Alexandra Filindra

@afilindra.bsky.social

3.9K followers 1.8K following 1.2K posts

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 · 3d

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 · 3d

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

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Conor Sen @conorsen.bsky.social · 11d

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 · 13d

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

William Adler @williamadler78.bsky.social · 13d

Alexandra Filindra @afilindra.bsky.social · 14d

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

Alexandra Filindra @afilindra.bsky.social · 14d

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 · 18d

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 · 14d

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

Alexandra Filindra @afilindra.bsky.social · 14d

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 · 18d

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.

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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...

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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

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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

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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".

Reposted by American Library Association, Juan Cole, Mirya R. Holman , and 6 more American Library Association, Juan Cole, Mirya R. Holman, Alan Richardson, McKenzie Wark, Gerald Friedman, Robert B. Reich, Leah Stokes, Alexandra Filindra

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.

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