Peter Baker

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Remembering the night the US war in Afghanistan started 20 years ago this fall. A handful of us were with rebel forces overlooking the Shomali Plains north of Kabul from a mountainside village of mud houses as the bombs fell. (1/2) — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Bernie Madoff, convicted of running the largest and possibly most devastating Ponzi scheme in financial history, dies in prison at 82. @dianabhenriques https://t.co/UFIFasQ0v9 — PolitiTweet.org

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A great kickoff for @hamiltonbill in his new role as a book editor! But we still haven't forgiven him for leaving us ... — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @JudyWoodruff: so glad to have @ktumulty on @NewsHour tonight to discuss her new book: "the deeper I got into the research, the more I r… — PolitiTweet.org

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While Capitol Police were warned that "Congress itself is the target," officers were ordered to refrain from using some of its most powerful crowd-control tools like stun grenades on Jan. 6, report finds. @lukebroadwater https://t.co/W4d4633yM1 — PolitiTweet.org

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Sixty years ago today, the first human reached space. A photographic look back at Yuri Gagarin’s historic flight. https://t.co/4CmvXRt37p — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @apolyakova: “The Russians want to be a top priority for the United States. It’s a desire to make themselves known at a time when they a… — PolitiTweet.org

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Iran vows to "take our revenge” against Israel after power failure at the Natanz uranium enrichment site attributed to sabotage. @PatrickKingsley https://t.co/GRBGrOtg8e — PolitiTweet.org

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At Norwegian Cruise Lines Holding, which recorded a $4 billion loss and saw revenues plummet 80% last year as sailings halted amid covid, the CEO Frank Del Rio's pay doubled to $36.4 million. — PolitiTweet.org

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LaPierre acknowledged that he took the NRA into bankruptcy secretly -- without telling even his top lieutenants or most of his board -- and testified that he did not know about many financial abuses at the group. @dannyhakim @marywalshnyt https://t.co/lbpKeeFoLL — PolitiTweet.org

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While millions lost their jobs and many businesses shut down during the pandemic, CEOs did fine. Pay rose in the last year for 206 of 322 CEOs of large firms studied by the @WSJ, with the average hike around 15%. @theofrancis @kcbroughton https://t.co/NFz1ncttcq — PolitiTweet.org

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While @mimiswartz says it is "a book in the Caro mold, using Lady Bird, along with tapes and transcripts of her entire White House diary, to tell the history of America during the Johnson years." https://t.co/Iz2m48whvT — PolitiTweet.org

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"Do we need a fat tome on this former first lady? To my surprise, my answer is yes." @NPRKelly finds that "Lady Bird Johnson" by @JuliaSweig "makes a persuasive case" for the influence LBJ's wife had in "our presidency." https://t.co/8GydyUVK2c — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ABCWorldNews: ‘LOST GOLDEN CITY’: New video shows a recently unearthed 3,000-year-old city in Luxor, Egypt, with one egyptologist descr… — PolitiTweet.org

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"'The Agitators' is a masterpiece": Jane Kamensky reviews Dorothy Wickenden's new joint biography of Harriet Tubman, Frances Seward and Martha Coffin Wright. https://t.co/Hg8QPpuSve — PolitiTweet.org

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“I wanted them to know I will stomp a hole in you if you come for Kamala": The "KHive" stings those perceived as critical of Harris, even fellow progressives. @Noahbierman https://t.co/biVAiE6syx — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ddale8: This is a lie. Protesters did not storm Iowa’s Capitol...they had a permit, they went through security, the building is open to… — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden’s “border czar” to step down at the end of the month as the administration struggles to control a surge of migrants. @shearm @KannoYoungs @katierogers https://t.co/oHCVuEQaAo — PolitiTweet.org

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Remember wiping down groceries with Clorox wipes -- if you could get Clorox wipes? The era of "hygiene theater" may have come to an unofficial end as the CDC reports that the risk of catching covid from surfaces is less than 1 in 10,000. @EmilyAnthes https://t.co/hY0qgNQDto — PolitiTweet.org

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Beijing has increased its harassment of Taiwan, including menacing flights by 15 Chinese warplanes near its shores in recent in days, in what will be a test of Biden in his opening months. @michaelcrowley https://t.co/KHATCP3LCF — PolitiTweet.org

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@praddenkeefe You should post every single one (at least the good ones, which is almost guaranteed to be all of them). You've earned them. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @RohdeD: Whether or not Putin likes being called a killer, he surely likes being ignored even less. Biden is his fifth American Presiden… — PolitiTweet.org

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"The only man I could ever love": Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II for nearly three-quarters of a century and patriarch of a storied but troubled British royal family, dies at 99. By Marilyn Berger. https://t.co/KvuHg6qodx — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden may not want to get trapped in "Russia, Russia, Russia," but Putin gets a vote too and he is demanding attention. @sbg1 https://t.co/GUSyXwlsGY — PolitiTweet.org

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Louis Menand of the @NewYorker explores “Shooting ‘Midnight Cowboy,’” the new book by @frankelglenn peeling back the curtain on the making of a Hollywood classic and its societal impact. https://t.co/dnQnHtRVrv — PolitiTweet.org

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A total of 741,000 workers filed first-time claims for state jobless benefits last week, an increase of 18,000 and the second consecutive weekly increase after new claims hit a pandemic low. @NelsonSchwartz https://t.co/sg995smxDO — PolitiTweet.org

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Manchin rejects weakening or ending the filibuster: "We will not solve our nation's problems in one Congress if we seek only partisan solutions." https://t.co/4X2PjGdzWJ — PolitiTweet.org

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But Biden's plan pulls back from his campaign promise to force large profitable companies to pay a 15% minimum tax, applying it only to those making $2 billion a year instead of $100 million, meaning just 45 firms would pay. @RichardRubinDC @KateDavidson https://t.co/9GK5Qjgp3g — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden $2.5 trillion tax plan aims to stop large companies like Apple and Bristol Myers Squibb from avoiding US taxes by shifting income on paper between countries. @jimtankersley @arappeport https://t.co/0CULX3mWLa — PolitiTweet.org

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RIP Joe Krebs, a fixture on local WRC TV for three decades who brought the news into Washington area homes each morning with unflappable calm. "He was just such a steadfast soldier." @MattSchudel https://t.co/AypuuIkLWo — PolitiTweet.org