Mark Leibovich

2 weeks ago | theatlantic.com | Mark Leibovich

President Donald Trump keeps getting asked about the possibility of seeking a third term in 2028. “Well, there are plans,” he recently told NBC’s Kristen Welker, who became the latest interviewer to raise the topic. She will almost certainly not be the last. This appears to be by design—Trump’s design. His answers always contain enough tantalizing ambiguity to keep people interested: What plans exactly? “There are—not plans,” Trump said to Welker, correcting himself, if not clarifying anything.

2 weeks ago | theatlantic.com | Mark Leibovich

Democrats have a problem: too many problems. Identifying the problems is not one of those problems. “Democrats have a trust problem,” suggests Representative Jason Crow of Colorado. “Democrats have a big narrative problem,” adds Representative Greg Casar of Texas. “Democrats have a vision problem,” says Representative Ro Khanna of California. In general, Democrats have a “Democrats have a problem” problem.

3 weeks ago | dinalitovsky.substack.com | Mark Leibovich |Dina Litovsky

In the Flash is a reader-supported publication about intent and creativity in photography. To join the conversationI don’t like checking email when I’m high, but sometimes I space out and compulsively refresh my iPhone, hoping for something new and shiny. That’s how I clicked on an email from The Atlantic, which said, “Wondering if you might be free this Friday for a shoot in Nashville?

3 weeks ago | theatlantic.com | Mark Leibovich

Listen1.0x0:0033:54Listen to more stories on harkLet’s start with something that I’m not proud of but feels important to disclose up front. Last spring, I was interviewing Ringo Starr at the Sunset Marquis hotel, in West Hollywood, when I committed an embarrassing breach of journalistic ethics: As we were wrapping up, I asked Starr if he would pose for a photo with me. “Or is that grossly unprofessional?” I asked, trying to come off as sheepish and apologetic. Starr smirked.

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Mark Leibovich

1 day agoThe stark monochrome sleeve and shit-tier recording quality of the Beatles’ most famous bootleg stands in for a whole era of the band’s history—their un-housebroken Hamburg years, when they wore jeans and leather jackets; when they ate, drank, smoked and swore onstage; when they were a band rather …