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The Art of Sucking Up
Lessons from the masters: Kelly Loeffler, Doug Burgum, Lori Chavez-DeRemer, the late Lindsey Graham, and the current title holder, Natalie Harp.
Jul 14
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Timothy Noah
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The Atlantic Magazine Would Have You Believe Your Death Will Be the End of Everything
It's just the end of you, but the magazine knows you don't want to hear that.
Jul 10
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Timothy Noah
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Bring Me the Head of Anthea Hartig
In Trumpworld, get caught accepting $50,000 in cash inside a brown paper bag and you keep your job. Get caught reciting standard corporate catechisms…
Jul 9
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Timothy Noah
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Trump's Smithsonian Jeremiad Missed That Totally Gay Statue of George Washington
Hey, it doesn't bother me. But if you want to go all reactionary on the history museum, it's malpractice not to notice that this Founder propositions…
Jul 8
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Timothy Noah
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Washing the American Flag
Meaningful anniversaries always catch the United States with its pants down. That's no reason to abandon patriotism.
Jul 2
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Timothy Noah
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Amazon, Fast-Food Franchising, and Woodrow Wilson
What do they have in common? They're the subject of three New Republic pieces that I neglected to flag here.
Jul 1
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Timothy Noah
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June 2026
The Cohen Building May Get Saved For A Completely Unforeseen Reason
Will underground shared cables and ducts and pipes save the "Sistine Chapel of the New Deal"?
Jun 26
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Timothy Noah
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How the GOP Embraced Patent-Medicine Quackery
It was a lot more fun when Democrats did it.
Jun 18
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Timothy Noah
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The Stupid New Culture War Against Unions
The right's old arguments against labor rights are losing traction, so now it's attacking unions as pro-trans and pro-abortion.
Jun 17
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Timothy Noah
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Beat "UNHAT DAMP NJ TODDLER."
Also: How Trump may buy back the Old Post Office, and an update on the Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building, "Sistine Chapel of the New Deal."
Jun 15
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Timothy Noah
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The House's Johnson Is Leaking Discharge
Amazingly, there are now 20 House Republican votes for expanding labor rights, in defiance of House leaders, GOP donors, and the Republican Senate…
Jun 12
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Timothy Noah
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Let Us Now Praise No Longer Famous Men
Robert Coles and Freedom Summer, Mississippi, 1964.
Jun 9
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Timothy Noah
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