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Timothy Noah
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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.)
The Living New Deal is asking Washingtonians to keep an eye through the holiday break on the Wilbur J. Cohen building (across Independence Avenue from the Museum of the American Indian) for signs of imminent demolition of the “Sistine Chapel of the New Deal.”

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The threat of demolition escalates at the Cohen Building in Washington, D.C.
The Cohen Building and its art are in grave danger. The White House is taking steps to bypass or circumvent the GSA-led Section 106 process for four federal buildings on the “accelerated disposals” list.
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December 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
“Go back where your parents came from!”

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
Stephen Miller Cites Children of Immigrants as a Problem
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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December 23, 2025 at 10:01 PM
25A443 Order
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December 23, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Reposted by Timothy Noah
Featuring insights from Member Scholar @dfarber1950.bsky.social of @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social
December 22, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Conservatives who complain about the War on Christmas never seem to mind it being bulldozed.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/w...
Christmas Is Back in Bethlehem, but Peace and Joy Have Yet to Arrive
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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December 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I don’t understand what a president as flatulent as Trump could possibly have against wind.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/c...
Trump Halts Five Wind Farms Off the East Coast
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Having worked in opinion journalism (New Republic, Washington Monthly, Slate) and straight news (Wall Street Journal, Politico) I know from experience their standards are not identical. If for no other reason Bari Weiss is unqualified to run CBS News.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
My latest is about regulatory cost-benefit analysis and how conservatives fell out of love with it. (Spoiler alert: It wasn’t because they started liking regulations.)

newrepublic.com/article/2046...
The Peak of Trump’s Fact-Free Vendetta Against Regulation
Conservatives once promoted cost-benefit analysis to check the administrative state—until it got better at measuring the huge benefits of regulation.
newrepublic.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Last night’s hilarious SNL “Home Alone” sketch brings back fond memories of its lost ending to “It’s A Wonderful Life.”

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw89...

Here’s the “Home Alone” sketch if you haven’t seen it:

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It's a Wonderful Life: The Lost Ending - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
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December 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Human beings find one more way to be a dick.
They Get Wheeled on Flights and Miraculously Walk Off. Praise ‘Jetway Jesus.’
Travelers bemoan a rise of able-bodied passengers who game the system to skip the lines.
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December 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I just unsubscribed to something called the Trump Kennedy Center.

I also sent an email back saying “There’s no such thing as a Trump Kennedy Center” but the postmaster returned it to me.
December 20, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Remembering Charlie Peters, who died two years ago, three days in advance of his 99th birthday.

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Happy birthday, Charlie Peters
He taught us that government is not the problem. Indifference to how well or poorly government carries out its duties is what makes us believe that it is.
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December 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
When even Mitt Romney wants to tax the rich it’s time for Democrats to break free of the donor class.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...
Opinion | Mitt Romney: Tax the Rich, Like Me
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December 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM
To celebrate, the Center’s Eisenhower Theater should host a Stormy Daniels Film Festival. #potterville

www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Kennedy Center board votes to rename to ‘Trump Kennedy Center’
Trustees voted to rename the center after President Donald Trump, who is also the board chair. Kennedy family members and Democrats blasted the move as illegal.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Reposted by Timothy Noah
Very interesting piece from @timothynoah.bsky.social on why so many House Republicans voted to restore federal workers' bargaining rights. Worth keeping an eye on how it plays out in the Senate newrepublic.com/article/2045...
How Labor Scored a Surprising Win in the GOP-Controlled House
Who knew so many Republicans would support union rights—in defiance of Trump, no less?
newrepublic.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:13 PM
My latest eulogizes Norman Podhoretz as serial conformist.

newrepublic.com/article/2045...
Norman Podhoretz Was the Ultimate Neocon
The late public intellectual was the very model of a serial conformist.
newrepublic.com
December 18, 2025 at 12:19 PM