Peter Baker

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

@shearm Who will take over making the bad puns (if we ever actually go back to the office)?? — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Happy for our great friend @MarkLeibovich as he starts a new chapter but devastated for us at the NYT where he has no peer. Most of us are more or less interchangeable but Leibo is one of a kind and irreplaceable. No one captures #ThisTown better than he does. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @gelliottmorris: Here is my piece on our YouGov/Economist data showing a huge dropoff in support for Biden among young people. The decre… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @ryanstruyk: Vaccination status via new Monmouth poll: Democrats: 96% already received 2% soon or see how it goes 2% likely will never… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @michaelluo: Here's our annual list of the most popular @NewYorker stories of 2021. It was a chance for me to think back on the past yea… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Underneath that Robert E. Lee statue taken down in Richmond appears to be a time capsule from the 19th century. But it's embedded in a giant granite block and it's not clear how it can be opened. ⁦@holpuch⁩ https://t.co/eqqbA7kM4N — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RIP Johnny Isakson, a Georgia Republican who during 15 years in the Senate was a moderate conservative, often championing bipartisan cooperation, until his resignation for health reasons in 2019. https://t.co/jWSZwCFbFx — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @nytimes: Erin Schaff, a New York Times photographer, was covering the certification of electoral votes on Capitol Hill on Jan. 6 when s… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @EliStokols: Quite the rejoinder from @PressSec to @SenatorManchin, who they say this morning contradicted what he'd been telling @POTUS… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @JoshNBCNews: .@PressSec on Manchin two days ago: "There’s really broad agreement on a range of components. What we're working on now i… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

A Washington State senator who led efforts to oppose covid emergency orders and vaccine mandates has died at age 52 after his own battle with the illness. @ByMikeBaker https://t.co/w1nl2AmWak — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Manchin deals potentially fatal blow to signature Biden priority, saying he won't vote for the social program and climate spending bill. "I’ve tried everything humanly possible. I can’t get there. This is a no." ⁦@CatieEdmondson⁩ ⁦@ESCochrane⁩ https://t.co/MRwGniOzFP — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Secret papers reveal an air war marked by flawed intelligence, rushed and imprecise targeting and the deaths of thousands of civilians, many children, a sharp contrast to the image of war waged by all-seeing drones and precision bombs. ⁦@AzmatZahra⁩ https://t.co/6Zk8YJ4VTs — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Even out of office, Trump tops the ⁦@GlennKesslerWP⁩ list of biggest Pinocchios of the year, a roster that also includes whoppers by Biden, Matt Gaetz, Jim Jordan, Terry McAuliffe, Ron Johnson, Tucker Carlson, Muriel Bowser & Marjorie Taylor Greene. https://t.co/k9JadguyQ1 — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @nytimes: A 5-year New York Times investigation into hidden Pentagon records shows that a pattern of failures in U.S. airstrikes in the… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @nytimes: A hidden Pentagon archive revealed that, since 2014, the American air war in the Middle East has been plagued by deeply flawed… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @nytimes: We are making public hundreds of the Pentagon’s confidential assessments of reports of civilian casualties resulting from airs… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Coronavirus hospitalizations in the US have increased 20% nationally over the last two weeks, to 68,000 people. ⁦@MitchKSmith⁩ https://t.co/hasC1s3xcj — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Person of the year? Elon Musk? ⁦@Eugene_Robinson⁩ makes the case for Eugene Goodman, who faced the mob as he defended the Capitol. https://t.co/P0LbhzhYjs — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

About 62,000 Afghan interpreters and others who have applied for visas to seek shelter in the US after working alongside American forces still remain in Afghanistan. ⁦@jessdonati⁩ https://t.co/YztGHsRsOJ — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Typically, Ian tells the story first and only deep in the account mentions the price he paid to get it. "They placed a hood over my head, kicked and punched me and stepped on my face, leaving me with two broken ribs, blood in my urine, and damage to my kidneys." — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

"The EU did something they carefully considered and planned for many years. Create a hellhole in Libya with the idea of deterring people from heading to Europe.” Coming to this powerful @ian_urbina investigation late but such an important disturbing story. https://t.co/kErbJkCiF8 — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @nytimesworld: Iran agrees to replace cameras at a key nuclear site -- but continues to block U.N. inspectors from viewing the video tho… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @JaneMayerNYer: Honored and excited to help support great nonprofit local news: New Yorker investigative reporter Jane Mayer joins VTDig… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Coronavirus deaths in the US surpass 800,000, the highest known number of any country in the world. The last 100,000 deaths occurred in less than 11 weeks as the pace of death has picked up, moving faster than at any time other than last winter’s surge. https://t.co/9fAmsLaFGA — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

How did the national debt grow so much? Since February 2020, lawmakers tackling covid and the economy passed 9 bills authorizing at least $5.7 trillion in spending. All but one cleared Congress with bipartisan support. ⁦@alyssafowers⁩ ⁦@TonyRomm https://t.co/9DAivhiTio — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

@AP Trump has complained repeatedly that the news media has not in his mind adequately investigated his claims that the election was stolen. Here our colleagues at the @AP did just that and found them to be completely groundless. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @AP: An @AP review of every potential case of voter fraud in the six battleground states disputed by former President Donald Trump has f… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Belarus court convicts opposition leader Sergei Tikhanovsky, who was arrested last year during his campaign against Lukashenko, of organizing mass unrest and sentences him to 18 years in prison. @INechepurenko https://t.co/zspAreT9vq — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Flush days for The News Journal in Delaware: Special interest groups take out ads in an effort to get their message in front of the newspaper's most famous reader. @Hailey_Fuchs @maxwelltani https://t.co/oelJHM19j6 — PolitiTweet.org