Peter Baker

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

To anyone who remembered last year’s Democratic primaries, the president’s first address to a joint session of Congress sounded as if Elizabeth Warren, and not Biden, had won. ⁦@sbg1⁩ https://t.co/9bZ6l1U661 — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Biden's program represents a fundamental reorientation of the role of government not seen since the days of LBJ's Great Society and FDR's New Deal. But is a deeply polarized country and nearly dead-even Congress ready to embrace a more activist government? https://t.co/o0kqPMVvQs — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

U.S. authorities don't test adult migrants for the coronavirus in jam-packed border processing centers, creating a potential for new transmissions even among migrants who may have arrived healthy at America’s door. ⁦@FrancesRobles⁩ ⁦@mirjordan⁩ https://t.co/72kysrZObV — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Investigators also searched his office, people close to the situation now confirm to our colleagues. Both searches were conducted at 6 am. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

His memoir, "Carrying the Fire," was perhaps the best of the astronaut accounts from the pioneering era of the space program: “If a count were taken, the score would be three billion plus two over on the other side of the moon, and one plus God only knows what on this side." — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RIP Michael Collins, the Apollo 11 astronaut who remained in orbit around the Moon while Armstrong and Aldrin touched down. He was, for a time, the most alone that any human has been in history. https://t.co/Oc0P5pdmE0 — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

@WRashbaum @benprotess @maggieNYT Prosecutors and FBI agents had sought to obtain a warrant for Giuliani’s phones for months but were blocked by Trump appointees. After Garland was confirmed, he lifted the objections. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Federal investigators execute a search warrant at Giuliani’s New York apartment, stepping up a criminal investigation into his dealings in Ukraine. @WRashbaum @benprotess @maggieNYT https://t.co/5L18UOrTaa — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

"We're holding the weight of the war": With Biden's decision to pull out, troubled and undersupplied Afghan security forces face challenges defending what territory remains under government control. ⁦@Tmgneff⁩ ⁦@NajimRah⁩ ⁦@cjchivers⁩ https://t.co/iTC5QgKwG8 — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Like Reagan in 1981 or Clinton in 1996, Biden's address to Congress tonight could represent a turning point in the perennial American debate about the proper role and size of government, writes ⁦@DoyleMcManus⁩ https://t.co/or3sMqbjaR — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

"It definitely doesn't feel like we won": Many Afghanistan veterans are glad to see troops return home. Yet they wonder if the blood and treasure were spent in a war that, if not a loss, wasn't a victory, write ⁦@MPhillipsWSJ⁩ ⁦@nancyayoussef⁩ https://t.co/jSCf6ubFTP — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Since 2010, the population of Washington DC has shot up 14.6%, nearly double the national rate, from 602,000 to 690,000. That makes the city more populous than Vermont and Wyoming. ⁦@Meagan_Flynn⁩ https://t.co/8mHnIDksIL — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Newsom’s star dimmed in California this summer as criticism of his response to the pandemic intensified, and he now finds himself fighting for survival. ⁦@philwillon⁩ ⁦@TarynLuna⁩ https://t.co/70UiEbs72k — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

With baseball only allowing in limited numbers of fans, it's never been easier to catch a foul ball. ⁦@andrewlbeaton⁩ ⁦@JoshRobinson23⁩ https://t.co/JXhFHBgcsw — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Almost half a year after Trump's loss, a new GOP-ordered audit of votes in Arizona has become a snipe hunt for skulduggery that has spanned a court battle, death threats and calls to arrest the elected leadership of Maricopa County. ⁦@miwine⁩ https://t.co/wtwzgV8RRw — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

As this year's Oscars are announced, ⁦@maureendowd⁩ points out that as great as it is that our movies are so serious and worthy, we're also missing fun, romance, whimsy, excitement, adventure and happiness. https://t.co/SaYFW7FzNp — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

@SusanPage It’s the eternal cycle in Washington — when the rebels become the leaders, it looks a lot different from the speaker’s chair. https://t.co/EKqVZoQjK3 https://t.co/OL7mKfgMXF — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

@SusanPage the “knucklehead” conservatives in Boehner’s case … and the “purist” progressives in Pelosi’s, who in their view cared more about making noise than passing legislation, rendering compromise that much harder. (4) — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

@SusanPage … and Boehner defying fellow Republicans by exposing scandals at the House bank and post office. Then after each became speaker, they found themselves vexed by the wings of their own party … (3) — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

@SusanPage They’re vastly different characters of course but one parallel is striking — how both arrived in Congress challenging the establishment of their party, with Pelosi forcing her way into the all-male leadership of the Democrats … (2) — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Reading both “Madam Speaker,” the new @susanpage biography of Nancy Pelosi, and “On the House,” the new memoir by John Boehner, in the same week is a fascinating study in modern Washington. (1) — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Reading both “Madam Secretary,” the new @susanpage biography of Nancy Pelosi, and “On the House,” the new memoir by John Boehner, in the same week is helpful in understanding modern Washington. (1) — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

A majority of Americans in polls believe Biden has returned the presidency to a more normal state. “The best thing about Joe Biden is I don't have to think about Joe Biden," one voter told ⁦@NBCNews⁩ https://t.co/AJNOZh4itD — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Biden is doing far better with the public than Trump as he approaches the 100-day mark, per⁩ poll, but otherwise has the lowest net approval at this stage of any president going back to Eisenhower. ⁦@danbalz⁩ ⁦@sfcpoll⁩ ⁦⁦@EmGusk⁩ https://t.co/y7rN5buT4Z — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

"We really can't become the party of a cult of personality," Liz Cheney told donors on a virtual fundraising call that ⁦@DraperRobert⁩ was able to listen in on. "It's a really scary phenomenon we haven't seen in this country before." https://t.co/04Gplo25XY — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

.⁦@ktumulty⁩ has produced a "deeply researched and compellingly crafted biography" in her new book "The Triumph of Nancy Reagan," writes ⁦@BarbaraPerryUVA⁩ https://t.co/fcObNNzYug — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

@andrewdansby @sbg1 This in advance of next Thursday’s “Celebration of Reading 2021” sponsored by the Barbara Bush Houston Literacy Foundation that will also feature fellow authors @elinhilderbrand, Matthew @McConaughey, @MarkSullivanBks and George W. Bush. https://t.co/sQ6CoiFHj4 — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

"Ostensibly a biography, the book also reads like a history, particularly in its presentation of an eventful era in American politics and international activity...” @andrewdansby writes about "THE MAN WHO RAN WASHINGTON” (w/@sbg1). https://t.co/ily3sFspfJ — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Smithsonian to reopen seven museums and the National Zoo next month, starting with the National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center on May 5, the 60th anniversary of Alan Shepard becoming the first American in space. ⁦@PeggyMcGlone⁩ https://t.co/rosa0tfIfz — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Defying Turkey, Biden breaks with precedence and declares the slaughter of Armenians a century ago a genocide: "We remember the lives of all those who died in the Ottoman-era Armenian genocide." ⁦@katierogers⁩ ⁦@carlottagall⁩ https://t.co/dbYeDxqp1D — PolitiTweet.org