Peter Baker

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Seven weeks after Biden took office, White House staff are working from California, Puerto Rico, Texas and elsewhere around the country, a striking indication of the strange reality of building a new administration during a pandemic. ⁦@anniekarni⁩ https://t.co/Nb9c2BbqYG — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @Kevinliptakcnn: The POTUSES and FLOTUSES 💉 https://t.co/GHC0wJ6Ffo — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

How the arrest of two police officers who stormed the Capitol tore apart a small town in southern Virginia. ⁦@stavernise⁩ https://t.co/Q4YqfYN3Ll — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Biden’s $1.9 trillion spending plan could further turbocharge an economy already primed to pop and reduce economic inequality. Or it could be a fiery accelerant as gas prices surge, home prices jump and inflation spikes. @morningmoneyben weighs in. https://t.co/wDWkNbf2US — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

In his war with Republican leaders over control of fundraising, Trump is being encouraged by people like Dick Morris, who has been meeting with him in New York and encouraging him to take on the party he once led. ⁦@anniekarni⁩ ⁦@maggieNYT⁩ https://t.co/5uqxOA1hCn — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

“It’s very hard to differentiate between the family and the machine": Harry and Meghan dustup reminds us that the British royals are not just a feuding clan but a bottom-line business, often referred to as The Firm. ⁦@MarkLandler⁩ https://t.co/ivVbeGYFyp — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

New York court dismisses Trump campaign lawsuit against the Times. ⁦@marcatracy⁩ https://t.co/96DfMzzFjV — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

If California had Florida’s death rate, roughly 6,000 more Californians would be dead from Covid. And if Florida had California’s death rate, roughly 3,000 fewer Floridians would be dead. ⁦@karlamangla⁩ ⁦@ronlin⁩ https://t.co/gHFdJG557z — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

The US economy will accelerate nearly twice as fast as expected this year as the coming passage of Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus plan, combined with a rapid vaccine rollout, ignites a powerful recovery from the pandemic, report predicts. @LizAldermanNYT https://t.co/dO8fZoYx2l — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

The number of migrant children in custody along the border has tripled in the past two weeks to more than 3,250, and many of them are being held in jail-like facilities for longer than the three days allowed by law. ⁦@KannoYoungs⁩ ⁦@shearm⁩ https://t.co/BfpF43Dska — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @SangerNYT: ...a number of years ago, in Salt Lake, and compared notes for the first time. I was sad to hear that Allan died over the we… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @SangerNYT: ...courageous decision to trust a young reporter he did not know, working for a newspaper that he thought was faintly suspec… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @SangerNYT: On a cold afternoon in Feb., 1986 — 35 years ago — I reached Allan McDonald, an engineer at Morton Thiokol, and convinced hi… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

"Was he always like this and we didn't know?" Hawley's old friends and mentors wonder how the Ivy League intellectual became an apostle of angry grievance and election falsehoods. ⁦@elainaplott⁩ ⁦@dannyhakim⁩ https://t.co/CI31cIvRpN — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

George Packer reviews two fascinating new books, one about women war correspondents and one by one of our leading women war correspondents: “You Don’t Belong Here” by @Elizbeckerwrite and “The Spymaster of Baghdad” by @mideastmargaret https://t.co/z2zXvlEdJZ — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

After losing two Senate races in January, Georgia Republicans advance legislation to limit weekend voting, which could severely curtail one of the Black church’s central roles in civic engagement and elections. ⁦@NYTnickc⁩ ⁦@jimrutenberg⁩ https://t.co/UR1NcU6HNp — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Biden ran as an apostle of bipartisanship, but the bitter fight over the $1.9 trillion pandemic measure made clear that the differences between the two warring parties are too wide to be bridged by Biden’s good intentions. ⁦@hillhulse⁩ https://t.co/7bBZfFe7U2 — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Susan Rice now occupies Stephen Miller's office in the West Wing. Aware of the symbolism, she has decorated it with Haitian art and scented it with sage. ⁦@anniekarni⁩ https://t.co/aH5SVmHhXG — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @stevenportnoy: WH @PressSec, asked why Biden hasn't held a formal news conference, says he will hold one by the end of this month. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @AsteadWesley: "lots of good stuff in here" is editor speak for "this sucks" — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Russia has recorded nearly 400,000 more deaths since the start of the pandemic than during comparable period in previous years, a 24% increase in fatality and one of the highest excess death tolls in the world even after adjusting for inflation. https://t.co/VeDwJZVGHU — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

The Biden foreign policy that emerges from these early weeks is one of restraint, caution and fast-paced deliberation, writes ⁦@SangerNYT⁩, though some critics, including on the left, wonder if it is too cautious. https://t.co/A5XYmejHlq — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Cuomo aides rewrote a report last summer to take out a count of how many nursing home residents in New York had died in the pandemic. ⁦@jdavidgoodman⁩ ⁦@dannyhakim⁩ https://t.co/itElAnHX7r — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

The US economy added 379,000 jobs last month, the strongest month since October. But the country is still down 9.5 million jobs since the pandemic started a year ago. @PatcohenNYT https://t.co/eC01IasaTU — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @anniekarni: DNC planners wanted a virtual map highlighting locations of various speakers, "only to can the idea when they realized mult… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

For the head of US armed forces, a new kind of danger: “For me, January 6th clearly and unambiguously exposed a domestic extremist threat that I didn’t realize the size, scale, and scope of," Gen. Milley tells ⁦@sbg1⁩ and other traveling reporters. https://t.co/cKNlsxhe5b — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Biden is pursuing a little-noticed but sweeping effort to remake transgender rights in America, which in turn has sparked a conservative backlash and fed into Republicans’ efforts to portray Democrats as extreme. @mviser @MariannaReports @schmidtsam7 https://t.co/y2mqYrB7Ln — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Biden has quietly imposed temporary limits on counterterrorism drone strikes and commando raids outside conventional battlefield zones like Afghanistan and Syria pending a review of Trump-era policy. ⁦@charlie_savage⁩ ⁦@EricSchmittNYT⁩ https://t.co/hWj53LOVg4 — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Whatever honeymoon he may have enjoyed, Biden is now past it, according to ⁦@MonmouthPoll⁩, which finds his approval at 51%, with 42% disapproving. That's still better than Trump ever had but lower than Biden's earlier mark. ⁦@GioRussonello⁩ https://t.co/GPCl3mKjIS — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

“The new imperialism”: So great to see the amazing @ian_urbina in the @NewYorker, in this case exploring the booming global fish farming industry and its impact on places like Gambia. As always, Ian does the hard work that makes for the best journalism. https://t.co/UEduT1FI27 — PolitiTweet.org