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2 years

Pre-Order here, and you will have my gratitude

Thank You for Your Servitude by Mark Leibovich: 9780593296318 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

The #1 New York Times Bestseller “He’s one of the best chroniclers of politics today.” –Jake Tapper “This is a really funny book.” –Kara Swisher “His...

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Mark Leibovich

@MarkLeibovich

4 years

Sen. 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 hear them talk about their worries about how they will 'look' to President Trump’s supporters."

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4 years

Hell of a lot of news today and tonight, and yet we ask again: Where is the river?

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2 years

"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."

The Most Pathetic Men in America

Why Lindsey Graham, Kevin McCarthy, and so many other cowards in Congress are still doing Trump’s bidding

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“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.”

What Mitt Romney Saw in the Senate

In an exclusive excerpt from my biography of the senator, Romney: A Reckoning, he reveals what drove him to retire.

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Mark Leibovich

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6 years

Me 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." 2018: China's ZTE taps Joe Lieberman for D.C. damage control via @politico

China's ZTE taps Joe Lieberman for D.C. damage control

Lieberman is the third former U.S. lawmaker working on ZTE’s behalf in Washington.

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2 years

"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 losing their jobs."

Liz Cheney, the Republican From the State of Reality

She isn’t really fighting to keep her seat in Congress. She’s fighting Donald Trump.

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2 years

He looks good for 80.

Michael Beschloss

@BeschlossDC

2 years

Joe Biden is eighty years old today:

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Mark Leibovich

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4 years

Who wins a head-to-head GOP primary today between Romney and MTG?

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Mark Leibovich

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6 years

"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 Has a Few Words for Washington

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Mark Leibovich

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4 years

"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 position, with a few notable exceptions, of being mildly intimidated by the sitting president."

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Mark Leibovich

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3 years

"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 today’s threat resides inside the party in which her family has been royalty."

Liz Cheney’s Unlikely Journey From G.O.P. Royalty to Republican Outcast (Published 2021)

Dick Cheney always saw doomsday threats from America’s enemies. His daughter is in a lonely battle against what both see as a danger to American democracy: Donald J. Trump.

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I’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 aren't the only party whose putative leaders have a toxic lemming mindset."

The Lie Democrats Are Telling Themselves

Republicans aren’t the only party putting tribal loyalty ahead of basic truth.

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Mark Leibovich

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2 years

To sum up: DeSantis is not a fun and convivial dude. His “Step away from the vehicle” vibes are strong.

Just Wait Until You Get to Know Ron DeSantis

People who haven’t met him think he’s a hot commodity. People who have met him aren’t so sure.

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Mark Leibovich

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11 months

"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 ‘professional politician,’” Richardson said. “It’s better than being an amateur.”

A Politician Who Loved Being Courted

I will miss covering Bill Richardson.

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2 years

"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 hurting Special Boy’s feelings."

Just Call Trump a Loser

His record is clear. Some nervy Republican challenger should say so.

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Mark Leibovich

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3 years

“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. He knows the gravity of those jobs, and certainly he’s been appalled."

Liz Cheney’s Unlikely Journey From G.O.P. Royalty to Republican Outcast (Published 2021)

Dick Cheney always saw doomsday threats from America’s enemies. His daughter is in a lonely battle against what both see as a danger to American democracy: Donald J. Trump.

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8 years

The only way Katie Ledecky could have done that is if certain parts of Pennsylvania cheated...

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28 days

The 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 a while, to me at least. I wrote this in March.

It’s Not Just That Biden Is Old

It’s that he’s being reckless.

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4 years

"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 paid $250,000 to be in the room."

How Trump abandoned his pledge to ‘drain the swamp’

A Washington Post review found that the president has largely failed to fulfill the pledges he made in 2016 to curtail the influence of lobbyists and special interests in Washington.

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22 days

“Never underestimate the destructive power of a stubborn old narcissist with something to prove.”

C’mon, Man

Does Joe Biden really understand the stakes?

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Mark Leibovich

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7 years

"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 front of him.”

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Mark Leibovich

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4 years

"It Never Ends." Trump Says Some Really Strange Things. Republicans Say No Comment, Again.

Trump Says Some Really Strange Things. Republicans Say No Comment, Again. (Published 2020)

“If the leader comments, I’ll be sure to pass it along,” said a spokesman for Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the majority leader. As of Tuesday afternoon, there was nothing to pass along.

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Mark Leibovich

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6 years

“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 affirming a potty-training milestone." This Is the Way Paul Ryan’s Speakership Ends

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Mark Leibovich

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2 years

Support building in House GOP for Carlos Correa -- pending a physical.

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Mark Leibovich

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3 years

I’m beginning to think Biden could actually win this thing...

Paul Farhi

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3 years

New: Supreme Court rejects Trump’s last attempt to overturn election result.

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Mark Leibovich

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22 days

Well that oughta calm things right down

Alex Thompson

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22 days

Sen. John Fetterman, one of Biden's biggest defenders, is set to appear on Jesse Waters show tonight on Fox (his first time on the show).

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2 years

"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 DJT all the way down to the last, exhausted strains of American democracy"

The Most Pathetic Men in America

Why Lindsey Graham, Kevin McCarthy, and so many other cowards in Congress are still doing Trump’s bidding

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Mark Leibovich

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4 years

Irony is Dead

Pat Fitzgerald

@PatFitzgerald23

4 years

The Ayn Rand Institute received a PPP loan of between $350K and $1 million

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Mark Leibovich

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4 years

re-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. Instead, I hear them talk about their worries about how they will 'look' to Trump’s supporters."

Maggie Haberman

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4 years

Source confirms this list and says it will include nearly a dozen Republican senators joining Hawley in rejecting the results. They're seeking an independent commission on voter fraud, per the source.

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Mark Leibovich

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3 years

If the House impeachment vote was secret ballot, how many Rs vote to impeach? I'd venture considerably more than 10.

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Mark Leibovich

@MarkLeibovich

4 years

Damn, I barely just polished off my coffee.

Lin Wood

@LLinWood

4 years

MUST BE DONE LIST before Congress meets today: 1. Mike Pence @vp @Mike_Pence must resign & thereafter be charged with TREASON. 2. Rod Rosenstein @RodRosenstein must be arrested & charged with being accessory to murder & TREASON. 3. Chief Justice John Roberts must RESIGN.

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Mark Leibovich

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4 years

Now 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."

Opinion | The nation is in a downward spiral. Worse is still to come.

2020 will decide whether we continue on our unserious trajectory.

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Mark Leibovich

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4 years

“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 Runs for President

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5 years

Latest from next Sunday's NYT Mag // How Lindsey Graham Went From Trump Skeptic to Trump Sidekick

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3 years

"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-timers who held the position under Mr. Trump." The Ascension of Ron Klain

The Ascension of Ron Klain (Published 2021)

President Biden’s chief of staff worked his whole career to reach the corner office of the West Wing. He says he’s just a “staff person,” but Republicans call him “Prime Minister Klain.”

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Mark Leibovich

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4 years

Heard 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 after. That seems to be what a lot of people have a harder time getting past."

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8 years

Sean Hannity, your voice mail is full...

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11 months

Damn....Bill Richardson, truly one of the "broke-the-mold-when-they-made-this-guy" politicos. Will be missed.

CNN Politics

@CNNPolitics

11 months

JUST IN: Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, a longtime fixture of Democratic politics, has died. He was 75.

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Mark Leibovich

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2 years

"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 laments she is not so lucky: “I have to spend my days with Kevin McCarthy”

The Most Pathetic Men in America

Why Lindsey Graham, Kevin McCarthy, and so many other cowards in Congress are still doing Trump’s bidding

www.theatlantic.com

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Mark Leibovich

@MarkLeibovich

4 years

First "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 come down to meet the group. He did send his well wishes.

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Mark Leibovich

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4 years

@KFILE I heard this analogy years ago and it stayed w/ me: When a tree is uprooted, it leaves a big hole. Over time, other trees, flowers, etc grow around it. New beauty and wonder appears. It becomes your world, in all its perfection and jagged edges. But the hole always remains.

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9 years

Shouldn't there be a Democratic debate on tonight?

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8 years

"The only thing crazier would be if this is somehow related to Anthony Weiner." Me, about 45 minutes ago...

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3 years

“That’s not something Bob Dole does.”

The Darkest Timeline Numbersmuncher

@NumbersMuncher

3 years

This clip of Bob Dole and Norm Macdonald a week after Dole lost in 1996 is so great and it's beyond sad to lose both of them this year.

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4 years

But I'm told Fauci's internals have it much closer.

Chris Megerian

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4 years

Here’s a thing the president retweeted

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Foer 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 of being remembered as one of history’s great fools." via @FranklinFoer

Biden Has Fallen Into a Psychological Trap

The same approach that has long driven his success now threatens to destroy his legacy.

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4 years

"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 official, is your behavior."

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8 years

The Trump kid speaking tonight should start "fore score and seven years ago." It'd get big laughs, points for self-deprecation. Won't happen

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7 years

Re: "Hence" : always took Trump for an "ergo" guy.

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

7 years

...Hence, I would fully expect Corker to be a negative voice and stand in the way of our great agenda. Didn't have the guts to run!

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4 years

Trump Thinks His Supporters Are ‘Disgusting.’ Do They Care?

Trump Has Called His Supporters ‘Disgusting.’ Do They Care? (Published 2020)

“The people Trump despises most love him the most,” Howard Stern has said. But that may be beginning to change.

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4 years

‘The Ballots Might Have Been From Mickey Mouse,’ the President’s Lawyer Said. Likewise, His Legal Strategy.

Trump’s Legal Team Sets a Precedent for Lowering the Bar (Published 2020)

President Trump and his lawyers are engaged in a spectacle that would be funny if it weren’t so dangerous, and if the stakes weren’t so high.

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6 years

"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?

On the Trump-Mood Beat — But Why? (Published 2018)

Making sense of the president’s emotional state is now a media obsession, but how much is there really to understand?

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4 years

"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. Political Heirs Push Back on Trump

A Club of G.O.P. Political Heirs Push Back on Trump (Published 2020)

Mitt Romney, Larry Hogan and Liz Cheney — descendants of sometimes rebellious or resolute Republicans of the past — are dissenting voices on a president who has taken over their party.

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2 years

Is the GOP margin in the House “razor-thin,” “wafer-thin” “paper-thin” or something else? Someone needs to make a call on this.

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7 years

“I believe that professional wrestling is clean and everything else in the world is fixed.” -- RIP Frank Deford

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3 months

“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 his Nobel Prize for Literature medal…This anecdote has been adjusted.”

Some Late-Breaking Adjustments to My New Autobiography

Which is entirely true, by the way.

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8 years

"Cruz understood that Trump doesn’t want his former opponents to endorse him — he expects them to submit to him."

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6 years

“As has been written since I left,” Reid told me, “I was kind of a strange guy.” Harry Reid Has a Few Words for Washington

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@MarkLeibovich

2 years

"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 a close contest told CNN on August 19, “I don’t say his name, ever.”

Biden Laid the Trap. Trump Walked Into It.

At his Pennsylvania rally, the former president gave exactly the narcissistic display his Democratic nemesis tried to provoke.

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1 year

"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 do for themselves." via @davidfrum

Never Again Trump

Can the GOP stop an indicted ex-president?

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7 years

I'm declaring "drip, drip, drip" to be a Category 5 cliche at this point....

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4 years

@ratemyskyperoom Whoa! Okay, I guess it’s back to the Rec room for me. And here i was, thinking i was making progress.

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4 years

“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 George W. Bush.

Trump’s Legal Team Sets a Precedent for Lowering the Bar (Published 2020)

President Trump and his lawyers are engaged in a spectacle that would be funny if it weren’t so dangerous, and if the stakes weren’t so high.

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3 years

Just 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 to her?

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6 years

"Collins's openness to bipartisanship has, paradoxically, made her a bipartisan target." Susan Collins Could Do Without the Death Threats

Susan Collins Could Do Without the Death Threats (Published 2018)

The Republican senator from Maine prides herself on her ability to work with everyone — which, increasingly, is a good way to make everyone furious.

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1 year

Agita!

Chris Christie Doesn’t Want to Hear the Name Trump

My very strange and angry breakfast with the former governor

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8 years

Bill Kristol desperately trying to reach this guy to see if he's at least 35 and born in U.S.

Ben Golliver

@BenGolliver

8 years

Shirtless fan w/ "Trump Sucks" on chest escorted out after storming the floor

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“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. Romney was so impressed with the book that he hosted the author at his annual Park City summit in 2018.

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6 years

I am privately -- and publically -- asking aides to read this by @maggieNYT and @katierogers Is Mike Pence Loyal? Trump Is Asking, Despite His Recent Endorsement

Is Mike Pence Loyal? Trump Is Asking, Despite His Recent Endorsement (Published 2018)

President Trump has repeated the question so many times that he has alarmed some of his advisers. But Mr. Trump has not openly suggested dropping Mr. Pence from the ticket in 2020.

www.nytimes.com

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2 years

Yay! 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 man has the gift, @Timodc does.

Tim Miller

@Timodc

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Why We Did It out today! I hope its an entertaining and honest look at the political culture that led to Trump and explains why people who know better still go along with it Swing by your local bookstore or order now! Then tweet me your fave parts. ✌️😘

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4 years

Does anyone simply take a lot of notes, or must they always be copious?

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3 years

Peeve: 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 years ago — in large part because of Trump.

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4 years

Random 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.

Brian Schatz

@brianschatz

4 years

Republican arguments against DC statehood are so empty it’s like they aren’t even trying. They are saying that there aren’t enough miners and loggers in DC. Plus, I kid you not, something about Marion Barry, and DC residents not being well rounded enough.

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1 year

Breaking long-form feature!

Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Last Act

What happens when the Terminator turns 75

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8 years

Al Franken upon learning of Vikes QB Teddy Bridgewater's knee injury: "Its llike finding out Hillary's having an affair with Anthony Weiner"

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7 years

Important that POTUS refers to "Mitch M" and "Paul R" here to ensure anonymity. Like Stuart Smalley addressing Michael Jordan as "Michael J"

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

7 years

I requested that Mitch M & Paul R tie the Debt Ceiling legislation into the popular V.A. Bill (which just passed) for easy approval. They...

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4 years

Dept. 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 states (AZ, GA) now proving decisive. Attacks on popular Gov. Whitmer in MI likely didn't help, either.

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4 years

Hate to rain on anyone’s parade here, but I’m not seeing a single boat at that rally....

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4 years

okay, i'll take it. tough but fair.

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2 years

Would still only be the 11th oldest U.S. Senator

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7 years

CNN should still air a healtchcare debate between Klobuchar and Cassidy, like one of those old Final Four consolation games.

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2 years

Quite a trailer here...

FRONTLINE

@frontlinepbs

2 years

Here's your FIRST LOOK at our newest documentary, "Lies, Politics and Democracy," an examination of profound & mounting threats to American democracy. Premieres Tuesday, 9/6 on @PBS .

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5 years

Stand down, TMZ (please, for the love of all things sacred, don't let me see this...)

T.J. Quinn

@TJQuinnESPN

5 years

Sources who have seen the surveillance video say it is unquestionably Kraft and they don't expect him to dispute the charges (although he could plead down). Again, Kraft's attorneys deny he broke any laws.

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Sen. 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, it turns out, would not.

The Validation Brigade Salutes Trump

Full support of the former president has become almost banal among Republicans, like joining a grocery line.

www.theatlantic.com

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5 years

"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 on

Republicans Have Become the Except-When-Trump-Does-It Party

The G.O.P. is against the kinds of tariffs that the President has threatened to impose on Mexico—until it isn’t.

www.newyorker.com

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@MarkLeibovich

4 years

"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 Betty White." Learning to Love Joe Biden (already love @JenSeniorNY )

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@MarkLeibovich

1 year

“The fact that Jill Stein is running his campaign is a little on the nose,” one senior Democratic campaign strategist told me.

The Long-Shot Candidate Who Has the White House Worried

Joe Biden has a Cornel West problem.

www.theatlantic.com

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Mark Leibovich

@MarkLeibovich

4 years

"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 White House: A Sour President, With TV His Constant Companion

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Mark Leibovich

@MarkLeibovich

4 years

A key senate voice weighs in

Chuck Grassley

@ChuckGrassley

4 years

If u lost ur pet pidgin /it’s dead in front yard my Iowa farm JUST DISCOVERED here r identifiers Right leg Blue 2020/3089/AU2020/SHE ///LEFT LEG GREEN BAND NO PRINTED INFO. Sorry for bad news

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@MarkLeibovich

8 years

“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 Carr

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Mark Leibovich

@MarkLeibovich

2 years

Okay 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!

Thank You for Your Servitude: Donald Trump's Washington and the Price of Submission

www.amazon.com

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@MarkLeibovich

2 years

It 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 @SykesCharlie ) was "Trump's brigade of dutiful turd-polishers."

Susan Glasser

@sbg1

2 years

So ‘Trump leg-humpers from the House’ is an actual phrase on page 2 of the @MarkLeibovich book, which I have managed to obtain, and I’m feeling this is going to be a sharp read… #thankyouforyourservitude

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Mark Leibovich

@MarkLeibovich

4 years

"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."

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@MarkLeibovich

3 years

Efforts 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 eternal optimists. Not Reid. “If you’re pessimistic, you’re never disappointed”

Harry Reid Has a Few Words for Washington (Published 2019)

The former Senate majority leader on President Trump and Senator Chuck Schumer, and on why he doesn’t regret ending the filibuster for judicial appointments.

www.nytimes.com

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Mark Leibovich

@MarkLeibovich

2 years

Liz Cheney invokes one of her idols, David McCullough, who has said that a blessing of his work is that he gets to spend his days with Adams, Jefferson and the Founders. Cheney laments that she is not so lucky: “I have to spend my days with Kevin McCarthy”

The Most Pathetic Men in America

Why Lindsey Graham, Kevin McCarthy, and so many other cowards in Congress are still doing Trump’s bidding

www.theatlantic.com

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Mark Leibovich

@MarkLeibovich

1 year

@BeschlossDC what town hall?

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Mark Leibovich

@MarkLeibovich

2 years

"Understood"

Bill Kristol

@BillKristol

2 years

Watch this. Awfully good.

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Mark Leibovich

@MarkLeibovich

4 years

Tomorrow might be the single most awaited presidential turkey pardoning, ever.

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Mark Leibovich

@MarkLeibovich

3 years

News from the snowy media bubble: Friday was my last at the NYT after 16 great years. I’ve loved this paper and my colleagues. It was a tremendous ride and psyched to begin the next at the Atlantic. Gratitude to all. Now back to the Fahrenthold news cycle.

Mark Leibovich Joining The Atlantic as Staff Writer

Leibovich to begin this spring, as The Atlantic continues to train its editorial focus on the crisis facing democracy

www.theatlantic.com

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