Julia Azari
@juliaazari.bsky.social
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/
Book: Backlash Presidents: From Transformative to Reactionary Leaders in American History
https://tinyurl.com/te8cmzmr
https://goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/
today might not be the day to come in my mentions with the combo of ignorance and telling me what to do
November 24, 2025 at 8:38 PM
today might not be the day to come in my mentions with the combo of ignorance and telling me what to do
i'm having kind of a rough day/year/last 2 years but taking solace in the fact that i'm not elon musk
Every bit of this only reinforces Joyce Carol Oates’ absolute roast of Elon Musk as fundamentally lacking in the ability to enjoy anything normally human. “I built a tool that can insult people in a social setting better than anything ever invented” is a real personal tell.
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM
i'm having kind of a rough day/year/last 2 years but taking solace in the fact that i'm not elon musk
A bit more detail about this post. Trump-world (and particularly Press Sec. Karoline Leavitt) have been leaning heavily on the idea of a popular mandate from last year's election. Declining polls and the 2025 elections strain that argument, but the presidency still has a whole lot of power
Trump is learning the limits of mandate politics. Maybe. open.substack.com/pub/goodpoli...
Trump is learning the limits of mandate politics. Maybe.
After the 2024 election, Trump and his communication team – especially press secretary Karoline Leavitt – seized on the idea that his 49.8% of the popular vote constituted a historic mandate. This, ac...
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:49 PM
A bit more detail about this post. Trump-world (and particularly Press Sec. Karoline Leavitt) have been leaning heavily on the idea of a popular mandate from last year's election. Declining polls and the 2025 elections strain that argument, but the presidency still has a whole lot of power
ICYMI
Trump is learning the limits of mandate politics. Maybe. open.substack.com/pub/goodpoli...
Trump is learning the limits of mandate politics. Maybe.
After the 2024 election, Trump and his communication team – especially press secretary Karoline Leavitt – seized on the idea that his 49.8% of the popular vote constituted a historic mandate. This, ac...
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:21 PM
ICYMI
This point about the historical significance of literacy is a really important one.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/set-tr...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/set-tr...
I Set A Trap To Catch Students Cheating With AI. The Result Was Deflating
"I am no stranger to students trying to cut corners by copying and pasting from Wikipedia, but the introduction of generative AI has enabled them to cheat in startling new ways."
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This point about the historical significance of literacy is a really important one.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/set-tr...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/set-tr...
Trump is learning the limits of mandate politics. Maybe. open.substack.com/pub/goodpoli...
Trump is learning the limits of mandate politics. Maybe.
After the 2024 election, Trump and his communication team – especially press secretary Karoline Leavitt – seized on the idea that his 49.8% of the popular vote constituted a historic mandate. This, ac...
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Trump is learning the limits of mandate politics. Maybe. open.substack.com/pub/goodpoli...
why is every day in 2025 a worse and worse game of madlibs?
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives | CNN Business
Sales of an artificial intelligence-enabled plush toy have been suspended after it was found that it engaged in conversation around sexually explicit topics and offered potentially dangerous advice.
www.cnn.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:41 PM
why is every day in 2025 a worse and worse game of madlibs?
at that time of year when i'm like, ok, i'm at work super-late because it's so dark out but it's actually 3:30
November 20, 2025 at 9:34 PM
at that time of year when i'm like, ok, i'm at work super-late because it's so dark out but it's actually 3:30
glad i just finished writing my presidency lecture
November 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM
glad i just finished writing my presidency lecture
yeah i have not-so-great news about that one
um.
If this is what you're reaching for as a *comforting* comparison...
If this is what you're reaching for as a *comforting* comparison...
November 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM
yeah i have not-so-great news about that one
Reposted by Julia Azari
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Lots of zinger lines in this @smotus.bsky.social post smotus.substack.com/p/are-we-in-...
Are we in the MAGA endgame?
The Epstein conspiracy shows a damaged Trump no longer in his party's driver's seat
smotus.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Lots of zinger lines in this @smotus.bsky.social post smotus.substack.com/p/are-we-in-...
I co-sign Mark's thread. The claim that we brought this on ourselves is absurd and dangerous.
NARRATOR: Roth quite clearly did not name call & we need our leaders to stop granting <every bad faith premise> of the far right authoritarians' lawless assault on higher education before we push back.
November 18, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I co-sign Mark's thread. The claim that we brought this on ourselves is absurd and dangerous.
the problem with this day is that i have a lot of shit to do and i keep having a rage stroke fuckity fuck
November 17, 2025 at 8:43 PM
the problem with this day is that i have a lot of shit to do and i keep having a rage stroke fuckity fuck
this morning's GP/BP - just riffing a bit on my 100 ideas piece. goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/we-wont-sa...
We won't save democracy by shying away from difficult issues
I’ve got a piece up as part of NYU Law’s Democracy Project, which is sharing 100 ideas from scholars, thinkers, and practitioners of politics about how to strengthen and save US democracy.
goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:08 PM
this morning's GP/BP - just riffing a bit on my 100 ideas piece. goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/we-wont-sa...
this was really ... something to read first thing in the morning
Summers conferred with Epstein frequently about how to extract sexual favors from a Harvard econ grad (AB '04, PhD '09)
The grad is from China
Epstein and Summers referred to her by the codename "Peril"
Racism and sexual exploitation in one efficient package
bit.ly/3LHpin8
The grad is from China
Epstein and Summers referred to her by the codename "Peril"
Racism and sexual exploitation in one efficient package
bit.ly/3LHpin8
As Summers Sought Clandestine Relationship With Woman He Called a Mentee, Epstein Was His ‘Wing Man’ | News | The Harvard Crimson
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: convicted sex offender Jef...
bit.ly
November 17, 2025 at 12:59 PM
this was really ... something to read first thing in the morning
ICYMI - My contribution to the NYU Law Democracy Project's 100 Ideas is up now, drawing from the conclusions of Backlash Presidents: democracyproject.org/posts/to-sav...
To Save Democracy, We Can’t Shy Away From the Toughest Issues
A broad range of views on democracy to help break the stalemate caused by partisan conflict.
democracyproject.org
November 13, 2025 at 5:20 PM
ICYMI - My contribution to the NYU Law Democracy Project's 100 Ideas is up now, drawing from the conclusions of Backlash Presidents: democracyproject.org/posts/to-sav...
Reposted by Julia Azari
The Backlash Presidency
Why Trump followed Obama & got impeached, in historical perspective with comparisons to Nixon after LBJ & Johnson after Lincoln
New #ScienceOfPolitics podcast/transcript with @juliaazari.bsky.social
www.niskanencenter.org/the-backlash...
Why Trump followed Obama & got impeached, in historical perspective with comparisons to Nixon after LBJ & Johnson after Lincoln
New #ScienceOfPolitics podcast/transcript with @juliaazari.bsky.social
www.niskanencenter.org/the-backlash...
The backlash presidency - Niskanen Center
Julia Azari finds that backlash presidents like Trump tend to follow transformative presidents like Barack Obama who represent changes to the American racial order.
www.niskanencenter.org
November 12, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The Backlash Presidency
Why Trump followed Obama & got impeached, in historical perspective with comparisons to Nixon after LBJ & Johnson after Lincoln
New #ScienceOfPolitics podcast/transcript with @juliaazari.bsky.social
www.niskanencenter.org/the-backlash...
Why Trump followed Obama & got impeached, in historical perspective with comparisons to Nixon after LBJ & Johnson after Lincoln
New #ScienceOfPolitics podcast/transcript with @juliaazari.bsky.social
www.niskanencenter.org/the-backlash...
Reposted by Julia Azari
Academia is a meritocracy without bias, evidence from a former Harvard president.
November 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Academia is a meritocracy without bias, evidence from a former Harvard president.
Honored to be idea #49 in @democracyproject.bsky.social's 100 ideas! democracyproject.org/posts/to-sav...
To Save Democracy, We Can’t Shy Away From the Toughest Issues
A broad range of views on democracy to help break the stalemate caused by partisan conflict.
democracyproject.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Honored to be idea #49 in @democracyproject.bsky.social's 100 ideas! democracyproject.org/posts/to-sav...
Reposted by Julia Azari
🟣 Idea #49 — New by @juliaazari.bsky.social — “To Save Democracy, We Can’t Shy Away From the Toughest Issues” 💡
Part of the @nyulaw.bsky.social Democracy Project "100 Ideas in 100 Days" series
👉 Read here: democracyproject.org/posts/to-sav...
Part of the @nyulaw.bsky.social Democracy Project "100 Ideas in 100 Days" series
👉 Read here: democracyproject.org/posts/to-sav...
To Save Democracy, We Can’t Shy Away From the Toughest Issues
A broad range of views on democracy to help break the stalemate caused by partisan conflict.
democracyproject.org
November 12, 2025 at 1:11 PM
🟣 Idea #49 — New by @juliaazari.bsky.social — “To Save Democracy, We Can’t Shy Away From the Toughest Issues” 💡
Part of the @nyulaw.bsky.social Democracy Project "100 Ideas in 100 Days" series
👉 Read here: democracyproject.org/posts/to-sav...
Part of the @nyulaw.bsky.social Democracy Project "100 Ideas in 100 Days" series
👉 Read here: democracyproject.org/posts/to-sav...
can't understand our times without deep history
November 11, 2025 at 12:43 AM
can't understand our times without deep history
Tuesday's elections were about the Democrats finally waking up to the idea of power, maybe open.substack.com/pub/goodpoli...
Were Tuesday's elections the end of the Democrats' Obama era?
Maybe the party is finally figuring out power
open.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Tuesday's elections were about the Democrats finally waking up to the idea of power, maybe open.substack.com/pub/goodpoli...
Reposted by Julia Azari
The man who eats $200 steaks, has his meals delivered by servants on gold plates, says he doesn’t want to hear anymore about affordability. The political ads write themselves
@carlquintanilla.bsky.social
@carlquintanilla.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 1:37 AM
The man who eats $200 steaks, has his meals delivered by servants on gold plates, says he doesn’t want to hear anymore about affordability. The political ads write themselves
@carlquintanilla.bsky.social
@carlquintanilla.bsky.social
just a big string of lies, and this was entirely predictable. i will never be over the fact that the country chose this again.
Combating this lie is tiresome.
But it’s worth pointing out that RBOB gasoline today hit its highest level since September. ⛽️
But it’s worth pointing out that RBOB gasoline today hit its highest level since September. ⛽️
Trump: "I don't want to hear about the affordability, because right now we're much less. If you look at energy, we're getting close to $2 a gallon gasoline."
November 7, 2025 at 1:40 AM
just a big string of lies, and this was entirely predictable. i will never be over the fact that the country chose this again.