Timothy Noah
@timothynoah.bsky.social
Staff writer at the New Republic (third tour), former Politico, former Slate, former Wall Street Journal, former Newsweek, former Washington Monthly, former US News and World Report, plus some other places. (I get around.)
My latest explains why those 9 House Democrats are wrong, on the merits, to vote for the contempt resolutions against the Clintons (especially the one against Hillary). And I’m a guy who wrote in 1998 that Bill Clinton should resign because of Monicagate.
Those Nine Democrats Were Wrong to Vote the Clintons in Contempt
A reluctance to relive the 1990s overwhelms justice, common sense, and good faith.
newrepublic.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:13 PM
My latest explains why those 9 House Democrats are wrong, on the merits, to vote for the contempt resolutions against the Clintons (especially the one against Hillary). And I’m a guy who wrote in 1998 that Bill Clinton should resign because of Monicagate.
Reposted by Timothy Noah
Kudos to @timothynoah.bsky.social for originally bringing this travesty to light
VOA's headquarters, 'the Sistine Chapel of the New Deal,' faces possible destruction as part of the Trump administration's drive for "maximum value for the federal real estate footprint." wapo.st/4a5NCsq
The stunning art trove hidden in a D.C. building marked by Trump for disposal
Packed with frescoes, paintings and reliefs, the federal government’s Cohen Building has been called “the Sistine Chapel of the New Deal.” Advocates fear these works could be at risk.
wapo.st
January 22, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Kudos to @timothynoah.bsky.social for originally bringing this travesty to light
My latest is about the extreme seediness of our president’s music-hall turn at Davos, which before Trump opened his mouth was eclipsed by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s historic speech on the end of America’s (always somewhat leaky) rules-based world order.
newrepublic.com/article/2055...
newrepublic.com/article/2055...
Trump Takes His American Decline Tour to Davos
In a sad and seedy music hall performance, a senile autocrat rages against the dimming of his country’s light, as well as his own.
newrepublic.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:18 PM
My latest is about the extreme seediness of our president’s music-hall turn at Davos, which before Trump opened his mouth was eclipsed by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s historic speech on the end of America’s (always somewhat leaky) rules-based world order.
newrepublic.com/article/2055...
newrepublic.com/article/2055...
Washington Post weighs in on Trump’s planned sale/demolition of the “Sistine Chapel of the New Deal.”
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
The stunning art trove hidden in a D.C. building marked by Trump for disposal
Packed with frescoes, paintings and reliefs, the federal government’s Cohen Building has been called “the Sistine Chapel of the New Deal.” Advocates fear these works could be at risk.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Washington Post weighs in on Trump’s planned sale/demolition of the “Sistine Chapel of the New Deal.”
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
How Donald Trump at Davos was like Archie Rise at the end of "The Entertainer," the great 1960 movie in which Laurence Olivier portrays a seedy music-hall performer who represents a declining postwar Britain.
newrepublic.com/article/2055...
newrepublic.com/article/2055...
Trump Takes His American Decline Tour to Davos
In a sad and seedy music hall performance, a senile autocrat rages against the dimming of his country’s light, as well as his own.
newrepublic.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:14 AM
How Donald Trump at Davos was like Archie Rise at the end of "The Entertainer," the great 1960 movie in which Laurence Olivier portrays a seedy music-hall performer who represents a declining postwar Britain.
newrepublic.com/article/2055...
newrepublic.com/article/2055...
The GSA is offering tours on March 26, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., of the New Deal murals inside the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Office Building, "Sistine Chapel of the New Deal."
Trump is trying to sell the building, or possibly to demolish it and sell the land, so go!
www.eventbrite.com/e/new-deal-a...
Trump is trying to sell the building, or possibly to demolish it and sell the land, so go!
www.eventbrite.com/e/new-deal-a...
New Deal Art Tour at the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building
Join us for a captivating in-person tour of New Deal murals at the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building.
www.eventbrite.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:07 AM
The GSA is offering tours on March 26, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., of the New Deal murals inside the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Office Building, "Sistine Chapel of the New Deal."
Trump is trying to sell the building, or possibly to demolish it and sell the land, so go!
www.eventbrite.com/e/new-deal-a...
Trump is trying to sell the building, or possibly to demolish it and sell the land, so go!
www.eventbrite.com/e/new-deal-a...
The worst thing Cabinet secretaries can do right now is pretend a president who threatens war against NATO because (in his own words) he didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize is even minimally competent mentally and does not require rapid activation of the 25th amendment.
US Secretary of Treasury Scott Bessent:
What I am urging everyone here to do is sit back, take a deep breath, and let things play out. The worst thing countries can do is escalate against the United States.
What I am urging everyone here to do is sit back, take a deep breath, and let things play out. The worst thing countries can do is escalate against the United States.
January 20, 2026 at 6:09 PM
The worst thing Cabinet secretaries can do right now is pretend a president who threatens war against NATO because (in his own words) he didn’t win the Nobel Peace Prize is even minimally competent mentally and does not require rapid activation of the 25th amendment.
Happy MLK Day. In commemoration, here’s the story of how the NYT Magazine assigned Martin Luther King to write “Letter From Birmingham Jail” and then blew its chance to publish it through the sort of pompous editorial dithering every freelancer knows all too well.
newrepublic.com/article/1117...
newrepublic.com/article/1117...
How the New York Times Screwed Martin Luther King Jr.
Why did the Times Magazine reject Martin Luther King's "Letter From Birmingham Jail"?
newrepublic.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Happy MLK Day. In commemoration, here’s the story of how the NYT Magazine assigned Martin Luther King to write “Letter From Birmingham Jail” and then blew its chance to publish it through the sort of pompous editorial dithering every freelancer knows all too well.
newrepublic.com/article/1117...
newrepublic.com/article/1117...
Congressional Republicans: Your president has lost his mind. Your choices are: 1.) Pretend it isn’t happening; 2.) Agree with whatever lunacy comes out of his mouth; 3.) Start blocking him and start thinking about removing him from office. If you want a future in politics 3.) is your only path.
January 18, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Congressional Republicans: Your president has lost his mind. Your choices are: 1.) Pretend it isn’t happening; 2.) Agree with whatever lunacy comes out of his mouth; 3.) Start blocking him and start thinking about removing him from office. If you want a future in politics 3.) is your only path.
Trump announces NATO tariff.
Hey congressional Republicans, how long do you plan on giving free rein to this bat-shit crazy president? When we actually go to war with NATO will we hear so much as a peep from you?
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/u...
Hey congressional Republicans, how long do you plan on giving free rein to this bat-shit crazy president? When we actually go to war with NATO will we hear so much as a peep from you?
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/u...
Trump Announces New European Tariffs in Greenland Standoff; Allies Outraged
www.nytimes.com
January 17, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Trump announces NATO tariff.
Hey congressional Republicans, how long do you plan on giving free rein to this bat-shit crazy president? When we actually go to war with NATO will we hear so much as a peep from you?
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/u...
Hey congressional Republicans, how long do you plan on giving free rein to this bat-shit crazy president? When we actually go to war with NATO will we hear so much as a peep from you?
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/u...
In 1973 I won an honorable mention trophy at a high school journalism “Write-Off” at Cal-State Fullerton. I threw the thing away when we cleaned out my late parents’ house. Now I wish I’d kept it so I could deposit it at the White House front gate.
January 17, 2026 at 5:23 PM
In 1973 I won an honorable mention trophy at a high school journalism “Write-Off” at Cal-State Fullerton. I threw the thing away when we cleaned out my late parents’ house. Now I wish I’d kept it so I could deposit it at the White House front gate.
Trump will never understand that, deliberately or not, Machado giving him her Nobel is a gesture of supreme contempt—a calculation that this president can be made more sympathetic to her party’s claim on power if she lets him play dress-up with her trinket.
www.yahoo.com/news/world/a...
www.yahoo.com/news/world/a...
Machado 'presented' her Nobel Peace Prize medal to Trump, both leaders confirm
Does that mean the prize is his now?
www.yahoo.com
January 16, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Trump will never understand that, deliberately or not, Machado giving him her Nobel is a gesture of supreme contempt—a calculation that this president can be made more sympathetic to her party’s claim on power if she lets him play dress-up with her trinket.
www.yahoo.com/news/world/a...
www.yahoo.com/news/world/a...
Senator Elizabeth Warren and (the usually-sensible) Jonathan Chait find themselves in an argument about whether Democrats get pushed around too much by the donor class. Warren says they do, and she’s right. I can’t fathom why Chait disputes her. My latest.
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
Elizabeth Warren Is Right About the Democrats’ Big Problem
The Massachusetts senator is right that her party is too beholden to the donor class. How on earth could anyone dispute that? And yet …
newrepublic.com
January 16, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Senator Elizabeth Warren and (the usually-sensible) Jonathan Chait find themselves in an argument about whether Democrats get pushed around too much by the donor class. Warren says they do, and she’s right. I can’t fathom why Chait disputes her. My latest.
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
newrepublic.com/article/2053...
Reposted by Timothy Noah
stop the presses! - well-played,
@timothynoah.bsky.social
"I propose that instead of chasing Trump’s lies, the press should experiment with treating as major news those very rare instances when a statement coming out of Trump’s mouth actually turns out to be true."
newrepublic.com/article/2051...
@timothynoah.bsky.social
"I propose that instead of chasing Trump’s lies, the press should experiment with treating as major news those very rare instances when a statement coming out of Trump’s mouth actually turns out to be true."
newrepublic.com/article/2051...
The Only Time Trump Makes News Is When He Tells the Truth
As Trump floods the zone with mendacity, more and more people are tuning out the news to avoid him. We need a fresh approach.
newrepublic.com
January 15, 2026 at 3:44 PM
stop the presses! - well-played,
@timothynoah.bsky.social
"I propose that instead of chasing Trump’s lies, the press should experiment with treating as major news those very rare instances when a statement coming out of Trump’s mouth actually turns out to be true."
newrepublic.com/article/2051...
@timothynoah.bsky.social
"I propose that instead of chasing Trump’s lies, the press should experiment with treating as major news those very rare instances when a statement coming out of Trump’s mouth actually turns out to be true."
newrepublic.com/article/2051...
As a person who could happily eat chicken every day for the rest of his life, I’ve often wondered why the rotisserie chicken at my supermarket is cheaper than the uncooked chicken that I take home and prepare myself. The answer: It’s a deliberate loss leader.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/d...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/d...
2025 Was the Year of the Rotisserie Chicken
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 3:28 PM
As a person who could happily eat chicken every day for the rest of his life, I’ve often wondered why the rotisserie chicken at my supermarket is cheaper than the uncooked chicken that I take home and prepare myself. The answer: It’s a deliberate loss leader.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/d...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/d...
Great piece by Nahal Toosi on how the Nicaraguan dictator Daniel Ortega—who eventually confirmed many of the Reagan administration’s worst fears about him—stays off Trump’s radar screen.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
How to be a Latin American Dictator Trump Ignores
Nicaraguan cooperation on fighting drugs may be saving the regime from Trump’s ire.
www.politico.com
January 13, 2026 at 11:03 PM
Great piece by Nahal Toosi on how the Nicaraguan dictator Daniel Ortega—who eventually confirmed many of the Reagan administration’s worst fears about him—stays off Trump’s radar screen.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
The only way I see ICE officer Jonathan E. Ross getting prosecuted for killing Renee Nicole Good is if the FBI finds out he favored only a quarter of one percent December reduction in interest rates.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/u...
F.B.I. Inquiry Into ICE Shooting Is Examining Victim’s Possible Ties to Activist Groups
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:05 PM
The only way I see ICE officer Jonathan E. Ross getting prosecuted for killing Renee Nicole Good is if the FBI finds out he favored only a quarter of one percent December reduction in interest rates.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/u...
Dear Stock Market:
Trump is trying to throw the Federal Reserve chair in jail on charges even his fellow Republicans recognize as phony.
Why aren’t you alarmed? Have you gone COMPLETELY deaf, dumb and blind?
Love, Tim
newrepublic.com/article/2052...
Trump is trying to throw the Federal Reserve chair in jail on charges even his fellow Republicans recognize as phony.
Why aren’t you alarmed? Have you gone COMPLETELY deaf, dumb and blind?
Love, Tim
newrepublic.com/article/2052...
The Market Met Jerome Powell’s Warning With Deep Denial
What’s a Fed chair got to do to get people interested in the criminalization of monetary policy?
newrepublic.com
January 12, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Dear Stock Market:
Trump is trying to throw the Federal Reserve chair in jail on charges even his fellow Republicans recognize as phony.
Why aren’t you alarmed? Have you gone COMPLETELY deaf, dumb and blind?
Love, Tim
newrepublic.com/article/2052...
Trump is trying to throw the Federal Reserve chair in jail on charges even his fellow Republicans recognize as phony.
Why aren’t you alarmed? Have you gone COMPLETELY deaf, dumb and blind?
Love, Tim
newrepublic.com/article/2052...
Seventy percent of the American public thinks Trump is a habitual liar. Even many Trump supporters say so. Therefore I propose in my latest that we save time with “truth checks” rather than “fact checks” to record those rare instances when he isn’t full of crap.
newrepublic.com/article/2051...
newrepublic.com/article/2051...
The Only Time Trump Makes News Is When He Tells the Truth
As Trump floods the zone with mendacity, more and more people are tuning out the news to avoid him. We need a fresh approach.
newrepublic.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Seventy percent of the American public thinks Trump is a habitual liar. Even many Trump supporters say so. Therefore I propose in my latest that we save time with “truth checks” rather than “fact checks” to record those rare instances when he isn’t full of crap.
newrepublic.com/article/2051...
newrepublic.com/article/2051...
Unbelievable.
Aaaand now the Justice Department goons are going after Jerome Powell. This is I believe the first time anybody ever thought to criminalize a difference of opinion over interest rates.
Aaaand now the Justice Department goons are going after Jerome Powell. This is I believe the first time anybody ever thought to criminalize a difference of opinion over interest rates.
January 12, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Unbelievable.
Aaaand now the Justice Department goons are going after Jerome Powell. This is I believe the first time anybody ever thought to criminalize a difference of opinion over interest rates.
Aaaand now the Justice Department goons are going after Jerome Powell. This is I believe the first time anybody ever thought to criminalize a difference of opinion over interest rates.
A rainy day turned out to be a perfect occasion to re-watch the 1973 Sid Caesar compilation “Ten From Your Show of Shows,” which I last saw in a movie theater half a century ago. It’s still hilarious (and apparently now in the public domain).
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archive.org/details/10.f...
Ten from Your Show of Shows : Max Liebman : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
This 1973 feature film compiles 10 sketches from the live comedy/variety TV series Your Show of Shows. The series, starring Sid Caesar & Imogene Coca, was...
archive.org
January 10, 2026 at 9:30 PM
A rainy day turned out to be a perfect occasion to re-watch the 1973 Sid Caesar compilation “Ten From Your Show of Shows,” which I last saw in a movie theater half a century ago. It’s still hilarious (and apparently now in the public domain).
archive.org/details/10.f...
archive.org/details/10.f...
Donald Trump to NYT: “My own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me.”
We’ve elected as president Jimmy Cagney as Cody Jarrett in “White Heat.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t4Y...
We’ve elected as president Jimmy Cagney as Cody Jarrett in “White Heat.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t4Y...
'Made it ma! Top of the World!
YouTube video by Dunno Damfiknow (Damfiknow)
www.youtube.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Donald Trump to NYT: “My own morality. My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me.”
We’ve elected as president Jimmy Cagney as Cody Jarrett in “White Heat.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t4Y...
We’ve elected as president Jimmy Cagney as Cody Jarrett in “White Heat.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4t4Y...
With the Supreme Court likely preparing to strike down Trump’s tariffs tomorrow (Friday), what are the odds Trump is doing the ethical thing and resisting the urge to phone Roberts or Gorsuch or Kavanaugh to try to strong-arm a favorable decision?
I put the odds at maybe 20 percent.
I put the odds at maybe 20 percent.
January 9, 2026 at 2:21 AM
With the Supreme Court likely preparing to strike down Trump’s tariffs tomorrow (Friday), what are the odds Trump is doing the ethical thing and resisting the urge to phone Roberts or Gorsuch or Kavanaugh to try to strong-arm a favorable decision?
I put the odds at maybe 20 percent.
I put the odds at maybe 20 percent.