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Timothy Noah @timothynoah.bsky.social · 19m

Your good news for today.

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Timothy Noah @timothynoah.bsky.social · 1h

This is totally normal behavior.

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Timothy Noah @timothynoah.bsky.social · 1h

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 · 2h

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 · 1d

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 · 2d

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 · 4d

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:

newrepublic.com/article/2010...

Part two:

newrepublic.com/article/2010...

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 · 3d

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

Timothy Noah @timothynoah.bsky.social · 4d

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 · 3d

Thanks, Matt!

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Taking Action 4 US🇺🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦🇩🇰🇬🇱🇨🇦🇩🇪📚📗 @takingaction4us.bsky.social · 3d

Stellar reporting from @timothynoah.bsky.social
Attention New Deal historians
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Timothy Noah @timothynoah.bsky.social · 4d

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 · 3d

Good eye! They’re year-round.

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Timothy Noah @timothynoah.bsky.social · 3d

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

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John Carpenter’s ‘Halloran’ @profhalloran.bsky.social · 4d

Hanging in my office is a framed display of various WPA murals from Post Offices that were built during the Great Depression. Truly treasures that should be preserved.

I desperately hope that if an iconoclastic Federal government is happy to let this art decay that we can find some way to save it.

There Was a Plan to Save These New Deal Masterpieces. Then Trump Won.

A feasibility study was underway about restoring the ailing federal building that houses important Ben Shahn frescoes, Philip Guston murals, and other FDR-era artwork. But the Trump administration put...

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Holly Brewer @earlymodjustice.bsky.social · 4d

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Excellent reporting about the potential loss of these new deal masterpieces that represent the struggles of the American people.

John Carpenter’s ‘Halloran’ @profhalloran.bsky.social · 4d

Hanging in my office is a framed display of various WPA murals from Post Offices that were built during the Great Depression. Truly treasures that should be preserved.

I desperately hope that if an iconoclastic Federal government is happy to let this art decay that we can find some way to save it.

There Was a Plan to Save These New Deal Masterpieces. Then Trump Won.

A feasibility study was underway about restoring the ailing federal building that houses important Ben Shahn frescoes, Philip Guston murals, and other FDR-era artwork. But the Trump administration put...

newrepublic.com

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Timothy Noah @timothynoah.bsky.social · 4d

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 · 4d

My latest: Why job creation is likely worse than what the unofficial data say.

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The Shutdown Is Sparing Trump Some Bad Economic News

Job creation is probably worse than we know, but we can’t be sure without a new jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Timothy Noah @timothynoah.bsky.social · 4d

PS This all came out of our visit to the Shahn exhibit!

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Timothy Noah @timothynoah.bsky.social · 4d

Because I’m an idiot. Here you go: newrepublic.com/article/2012...

There Was a Plan to Save These New Deal Masterpieces. Then Trump Won.

A feasibility study was underway about restoring the ailing federal building that houses important Ben Shahn frescoes, Philip Guston murals, and other FDR-era artwork. But the Trump administration put...

newrepublic.com

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Timothy Noah @timothynoah.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you!

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Timothy Noah @timothynoah.bsky.social · 4d

Actually part two’s here (my bad): newrepublic.com/article/2012...

There Was a Plan to Save These New Deal Masterpieces. Then Trump Won.

A feasibility study was underway about restoring the ailing federal building that houses important Ben Shahn frescoes, Philip Guston murals, and other FDR-era artwork. But the Trump administration put...

newrepublic.com

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Timothy Noah @timothynoah.bsky.social · 4d

Fixed now, thx!

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Timothy Noah @timothynoah.bsky.social · 4d

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:

newrepublic.com/article/2010...

Part two:

newrepublic.com/article/2010...

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 · 5d

The Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building is, one expert told me, “the Sistine Chapel of New Deal art.” GSA had a plan earlier this year to save it. Now Trump is rushing to sell it.

Save the Cohen, part 2, explains how we got here. Please share widely!

newrepublic.com/article/2012...

There Was a Plan to Save These New Deal Masterpieces. Then Trump Won.

A feasibility study was underway about restoring the ailing federal building that houses important Ben Shahn frescoes, Philip Guston murals, and other FDR-era artwork. But the Trump administration put...

newrepublic.com

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Senator Ed Markey @markey.senate.gov · 5d

Even during the federal government shutdown, my office will always be here for you. We’ve posted Government Shutdown Resources to help constituents navigate federal, health, VA services, and more. Check it out and reach out—I’m here fighting for you.
www.markey.senate.gov/shutdown

Government Shutdown Resources | U.S. Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts

The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts

www.markey.senate.gov

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Timothy Noah @timothynoah.bsky.social · 5d

This seems important.

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Tuna Cacio e Pepe Recipe

It’s hard to resist a quick, five-ingredient recipe, especially when it yields such a comforting meal While fish paired with cheese is often deemed unconventional, in the right context, the two can co...

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Timothy Noah @timothynoah.bsky.social · 6d

Love this.

Epstein got a short jail sentence because he hired high-priced lawyers to intimidate prosecutor Alex Acosta by putting a tail on him and engaging in other rich-asshole tactics. But if Lutnick wants to spread Trump-hurting rumors, God bless him.

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The Briefing with Jen Psaki (@thebriefingwithpsaki) on Threads

Apparently, Trump commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, didn't get the "ixnay on the epsteinyay" memo.

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