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Julia Azari

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Political science professor. Has thoughts about that thing someone said. Book: Backlash Presidents: From Transformative to Reactionary Leaders in American History https://tinyurl.com/te8cmzmr https://goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/

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Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social · 4h

narratives are important but never the whole story, and news media aren't exactly separate from the process of their creation.

Chris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 4h

"Depends on who you ask" framing is one of the most grating tics in modern political journalism. Objective reality exists and your job is to describe it.

David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 5h

A classic case of irresponsible both-sidesism from the NYT. The story is that Trump and MAGA propagandists are lying about Portland to incite a conflict, not that there are different views of the matter.

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Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social · 4h

also, if you're reading this and have a podcast, you should invite me. i'm fun.

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Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social · 4h

really excellent point

Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social · 4h

Michael said I could swear on his podcast, so...

Michael Sargent @sargeinpolipsych.bsky.social · 4h

A new episode of Circumscription drops on Tuesday morning, and it features my conversation with political scientist @juliaazari.bsky.social. For now, a teaser: youtu.be/uGIN3oZvZ4E

Circumscription Episode 8--Teaser 1

YouTube video by Michael Sargent

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Kyla @boysek.bsky.social · 1d

www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/10/w...

WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square

A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.

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Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social · 1d

no backlash to see here

Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social · 1d

it's real, part million!

Debbie Schildkraut @debbiejsr.bsky.social · 1d

Let’s do this.
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Photo of title page: Backlash Presidents: From Transformative to Reactionary Leaders in American History
By Julia R. Azari

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Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social · 1d

can't wait for your thoughts! thank you!

Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social · 1d

Fastest I have ever dropped something in a group text. friends got 2 months to prep.

Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social · 1d

also i wish more places served vegetarian dumplings

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Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social · 1d

i need to get off my ass and make some dumplings. but not now, because i'm traveling non-stop for the rest of the month. :)

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Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social · 1d

i really need a new bingo card

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Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social · 2d

reposting this in hopes of courting similar fortune :)

Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 2d

When my second book came out, Alyssa Milano tweeted that she wanted to buy a copy for every member of Congress.

@yalepress.bsky.social saw the tweet even before I did and had the brilliant idea to cut the price of the book roughly in half.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 3d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social · 3d

WOO! Congratulations! Extremely well-deserved.

Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social · 3d

states and political structures and such are there to serve humanity, not the other way around. nationalism is a lie and should be rejected. we need to be pretty clear about this.

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Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social · 3d

Here's the thing. I am a lucky person and pay a fair bit in taxes. I can think of no better use for my tax dollars than feeding children, because I think all people are equally deserving of basic humanity.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3d

The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) - Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son and wept. Ever since his family's food rations stopped arriving at their internment camp in Myanmar in April, the father had watched helplessly as his once-vibrant baby boy weakened, suffering from diarrhea and begging for food.
On May 21, exactly two weeks after Taher's little boy died, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat before Congress and declared: "No one has died" because of his government's decision to gut its foreign aid program. Rubio also insisted: "No children are dying on my watch."
That, Taher says, "is a lie."

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Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social · 3d

good point for sure

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Deva Woodly @devawo.bsky.social · 3d

@himself.bsky.social talking sense, as usual. Notably: “The administration would have played its cards differently if it had a stronger hand.”

Opinion | You Beat Trumpism by Banding Together. It’s as Hard and as Simple as That.

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Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social · 3d

this is sort of where i'm at. i caught the tail end of Lee Greenwood at the RNC in between interviews, and I've heard Bad Bunny mainly on the Peloton app. The fact that Transatlanticism and Antics are both over 20 years old is kinda my entire personality.

Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social · 3d

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House Speaker Johnson Calls Bad Bunny at Super Bowl ‘a Terrible Decision,’ Says It Should’ve Been Someone With ‘a Broader Audience’ — Like Lee Greenwood

House Speaker Mike Johnson says it is 'a terrible decision' to book Bad Bunny for the Super Bowl, saying Lee Greenwood would have been a better pick.

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Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social · 3d

he's the "I'm Proud to be an American" guy

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Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social · 3d

this is an important warning for Gen X and millennials (and borderline cases like myself): some boomerism may be a life cycle effect. Be wary.

Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social · 3d

not the point, but Mike Johnson saying that they should have had Lee Greenwood instead of Bad Bunny is the most boomer-ass shit on the planet, and Mike Johnson is *solidly* Gen X (b. 1972)

Francis Wilkinson @franciswilkinson.bsky.social · 3d

1. Trump Culture War quote.
2. Johnson CW quote.
3. *Imagined* Schumer CW quote.
4. “These culture wars get sillier by the day.”

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Nick Fleisher @nickfleisher.bsky.social · 4d

See also: people who say we must "restore trust in higher ed"

Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 4d

I keep waiting for the powers that be in media to grasp the concept of bad faith, realize how often "restore trust in news" and similar statements mean "stop doing journalism, lie more in ways I like," come from people ideologically committed to destroying trust in news, and can never be satisfied.

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 4d

I too am keen to "restore trust in news" by turning a major broadcast network into a 24/7 slurry of right wing culture war propaganda and engagement trolling

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Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social · 4d

it would rock to renegotiate the deal between universities and the federal government if we had an administration that believed in either