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/https://bsky.app/profile/juliaazari.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/juliaazari.bsky.social/post/3mo3qcyt7ec2vHow did the American right become radicalized? (or was it that way all along?) what I saw at the American Political History Conference got me thinking about how scholars and actual conservatives tell this story, and of course about my own book ;) https://goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/how-did-the-american-right-become?r=whhz12 Jun 2026 12:25 +0000at://did:plc:coiwnzyhyctp2z7u6ceu3svc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo3qcyt7ec2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/juliaazari.bsky.social/post/3mnxmnv6xnk2qi spent years trying to elaborate this argument in Backlash Presidents and Andy just tweeted (or whatever) it out [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Jun 2026 21:09 +0000at://did:plc:coiwnzyhyctp2z7u6ceu3svc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnxmnv6xnk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/juliaazari.bsky.social/post/3mnxjt3rcgc2qspent 10 days after the semester ended dealing with family stuff, then 10 days vacationing in a different time zone and dealing with questions like "how do i order the correct coffee" and "how do the trains work" and now i'm faced with the next question "do i still know how to write?"10 Jun 2026 20:18 +0000at://did:plc:coiwnzyhyctp2z7u6ceu3svc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnxjt3rcgc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/juliaazari.bsky.social/post/3mnx62nvxds23thousands of uncritical repetitions of right-wing frames like "border crisis" made this moment possible. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Jun 2026 16:47 +0000at://did:plc:coiwnzyhyctp2z7u6ceu3svc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnx62nvxds23https://bsky.app/profile/juliaazari.bsky.social/post/3mnuc7luibk23this is a crucial response to the "hur hur silly science experiments" anti-intellectual populism that allows for cuts like this to be politically possible. https://prospect.org/2026/06/09/why-that-next-hamburger-is-going-to-cost-you-new-world-screwworm/09 Jun 2026 13:24 +0000at://did:plc:coiwnzyhyctp2z7u6ceu3svc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnuc7luibk23https://bsky.app/profile/juliaazari.bsky.social/post/3mmp4pvqwv224Some thoughts about what post-election analyses could be, if anyone really had the incentive to do them right. https://open.substack.com/pub/goodpoliticsbadpolitics/p/how-to-understand-what-happened-in?r=whhz&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web25 May 2026 18:37 +0000at://did:plc:coiwnzyhyctp2z7u6ceu3svc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmp4pvqwv224https://bsky.app/profile/juliaazari.bsky.social/post/3mmohuk3tl227Now that everyone has moved on from the DNC report, I wrote about it. What would a well-designed report do? And why no one has any incentive to do it. https://open.substack.com/pub/goodpoliticsbadpolitics/p/how-to-understand-what-happened-in?r=whhz&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web25 May 2026 12:24 +0000at://did:plc:coiwnzyhyctp2z7u6ceu3svc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmohuk3tl227https://bsky.app/profile/juliaazari.bsky.social/post/3mmhpcs6rhs2lhow far into the future would people read a DNC autopsy take? asking for a friend who's about to run out of usable writing life for a day or two...22 May 2026 19:48 +0000at://did:plc:coiwnzyhyctp2z7u6ceu3svc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmhpcs6rhs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/juliaazari.bsky.social/post/3mmhj26l5us23ICYMI and would rather read about Republicans than Democrats today or are all caught up on your 2024 report takes :) [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 May 2026 17:56 +0000at://did:plc:coiwnzyhyctp2z7u6ceu3svc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmhj26l5us23https://bsky.app/profile/juliaazari.bsky.social/post/3mmh2vosess2uSo I didn't know the Dems were gonna release their report and I wrote about Republicans instead this week https://goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/how-will-the-republican-party-function?r=whhz22 May 2026 13:43 +0000at://did:plc:coiwnzyhyctp2z7u6ceu3svc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmh2vosess2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/juliaazari.bsky.social/post/3mmfulovpus2fSurely there's a canvas outage angle here [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 May 2026 02:18 +0000at://did:plc:coiwnzyhyctp2z7u6ceu3svc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmfulovpus2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/juliaazari.bsky.social/post/3mmfd4co63c2rSummer, summarized: wrote a note to self in a chapter I'm working on that said "fix wording later" and i just wrote on it "later is now"21 May 2026 21:05 +0000at://did:plc:coiwnzyhyctp2z7u6ceu3svc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmfd4co63c2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/juliaazari.bsky.social/post/3mmf55vwp3s2ujust amplifying this, and adding a small plea that if you value what we do, please do consider a paid subscription if it's in your budget. we know we don't offer a ton of paid content, but i will say that getting a few bucks now and then helps keep me doing this on top of my regular workload [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 May 2026 19:18 +0000at://did:plc:coiwnzyhyctp2z7u6ceu3svc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmf55vwp3s2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/juliaazari.bsky.social/post/3mmc54jusyc2cwhat the actual fuck, "journalist" but also @dbernstein.bsky.social makes a good point here https://goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/pro-trump-or-anti-incumbents?r=whhz [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 May 2026 14:39 +0000at://did:plc:coiwnzyhyctp2z7u6ceu3svc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmc54jusyc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/juliaazari.bsky.social/post/3mmc4ji4ekc2cnorms vs. democratic values. [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 May 2026 14:29 +0000at://did:plc:coiwnzyhyctp2z7u6ceu3svc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmc4ji4ekc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/juliaazari.bsky.social/post/3mm56qyiozs2jmany thanks to folks sending the internet archive over! my work lives! 81 bylines. I also realized there was a certain symmetry - both my first and late piece for the site were about Trump and the GOP, both perhaps overestimating the potential for tensions between the 2. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 May 2026 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:coiwnzyhyctp2z7u6ceu3svc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm56qyiozs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/juliaazari.bsky.social/post/3mm564ooqrs2jI'm finally on west coast time now that I go home in 2 days, and I woke up to the news that all my archived 538 work is apparently gone. But check out Jonathan's links anyway. https://goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/p/more-on-the-democracy-agenda?r=whhz18 May 2026 15:14 +0000at://did:plc:coiwnzyhyctp2z7u6ceu3svc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm564ooqrs2j