A.J. Bauer
@ajbauer.bsky.social
Researching conservative news and right-wing media. PhD in American Studies from NYU. I teach at but don't speak for the University of Alabama.
News on the Right (http://bit.ly/2YgUcZX).
Pre-order *Making the Liberal Media* (https://shorturl.at/e31nU)!
News on the Right (http://bit.ly/2YgUcZX).
Pre-order *Making the Liberal Media* (https://shorturl.at/e31nU)!
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A.J. Bauer
@ajbauer.bsky.social
· Dec 10
Making the Liberal Media | Columbia University Press
Conservatives have disagreed about many things, but they have long been united by the belief that the mainstream—or “liberal”—media is biased against... | CUP
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I'm a former Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion hostage, ask me anything.
February 12, 2026 at 6:45 PM
I'm a former Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Completion hostage, ask me anything.
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Check out our latest forum, "Dismantling the Master's House" featuring essays exploring new directions for peer review of intersectional scholarship.
It kicks off with an introductory essay from Meredith D. Clark, "Grounded Under a Blue Sky." A must read!
academic.oup.com/ccc/article/...
It kicks off with an introductory essay from Meredith D. Clark, "Grounded Under a Blue Sky." A must read!
academic.oup.com/ccc/article/...
February 12, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Check out our latest forum, "Dismantling the Master's House" featuring essays exploring new directions for peer review of intersectional scholarship.
It kicks off with an introductory essay from Meredith D. Clark, "Grounded Under a Blue Sky." A must read!
academic.oup.com/ccc/article/...
It kicks off with an introductory essay from Meredith D. Clark, "Grounded Under a Blue Sky." A must read!
academic.oup.com/ccc/article/...
The FAA shut down airspace and canceled flights for 10 days over a party balloon.
A party balloon.
A party balloon.
February 12, 2026 at 2:22 AM
The FAA shut down airspace and canceled flights for 10 days over a party balloon.
A party balloon.
A party balloon.
The moral depravity of our elites is matched only by the legal system that consistently refuses to hold them accountable.
February 12, 2026 at 2:13 AM
The moral depravity of our elites is matched only by the legal system that consistently refuses to hold them accountable.
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My book comes out in about a month! I've got a mini-tour lined up this spring to promote it:
March 11, New York, NY
March 19, Berkeley, CA
March 27, Tuscaloosa AL
April 23, Davis, CA
May 27-28, London UK
Stay tuned for details! Now booking for fall too, if you're interested.
March 11, New York, NY
March 19, Berkeley, CA
March 27, Tuscaloosa AL
April 23, Davis, CA
May 27-28, London UK
Stay tuned for details! Now booking for fall too, if you're interested.
February 11, 2026 at 5:24 PM
My book comes out in about a month! I've got a mini-tour lined up this spring to promote it:
March 11, New York, NY
March 19, Berkeley, CA
March 27, Tuscaloosa AL
April 23, Davis, CA
May 27-28, London UK
Stay tuned for details! Now booking for fall too, if you're interested.
March 11, New York, NY
March 19, Berkeley, CA
March 27, Tuscaloosa AL
April 23, Davis, CA
May 27-28, London UK
Stay tuned for details! Now booking for fall too, if you're interested.
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February 11, 2026 at 10:03 PM
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This is really important research from Tow/CJR.
Still, I wish we could stop using "pink slime." Metric Media is a right-wing digital news network and the euphemism only muddles the political stakes.
www.cjr.org/tow_center/p...
Still, I wish we could stop using "pink slime." Metric Media is a right-wing digital news network and the euphemism only muddles the political stakes.
www.cjr.org/tow_center/p...
How
Metric Media filed more than nine thousand public records requests last year. It used the data to target Democratic politicians and private citizens.
www.cjr.org
February 11, 2026 at 9:48 PM
This is really important research from Tow/CJR.
Still, I wish we could stop using "pink slime." Metric Media is a right-wing digital news network and the euphemism only muddles the political stakes.
www.cjr.org/tow_center/p...
Still, I wish we could stop using "pink slime." Metric Media is a right-wing digital news network and the euphemism only muddles the political stakes.
www.cjr.org/tow_center/p...
Good.
The idea of aggregating individual expressions or behaviors into something called "public opinion" is a relic of early social scientists attempting to measure an object that scholars at the time knew to be "fictional" and metaphorical.
The idea of aggregating individual expressions or behaviors into something called "public opinion" is a relic of early social scientists attempting to measure an object that scholars at the time knew to be "fictional" and metaphorical.
Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years thehill.com/homenews/med...
February 11, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Good.
The idea of aggregating individual expressions or behaviors into something called "public opinion" is a relic of early social scientists attempting to measure an object that scholars at the time knew to be "fictional" and metaphorical.
The idea of aggregating individual expressions or behaviors into something called "public opinion" is a relic of early social scientists attempting to measure an object that scholars at the time knew to be "fictional" and metaphorical.
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The potential for upheaval is precisely why economic elites wield AI as a weapon to threaten workers, even as we've seen time and again that AI cannot actually replace what humans do.
You can take these dynamics seriously without buying into the framing of the people doing the threatening.
You can take these dynamics seriously without buying into the framing of the people doing the threatening.
I'm not even saying that's the most *likely* possibility, but it's just very clear that the likelihood of that outcome as increased and even if there's, like, a 1 in 10 change that "AI replaces most to all white collar jobs in 10 years" that's an *enormous* risk to the social order!
February 11, 2026 at 5:45 PM
The potential for upheaval is precisely why economic elites wield AI as a weapon to threaten workers, even as we've seen time and again that AI cannot actually replace what humans do.
You can take these dynamics seriously without buying into the framing of the people doing the threatening.
You can take these dynamics seriously without buying into the framing of the people doing the threatening.
"The FAA and DOW acted swiftly to address a cartel drone incursion."
February 11, 2026 at 6:05 PM
"The FAA and DOW acted swiftly to address a cartel drone incursion."
My book comes out in about a month! I've got a mini-tour lined up this spring to promote it:
March 11, New York, NY
March 19, Berkeley, CA
March 27, Tuscaloosa AL
April 23, Davis, CA
May 27-28, London UK
Stay tuned for details! Now booking for fall too, if you're interested.
March 11, New York, NY
March 19, Berkeley, CA
March 27, Tuscaloosa AL
April 23, Davis, CA
May 27-28, London UK
Stay tuned for details! Now booking for fall too, if you're interested.
February 11, 2026 at 5:24 PM
My book comes out in about a month! I've got a mini-tour lined up this spring to promote it:
March 11, New York, NY
March 19, Berkeley, CA
March 27, Tuscaloosa AL
April 23, Davis, CA
May 27-28, London UK
Stay tuned for details! Now booking for fall too, if you're interested.
March 11, New York, NY
March 19, Berkeley, CA
March 27, Tuscaloosa AL
April 23, Davis, CA
May 27-28, London UK
Stay tuned for details! Now booking for fall too, if you're interested.
Bondi isn't "crashing out." She is playing to an audience of one.
February 11, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Bondi isn't "crashing out." She is playing to an audience of one.
As Gregor Samsa's cortisol levels spiked one morning from jestergooning dreams he found himself mogged in the club into a gigantic moid.
February 10, 2026 at 5:30 PM
As Gregor Samsa's cortisol levels spiked one morning from jestergooning dreams he found himself mogged in the club into a gigantic moid.
How is this story’s framing any different than how Fox News would report it?
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
Trump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:46 PM
How is this story’s framing any different than how Fox News would report it?
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...
"Don't be a Panican" sounds like a vaudeville number.
February 9, 2026 at 9:23 PM
"Don't be a Panican" sounds like a vaudeville number.
"Gives Itself More Control"
February 9, 2026 at 8:43 PM
"Gives Itself More Control"
Important work from @thrasherxy.bsky.social on the devastating global ramifications of Trump's hostility toward foreign aid.
For the Interept, I reported from Uganda about the effects of USAID cuts on LGBTQ people, HIV prevention activists and sex workers—and tried to tell the story from the POV of these important but criminalized communities. Please read and share.
theintercept.com/2026/02/09/t...
theintercept.com/2026/02/09/t...
By Slashing Foreign Aid, Trump Is Fueling the Spread of HIV in Uganda
Reporting from Uganda, The Intercept saw how Trump’s effort to slash foreign aid is encouraging the transmission of HIV.
theintercept.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Important work from @thrasherxy.bsky.social on the devastating global ramifications of Trump's hostility toward foreign aid.
Reposted by A.J. Bauer
For the Interept, I reported from Uganda about the effects of USAID cuts on LGBTQ people, HIV prevention activists and sex workers—and tried to tell the story from the POV of these important but criminalized communities. Please read and share.
theintercept.com/2026/02/09/t...
theintercept.com/2026/02/09/t...
By Slashing Foreign Aid, Trump Is Fueling the Spread of HIV in Uganda
Reporting from Uganda, The Intercept saw how Trump’s effort to slash foreign aid is encouraging the transmission of HIV.
theintercept.com
February 9, 2026 at 4:16 PM
For the Interept, I reported from Uganda about the effects of USAID cuts on LGBTQ people, HIV prevention activists and sex workers—and tried to tell the story from the POV of these important but criminalized communities. Please read and share.
theintercept.com/2026/02/09/t...
theintercept.com/2026/02/09/t...
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Weird. I tried to warn libertarians about Trump
February 9, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Weird. I tried to warn libertarians about Trump
There are DOZENS of us! DOZENS!!!
February 9, 2026 at 3:16 AM
There are DOZENS of us! DOZENS!!!
Nobody understands a word this guy is saying…
February 9, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Nobody understands a word this guy is saying…
We are not a serious country.
February 7, 2026 at 3:19 AM
We are not a serious country.
Policing the Crisis: Mogging, the State, and Law and Order
February 6, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Policing the Crisis: Mogging, the State, and Law and Order
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For the past 3 months, David Remnick has been notably deferential to conservatives and infers at time he is mildly annoyed by the liberals he sees socially in these interviews. What is going on?
In an interview with David Remnick, Ben Shapiro discusses his break with figures like Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens, and why he condemns President Trump as corrupt yet sticks with him. www.newyorker.com/news/the-new...
Ben Shapiro Is Waging Battle Inside the MAGA Movement
In an interview with David Remnick, Ben Shapiro discusses his break with figures like Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens, and why he condemns President Trump as corrupt yet sticks with him.
www.newyorker.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:53 PM
For the past 3 months, David Remnick has been notably deferential to conservatives and infers at time he is mildly annoyed by the liberals he sees socially in these interviews. What is going on?
You know it’s bad when the Times is using “racist” and not “racially charged.”
February 6, 2026 at 8:37 PM
You know it’s bad when the Times is using “racist” and not “racially charged.”