're not done.
if you're considering subscribing to WIRED and still on the fence, this year, we also dropped paywalls for FOIA-based reporting (and some guides).
so, here is a 🧵 of some unpaywalled articles (which includes some of our most important work)!
if you're considering subscribing to WIRED and still on the fence, this year, we also dropped paywalls for FOIA-based reporting (and some guides).
so, here is a 🧵 of some unpaywalled articles (which includes some of our most important work)!
July 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM
thanks anne—and we're not done.
if you're considering subscribing to WIRED and still on the fence, this year, we also dropped paywalls for FOIA-based reporting (and some guides).
so, here is a 🧵 of some unpaywalled articles (which includes some of our most important work)!
if you're considering subscribing to WIRED and still on the fence, this year, we also dropped paywalls for FOIA-based reporting (and some guides).
so, here is a 🧵 of some unpaywalled articles (which includes some of our most important work)!
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We have three days to STOP the rescission packate that will kill PEPFAR. All we need is to delay a vote. If it doesn't pass by 18th of July, the bill is dead. CALL YOUR SENATORS NOW!
July 15, 2025 at 10:25 AM
We have three days to STOP the rescission packate that will kill PEPFAR. All we need is to delay a vote. If it doesn't pass by 18th of July, the bill is dead. CALL YOUR SENATORS NOW!