Peter Baker

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

The Roman Catholic bishops of the United States overwhelmingly vote to draft guidance on the sacrament of the Eucharist, advancing a push by conservative bishops to deny Biden communion because of his support of abortion rights. ⁦@elizabethjdias⁩ https://t.co/6cRgMPQc6L — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

“Zero Fail,” a history of the Secret Service by ⁦@CarolLeonnig⁩, "is a devastating catalog of jaw-dropping incompetence, ham-fisted mismanagement and frat-boy bacchanalia," writes ⁦@ccwhip⁩ https://t.co/uHz73mE3WR — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

But as we mark the Emancipation Proclamation and 13th Amendment, history reminds us that bondage did not really end then. Worth rereading "Slavery By Another Name," by @douglasblackmon, which won the Pulitzer in 2009. https://t.co/zZFXpk8pJR https://t.co/ul13ocn4Yu — PolitiTweet.org

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Talk about good timing -- as the US celebrates Juneteenth as a federal holiday for the first time, Pulitzer-winning @agordonreed has just recently released "On Juneteenth," her book on the history behind the holiday. https://t.co/GmEoAy58Sa https://t.co/8pVsCHwjwP — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Rep. Clyde, who said images from Jan. 6 resembled a "normal tourist visit" and voted against a measure honoring police, refuses to shake the hand of an officer who was beaten unconscious defending the Capitol. ⁦@ColbyItkowitz⁩ ⁦@phscoop⁩ https://t.co/6TnuEHDgnS — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

In meeting with Putin, Biden abandoned Obama’s strategy of isolating Russia, gambling that the respect of a summit was worth it if it keeps tensions from escalating. The goal is less to make the situation better than to keep it from becoming worse. https://t.co/TsD3TpEws3 — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @michaelluo: RIP to a legend, Janet Malcolm. Her collected @NewYorker work (that has been fully digitized) is here. https://t.co/wHhwTWe… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AspenStrategy: "Did Joe Biden finally exorcise the ghost of Helsinki?" In her latest "Letter from Biden's Washington", ASG member Susan… — PolitiTweet.org

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Three Chinese astronauts arrive at the country’s new space station, opening a second human home in orbit for years to come and underscoring Beijing’s challenge to the US. @stevenleemyers @kchangnyt https://t.co/7SxjlNPHlp — PolitiTweet.org

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After a decade as a columnist, @FrankBruni signs off with a thoughtful meditation on the media’s own role in promoting the toxic tenor we lament: "I can’t chide politicians for ungracious manners and unsubtle minds if those inadequacies are also my own.” https://t.co/EVjzYszxyE — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @sbg1: Joe Biden Just Had a Summit with Vladimir Putin and Nothing Crazy Happened My column on Geneva, the un-Helsinki: https://t.co/2… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Supreme Court’s 7-2 ruling rejecting the latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act may secure the program's future a decade after it was passed. @adamliptak https://t.co/NOoQoyU87a — PolitiTweet.org

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Russian state media has long portrayed Biden as a bumbling old man. But now Putin rejects the view he helped foster: “I want to say that the image of President Biden that our and even the American press paints has nothing to do with reality” @antontroian https://t.co/QoWHyx7RYw — PolitiTweet.org

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New this week: "The Outlier,” a fresh biography of Jimmy Carter by @Kaibird123. Got a chance to read it and, no surprise given that it’s Kai, it’s a superb account of a complicated president and his time. https://t.co/dtwPcK64iL https://t.co/rlEQgIrqLK — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

If their opening encounter proves any indication, the Biden-Putin relationship seems likely to be a strained and frustrating association, one where the two leaders may maintain a veneer of civil discourse even as they joust on the international stage. https://t.co/TsD3TpEws3 — PolitiTweet.org

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"The flash of anger, if nothing else, showed what most concerned Biden: that he might be portrayed as falling once again into Putin’s trap,"'writes ⁦@sbg1⁩. "Falling for Putin was what Trump had done and Biden is clearly striving to be the un-Trump." https://t.co/RUgPKmcuoB — PolitiTweet.org

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Justice Department drops its investigation into Bolton’s book, ending an effort to silence him that started under Trump. @nytmike @ktbenner https://t.co/bLM6jXddjq — PolitiTweet.org

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Putin has a few things to get off his chest... — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @juliaioffe: Putin is very clearly enjoying having this press conference, and clearly doesn't want it to end. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Putin calls Biden "a very balanced professional man” and talked about what his mother told him. “It seems to me that we did speak the same language,” Putin says. “It certainly doesn’t imply that we looked into each other’s eyes and found a soul or swore eternal friendship." — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @sbg1: The ritual Putin press conference moment has now been achieved, as Putin compares his repression of dissidents to the 1/6 stormin… — PolitiTweet.org

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Anyone who had Jan. 6 in the Putin pool, there you go. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

A classic Putin performance — deflect questions about his own government’s suppression of human rights by accusing the US of wrongdoing. “Who are the murderers there?” he says, citing the Iraq war. ‘What about Guantanamo?” he asks. — PolitiTweet.org

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Putin says Biden is “very different” than Trump. — PolitiTweet.org

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Another old talking point; Putin accuses US of wanting “to contain” Russia. — PolitiTweet.org

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As usual, Putin rejects criticism of his actions by accusing the US of doing the same thing. “We are not bringing in huge amounts of equipment up to the frontiers of the US,” he says, referring to his troop buildup near Ukraine. “Unfortunately the US is doing that to us now." — PolitiTweet.org

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Putin says the meeting with Biden “was very constructive” and, while they disagreed on various issues, it was important to “try to understand each other.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Putin says he and Biden agreed to send their ambassadors back to the other capitals. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

"Putin has described his government as divided between ‘Westernizers' and 'people of the soil.' Not any longer," writes @annanemtsova. "The people of the soil have won. They monopolize nearly every aspect of Putin’s government." https://t.co/1dXyznEcUz — PolitiTweet.org

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Cuomo decreed "no tolerance" for corruption when a close aide was convicted of taking bribes. Privately, however, his inner circle — including one of his sisters — quietly raised money for the aide. ⁦@brianmrosenthal⁩ ⁦⁦@jdavidgoodman⁩ https://t.co/OzboE5oSJ6 — PolitiTweet.org