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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.)
6.) Here's an essay by Gary Brechin, founder of the Living New Deal:

livingnewdeal.org/tag/gsa-sale...

7.) And here's a petition posted by the Living New Deal:

www.change.org/p/save-the-w...

You're welcome!
GSA sale of federal property
livingnewdeal.org
November 10, 2025 at 5:05 PM
4.) Here's a podcast I did on the Cohen with the Washington Monthly's Ann Kim and Garrett Epps:

washingtonmonthly.com/2025/10/14/n...

5.) Here's an op-ed in the Hill by Mary Okin and Dominique Brave of the Living New Deal and Daniel Leckie, former GSA official:

thehill.com/opinion/cong...
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.”
washingtonmonthly.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
1.) Here are my two original pieces:

newrepublic.com/article/2010...

newrepublic.com/article/2012...

2.) Here's a followup I wrote for my Substack, Backbencher:

timothynoah.substack.com/p/more-shahn...

3.) Here's what Heather Cox Richardson wrote:

open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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
November 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I wrote a dozen years ago, back in my TRB days, about the creepy scourge of “emotional labor.”

newrepublic.com/article/1122...
The Enforced Happiness of Pret A Manger
I always thought the people at Pret A Manger liked me for me. I was wrong.
newrepublic.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Reposted by Timothy Noah
More ways to save lots more than $300B.
Here’s trillions in federal waste the DOGE bros could actually target
Because what's more wasteful than giant tax breaks for people who don't need them?
www.motherjones.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Yes, that’s probably true. This is what they should do, snd what Ds should campaign on.
November 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Correct. He pretends the tax is paid by foreigners.
November 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Tariffs are taxes and are paid to the government. The cost gets passed on to consumers in the form of higher prices. That’s why it’s in effect a regressive tax.
November 7, 2025 at 3:52 PM
No, but it happens all the time.
November 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM