Peter Baker

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Hear hear. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Caught on video by Russian pranksters, top Amnesty International official concedes “we may have done more harm than good” in revoking Navalny’s “prisoner of conscience” status. https://t.co/Ea6DmsxSPq — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

With Biden comes a revised lexicon: "Illegal alien" is out. "Noncitizen" is in. “Tribal” is now capitalized as preferred by Native Americans. And the most unpopular two words in Trump times—“climate change”—appear again on government sites. ⁦@shearm⁩ https://t.co/WoQFHbyc9t — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Once riding high, Newsom now faces a recall effort in California. Across the country, pandemic-weary Americans are taking their rage and grief out on governors. ⁦@ShawnHubler⁩ https://t.co/KT9CBScJK4 — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

While the covid death toll in the US has passed 500,000, Japan has seen just 7,600 perish from the virus. ⁦@BenjaminDooley⁩ ⁦@hikarimaehida⁩ https://t.co/SsZkhfNEAS — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Congratulations to @russbuettner @susannecraig and @mmcintire on winning the Polk Award for their remarkable revelations about Trump’s taxes as well as to our old friend @elisaslow who won for his gripping covid oral history. @marcatracy https://t.co/Ii54DujQ1g — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Former Cuomo aide accuses him of sexual harassment, including kissing her on the lips in his Manhattan office and inviting her to play strip poker on a government plane. @jessemckinley @luisferre https://t.co/OtRwlj3Kz1 — PolitiTweet.org

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Baker likens Burns to his old friend and former CIA director George HW Bush and calls his confirmation "a bipartisan no-brainer." Leon Panetta, a former CIA director, follows Baker with his own support for Burns. — PolitiTweet.org

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James Baker, the former secretary of state and veteran of three Republican administrations, introduces Bill Burns at his confirmation hearing for CIA director with a glowing endorsement. "He is someone who seizes and surmounts every challenge that he meets." — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @maggieNYT: “He told me I had only worked for a ‘Black man from a small town in Mississippi’ and, therefore, wasn’t qualified to lead th… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

The one-shot Johnson & Johnson covid vaccine provides strong protection against severe disease and death and may reduce the spread of the virus by vaccinated people, according to new analyses posted online by the FDA. @carlzimmer @noahweiland @SharonLNYT https://t.co/JYaMkQSvGa — PolitiTweet.org

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Meanwhile, after Kara-Murza's wife passed along blood samples to the FBI to determine the poisons used against him, the bureau classified its findings and refused to tell him what it found about his own assassination attempt. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

"No language has the words to describe what it's like to speak with someone who may have tried to kill you": After an investigation identified the Russian FSB operatives who likely were behind his poisonings, ⁦@vkaramurza⁩ decided to call one of them https://t.co/4VoqvzUzOt — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

While Pelosi has called for an 9/11 commission-style probe, under her outline Democrats would have 7-4 majority including the chair. The real 9/11 commission had an even split and Republican and Democratic co-chairs ⁦@lukebroadwater⁩ ⁦@nytmike⁩ https://t.co/xH0yFwx8Gn — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Fascinating and provocative piece by ⁦@jon_rauch⁩ positing five ways that Trump changed the constitutional rules as we thought we understood them before he took office. https://t.co/RSonKQnLMo — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

In the Trump era, federal appeals courts saw more partisan splits and partisan reversals than at any time in the 60 years studied, according to a new examination. ⁦@adamliptak⁩ https://t.co/hAwpldN1L6 — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

The Supreme Court has now twice told Trump he has to turn his tax returns over to prosecutors. ⁦@mmcintire⁩ gives a preview of what they will show -- and what they won't. https://t.co/RXkIgwKaTN — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

“His primary tool for governing is to create fear": After initial praise for his handling of the pandemic, the darker side of Cuomo's tenure comes to light amid disclosures about nursing home deaths. ⁦⁦@jessemckinley⁩ @luisferre⁩ https://t.co/tLMoRn3G47 — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

"It Was Joe and Bob": Biden's visit with a cancer-stricken Dole harkens back to a different era in Washington when it wasn't a crime to work with the other party -- and even be friends. ⁦@GeraldFSeib⁩ https://t.co/ZBtFpfc1cg — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Very dated. If only we still had a zoo plane! — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @nytimes: More Americans have died from Covid-19 than did on the battlefields of World War I, World War II and the Vietnam War combined.… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Haunting to be listening to the bells of Washington National Cathedral tolling 500 times, one for every 1,000 Americans who have died from covid. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Weekends in DC are now ... weekends, writes ⁦@katierogers⁩. "Biden’s demonstrable uninterest in generating audacious headlines only emphasizes how much the Trump-size hole in Washington has created a sense of free time in all realms of the capital." https://t.co/YThnukXFqv — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

The truth is @maggieNYT has always done the work of two (or more) reporters -- now it's just being made official! — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Excited that the enormously talented @KannoYoungs and @jimtankersley will be joining our White House team and the a… https://t.co/mj6ys3gNOV — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @nytimes: The front page of The New York Times for Feb. 21, 2021, as the U.S. nears 500,000 dead from Covid-19. Each dot represents a li… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

The death toll is roughly equivalent to the population of Atlanta or Kansas City -- imagine if the entire city of Atlanta or Kansas City suddenly were wiped off the map. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Merrick Garland considered the Oklahoma City bombing case in the 1990s "the most important thing I have ever done in my life." Now he is poised to become attorney general at a time of renewed domestic extremist violence. ⁦@MarkLeibovich⁩ https://t.co/kiW5d2e2Oo — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

As the US death toll approaches 500,000, more Americans have perished from covid than on the battlefields of World War I, World War II and Vietnam -- combined. ⁦@juliebosman⁩ reviews the grim impact. https://t.co/3WXSYgtAW3 — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

The lights stayed on for 63-year-old veteran living on Social Security in Texas. But the power company charged his credit card $16,752. "There's nothing I can do about it but it's broken me." ⁦@GiuliaMcDonnell⁩ ⁦@NickAtNews⁩ ⁦@ivanlpenn⁩ https://t.co/wNz4fZllgj — PolitiTweet.org