Peter Baker

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

The liberal 9th Circuit appeals court was overturned by the Supreme Court 15 out of 16 times this past term, by some measures the most reversals it has seen since 1985. ⁦⁦@DavidGSavage⁩ ⁦@mauradolan⁩ https://t.co/vQYK4klru3 — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Nationals-Padres game suspended after shooting outside Nationals Park. Four said to be shot. As players left the field, fans scrambled for cover. ⁦@dougherty_jesse⁩ https://t.co/B9k8715H0O — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Finished the terrific new book on covid by @yabutaleb7 and @damianpaletta and it's a revealing, must-read deep dive on how the Trump administration became overwhelmed by an historic pandemic. https://t.co/gvBTtkZI78 https://t.co/JkCCUfoGNH — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

A "rogue unaccountable police force": Commerce Department unit searched employee emails and even their offices based on ethnic surnames or use of certain phrases in Chinese, Senate report finds. ⁦@CatieEdmondson⁩ https://t.co/8wQDHApzqK — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Border officials encountered migrants nearly 6,000 times a day last month for a total of 188,829, the largest monthly number in recent history, increasing the pressure on Biden. ⁦@shearm⁩ ⁦@esullivannyt⁩ https://t.co/c9FiB3HuMy — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @sbg1: I feel like there were a lot of people who expected this… https://t.co/eo1yQztwvB — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Reuters journalist Danish Siddiqui killed while covering a clash between Afghan security forces and Taliban fighters near a border crossing with Pakistan. https://t.co/wD7y8zzUu3 — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @washingtonweek: Joining @yamiche on tonight's #WashWeekPBS: @peterbakernyt @sahilkapur @TexasTribAbby @JasJWright Read more about t… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @RobynDixon__: 566 political prisoners in Belarus today. The list keeps growing with raids all week on human rights groups and journalis… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @washingtonweek: The battle over voting rights continues. Tonight @peterbakernyt, @sahilkapur, @TexasTribAbby & @JasJWright join @yamic… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

With covid spiking again, Los Angeles County, the nation's most populous, reimposes mask wearing indoors even for the vaccinated. ⁦@LukeMMoney⁩ ⁦@ronlin⁩ ⁦@melissamh_⁩ https://t.co/kGw3oqvBRa — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

This account comes from extensive reporting that @sbg1 has been doing for our own book on the Trump presidency to come out next year and adds to revelations in recent days by authors @MichaelCBender @CarolLeonnig and @PhilipRucker. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @maggieNYT: This is a really good account of Milley’s real-time fears on military action, which were not illegal nuke launches but domes… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @RohdeD: There were two “nightmare scenarios,” Milley told associates. One was that Trump would try “to use the military on the streets… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Milley considered the Lafayette Square photo op his “Damascus moment,” a few short minutes of misjudgment that would haunt him forever. He considered resigning but instead decided to do his penance. “I’ll fight from the inside,” he told his staff. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

To avoid calamity, Milley been having morning phone meetings, at 8 a.m. on most days, with Meadows and Pompeo, what he called “land the plane” calls—as in, “both engines are out, the landing gear are stuck, we’re in an emergency situation." — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Milley was also deeply worried that Trump would instigate military conflict with Iran before leaving office. “If you do this, you’re gonna have a fucking war," he warned. How close did we come to war? "Very close." — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Shades of Nixon and Schlesinger: In Trump's final days in office, Milley fretted about a military coup and instructed generals to check with him before carrying out any illegal orders from the White House. ⁦@sbg1⁩ https://t.co/YiFTvbgRmX — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Looking forward to this Sunday’s New York Times Book Review with this great cover featuring three first-rate writers focusing on space exploration, past, present and future: @JeffShesol @WalterIsaacson and @nickschmidle https://t.co/iIYh9SnTaN — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Breyer tells @JoanBiskupic that he hasn’t decided whether to retire from the Supreme Court as liberals have been pressuring him to do. He cites two factors in this deliberations: "Primarily, of course, health. Second, the court.” https://t.co/kUvWROrFmL — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

“We need to leave the country”: Powerful first-hand story of China’s persecution of the Ugyhurs by one of their leading poets. https://t.co/xaUel8iEQB — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

“Use all possible force to facilitate his election”: Apparent Kremlin papers reviewed by @guardian show Putin personally approved operation to help elect Trump. A Trump win “will definitely lead to the destabilisation of the US’s sociopolitical system.” https://t.co/4npHq9efC7 — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Along the way, Trump confirms that he appointed Milley only to spite Mattis, who recommended another candidate. "I often act counter to people's advice who I don’t respect," he says of the man he appointed secretary of defense. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Trump denies contemplating a coup but adds that "if I was going to do a coup, one of the last people I would want to do it with is General Mark Milley." — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

@BeschlossDC These are still on the wall of the NYT bureau among other classic Washington images taken by the paper's long roster of amazing photographers. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Russia records its highest-ever daily death toll from the coronavirus since the start of the pandemic, logging 786 deaths on Wednesday as the country battles the surging Delta variant. https://t.co/YGAmntcpDG — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

CNBC rates Virginia as America's top state for business in 2021. https://t.co/zv50J1MIuS — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @carolynryan: Just hosted the champ! - Natl spelling bee champion Zaila Avant-garde at @nytimes newsroom. Amazing person. https://t.co/n… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Biden to nominate Jeff Flake as ambassador to Turkey, picking a Republican who broke with Trump long before others did. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

With the latest inflation report, a new fear takes hold inside the Biden White House: Maybe Larry Summers is right. As for Summers, he says he is now even more worried than he was originally. @morningmoneyben https://t.co/qYTf0OOLd8 — PolitiTweet.org