Peter Baker

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

The Supreme Court's overnight ruling in Texas case will fuel the hopes of abortion opponents and fears of abortion rights advocates as the court decides whether Roe v Wade should be overruled. ⁦@adamliptak⁩ ⁦@jdavidgoodman⁩ ⁦@stavernise⁩ https://t.co/Im3ByMzxGP — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

The US estimates that it left behind the majority of Afghan interpreters and others who applied for visas to flee Afghanistan, despite frantic efforts to evacuate those at risk of Taliban retribution. ⁦@jessdonati⁩ https://t.co/kMTpnAGTB5 — PolitiTweet.org

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"Red should scare the crap out of you": @nickschmidle has the scoop on the secret close call when a warning light came on during Branson's celebrated flight toward space in July. (Correcting date.) https://t.co/oJh8IM2Dbk — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

"Red should scare the crap out of you": ⁦@nickschmidle⁩ has the scoop on the secret close call when a warning light came on during Branson's celebrated flight toward space last month. https://t.co/oJh8IM2Dbk — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Texas law banning most abortions after about six weeks, before many women even realize they are pregnant, takes effect after Supreme Court opts not to intervene. It includes no exceptions for rape or incest. @adamliptak https://t.co/VTJnCjdjBG — PolitiTweet.org

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@sbg1 @jpaceDC Terrific choice! @jpaceDC will be a fabulous leader for the @AP https://t.co/gHh96wBfET — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

"All flights are closed. I am scared": For more than 100 US citizens and potentially thousands of US green card holders stranded in Afghanistan, options for escape narrow with the American departure. ⁦@jakesNYT⁩ https://t.co/1LWeTYZffe — PolitiTweet.org

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Seventy years later, Virginia's Northam posthumously pardons the Martinsville Seven, a group of Black men executed for raping a white woman in an episode that became a case study of unequal justice. ⁦@SchneiderG⁩ https://t.co/SIlkFV3H76 — PolitiTweet.org

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More than 80% of eligible people in California have been vaccinated against covid, a milestone putting it ahead of other large states like New York (78%); Florida (73.1%); and Texas (68.6%). ⁦@LukeMMoney⁩ ⁦@ronlin⁩ https://t.co/BvOV6MezOT — PolitiTweet.org

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"Don’t you ever forget that name. Don’t you ever forget that face. Don’t you ever forget the names of the other 12”: Biden’s tough meeting with families of the 13 service members killed in Kabul last week. @mviser https://t.co/al2JeDecmI — PolitiTweet.org

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“The guy who kidnapped you is now the head of security in Kabul. Is he going to be a nice guy? I don’t think so.” @RohdeD, who spent seven months held captive by a Taliban faction, reflects on the American withdrawal. https://t.co/dzkGyh2NyC — PolitiTweet.org

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From the tarmac where the last American plane departed Afghanistan, the Taliban’s spokesman celebrated the end of their two-decade war against US forces: “This victory belongs to us all." @mattaikins @jimhuylebroek @DanBilefsky https://t.co/3VOUpgSDfk — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

.⁦@AmyZegart⁩ on teaching 9/11 in 2001 and 2021: "Then students sought certainties; I pressed them to see complexities." Now "I have the opposite problem: Instead of taking the emotion out of 9/11 I am trying to find ways to put the emotion back in." https://t.co/CjWhKDKN8G — PolitiTweet.org

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From the mother of a fallen Marine, a message for her son's comrades as the American war in Afghanistan ends: “You did not fight for nothing. Alec did not lose his life for nothing." ⁦@clairegalofaro⁩ ⁦@russbynum⁩ https://t.co/Uk3uc9a6lv — PolitiTweet.org

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"... For the fifth time since the Soviet invasion in 1979, one order has collapsed and another has risen. What has followed each of those times has been a descent into vengeance, score-settling and, eventually, another cycle of disorder and war." (2) — PolitiTweet.org

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An elegant elegy for history by ⁦@Tmgneff⁩, who fought in the war in Afghanistan as a Marine and covered the war as a reporter: "Afghanistan has once more completed a cycle that has repeatedly defined the past 40 years of violence and upheaval: (1) https://t.co/3zEjC2oCNy — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @nytimes: The home page of The New York Times at 5:20 p.m. Eastern on Aug. 30, 2021. https://t.co/klS0wPzeML — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

The Education Department has launched investigations into five states whose prohibitions on universal mask mandates in schools may run afoul of civil rights laws protecting students with disabilities. @EricaLG https://t.co/BTSkgi2ntc — PolitiTweet.org

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The last vestiges of the American presence in Afghanistan have departed Kabul airport, ending a mission that resulted in a complete takeover of the country by the adversary the U.S. military spent two decades fighting. @Tmgneff @Lkatzenberg https://t.co/FxX2MPUyCA — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @cspan: .@CENTCOM Commander Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie: "I'm here to announce the completion of our withdrawal from Afghanistan and the en… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @Indira_L: TUNE IN to our @NatGeo podcast today sharing voices and stories of #Afghanishtan's post-9/11 youth generation have scant memo… — PolitiTweet.org

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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

In Russia, opposition figures, rights activists and independent journalists increasingly face a simple choice: flee the country or face prison. Taken together, it is the biggest wave of political emigration in Russia’s post-Soviet history. @antontroian https://t.co/tj7CdTNXJa — PolitiTweet.org

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The daily average for hospitalized covid patients in the United States is now more than 100,000, higher than in any previous surge except last winter’s, before most Americans were eligible to get vaccinated. @globaldan https://t.co/f5aOTqYkyH — PolitiTweet.org

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“At first I thought it was the Taliban. But the Americans themselves did it”: Afghans say US drone strike aimed at ISIS-K killed 10 civilians, including 7 children. US military says it hit valid target but is investigating civilian casualties. @mattaikins https://t.co/SAbpegZvzY — PolitiTweet.org

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Conservative Florida radio host who compared the US government to Nazis for encouraging Americans to get vaccines, dies after a weeks-long fight with covid. @KiharaD https://t.co/UwNFuh6dA6 — PolitiTweet.org

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From the Peacock Lounge in DC's Willard hotel, an ad hoc group of war veterans, Afghan diplomats, wealthy donors, defense contractors, nonprofit workers and off-duty US officials conducted a global rescue operation. ⁦@bkesling⁩ ⁦@MPhillipsWSJ⁩ https://t.co/KjEVLL0asi — PolitiTweet.org

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“We regret to inform you that international military evacuations from Kabul airport have ended and we are no longer able to call anyone forward for evacuation flights.” ⁦@davidzucchino⁩ https://t.co/YaLr0lOgmW — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RIP Ed Asner, the iconic actor from "Mary Tyler Moore" and "Lou Grant." He wasn't actually an editor and only played one on TV, but he helped inspire me to a life of journalism. https://t.co/ADFJmp4dzm — PolitiTweet.org

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Follow the latest as Hurricane Ida slams into Louisiana. https://t.co/VqppEntf3O — PolitiTweet.org