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Timothy Noah @timothynoah.bsky.social · 21h

What sort of young man (they all seem to be male) runs a Young Republicans chapter nowadays? Exactly the sort you would guess.

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‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

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Timothy Noah @timothynoah.bsky.social · 22h

Very fair point.

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Timothy Noah @timothynoah.bsky.social · 23h

Oligarchy would be easier to take if billionaires weren’t so easily conned by obvious bullshit artists. John Oliver on the instructive example of Bari Weiss.

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Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

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Timothy Noah @timothynoah.bsky.social · 1d

The real Nobel insult to Trump is the economics prize. My latest:

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Another Nobel Prize That Trump Will Never Win: Economics

While Trump lays waste to American universities, the new laureate says they’re vital to economic growth.

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Timothy Noah @timothynoah.bsky.social · 1d

Excellent Heather Cox Richardson writeup of the imminent sale of the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building and the New Deal art that could be destroyed as a result:

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October 13, 2025

Last Tuesday, President Donald J.

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Anne S Kim @anne-s-kim.bsky.social · 1d

Add “potential art vandal” to the list of Trump’s abuses.

In this week’s @washingtonmonthly.com podcast, Garrett and I talk to @timothynoah.bsky.social about the New Deal treasures that could be lost forever with the sale of an historic federal building.

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The New Deal Treasures Slated for Demolition

The Trump administration’s pending sale of a historic federal building in D.C. could spell the end for the “Sistine Chapel of New Deal Art.”

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Timothy Noah @timothynoah.bsky.social · 2d

Since 2009 Congress has denied itself any raises, reducing after-inflation pay by one-third, for fear of public backlash. But where was the backlash when Republican members voted in a tax cut greatly increasing take-home pay for the wealthier among them? My latest.

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The House Republicans Getting Rich Off Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill

Why is it taboo for Congress to give itself a tiny raise but fine for it to give itself a huge tax cut?

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Timothy Noah @timothynoah.bsky.social · 2d

Please share this.

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Timothy Noah @timothynoah.bsky.social · 2d

Next month will mark the 20th anniversary of the posthumous publication—to uniform raves—of “The Woman at the Washington Zoo,” the first of two anthologies of writings by my late first wife, Marjorie Williams. I’m gratified to see both it and “Reputation,” its sequel, are still in print.

The Woman at the Washington Zoo: Writings on Politics, Family, and Fate

The Woman at the Washington Zoo: Writings on Politics, Family, and Fate [Marjorie Williams, Timothy Noah] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Woman at the Washington Zoo: Writings on Politics, Family, and Fate

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 3d

It's official:

-2025 is now a more threatening year for the survival of the republic than 1968.

-John Roberts will now go down in history as a worse chief justice than Roger "Dred Scott" Taney.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

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Timothy Noah @timothynoah.bsky.social · 4d

Is this a ploy to get the IRS to recognize technocracy as a religion so Thiel and his pals don’t have to pay taxes?

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Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

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Timothy Noah @timothynoah.bsky.social · 5d

The just-announced indictment of Letitia James won't hold up. I explained why last month:

Trump’s Argument for Firing Lisa Cook Lies in Tatters

The president seems to be the last person to know that his plan to oust the Fed governor has been destroyed by facts.

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Timothy Noah @timothynoah.bsky.social · 6d

If the price of gold rises any higher we may have to melt down the Oval Office. My latest:

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Gold Is Booming and That’s Really Bad News

Add it to the growing pile of metrics documenting Trump’s economic mismanagement.

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Timothy Noah @timothynoah.bsky.social · 6d

I agree, but CSIS looked well beyond that to recorded instances of literal physical violence. There has been a surge on the left. It doesn’t help pretending there hasn’t. I think Trump provokes it and is trying to provoke more.

Timothy Noah @timothynoah.bsky.social · 7d

Your good news for today.

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Timothy Noah @timothynoah.bsky.social · 7d

This is totally normal behavior.

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Timothy Noah @timothynoah.bsky.social · 7d

Nowhere do I say left-wing violence is less serious. I say it’s less lethal based on body count. I state that violence is morally wrong, as any sensible person would. But according to the CSIS study, it has increased since Trump appeared on the political scene, and in normal times it’s rare.

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Timothy Noah @timothynoah.bsky.social · 7d

My latest: How Trump successfully provoked, over 10 years, an uptick in left-wing violence; how he’s now trying to provoke more (thus far, thank God, unsuccessfully); and how he’s using it to justify a crackdown on political dissent more sweeping than COINTELPRO.

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How Trump Became the Ringmaster of Left-Wing Violence

He’s goading bad actors on the left to give him a reason to harass his law-abiding critics.

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Timothy Noah @timothynoah.bsky.social · 8d

The good news is that Schwarzman got Trump to back off on saddling Harvard with a government monitor. The bad news is that Harvard is changing its name to Schwarzman University.

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Billionaire Trump Ally Emerges as Key Broker in Harvard Fight

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Isaac! At the Butler! @isaacbutler.bsky.social · 9d

The WPA murals are a vital part of our nation’s artistic history, and to the extent that they can remain public, they should!

Timothy Noah @timothynoah.bsky.social · 12d

Nobody else is writing about this, so please re-post my two-part series about the imminent sale of what one expert calls “the Sistine Chapel of New Deal art.” Preservationists need to move fast.

Part one:

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Part two:

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The New Deal Masterpieces Threatened by Trump’s D.C. Downsizing

Your great-grandparents paid Ben Shahn and Philip Guston to create gorgeous public murals. Next year they could be rubble.

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Matthew Cooper @mattizcoop.bsky.social · 10d

Great reporting from @washingtonmonthly.com Contributing Editor @timothynoah.bsky.social.

Timothy Noah @timothynoah.bsky.social · 11d

This weekend is a good time to catch up on my stories about Trump’s imminent sale and likely destruction of a 1940 government building that one expert calls “the Sistine Chapel of New Deal art.”

Part one:

newrepublic.com/article/2010...

Part two:

newrepublic.com/article/2012...

The New Deal Masterpieces Threatened by Trump’s D.C. Downsizing

Your great-grandparents paid Ben Shahn and Philip Guston to create gorgeous public murals. Next year they could be rubble.

newrepublic.com

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Timothy Noah @timothynoah.bsky.social · 10d

Thanks, Matt!

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Taking Action 4 US🇺🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦🇩🇰🇬🇱🇨🇦🇩🇪📚📗 @takingaction4us.bsky.social · 10d

Stellar reporting from @timothynoah.bsky.social
Attention New Deal historians
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Timothy Noah @timothynoah.bsky.social · 11d

This weekend is a good time to catch up on my stories about Trump’s imminent sale and likely destruction of a 1940 government building that one expert calls “the Sistine Chapel of New Deal art.”

Part one:

newrepublic.com/article/2010...

Part two:

newrepublic.com/article/2012...

The New Deal Masterpieces Threatened by Trump’s D.C. Downsizing

Your great-grandparents paid Ben Shahn and Philip Guston to create gorgeous public murals. Next year they could be rubble.

newrepublic.com

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Timothy Noah @timothynoah.bsky.social · 10d

Good eye! They’re year-round.

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Timothy Noah @timothynoah.bsky.social · 10d

New t-shirt. I don’t want them to have to look too hard.

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