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/
@jonathanbernstein.bsky.social has reminded me that despite our evident generational differences, he is also Gen X
also @smotus.bsky.social, @dandrezner.bsky.social, @profsaunders.bsky.social #sorrynotsorry #actualgreatest
Cox, Coates, Serwer. Gen X throwing our best writers at the moment.
(Sorry, Adam. We're claiming you.)
(Sorry, Adam. We're claiming you.)
January 27, 2026 at 7:58 PM
@jonathanbernstein.bsky.social has reminded me that despite our evident generational differences, he is also Gen X
also @smotus.bsky.social, @dandrezner.bsky.social, @profsaunders.bsky.social #sorrynotsorry #actualgreatest
Cox, Coates, Serwer. Gen X throwing our best writers at the moment.
(Sorry, Adam. We're claiming you.)
(Sorry, Adam. We're claiming you.)
My report from Minneapolis, about the things you'll never see. newrepublic.com/article/2057...
January 27, 2026 at 5:29 PM
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Reconstruction didn't end because a tired nation shrugged its shoulders and let bygones be bygones. The illegal backroom deal that put Hayes in the White House and Reconstruction in a grave was accompanied by orchestrated political violence, propaganda systems, and manipulation of public memory
January 26, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Reconstruction didn't end because a tired nation shrugged its shoulders and let bygones be bygones. The illegal backroom deal that put Hayes in the White House and Reconstruction in a grave was accompanied by orchestrated political violence, propaganda systems, and manipulation of public memory
ICYMI: rational maybe isn't my preferred way to approach the question, but this is the line in the piece I wanted people to remember
"They won’t ever be completely safe from someone saying that they are weak on terror or soft on crime, but they have to be more afraid that a human being will be summarily executed at the hands of the state, in the name of border enforcement, on their watch"
A rational threat perspective is needed
A rational threat perspective is needed
thought a bit about abolishing ICE, Democratic caution, and how this time the institutional change is probably the easy part
goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/change-see...
goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/change-see...
January 26, 2026 at 8:52 PM
ICYMI: rational maybe isn't my preferred way to approach the question, but this is the line in the piece I wanted people to remember
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Call for Papers (due March 1st)
Workshop on "Frontiers in Representation: Citizen Assemblies, Deliberative Mini-Publics, and Participatory Democracy," August 14, Vanderbilt University
more info: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
submit papers: forms.gle/k7BH4so2QJxQ...
Call for Papers (due March 1st)
Workshop on "Frontiers in Representation: Citizen Assemblies, Deliberative Mini-Publics, and Participatory Democracy," August 14, Vanderbilt University
more info: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
submit papers: forms.gle/k7BH4so2QJxQ...
January 26, 2026 at 5:56 PM
* Please repost and share *
Call for Papers (due March 1st)
Workshop on "Frontiers in Representation: Citizen Assemblies, Deliberative Mini-Publics, and Participatory Democracy," August 14, Vanderbilt University
more info: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
submit papers: forms.gle/k7BH4so2QJxQ...
Call for Papers (due March 1st)
Workshop on "Frontiers in Representation: Citizen Assemblies, Deliberative Mini-Publics, and Participatory Democracy," August 14, Vanderbilt University
more info: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
submit papers: forms.gle/k7BH4so2QJxQ...
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government by right-wing media addicts (most of all the president) for right-wing media addicts (most of all the president), aimed at producing content for the right-wing reality studio
New at Tusk: What we're seeing today is the result of a president obsessed with bloody visuals and a set of allies terrified to cross him
Enforcing immigration or "enforcing immigration"
What we're seeing today is the result of a president obsessed with bloody visuals and a set of allies terrified to cross him
open.substack.com
January 26, 2026 at 1:06 PM
government by right-wing media addicts (most of all the president) for right-wing media addicts (most of all the president), aimed at producing content for the right-wing reality studio
thought a bit about abolishing ICE, Democratic caution, and how this time the institutional change is probably the easy part
goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/change-see...
goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/change-see...
Change seems impossible until it doesn't
The killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis yesterday feels like a significant turning point in what was already an awful and authoritarian situation.
goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com
January 26, 2026 at 12:27 PM
thought a bit about abolishing ICE, Democratic caution, and how this time the institutional change is probably the easy part
goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/change-see...
goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/change-see...
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I wrote a bit about where this puts Senate Dems. But mainly: Links! @chalkboardpolitics.bsky.social @himself.bsky.social @dandrezner.bsky.social @profsaunders.bsky.social @sarahbinder.bsky.social @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social and so many more goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/democrats-...
Senate Democrats React
The spending bill deal is dead, but what comes next is uncertain.
goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com
January 25, 2026 at 11:24 PM
I wrote a bit about where this puts Senate Dems. But mainly: Links! @chalkboardpolitics.bsky.social @himself.bsky.social @dandrezner.bsky.social @profsaunders.bsky.social @sarahbinder.bsky.social @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social and so many more goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/democrats-...
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This sure seems more like the tyranny the Constitution is supposed to protect against than forgiving student loans.
January 24, 2026 at 5:02 PM
This sure seems more like the tyranny the Constitution is supposed to protect against than forgiving student loans.
i don't *care* how they feel but as I watched this I wondered what it felt like to be one of those cops, sent out to arrest clergy peacefully praying for the humane treatment of others. and agreeing to do it.
As clergy pray, arrests begin
January 23, 2026 at 5:35 PM
i don't *care* how they feel but as I watched this I wondered what it felt like to be one of those cops, sent out to arrest clergy peacefully praying for the humane treatment of others. and agreeing to do it.
this is honestly a very good metaphor
It would happen no matter what. The US President is basically a Roomba. When he runs into opposition he turns and starts devouring in another direction. Sooner or later he always circles back, though.
January 23, 2026 at 4:39 PM
this is honestly a very good metaphor
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It would happen no matter what. The US President is basically a Roomba. When he runs into opposition he turns and starts devouring in another direction. Sooner or later he always circles back, though.
January 23, 2026 at 4:36 PM
It would happen no matter what. The US President is basically a Roomba. When he runs into opposition he turns and starts devouring in another direction. Sooner or later he always circles back, though.
getting threatened for sharing this was pretty triggering for me considering all the online abuse i've dealt with in the past. probably time for me to take a break.
this is real and real fucking exhausting
Today’s newsletter is about a natural experiment that happened on Bluesky yesterday. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/on-trump-a...
January 21, 2026 at 4:32 PM
getting threatened for sharing this was pretty triggering for me considering all the online abuse i've dealt with in the past. probably time for me to take a break.
this is real and real fucking exhausting
Today’s newsletter is about a natural experiment that happened on Bluesky yesterday. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/on-trump-a...
On Trump, Anarchy, and a Natural Experiment
My latest co-authored essay for Foreign Affairs.
danieldrezner.substack.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:15 PM
this is real and real fucking exhausting
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Appreciate this from @dandrezner.bsky.social, and it was an honor to co-author with him.
Today’s newsletter is about a natural experiment that happened on Bluesky yesterday. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/on-trump-a...
On Trump, Anarchy, and a Natural Experiment
My latest co-authored essay for Foreign Affairs.
danieldrezner.substack.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Appreciate this from @dandrezner.bsky.social, and it was an honor to co-author with him.
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The Nazis were not only bad people, they were also epic losers
In case anyone needs to remember
In case anyone needs to remember
January 21, 2026 at 2:56 AM
The Nazis were not only bad people, they were also epic losers
In case anyone needs to remember
In case anyone needs to remember
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Interested in Southern Politics? Check out the awesome Kudzu Vine podcast! I joined them this week to talk about economic inequality & the failing American Dream.
Our thanks to @lizsuhay.bsky.social of @americanuniversity.bsky.social
for joining us on the show tonight to discuss her book.
Listen to the interview and full show at: open.spreaker.com/A4NZ/s8gh1rhf
for joining us on the show tonight to discuss her book.
Listen to the interview and full show at: open.spreaker.com/A4NZ/s8gh1rhf
Dr. Elizabeth Suhay
Dr. Elizabeth Suhay of American University joined us to discuss her new book: Debating the American Dream: How Explanations for Inequality Polarize Politics.
open.spreaker.com
January 20, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Interested in Southern Politics? Check out the awesome Kudzu Vine podcast! I joined them this week to talk about economic inequality & the failing American Dream.
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Also I'll immodestly say: I think @juliaazari.bsky.social and @dbernstein.bsky.social and I have been good guides to [all this] and if you haven't subscribed you should, and also I'll invite y'all to support us and keep us going with a paid subscription. goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com
Good Politics/Bad Politics | Jonathan Bernstein | Substack
A Plain Newsletter About Government and Elections in the US with Jonathan Bernstein, Julia Azari, and David S. Bernstein. Click to read Good Politics/Bad Politics, a Substack publication with thousand...
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January 19, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Also I'll immodestly say: I think @juliaazari.bsky.social and @dbernstein.bsky.social and I have been good guides to [all this] and if you haven't subscribed you should, and also I'll invite y'all to support us and keep us going with a paid subscription. goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com
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I used to say that Trump has abdicated his Head of State role and in doing so squandered some of influence of the office, which I thought was good...but @juliaazari.bsky.social today did a much better analysis goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/does-the-a...
“Trump is the first president not to issue an official proclamation recognizing Martin Luther King, Jr. Day since President Reagan made it a holiday.”
January 19, 2026 at 11:45 PM
I used to say that Trump has abdicated his Head of State role and in doing so squandered some of influence of the office, which I thought was good...but @juliaazari.bsky.social today did a much better analysis goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/does-the-a...
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"There’s another aspect that probably needs even more exploration by presidential observers and scholars: the apparent lack of constraints on the administration." This is something that I explore in detail in my new book: www.rienner.com/title/Above_...
Lynne Rienner Publishers | Above the Law The Evolution of Emergency Presidential Power
Lynne Rienner Publishers, celebrating 35 years of independent publishing, is known for its cutting-edge, high quality scholarly and academic books and journals in politics, social sciences, and the hu...
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January 19, 2026 at 6:55 PM
"There’s another aspect that probably needs even more exploration by presidential observers and scholars: the apparent lack of constraints on the administration." This is something that I explore in detail in my new book: www.rienner.com/title/Above_...
Wrote a thing about whether the American presidency even exists anymore. No reason. open.substack.com/pub/goodpoli...
Does the American presidency exist anymore?
Last week Donald Trump flipped off a worker at a Ford plant for yelling “pedophile protector” at him.
open.substack.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Wrote a thing about whether the American presidency even exists anymore. No reason. open.substack.com/pub/goodpoli...
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New at Can We Still Govern?
"I am writing as an ordinary citizen of Minneapolis/St Paul...to share with the outside world what is really going on ─ the terror being inflicted upon a U.S. city and state by our federal government."
Please read, share, help. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/dispatch-f...
"I am writing as an ordinary citizen of Minneapolis/St Paul...to share with the outside world what is really going on ─ the terror being inflicted upon a U.S. city and state by our federal government."
Please read, share, help. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/dispatch-f...
Dispatch from the occupation
What life is like in Minneapolis now
donmoynihan.substack.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:49 PM
New at Can We Still Govern?
"I am writing as an ordinary citizen of Minneapolis/St Paul...to share with the outside world what is really going on ─ the terror being inflicted upon a U.S. city and state by our federal government."
Please read, share, help. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/dispatch-f...
"I am writing as an ordinary citizen of Minneapolis/St Paul...to share with the outside world what is really going on ─ the terror being inflicted upon a U.S. city and state by our federal government."
Please read, share, help. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/dispatch-f...
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Words cannot describe how insane it is that we might strike Iran, that Europe moved troops into Greenland while Danish & Greenlandish FMs stood grim-faced after DC meeting, & that the Pentagon is sending lawyers to Minneapolis. Brought to you by the party of national security & law and order.
Breaking news: The Pentagon has begun withdrawing some U.S. troops and assets from a key base in Qatar as a precautionary measure while President Trump weighs whether to take military action against Iran, officials said.
U.S. withdraws some forces from Middle East as Trump weighs Iran strikes
The Pentagon has begun removing troops and equipment from al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar, echoing measures taken before U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Words cannot describe how insane it is that we might strike Iran, that Europe moved troops into Greenland while Danish & Greenlandish FMs stood grim-faced after DC meeting, & that the Pentagon is sending lawyers to Minneapolis. Brought to you by the party of national security & law and order.
i think you have to have a paid sub to access our archive, but here's the piece i started writing as sort of a throw-away but increasing i think became the whole ballgame goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/the-odds-v...
January 14, 2026 at 3:12 PM
i think you have to have a paid sub to access our archive, but here's the piece i started writing as sort of a throw-away but increasing i think became the whole ballgame goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/the-odds-v...
they, broadly defined, will probably try but so far they haven't taken the joy of the first day of classes from me
January 13, 2026 at 5:04 PM
they, broadly defined, will probably try but so far they haven't taken the joy of the first day of classes from me