Timothy Noah

1 week ago | newrepublic.com | Timothy Noah |Hafiz Rashid

When my daughter Alice was six, she looked down at a roasted half-chicken on her plate, visualized it for the first time as the body of a once-living creature, and announced that she would henceforth be a vegetarian—“except for bacon.” I thought of Alice last Thursday when the Supreme Court ruled, in an unsigned emergency-docket opinion, that a president may fire any member of an independent federal agency—except at the Federal Reserve.

2 weeks ago | portside.org | Timothy Noah

House Republicans Just Touched the Third Rail Published May 22, 2025 Among the more striking changes in American politics over the past half-century is the evolution of Medicaid into a “third rail.” House Republicans, as they rushed early Thursday morning to cut not quite $1 trillion from Medicaid over the next 10 years, were at best only dimly aware of this. They’re in for a terrible shock.

2 weeks ago | newrepublic.com | Timothy Noah

Among the more striking changes in American politics over the past half-century is the evolution of Medicaid into a “third rail.” House Republicans, as they rush to cut not quite $1 trillion from Medicaid over the next 10 years, are at best only dimly aware of this. They’re in for a terrible shock.

2 weeks ago | newrepublic.com | Timothy Noah

Five Republican members of Congress—Chip Roy of Texas, Ralph Norman of South Carolina, Josh Brecheen of Oklahoma, Andrew Clyde of Georgia, and Lloyd Smucker of Pennsylvania—voted in committee Friday against the Trump budget reconciliation package because it didn’t do enough to reduce the deficit. As a result, the measure failed, 16–21.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Timothy Noah

Five Republican members of Congress—Chip Roy of Texas, Ralph Norman of South Carolina, Josh Brecheen of Oklahoma, Andrew Clyde of Georgia, and Lloyd Smucker of Pennsylvania—voted in committee Friday against the Trump budget reconciliation package because it didn’t do enough to reduce the deficit. As a result, the measure failed, 16–21.