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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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November 6, 2026
Timothy Noah
How The Oligarchs Lost in the Midterms
Billionaires don’t often lose elections. They did this time.
November 3, 2026
Timothy Noah
Pete Hegseth Is Destined to Be Trump’s Midterm Fall Guy
After the midterms, Trump will need a Cabinet member to cut loose. Who better than his “secretary of war?”
October 30, 2026
Timothy Noah
Elon Musk Made Off With $16 Billion of Taxpayer Money
In theory, contractors are legally barred from political giving because that smacks of bribery. In practice, Musk gets a 2,200 percent return on his investment.
October 27, 2026
Timothy Noah
Why Trump Has Gone All In on the Cheesecake Factory Culture Wars
In American politics, does the economy of respect still overshadow the economy of money?
October 27, 2026
Timothy Noah
The Midterms Are a Referendum on Elon Musk
Why the SpaceX mogul is still a ripe target for Democratic campaigns
October 23, 2026
Timothy Noah
The California Billionaire Tax Just Scored Mark Zuckerberg a Raise
The Facebook founder figured out a way to game the system.
October 21, 2026
Timothy Noah
Jeff Bezos’s Washington Post Is Obsessed With Union-Bashing
The paper seems to argue unerringly in favor of the boss’s financial interests, despite the fact that labor is enjoying sky-high popularity.
October 19, 2026
Timothy Noah
A Guide to Trump’s Body Parts
His brain is of greatest concern, but not the only potential trouble spot.
October 13, 2026
Timothy Noah
Why Did DOGE Exist? Now We Know.
Turns out, Elon Musk’s pimply minions didn’t actually want to cut government spending. They wanted to get a piece of it for themselves.
October 9, 2026
Timothy Noah
The SEC Just Opened the Floodgates to Fraud
The Trump administration has transformed the Securities and Exchange Commission into an instrument of financial sector chicanery.
October 6, 2026
Timothy Noah
Trump Is Pretending to Create Jobs in Key Midterm States
Will voters in Iowa and Alaska fall for his fake steel mill and gas pipeline?
October 2, 2026
Timothy Noah
Donald Trump, Poet Extraordinaire
You might think the president’s disjointed ramblings are cause for concern. But maybe this is the rebirth of a free verse superstar.
October 2, 2026
Timothy Noah
Everyone Hates Private Equity. Trump Is Bailing It Out.
The industry has become the midterms’ most indelible political symbol for Wall Street’s reckless greed.
September 30, 2026
Timothy Noah
The Five Trump Scandals That Deserve Thorough Investigation
A guide for the Democrats’ coming congressional majority
September 25, 2026
Timothy Noah
Trump Is Punishing Reporters for Doing His Bidding
The Trump White House isn’t even trying to offer a logical rationale for exiling CNN, MS NOW, and Politico.
September 23, 2026
Timothy Noah
Why Trump’s White House Reporter Ban Matters So Little
It’s petty and annoying, but the only one he hurts is himself.
September 21, 2026
Timothy Noah
Why Trump May Not Serve Out His Presidency
He will only get crazier, and at some point Republicans will cut their losses.
September 17, 2026
Timothy Noah
You’ll Never Guess Who’s Saving the Sistine Chapel of the New Deal
A Freedom Caucus veteran just pushed a bill through a House committee that grants a reprieve to the Cohen Building. Go figure.
September 16, 2026
Timothy Noah
There’s a Right Way to Regulate AI—and a Very Wrong Way
Trump is a fool to say no regulation’s needed. But don’t let’s leave the solution to Anthropic and OpenAI.
September 15, 2026
Timothy Noah
Don’t Knock Kevin Warsh if the Fed Doesn’t Raise Interest Rates
The case for doing nothing.

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