Mark Leibovich
@markleibovich.bsky.social
The Atlantic
Fmr NYT, WP
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“Democrats have accused the president of creating endless diversions to distract from Epstein – accusing Obama of treason, threatening to revoke Rosie O’Donnell’s citizenship, etc. Name the escapade, some adversary has tried to dub it an Epstein diversion"
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Democrats’ Epstein Derangement Syndrome
Not everything Donald Trump does is a “distraction” from Jeffrey Epstein.
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September 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
“Democrats have accused the president of creating endless diversions to distract from Epstein – accusing Obama of treason, threatening to revoke Rosie O’Donnell’s citizenship, etc. Name the escapade, some adversary has tried to dub it an Epstein diversion"
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"It has become the Democrats’ go-to exhortation: Trump is just doing this to distract you from Epstein. In other words, America’s descent into authoritarianism is a mere deflection."
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Democrats’ Epstein Derangement Syndrome
Not everything Donald Trump does is a “distraction” from Jeffrey Epstein.
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September 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
"It has become the Democrats’ go-to exhortation: Trump is just doing this to distract you from Epstein. In other words, America’s descent into authoritarianism is a mere deflection."
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Like every word she writes, @SallyJenki is undefeated. And so’s this. Swirling gratitude for and from the Goddess x.com/BenMullin/st...
July 31, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Like every word she writes, @SallyJenki is undefeated. And so’s this. Swirling gratitude for and from the Goddess x.com/BenMullin/st...
Long live this piece -- and this kicker – and M
“Readers of the Post, though, may not notice immediately: I’m told that there are still roughly 900 pre-written obits in the can, waiting for God to decide on when to lift the embargo.”
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“Readers of the Post, though, may not notice immediately: I’m told that there are still roughly 900 pre-written obits in the can, waiting for God to decide on when to lift the embargo.”
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Even the Obit Writers Are Jumping Ship at The Washington Post
RIP for DC’s chroniclers of the dead.
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July 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Long live this piece -- and this kicker – and M
“Readers of the Post, though, may not notice immediately: I’m told that there are still roughly 900 pre-written obits in the can, waiting for God to decide on when to lift the embargo.”
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“Readers of the Post, though, may not notice immediately: I’m told that there are still roughly 900 pre-written obits in the can, waiting for God to decide on when to lift the embargo.”
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“Bacon’s wife, Angie, enjoys having her husband in Nebraska for a number of reasons. One is that if he’s home, she’s less likely to sleep with a gun.”
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Another Moderate Republican Opts Out
For the likes of Don Bacon, quitting Congress has become a familiar endgame.
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July 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
“Bacon’s wife, Angie, enjoys having her husband in Nebraska for a number of reasons. One is that if he’s home, she’s less likely to sleep with a gun.”
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“Right now, what I think America wants is a little bit of normalcy.”
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Another Moderate Republican Opts Out
For the likes of Don Bacon, quitting Congress has become a familiar endgame.
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July 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
“Right now, what I think America wants is a little bit of normalcy.”
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“Yesterday marked one year since Joe Biden’s debate meltdown against Donald Trump. Happy anniversary to those who observe such things, or are triggered by such things. Please celebrate responsibly.”
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The Anniversary That Democrats Would Be Wise to Forget
The surest way for the party to end its prolonged slump is to jump straight to 2028.
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June 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
“Yesterday marked one year since Joe Biden’s debate meltdown against Donald Trump. Happy anniversary to those who observe such things, or are triggered by such things. Please celebrate responsibly.”
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“Obama’s detachment feels jarringly incongruous with the desperation of his longtime admirers—even more so given Trump’s assaults on what Obama achieved in office.”
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Where Is Barack Obama?
The “audacity of hope” presidency has given way to the fierce lethargy of semi-retirement.
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June 8, 2025 at 1:14 PM
“Obama’s detachment feels jarringly incongruous with the desperation of his longtime admirers—even more so given Trump’s assaults on what Obama achieved in office.”
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Where Is Barack Obama? The “audacity of hope” presidency has given way to the fierce lethargy of semi-retirement, @markleibovich.bsky.social writes.
Where Is Barack Obama?
The “audacity of hope” presidency has given way to the fierce lethargy of semi-retirement.
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June 8, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Where Is Barack Obama? The “audacity of hope” presidency has given way to the fierce lethargy of semi-retirement, @markleibovich.bsky.social writes.
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“Here is why I think that the ‘cover-up’ of Biden’s ‘true condition’ is beside the point—and why I’m not really vibing with the umbrage-mongering: It’s pretty much impossible to ‘cover up’ for something that is hiding in plain sight,” @markleibovich.bsky.social writes
The Story About Biden Getting Old Is Getting Old
It’s not a shocking revelation if it’s an observable fact, one that the American people recognized a long time ago.
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May 20, 2025 at 9:15 PM
“Here is why I think that the ‘cover-up’ of Biden’s ‘true condition’ is beside the point—and why I’m not really vibing with the umbrage-mongering: It’s pretty much impossible to ‘cover up’ for something that is hiding in plain sight,” @markleibovich.bsky.social writes
“You know what else is old? The story about Biden being old.”
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May 20, 2025 at 7:33 PM
“You know what else is old? The story about Biden being old.”
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Tim Walz has been busy traveling from state to state for labor roundtables, townhall meetings, and impromptu roadside stops, reports @markleibovich.bsky.social. At the very least, Walz “feels itchy to help jump-start the second Donald Trump resistance”:
Tim Walz Looks Into the Void
Back on the trail with the guy who lost the last election
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April 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Tim Walz has been busy traveling from state to state for labor roundtables, townhall meetings, and impromptu roadside stops, reports @markleibovich.bsky.social. At the very least, Walz “feels itchy to help jump-start the second Donald Trump resistance”:
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If there is one lesson that Democrats can take from Trump, Tim Walz told @markleibovich.bsky.social, it is to “continually be present.” theatln.tc/Jd1sBG5f
April 24, 2025 at 1:29 PM
If there is one lesson that Democrats can take from Trump, Tim Walz told @markleibovich.bsky.social, it is to “continually be present.” theatln.tc/Jd1sBG5f
Walz volunteered that Bill Clinton called him in early October. “He said, ‘Don’t allow them to make you a caricature.’” (“Them” here refers to the Harris-Walz campaign higher-ups.) “You are a consequential governor,” Clinton told him, according to Walz.
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Tim Walz Looks Into the Void
Back on the trail with the guy who lost the last election
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April 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Walz volunteered that Bill Clinton called him in early October. “He said, ‘Don’t allow them to make you a caricature.’” (“Them” here refers to the Harris-Walz campaign higher-ups.) “You are a consequential governor,” Clinton told him, according to Walz.
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“Probably the last guy to tell you what to do is the guy who got his ass kicked in the last election.”
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Tim Walz Looks Into the Void
Back on the trail with the guy who lost the last election
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April 23, 2025 at 6:17 PM
“Probably the last guy to tell you what to do is the guy who got his ass kicked in the last election.”
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Read @markleibovich.bsky.social on Trump and a third term.
Trump Says He Is Serious About a Third Term
Why do Republicans keep claiming he isn’t?
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April 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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"Soon, Trump’s right to serve a third term could become a litmus test for Republicans who wish to stay viable in the party. The White House could make clear that refusing to support Trump’s remaining in office will be considered an act of disloyalty."
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Trump Says He Is Serious About Staying in Office Past 2028
Why do Republicans keep claiming he isn’t?
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April 10, 2025 at 4:13 PM
"Soon, Trump’s right to serve a third term could become a litmus test for Republicans who wish to stay viable in the party. The White House could make clear that refusing to support Trump’s remaining in office will be considered an act of disloyalty."
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“Peace and love, peace and love . . . "
"I imagine that’s one of the hassles of immortality: It tends to go on forever . . . "
"I imagine that’s one of the hassles of immortality: It tends to go on forever . . . "
“Peace and love, peace and love,” Starr said back to a cluster of onlookers, sounding cheerfully bored. He paused and puffed out his cheeks into an ostentatious deep breath. I imagine that’s one of the hassles of immortality: It tends to go on forever."
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Ringo Starr’s Enduring Optimism
“Nobody has generated more goodwill than Ringo,” says the producer T Bone Burnett. “Not a single person in the world.”
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April 6, 2025 at 11:37 PM
“Peace and love, peace and love . . . "
"I imagine that’s one of the hassles of immortality: It tends to go on forever . . . "
"I imagine that’s one of the hassles of immortality: It tends to go on forever . . . "
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Ringo Starr has spent his post-Beatles career as a roving ambassador of peace and love, @markleibovich.bsky.social reports. These days, we need him more than ever.
Ringo Starr Still Believes in Peace and Love
The 84-year-old Beatle is still making new music, still performing, and still spreading a message of joy and amity in an America starved of such things.
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April 8, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Ringo Starr has spent his post-Beatles career as a roving ambassador of peace and love, @markleibovich.bsky.social reports. These days, we need him more than ever.
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“I was an only child, and then suddenly I had three brothers,” Ringo Starr told @markleibovich.bsky.social.
Few bands have inspired such complicated mythology as the Beatles. But the truth resides only in the exquisite space that the bandmates inhabited together: theatln.tc/lwMjptdw
Few bands have inspired such complicated mythology as the Beatles. But the truth resides only in the exquisite space that the bandmates inhabited together: theatln.tc/lwMjptdw
April 2, 2025 at 4:29 PM
“I was an only child, and then suddenly I had three brothers,” Ringo Starr told @markleibovich.bsky.social.
Few bands have inspired such complicated mythology as the Beatles. But the truth resides only in the exquisite space that the bandmates inhabited together: theatln.tc/lwMjptdw
Few bands have inspired such complicated mythology as the Beatles. But the truth resides only in the exquisite space that the bandmates inhabited together: theatln.tc/lwMjptdw
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Ringo Starr is among the most scrutinized, fetishized, analyzed, and catechized people in history. @markleibovich.bsky.social spent about a year reporting on the former Beatles drummer.
The world still needs him:
The world still needs him:
Ringo Starr Still Believes in Peace and Love
The 84-year-old Beatle is still making new music, still performing, and still spreading a message of joy and amity in an America starved of such things.
www.theatlantic.com
March 31, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Ringo Starr is among the most scrutinized, fetishized, analyzed, and catechized people in history. @markleibovich.bsky.social spent about a year reporting on the former Beatles drummer.
The world still needs him:
The world still needs him:
Reposted by Mark Leibovich
Ringo Starr has spent his post-Beatles career as a roving ambassador of peace and love, @markleibovich.bsky.social reports. These days, we need him more than ever.
The World Still Needs Ringo Starr
The 84-year-old Beatle has become a roving ambassador of joy and amity in an America starved of such things.
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March 31, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Ringo Starr has spent his post-Beatles career as a roving ambassador of peace and love, @markleibovich.bsky.social reports. These days, we need him more than ever.
“Peace and love, peace and love,” Starr said back to a cluster of onlookers, sounding cheerfully bored. He paused and puffed out his cheeks into an ostentatious deep breath. I imagine that’s one of the hassles of immortality: It tends to go on forever."
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Ringo Starr’s Enduring Optimism
“Nobody has generated more goodwill than Ringo,” says the producer T Bone Burnett. “Not a single person in the world.”
www.theatlantic.com
March 31, 2025 at 12:57 PM
“Peace and love, peace and love,” Starr said back to a cluster of onlookers, sounding cheerfully bored. He paused and puffed out his cheeks into an ostentatious deep breath. I imagine that’s one of the hassles of immortality: It tends to go on forever."
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