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Mark Leibovich

Mark Leibovich

The Atlantic

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Gavin Newsom Is Getting Antsy

The California governor has made clear he’s not running for president in 2024. But sometimes he still can’t help himself. “We don’t need...

15.04.2024 20

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A Senator Who Loved to Kibitz

A serious policy debate with the late Joe Lieberman could veer sharply into a one-man Borscht Belt-on-the-Potomac. Say what you will about Joe...

29.03.2024 5

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It’s Not Just That Biden Is Old

It’s that he’s being reckless. We were reminded yet again this past weekend that Joe Biden might be in deep electoral trouble. Once again, hands...

06.03.2024 30

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The Validation Brigade Salutes Trump

Full support of the former president has become almost banal among Republicans, like joining a grocery line. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, Republican...

09.02.2024 9

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What Nikki Haley (Maybe) Learned in New Hampshire

In the final days before the primary, she showed herself more willing to attack Donald Trump and seize the ample vulnerabilities he provides. It’s a...

24.01.2024 10

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The First-in-the-Nation Primary Is Feeling Unloved

This year, New Hampshire’s famous presidential contest seems more like a final whimper than a first salvo. Donald Trump shares an essential trait...

23.01.2024 7

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What Is Nikki Haley Even Talking About?

Her confident performances have made her the most formidable Republican challenger to Donald Trump. But the more you listen to her, the mushier her...

11.01.2024 20

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This Is Who We Are

If Trump wins again, perhaps we can all finally abandon the delusion that his supporters do not represent the true America. In the last spring of...

08.12.2023 10

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90 Minutes in a Van With Dean Phillips

“I am the anti-defeat candidate.” Like many politicians, Representative Dean Phillips likes to look people in the eye. And because he’s a...

21.11.2023 5

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Donald Trump’s Gift to Adam Schiff

For the California lawmaker, MAGA outrage has been good for business. Representative Adam Schiff was mingling his way through a friendly crowd at a...

06.11.2023 10

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The Souvenir Speakership

Kevin McCarthy got what he wanted. It just didn’t last long. “I made history, didn’t I?” Kevin McCarthy was saying Tuesday night, a few hours...

05.10.2023 3

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A Final Chapter Unbefitting an Extraordinary Legacy

One lesson of Dianne Feinstein’s career: Stay in your job too long, and you risk losing control of the finale. Senator Dianne Feinstein, who died...

29.09.2023 3

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Joe Biden’s Bridge to Himself

He ran for president as a short-term fix but has become a long-term proposition. In retrospect, Joe Biden probably wishes he’d never uttered these...

21.09.2023 2

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