Mark Leibovich

It isn't even just GOP owned media. Like this is the Atlantic and a bunch of centrist think tanks teaming up to create the exact thing you are talking about

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One of several incredible quotes in this @markleibovich.bsky.social story on the state of the Democratic party. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

The Democrats Aren’t Built for This They say they want to save democracy. First they’ll need to get out of their own way.

The challenge for Democrats resisting Trump? They keep playing into their worst stereotype as overly sensitive, out of touch and overindulged, writes @markleibovich.bsky.social. They "are not built for when the fascists come," @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social says. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

The Democrats Aren’t Built for This They say they want to save democracy. First they’ll need to get out of their own way.

The president had recently called for JB Pritzker to be jailed—a status symbol among high-profile Democratic governors who might run for president. (Pritzker and Gavin Newsom could wind up sharing both a jail cell and a debate stage.)
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The Democrats Aren’t Built for This They say they want to save democracy. First they’ll need to get out of their own way.

A few minutes later, the DNC chair was back talking tough about the importance of not caring whom he antagonizes.
“I don’t give a fuck who I offend,” Martin said.
Except Biden, I noted.
“Listen, that has nothing to do with offending him or not."
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Trump’s New Method of Humiliation The president doesn’t seem to fire people anymore, but he marginalizes them in other ways.

“For much of this week, Kristi Noem’s deportation from the Trump administration seemed imminent.”
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Democrats’ Epstein Derangement Syndrome Not everything Donald Trump does is a “distraction” from Jeffrey Epstein.

“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.

"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...

Even the Obit Writers Are Jumping Ship at The Washington Post RIP for DC’s chroniclers of the dead.

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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Another Moderate Republican Opts Out For the likes of Don Bacon, quitting Congress has become a familiar endgame.

“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.

“Right now, what I think America wants is a little bit of normalcy.”
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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.

“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 Week That Changed Everything for Gavin Newsom “Sunday, I woke up a different guy.”

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Where Is Barack Obama? The “audacity of hope” presidency has given way to the fierce lethargy of semi-retirement.

“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.

Where Is Barack Obama? The “audacity of hope” presidency has given way to the fierce lethargy of semi-retirement, @markleibovich.bsky.social writes.

Biden’s Age Wasn’t a Cover-Up. It Was Observable Fact. The story about the former president getting old is getting old.

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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.

“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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Tim Walz Looks Into the Void Back on the trail with the guy who lost the last election

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”:

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

Tim Walz Looks Into the Void Back on the trail with the guy who lost the last election

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

“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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Trump Says He Is Serious About a Third Term Why do Republicans keep claiming he isn’t?

Read @markleibovich.bsky.social on Trump and a third term.

Trump Says He Is Serious About Staying in Office Past 2028 Why do Republicans keep claiming he isn’t?

"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 . . . "

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.

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.

“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

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.

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 Ringo Starr The 84-year-old Beatle has become a roving ambassador of joy and amity in an America starved of such things.

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.