I’m with Doug on this one.
@timothynoah.bsky.socialTimothy Noah
@timothynoah.bsky.social
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.)
@timothynoah.bsky.social@timothynoah.bsky.socialSubscribe to Backbencher because it’s free, for crying out loud, and because I have absolutely no interest in selling your Body Mass Index to Frito-Lay or Weight Watchers. I’m not that kind of Substack.
@timothynoah.bsky.socialMore bad news for Susan Collins. h/t Tom Ricks, Backbencher’s hardworking Portland bureau chief.
@timothynoah.bsky.socialAt the SEC, one person can now be a quorum. At the CFTC, it already is. Under Trump independent agencies are shedding Democrats like so many autumn leaves; Trump has fired more than 20 of them. We’re in a golden age of corruption. My latest.
@timothynoah.bsky.socialUm, wow.
@timothynoah.bsky.socialSomebody needs to hand Kash Patel a copy of the Hatch Act. Senate-confirmed political appointees are not allowed to spend federal dollars on political advocacy.
@timothynoah.bsky.socialTrump’s make-believe economic development deals in Iowa and Alaska. My latest.
@aryehcw.bsky.socialReposted by @timothynoah.bsky.socialYou can also check out my interview with @timothynoah.bsky.social on YouTube if you're into that sort of thing
@timothynoah.bsky.socialLobstermen are falling out of love with Trump because of tariffs and fuel costs. Also, cuts to NOAA mean slower response times. h/t Tom Ricks.
@timothynoah.bsky.socialDear Donald Trump:
I know you’re feeling blue. Here’s some news that will make you happy.
You’re welcome,
Tim
@timothynoah.bsky.socialI’m very sorry to read this. He was a wonderful writer, and when I interviewed him once or twice (about patrimonial wealth—he wrote a book about it) I found him witty and thoughtful and kind.
He arrives too soon at Sedgwick Pie. May his memory be a blessing.
@mattizcoop.bsky.socialReposted by @timothynoah.bsky.socialThe @timothynoah.bsky.social in the @newrepublic.com in the wake of @cortellessa.bsky.social 's TIME interview with the president.
Donald Trump, Poet Extraordinaire newrepublic.com/article/2161... via @newrepublic.com
@timothynoah.bsky.socialThis is wild. Was TV invented in Dupont Circle?
@timothynoah.bsky.socialBonus post: The found poetry of Donald Trump:
@timothynoah.bsky.socialI had a great time discussing Trump’s cognitive decline with Aryeh Cohen-Wade:
@timothynoah.bsky.socialMy latest is about Trump’s bailout of the politically unpopular private equity racket.
@timothynoah.bsky.socialI said the August job number was a fluke and I was right. In September it fell back to 29,000.
@timothynoah.bsky.socialHe left out “alkies.” I wonder why.
@timothynoah.bsky.socialMy latest selects five kleptocracy investigations for the Democrats to prioritize when they retake the House and maybe the Senate:
@timothynoah.bsky.socialThe DC government is not making public crash data on the driverless vehicles in DC’s pilot program. Why should it? It’s not as though the Washington Post gives a damn. Excellent scoop by the new Washington Sun.