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Mark Leibovich

@MarkLeibovich62k followers

Former NYT as of 1/1/22; The Atlantic, as of 4/1/22. Author: Thank You For Your Servitude, Out 7/12 Also: This Town, Big Game, Citizens of the Green Room

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1Sep 13, '23“You’re lucky,” McConnell told Romney. “You can say the things that we all think. You’re in a position to say things about him that we all agree with but can’t say.”107×935k2.4k634163
2Dec 31, '20Sen. Sasse says the quiet part / "When we talk in private, I haven’t heard a single congressional Republican allege that the election results were fraudulent — not one. Instead, I 41.1×06.1k1.7k46
3Jul 3, '24I’ve learned 2 things since Biden’s debate debacle: First, Republicans are not the only party led by a geriatric egotist who puts himself before the country. Second, Republicans ar36.7×320k932164115
4Mar 8, '23Breaking long-form feature!22.4×195k2162930
5Sep 4, '23"The most unctuous people in politics are often the ones trying to convince you they hate politics and are “not professional politicians.” “I don’t mind being called a ‘professiona22.1×192k79115836
6Jul 7, '22"It’s been said before, but can never be emphasized enough: Without the complicity of the Republican Party, Donald Trump would be just a glorified geriatric Fox-watching golfer."14.6×02.3k53057
7Oct 2, '20Hell of a lot of news today and tonight, and yet we ask again: Where is the river?14.5×03k2383
8Jul 4, '24The issue at this point isn’t so much Biden’s age and fitness; it’s more about the hubris, recklessness and basic dishonesty that surrounds all of this. This has been evident for a12.5×109k62010084
9Dec 14, '18Me to Joe Lieberman, 2012: "You’re retiring after serving 24 years in the Senate. What lobbying firm are you going to join now?" Lieberman: "I’m not going to lobby. For sure." 201811.7×01.5k6087
10Jan 12, '23Is the GOP margin in the House “razor-thin,” “wafer-thin” “paper-thin” or something else? Someone needs to make a call on this.11.3×98k276180
11Jan 4, '23Support building in House GOP for Carlos Correa -- pending a physical.10.2×89k554751
12Aug 25, '24Exquisite from @KBAndersen "Trump and RFK are entitled playboy sons “afforded the grace of failing forward” as misbehaving, underachieving adolescents, admitted to Ivy's by “affirm9.7×84k2.1k82796
13May 20, '25“You know what else is old? The story about Biden being old.”9.4×82k3525620
14Jan 30, '21Who wins a head-to-head GOP primary today between Romney and MTG?8.9×01.4k876
15Jan 2, '19"In some ways, Washington, under Trump, has devolved into the feral state that Reid, in his misanthropic heart, always knew it could become under the right conditions" .Harry Reid 8.8×096634835
16Jul 10, '24“Never underestimate the destructive power of a stubborn old narcissist with something to prove.”8.7×76k5548566
17Sep 2, '23Damn....Bill Richardson, truly one of the "broke-the-mold-when-they-made-this-guy" politicos. Will be missed.8.4×74k353492
18Aug 12, '22"Of all the elements of cowardice that have afflicted the Republican Party, a particularly pathetic one is the terror so many of Liz Cheney’s colleagues appear to have about losing8.4×01.4k26332
19Feb 11, '24Sen. Capito “felt violated as an American” by January 6, which she called “incredibly traumatic." She deemed Trump “disgraceful” and said “history will judge him harshly.” Capito, 7.8×68k1734911
20Nov 20, '22He looks good for 80.6.6×01.4k944
21Jul 5, '24Foer the Win // "A man desperate to escape humiliation needs to understand that suffering the near-term indignity of stepping down will allow him to avoid the long-term indignity o6.6×58k3356056
22Jul 10, '24Well that oughta calm things right down6.3×55k536179
23Nov 30, '22To sum up: DeSantis is not a fun and convivial dude. His “Step away from the vehicle” vibes are strong.5.9×076719768
24Aug 25, '24"Buttigieg emerged from his mother’s womb 42 years ago and was seemingly dropped straight into a political-media scrum.5.7×50k2504635
25Aug 7, '24“Trump’s reactions lately could pass for one of those soap opera scenes where a drunken dowager finds out that her romance is a sham, and begs him, as mascara flows down her cheeks5.6×49k2805217
26Jul 20, '23“The fact that Jill Stein is running his campaign is a little on the nose,” one senior Democratic campaign strategist told me.5.1×44k158404
27Aug 13, '16The only way Katie Ledecky could have done that is if certain parts of Pennsylvania cheated...4.9×06592410
28Apr 27, '22"Keep pointing out the absurdity of treating a one-term, twice-impeached, 75-year-old former president like a kingmaker and heir apparent. In other words, don’t worry about hurting4.7×068215525
29Aug 23, '24The surprise guest?4.7×41k1k1311
30Jun 20, '21"Dick Cheney was attuned to doomsday and existential threats from America’s enemies..Liz Cheney has come to view Mr. Trump in the same apocalyptic terms. The difference is that tod4.7×07631706
31Nov 10, '20"Mildly" is interesting here. “I haven’t had a chance to speak to Mitch. My expectation is that I will in the not too distant future,” Biden says. "The whole GOP has been put in a 4.5×0911803
32May 8, '24“It has been brought to my attention that my memoir The Truth: My Life, How It Really Happened, and What It Means for America contains an anecdote in which Samuel Beckett mails me 4.5×39k257494
33Jan 6, '18"The most important moment in Wolff’s book are words attributed to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell at the time of Donald Trump’s election. “He will sign anything we put in f4.4×05052391
34Feb 25, '19Latest from next Sunday's NYT Mag // How Lindsey Graham Went From Trump Skeptic to Trump Sidekick4.4×039515143
35Jun 21, '21“He is just deeply troubled for the country about what we watched President Trump do,” Ms. Cheney said of her father. “He’s a student of history. He’s a student of the presidency. 4.3×06381358
36Sep 13, '23“I don’t know that I can disrespect someone more than J. D. Vance,” Romney told me. They’d first met years earlier, after he read Vance’s best-selling memoir, Hillbilly Elegy. Romn4.2×37k209323
37Oct 25, '20"At a fundraiser in Nashville, one donor praised Trump for draining Washington’s swamp. “I had no idea how deep it was,” Trump responded, speaking to a crowd of supporters who had 4.1×050716310
38Feb 27, '20“You know, some people geek out to actual rock stars,” Mr. Buttigieg said. “For me, it was seeing people who I’d only watched on TV.' He cited Donna Brazile." The Political Junkie 4.1×04307335
39Aug 7, '18“He put out a tweet last night that was really good,” Ryan told me after he and the president hung up. The speaker’s words carried the vaguely patronizing tone of a parent affirmin4.1×049918117
40Sep 2, '20"It Never Ends." Trump Says Some Really Strange Things. Republicans Say No Comment, Again.4.0×05081848
41Jul 8, '22"I interviewed scores of Trump collaborators, trying to understand why they did what they did. These were the busy parasitic suck-ups who made this era work for them, who humored D3.4×044214228
42Jan 2, '21re-upping this from 12/31 -- via Sen Sasse/ "When we talk in private, I haven’t heard a single congressional Republican allege that the election results were fraudulent — not one. 3.3×045115510
43Jul 6, '20Irony is Dead3.1×04851283
44Jul 21, '16"Cruz understood that Trump doesn’t want his former opponents to endorse him — he expects them to submit to him."3.0×02841820
45Jan 1, '16Shouldn't there be a Democratic debate on tonight?3.0×03491850
46Aug 31, '16Al Franken upon learning of Vikes QB Teddy Bridgewater's knee injury: "Its llike finding out Hillary's having an affair with Anthony Weiner"2.9×02451680
47Nov 16, '18"Collins's openness to bipartisanship has, paradoxically, made her a bipartisan target." Susan Collins Could Do Without the Death Threats2.9×0255635
48Apr 2, '23"Many prominent Republicans want Trump gone. But they are caught in a trap of their own bad faith: They want prosecutors to do for them the job they are too scared and broken to do2.9×25k250572
49Jul 19, '21"Mr. Klain is an unquestioned man to see in the White House, the most influential chief of staff of recent vintage and a marked departure from the battered and marginalized short-t2.7×04166048
50Oct 10, '20Trump Thinks His Supporters Are ‘Disgusting.’ Do They Care?2.7×02831275
51Jul 15, '20Now THIS is a first line (via George Will, at Work) // "Because of his incontinent use of it, the rhetorical mustard that the president slathers on every subject has lost its tang.2.7×041610410
52Mar 18, '22Pre-Order here, and you will have my gratitude2.7×02775016
53Jan 6, '21Damn, I barely just polished off my coffee.2.6×0448548
54Jul 19, '16The Trump kid speaking tonight should start "fore score and seven years ago." It'd get big laughs, points for self-deprecation. Won't happen2.6×03281340
55Mar 8, '21I’m beginning to think Biden could actually win this thing...2.5×0513513
56Jan 21, '21Heard this from a Republican Senator after the Inauguration yesterday re: Impeachment. "There's probably too much focus on whether Trump incited, and not enough on his dereliction 2.5×0379807
57Nov 30, '18"Trump was “privately fuming,” went the evergreen assessment, according to multiple sources familiar with the president’s private fumes." On the Trump-Mood Beat — But Why?2.5×0290868
58Feb 4, '21If the House impeachment vote was secret ballot, how many Rs vote to impeach? I'd venture considerably more than 10.2.4×0487400
59Nov 14, '20First "huh" of the morning (via Playbook) LAST NIGHT, Kevin MCCARTHY took the newly elected Republicans to the White House. INTERESTING TO NOTE: President DONALD TRUMP did not come2.4×0334702
60Jan 27, '23Would still only be the 11th oldest U.S. Senator2.3×20k204222
61Sep 27, '16Sean Hannity, your voice mail is full...2.2×0355950
62Jul 16, '20"But even as Mr. Trump’s takeover of his party is largely complete, a trio of heirs to the old guard have been among the most prominent dissenting voices." A Club of G.O.P. Politic2.2×02718511
63Jul 8, '22"Cheney invokes the biographer David McCullough, who has said that a blessing of his work is he gets to spend his days with Adams, Jefferson and all the Founding Fathers. Cheney la2.2×03407018
64Jan 2, '19“As has been written since I left,” Reid told me, “I was kind of a strange guy.” Harry Reid Has a Few Words for Washington2.2×02806418
65May 16, '20"I never liked the, Well, in private, they say this. I mean, at some point, that is not an excuse; it’s almost meaningless. People’s behavior in public, if you’re a public official2.1×03018911
66Oct 28, '16"The only thing crazier would be if this is somehow related to Anthony Weiner." Me, about 45 minutes ago...2.0×0313850
67Jul 3, '20But I'm told Fauci's internals have it much closer.1.8×0338322
68Dec 5, '21“That’s not something Bob Dole does.”1.8×03404610
69Jun 11, '16Bill Kristol desperately trying to reach this guy to see if he's at least 35 and born in U.S.1.8×02331040
70Nov 16, '18I am privately -- and publically -- asking aides to read this by @maggieNYT and @katierogers Is Mike Pence Loyal? Trump Is Asking, Despite His Recent Endorsement1.8×02265310
71Oct 8, '17Re: "Hence" : always took Trump for an "ergo" guy.1.7×0286370
72Nov 20, '20‘The Ballots Might Have Been From Mickey Mouse,’ the President’s Lawyer Said. Likewise, His Legal Strategy.1.7×03013010
73Sep 5, '22"Republicans had good reason to dread the havoc Trump would create if he joined the fight in 2022. So they pleaded with him to keep out of the 2022 race. A Republican lawmaker in a1.7×0226736
74May 30, '17“I believe that professional wrestling is clean and everything else in the world is fixed.” -- RIP Frank Deford1.7×0268462
75Nov 20, '20“Trump’s legal strategy seems like the product of the same mind that gave us hydroxychloroquine as a Covid cure,” said Ben Ginsberg, the Republican election lawyer who represented 1.6×0260395
78Jul 14, '17I'm declaring "drip, drip, drip" to be a Category 5 cliche at this point....1.5×0273300
79Nov 25, '21Just challenged 14-year old daughter to name the 5 Great Lakes. She confidently replied, “Lake Michigan, Lake Eric, Lake Huron, Lake Ontario and…”Lake Supreme.” Should I give it to1.5×026340
80Jun 25, '20Random memory: one time I met Marion Barry was at a book party about 10 years ago hosted by Tucker Carlson for Jack Abramoff. Kevin Spacey was also there. Those were some times.1.5×0227461
81Apr 24, '20"WASHINGTON — President Trump arrives in the Oval Office these days as late as noon, when he is usually in a sour mood after his morning marathon of television." Home Alone at the 1.5×0182646
82Sep 6, '22Quite a trailer here...1.4×01955319
83Jul 6, '22Okay everyone. It's happening. It is timely as hell. I'm proud as hell of it, and it comes out Tuesday, and you should all order now (please!). Gratitude!1.3×0181336
84Aug 24, '17Important that POTUS refers to "Mitch M" and "Paul R" here to ensure anonymity. Like Stuart Smalley addressing Michael Jordan as "Michael J"1.3×0223390
85Dec 14, '16“We all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn’t end soon.” Random gold from David Carr1.3×0189570
86Feb 15, '21Peeve: when someone asserts that “Trump has enjoyed near-unanimous support from Republicans” without mentioning that there are in fact many millions fewer Republicans today than 4 1.3×0239302
87Jun 23, '20Does anyone simply take a lot of notes, or must they always be copious?1.3×024381
88Jun 28, '22Yay! I just finished this last night. Truly one of the best political memoirs I've read -- and I've read a lot of them. Truths are told, names are named and receipts are kept. The 1.2×0215394
89Feb 25, '19Stand down, TMZ (please, for the love of all things sacred, don't let me see this...)1.2×0186320
90Aug 16, '20"There’s now a whole generation that looks at Biden and sees only a ragged lion in winter. To them, Cramer’s portrait will be a revelation, like stumbling on a picture of a young B1.2×0160516
91Apr 26, '20"One of the recurring features of the Trump years has been the president’s knack for detonating so many of our powerful shared experiences into us-versus-them grenades."1.2×0161449
92Nov 6, '20Dept. of needless self-inflicted wounds: POTUS held and voiced personal animus towards American icons -- John McCain and John Lewis -- who were widely popular, even revered, in sta1.2×0199251
93Jun 8, '19"At a time when no one is really sure anymore just what constitutes Republican ideology, you could do worse than to call it the Except-When-Trump-Does-It Party." @sbg1 rocks it on1.2×0165522
95Aug 21, '20Hate to rain on anyone’s parade here, but I’m not seeing a single boat at that rally....1.0×0203210
96Sep 22, '17CNN should still air a healtchcare debate between Klobuchar and Cassidy, like one of those old Final Four consolation games.1.0×0202170
97Sep 19, '20A key senate voice weighs in1.0×0181291
98Dec 29, '21Efforts were made rename the Vegas airport in his honor, preferably before his own time of departure. Reid refused to believe this would happen. Pols are always claiming to be eter1.0×0157306
99Sep 14, '20okay, i'll take it. tough but fair.0.9×020941
100Jul 9, '22It was actually quite a challenge to keep finding new and colorful synonyms for "sycophant," "servitude," "doormat," etc throughout the book. I think my favorite (coined by @SykesC0.9×0158241

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