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.)
Just in time for Thanksgiving dinner arguments, House Judiciary Democrats release an admirably thorough tour d’horizon of President Donald Trump’s crypto kleptocracy.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Just in time for Thanksgiving dinner arguments, House Judiciary Democrats release an admirably thorough tour d’horizon of President Donald Trump’s crypto kleptocracy.
democrats-judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
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My obit for DOGE points out that in the end it didn’t even save money. It did kill 430,000 children, though. If the goal was to eliminate foreigners, DOGE was a stunning success. About 64 expired for every AID employee fired or placed on administrative leave.
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
DOGE May Be Dead, But Its Crimes Live On
A now-abolished agency that never was did a remarkable amount of damage—including, surprisingly, to the budget deficit.
newrepublic.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
My obit for DOGE points out that in the end it didn’t even save money. It did kill 430,000 children, though. If the goal was to eliminate foreigners, DOGE was a stunning success. About 64 expired for every AID employee fired or placed on administrative leave.
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
That bit about putting a dead fish under a seed to fertilize it is true, but everything else you were taught about the First Thanksgiving is bullshit. Read, weep, and subscribe to Backbencher (it’s free). (This Q and A was first published last year.)
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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the First Thanksgiving
Exactly one fact that they taught me in third grade turns out to be true.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
That bit about putting a dead fish under a seed to fertilize it is true, but everything else you were taught about the First Thanksgiving is bullshit. Read, weep, and subscribe to Backbencher (it’s free). (This Q and A was first published last year.)
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Seriously shocking (though not exactly surprising) Charlotte Alter piece on Meta. Please read it.
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November 23, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Seriously shocking (though not exactly surprising) Charlotte Alter piece on Meta. Please read it.
time.com/7336204/meta...
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“In 2022, according to the plaintiffs’ brief, there were 216 million users on Meta platforms whose age was ‘unknown.’l
“As one [Meta] employee allegedly put it: ‘One of the things we need to optimize for is sneaking a look at your phone under your desk in the middle of Chemistry:)’”
“Meta never told parents, the public, or the Districts that it doesn’t delete accounts that have engaged over 15 times in sex trafficking”—plaintiffs.
November 23, 2025 at 10:13 PM
“In 2022, according to the plaintiffs’ brief, there were 216 million users on Meta platforms whose age was ‘unknown.’l
“As one [Meta] employee allegedly put it: ‘One of the things we need to optimize for is sneaking a look at your phone under your desk in the middle of Chemistry:)’”
“Meta never told parents, the public, or the Districts that it doesn’t delete accounts that have engaged over 15 times in sex trafficking”—plaintiffs.
“Meta’s AI filters didn’t automatically delete posts that glorified self-harm until they were 94 percent certain they violated platform policy, according to the plaintiffs’ brief.”
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November 23, 2025 at 10:10 PM
“As one [Meta] employee allegedly put it: ‘One of the things we need to optimize for is sneaking a look at your phone under your desk in the middle of Chemistry:)’”
“Meta never told parents, the public, or the Districts that it doesn’t delete accounts that have engaged over 15 times in sex trafficking”—plaintiffs.
“Meta’s AI filters didn’t automatically delete posts that glorified self-harm until they were 94 percent certain they violated platform policy, according to the plaintiffs’ brief.”
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7 Allegations Against Meta in Newly Unsealed Filings
Court filings allege Meta tolerated sex trafficking, hid harms to teens, and prioritized growth over user safety for years.
time.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:07 PM
“Meta never told parents, the public, or the Districts that it doesn’t delete accounts that have engaged over 15 times in sex trafficking”—plaintiffs.
“Meta’s AI filters didn’t automatically delete posts that glorified self-harm until they were 94 percent certain they violated platform policy, according to the plaintiffs’ brief.”
time.com/7336204/meta...
time.com/7336204/meta...
7 Allegations Against Meta in Newly Unsealed Filings
Court filings allege Meta tolerated sex trafficking, hid harms to teens, and prioritized growth over user safety for years.
time.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:01 PM
“Meta’s AI filters didn’t automatically delete posts that glorified self-harm until they were 94 percent certain they violated platform policy, according to the plaintiffs’ brief.”
time.com/7336204/meta...
time.com/7336204/meta...
We have lost a great man. My parents wouldn’t get me Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots (“You’ll knock his BLOCK off”) but they did get me Mousetrap. Years later my kids heard my story of unrequited yearning and got me “Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/a...
Burt Meyer, 99, Dies; Made Lite-Brite and Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
We have lost a great man. My parents wouldn’t get me Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots (“You’ll knock his BLOCK off”) but they did get me Mousetrap. Years later my kids heard my story of unrequited yearning and got me “Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/a...
November 23, 2025 at 6:42 PM
WaPo: Since 2000 political giving by the wealthiest 100 Americans (all billionaires) increased 140 times.
Sn excellent piece on how billionaires took over our politics, addressing a problem that’s now off limits on the paper’s editorial pages.
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Sn excellent piece on how billionaires took over our politics, addressing a problem that’s now off limits on the paper’s editorial pages.
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How billionaires took over American politics
The current concentration of wealth is unlike anything in history. So is billionaires’ involvement in politics.
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November 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
WaPo: Since 2000 political giving by the wealthiest 100 Americans (all billionaires) increased 140 times.
Sn excellent piece on how billionaires took over our politics, addressing a problem that’s now off limits on the paper’s editorial pages.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
Sn excellent piece on how billionaires took over our politics, addressing a problem that’s now off limits on the paper’s editorial pages.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
You want the good news first? Trump’s approval rating is falling into unknown territory. The bad news is he’s taking your 401(k) down with him. My latest.
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
Trump’s Polls Are Tumbling. So Is the Stock Market. Coincidence?
No. But also, yes.
newrepublic.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM
You want the good news first? Trump’s approval rating is falling into unknown territory. The bad news is he’s taking your 401(k) down with him. My latest.
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
newrepublic.com/article/2034...
This starts on Zoom at 7:30 p.m. EST and I'm delighted to report that my former New Republic colleague John Judis, editor at large at Talking Points Memo and author of "The Socialist Awakening," will join us as a panelist.
November 21, 2025 at 12:02 AM
This starts on Zoom at 7:30 p.m. EST and I'm delighted to report that my former New Republic colleague John Judis, editor at large at Talking Points Memo and author of "The Socialist Awakening," will join us as a panelist.
I talked with my New Republic colleague Greg Sargent about Trump’s approval rating and the stock market spiraling downward.
Trump’s Anger over Prices Goes Nuclear as Fresh Polls Show Him Tanking
As Trump’s inflation rants grow more unhinged amid brutal new polls for him, an economics writer explains why Trump is ill-suited for the crisis that might be coming—and why the bottom might be about ...
newrepublic.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I talked with my New Republic colleague Greg Sargent about Trump’s approval rating and the stock market spiraling downward.
I talk with my friend Michael Schaffer about the endangered Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building, “the Sistine Chapel of the New Deal,” with murals by Ben Shahn, Philip Guston, and others. Trump wants to sell it, and a buyer would likely demolish it.
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Trump Is Gutting DC’s Coolest Secret Museum - City Cast DC
You’ve probably never heard of the Wilbur J. Cohen federal building. It’s a government office building just off the Mall houses a collection of mas...
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November 20, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I talk with my friend Michael Schaffer about the endangered Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building, “the Sistine Chapel of the New Deal,” with murals by Ben Shahn, Philip Guston, and others. Trump wants to sell it, and a buyer would likely demolish it.
dc.citycast.fm/podcasts/tru...
dc.citycast.fm/podcasts/tru...
Family Affair: Commerce Secretary’s Sons Cash In on A.I. Frenzy
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I'm looking forward to moderating a Nov. 20 Zoom panel, "Socialism: Better Red Than Dead."
Just kidding!
It's "Socialism: Beyond the Myths and Fears," featuring Columbia U.'s Axel Honneth and Nadia Urbinati.
Nov. 20 at 7:30 p.m. Be there or be square.
www.nfrpp.org/event/social...
Just kidding!
It's "Socialism: Beyond the Myths and Fears," featuring Columbia U.'s Axel Honneth and Nadia Urbinati.
Nov. 20 at 7:30 p.m. Be there or be square.
www.nfrpp.org/event/social...
Socialism: Beyond the Myths and Fears
The concept of socialism has been debated for generations—often surrounded by controversy, confusion, and fear. In the United States, the very word “socialism” can spark strong emotions, even as many ...
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November 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I'm looking forward to moderating a Nov. 20 Zoom panel, "Socialism: Better Red Than Dead."
Just kidding!
It's "Socialism: Beyond the Myths and Fears," featuring Columbia U.'s Axel Honneth and Nadia Urbinati.
Nov. 20 at 7:30 p.m. Be there or be square.
www.nfrpp.org/event/social...
Just kidding!
It's "Socialism: Beyond the Myths and Fears," featuring Columbia U.'s Axel Honneth and Nadia Urbinati.
Nov. 20 at 7:30 p.m. Be there or be square.
www.nfrpp.org/event/social...
This is wonderful news. The Village Theater is where I first saw “The Godfather” in 1972.
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Jason Reitman-Led Filmmaker Collective Partners With American Cinematheque to Run Westwood’s Village Theater
The team-up is the latest stage in the effort to preserve the architectural gem and create a cultural landmark.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
This is wonderful news. The Village Theater is where I first saw “The Godfather” in 1972.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
Aristopopulism is the new term Trumpies use to describe their revolutionary struggle against the rule of law, the regulatory state, the separation of powers, the canons of ethics, and anything else that inconveniences the rich. My latest.
newrepublic.com/article/2033...
newrepublic.com/article/2033...
Welcome to the Age of Aristopopulism
As you might suspect, it’s just a fancy word for oligarchy and kleptocracy.
newrepublic.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Aristopopulism is the new term Trumpies use to describe their revolutionary struggle against the rule of law, the regulatory state, the separation of powers, the canons of ethics, and anything else that inconveniences the rich. My latest.
newrepublic.com/article/2033...
newrepublic.com/article/2033...
The Olivia Nuzzi piece in Vanity Fair would read better if it were billed as a deliberate Joan Didion parody.
November 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The Olivia Nuzzi piece in Vanity Fair would read better if it were billed as a deliberate Joan Didion parody.
Reposted by Timothy Noah
Eyes as blue as the flame
Shedding tears for a rose:
Sights that wrench a girl’s heart
Like whale juice stings the nose
His love, so insatiable
Complex and dark
More perplexing by far
Than roadkill in a park
He promised a baby,
A bullet--no pain--
A future as long
As the worm in his brain.
Shedding tears for a rose:
Sights that wrench a girl’s heart
Like whale juice stings the nose
His love, so insatiable
Complex and dark
More perplexing by far
Than roadkill in a park
He promised a baby,
A bullet--no pain--
A future as long
As the worm in his brain.
November 14, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Eyes as blue as the flame
Shedding tears for a rose:
Sights that wrench a girl’s heart
Like whale juice stings the nose
His love, so insatiable
Complex and dark
More perplexing by far
Than roadkill in a park
He promised a baby,
A bullet--no pain--
A future as long
As the worm in his brain.
Shedding tears for a rose:
Sights that wrench a girl’s heart
Like whale juice stings the nose
His love, so insatiable
Complex and dark
More perplexing by far
Than roadkill in a park
He promised a baby,
A bullet--no pain--
A future as long
As the worm in his brain.
"She writes that despite being 'sober' for decades, Kennedy told her that he still uses psychedelics, and even smoked dimethyltryptamine, or DMT, a powerful drug on which people are known to have what feel like near-death experiences."
Make America High Again?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/s...
Make America High Again?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/s...
Olivia Nuzzi Did It All for Love
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:34 PM
"She writes that despite being 'sober' for decades, Kennedy told her that he still uses psychedelics, and even smoked dimethyltryptamine, or DMT, a powerful drug on which people are known to have what feel like near-death experiences."
Make America High Again?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/s...
Make America High Again?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/s...
Now I bet Kevin Roberts is REALLY confused. What's an apparatchik to do?
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November 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Now I bet Kevin Roberts is REALLY confused. What's an apparatchik to do?
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...