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Timothy Noah

Timothy Noah is a New Republic staff writer and author of The Great Divergence: America’s Growing Inequality Crisis and What We Can Do About It (Bloomsbury, 2012). He also writes the Substack newsletter Backbencher.


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August 20, 2026
Timothy Noah
Has Trump Lost His Fear of Markets?
The madness in the bond market suggests that the death of T(rump) A(lways) C(hickens) O(ut) is nigh.
August 18, 2026
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Trump’s New Bank Is His Most Naked Scandal Yet
The media should not be covering Trump’s new crypto bank as if it were a legitimate business story.
August 14, 2026
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Trump Wants to Cut Taxes for the Rich. Again.
If he thinks it’s a good midterm strategy, he’s wrong.
August 12, 2026
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The Enshittification of Private Insurance
This is why regulating insurers at the state level turns out to be a really bad idea.
August 10, 2026
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Why Does the World Put Up With the Dollar?
The global economy depends on the U.S. dollar, even when the U.S. acts erratically.
August 7, 2026
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A No-Bid Contract to Rat Out Immigrant Minors
The Trump administration didn’t put that in writing, of course. It didn’t have to.
August 5, 2026
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How Cornyn and Tillis Got Played by Trump
Todd Blanche’s nomination moves forward, thanks to the art of the outrageous demand.
July 31, 2026
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Why Trump’s 250 Grand Prix Is a Really Bad Idea
It isn’t smart to host an Indy 500-type race that roars past six museums and a sculpture garden.
July 28, 2026
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Turns Out France Has an Oligarch Problem Too
Le Monde relates the adventures of Bernard Arnault, ninth-richest human on the planet.
July 23, 2026
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Trump Invents the Corporate Pardon
Presidents never did that before, but the Supreme Court says corporations are people.
July 21, 2026
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Trump’s Latest Plan to Sell Your History Out From Under You
The administration has given a regulatory green light to miners, oil drillers, and Trump himself.
July 20, 2026
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Donald Trump, the No-Bid President
The trouble with competitive bidding is that it gets in the way of corruption. Our president knows how to solve that.
July 15, 2026
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Will Congress Save the “Sistine Chapel of the New Deal”?
A new Democratic bill moves in the right direction—but it doesn’t go far enough.
July 14, 2026
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Lindsey Graham Mastered the Art of Sucking Up
The literature on sycophancy suggests it’s a more successful strategy than we want to know.
July 10, 2026
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Is There Any End to The Atlantic’s “End-ism” Fetish?
I am so tired of this lazy approach to social commentary.
July 9, 2026
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Trump’s Smithsonian Critique Is Pathetically Weak
The White House’s Domestic Policy Council is desperate to find fault with the National Museum of American History. It has failed miserably.
July 8, 2026
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I Fact-Checked Trump’s Anti-Woke Report on the American History Museum
The document is notably short on evidence—and at odds with what I witnessed during a visit to the museum this week.
July 2, 2026
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Kleptocracy Is Trump’s Most Lucrative Business Venture
His investments make money even when his ventures fail!
July 1, 2026
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The Supreme Court Declares War on Woodrow Wilson
In Trump v. Slaughter, the Progressive era takes it on the chin.
June 30, 2026
Timothy Noah
How Trump Plans to Crush Fast-Food Workers
Franchising is usually a racket. Now it will be more of one.

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