Peter Baker

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Fully 26% of Russians have watched Navalny’s investigation into Putin’s palace, according to an independent poll, but 77% of those who watched or heard of it said it did not change their attitudes toward Putin. https://t.co/FxHfOUwrVS — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

The worst of the current wave of coronavirus infections may be behind us as new cases in the US drop 47% from the peak, which was hit just last month. But even so, the new cases are still higher than last summer. ⁦@LazaroGamio⁩ https://t.co/PKG83jLQNQ — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Once a terrorist-fighting general, Flynn now sells anger and T-shirts to the QAnon faithful. ⁦@AllMattNYT⁩ https://t.co/TGvUJMEPrL — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Here's the ⁦@washingtonpost⁩ obituary on Shultz written by the great ⁦@abramowitz⁩ way back before he left the paper. https://t.co/nuYwRK8I3B — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @sbg1: RIP George Shultz. A legend passes at age 100. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

In an interview last fall marking his 100th birthday and his latest book, Shultz talked about the value of diplomacy: "Agreements aren’t usually perfect. You don’t get everything you want. You compromise a little bit. But they’re way better than nothing." https://t.co/wgqsCG18hy — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RIP George Shultz, the master diplomat who helped bring Reagan and Gorbachev together to lead the world toward the end of the Cold War. ⁦@TimWeinerAuthor⁩ https://t.co/H8CiXhO2CP — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @bresreports: @rafsanchez @sbg1 @peterbakernyt That letter was overwhelming emotionally, just heartbreaking. And buy the book, it’s grea… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

A letter that still brings him to tears too a half century later. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RIP Christopher Plummer, who provided a lifetime of remarkable performances. Looking forward to rewatching “The Sound of Music” tonight. He may have understandably considered it “an albatross” professionally but it remains an inspiration. @bruceweber1103 https://t.co/gaKnjynvTR — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

"I am not afraid, and I urge you all not to be afraid either": Will Yulia Navalnaya, sometimes called the first lady of the Russian opposition, step into the void with her husband sent to prison? ⁦@AndrewKramerNYT⁩ https://t.co/a8iVDlzTJK — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

The US economy added 49,000 jobs in January, avoiding a second straight month of job losses but still underscoring weak employment growth amid the pandemic. https://t.co/I3yQCjsprk — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Virginia, once the state of Harry Byrd, Mills Godwin, Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell, is poised to ban the death p… https://t.co/mkU3s8H673 — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

"As Biden seeks to break dramatically from the mingling of family and government that characterized Donald Trump’s presidency, Frank Biden’s activities could muddy the message," writes ⁦@AnnieLinskey⁩ https://t.co/eKm4CEFdEl — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @NYTimesPR: The @nytimes hits 7.5 million subscriptions. You can read more in our press release. https://t.co/4nX4NZlOMn https://t.co/… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RIP Hal Holbrook, who will always be Deep Throat in our home. https://t.co/s4kKReVcky — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Prominent Chinese democracy activist who learned that his wife had cancer and rushed to join her in the US has instead gone missing. ⁦@ChuBailiang⁩ https://t.co/uujPyyFv6K — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Authoritarian states like Russia, Saudi Arabia and Iran reach beyond borders to repress their people. Freedom House found 608 incidents of cross-border attacks since 2014 — detentions, assaults, renditions, killings. ⁦@abramowitz⁩ @nateschenkkan⁩ https://t.co/H1rzKteqHx — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

For ⁦@DoyleMcManus⁩, the infighting tearing apart the GOP is reminiscent of covering the civil war in Beirut with its endless flare ups and ceasefires resolving little. https://t.co/KxuycfbCNU — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi lost her supporters in the West with her efforts to placate the military, but in the end it did not save her from a military coup. @hkbeech https://t.co/goESruhHLK — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

"Nothing is defining and dividing the G.O.P. more than loyalty to Mr. Trump and his false claims about the election,” write @anniekarni and @ByMikeBaker, a smart look at the turmoil within the Republican Party. https://t.co/hPkf3uJqFq — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

But even Trump's own lawyers do not explicitly affirm Trump's false claim that the election was stolen: "Insufficient evidence exists upon which a reasonable jurist could conclude that the 45th President’s statements were accurate or not, and he therefore denies they were false." — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Trump lawyers reply to House managers with a brief asserting that the Senate cannot try a former president and the impeachment article "violates the 45th President’s right to free speech and thought guaranteed under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution." — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

A Russian court sentences Navalny to more than two years in prison, a decision likely to send him for a lengthy term in a far-flung penal colony for the first time. ⁦@antontroian⁩ https://t.co/d335EesVt6 — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

House managers file their opening brief for next week's Senate trial, accusing Trump of "a grievous betrayal of his Oath of Office." — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

California's Newsom is losing voter support amid struggles to contain the pandemic, with just 46% approving of his performance, down from 60% just four months ago. ⁦@philwillon⁩ ⁦@TarynLuna⁩ https://t.co/n7oqgKjAV7 — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Reading "Polio," the gripping, Pulitzer-winning story of the battle against another epidemic, by ⁦@DavidOshinsky,⁩ and reminded that at its peak in 1952 polio killed 3,000 Americans. We lost that many to covid on Friday alone. https://t.co/VApAuQJyd0 https://t.co/oLp4a1UizZ — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

What can be learned from five past vaccine drives that helped wipe out diseases like polio. ⁦@jggross⁩ https://t.co/Y9r3j1fzwl — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Trump is not the only one to scorn the experts. Even as the pandemic rages and New York struggles to vaccinate its people, Cuomo has all but declared war on his own public health bureaucracy. ⁦@jdavidgoodman ⁦@JoeKGoldstein⁩ ⁦@jessemckinley⁩ https://t.co/79o3xcRT0J — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

California officials estimate that the state’s lockdown order kept as many as 25,000 people from landing in the hospital with a severe case of Covid-19. ⁦@karlamangla⁩ ⁦@ronlin⁩ https://t.co/2zUgfneJx4 — PolitiTweet.org