Peter Baker

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Maryland's Raskin, fresh from the Jan. 6 committee, discloses that he has been diagnosed with Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma and will undergo chemo-immunotherapy. "Prognosis for most people in my situation is excellent after four months of treatment," he says. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @nakashimae: The world is a smaller place without the incomparable Don Baker, our friend and mentor to many a Richmond reporter. @mikeal… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

@harrispolitico @harrisondsmith @washingtonpost Second all of this and particularly the praise for @harrisondsmith who has a gift for capturing people in their full humanity with just a few words. — PolitiTweet.org

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@benpershing @AndrewCainRTD Or Don grilling him about his position on striker replacement... — PolitiTweet.org

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Our friend & fellow Richmond veteran ⁦@mikeallen⁩ on Baker: "Don loved the game: I remember him telling us conspiratorially...that everything from the dinner we were about to have with a statewide candidate was off the record—'unless it's too good!'" https://t.co/xOwHEeVAC4 — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

What do recent books tell us about Trump and our times? ⁦@CarlosNYT⁩ looks at "THE DIVIDER: Trump in the White House 2017-2021" w/⁦@sbg1⁩, along with "Confidence Man" by ⁦@maggieNYT⁩ and "Weapons of Mass Delusion" by ⁦@DraperRobert⁩ https://t.co/QgfH5AWTtc — PolitiTweet.org

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@benpershing Good suggestion. We rewatched it a couple nights ago and relished seeing Don again in his prime. His wry observations of the absurdity of the election help make it one of the best films about American politics. (We were also struck by the foreshadowing of the Trump era.) — PolitiTweet.org

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The great ⁦@harrispolitico⁩ recalls Don Baker: "He wanted to know what made politicians tick," he tells ⁦@harrisondsmith.⁩ "He delighted in the ways their pious or self-important personas collided with their real-world scheming and dealmaking.” https://t.co/5YcMlxru2N — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @vpapupdates: Sorry to hear of the death of Donald Baker, the long-time Richmond Bureau Chief of @washingtonpost from 1985 to 1999. The… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @tomsherwood: @vpapupdates @washingtonpost Proud to have worked with Don at The Post. He was excited everyday for what the news would br… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

The Supreme Court's 5-4 decision to hear arguments in Title 42 case means the rule will stay in place until spring. @esullivannyt @adamliptak https://t.co/gXJlNA41HM — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

So sad that our dear friend and colleague Don Baker has passed away. He was a legendary newspaperman, back when we used that term, and a generous mentor to so many of us. To me, while we were not related, he was like a second father. Will miss him terribly https://t.co/t8PjQ1syyr — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

International aid groups suspend programs in Afghanistan after the Taliban government bars women from working in humanitarian organizations. ⁦@BellaKwai⁩ https://t.co/WKo1vaCKOF — PolitiTweet.org

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Karzai has become the Taliban’s most prominent critic inside Afghanistan, demanding that it allow all girls to attend school and create a government that reflects the country’s ethnic diversity. ⁦@raghavanWaPo⁩ https://t.co/ARJITzmGlg — PolitiTweet.org

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Santos admits that he did not graduate from Baruch or “from any institution of higher learning," nor did he work directly for Goldman Sachs or Citigroup. But he intends to take his seat despite the deceptions. ⁦@migold⁩ @gr_ashford⁩ https://t.co/t2l3gCrLtG — PolitiTweet.org

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"It was like something out of a spy movie": How everyday citizens in Kherson banded together to thwart Russian occupiers. ⁦@gettleman⁩ https://t.co/VcNS06xGFr — PolitiTweet.org

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In the Central African Republic, ⁦@NYTimesCohen⁩ "saw Moscow’s mercenaries everywhere during a two-and-a-half-week stay, despite pressure on them to rotate to fight in Ukraine." https://t.co/WhX3TXVr1P — PolitiTweet.org

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Shares in Elon Musk's Tesla have fallen 18% this week alone and 65% over the course of 2022. ⁦@timkhiggins⁩ https://t.co/QZMmomoFdy — PolitiTweet.org

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"Vladimir Vladimirovich doesn't need to be upset right now": How Putin is told he is winning when everyone knows he is losing. ⁦⁦@evangershkovich⁩ ⁦@tggrove⁩ ⁦@drewhinshaw⁩ @JoeWSJ⁩ https://t.co/iJDxXupNbo — PolitiTweet.org

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Putin once made it an imprisonable crime to call his war in Ukraine a war. But now even he has finally used the word. ⁦@maryilyushina⁩ https://t.co/X8MuTqtw9H — PolitiTweet.org

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Zelensky’s triumphant visit to Washington ended with promises of billions more support for Ukraine but not what he wanted most: battle tanks, fighter jets and long-range precision missiles. ⁦@EricSchmittNYT⁩ ⁦@KannoYoungs⁩ ⁦@julianbarnes⁩ https://t.co/oiQGca3tFy — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @SykesCharlie: Coming up on the @BulwarkOnline Podcast over the next week, some encores: Friday (today): @TimAlberta Monday: Michael F… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

The overall US population gain over the last year was 1.26 million, of which immigration accounted for 1 million, a level of immigration not been seen since Trump was elected president. ⁦@RobertGebelhoff⁩ ⁦@DanaGoldstein⁩ https://t.co/TCP0Gb0r4E — PolitiTweet.org

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Including those by @Martin_Indyk @carlbernstein @DeborahACohen @MarkKUpdegrove @troy_senik @jonathandarman @owenmatth @jeffreyafrank Adam Hochschild @WilliamCohan Tomiko Brown-Nagin @jonmeacham @ScottHigham1 @SariHorwitz — PolitiTweet.org

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Looking for a good book for a holiday gift? Here are some of my favorites from 2022. https://t.co/3xztrYCzPQ — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

"A great run": As expected, NASA's InSight spacecraft dies on Mars after a four-year mission to measure the red planet’s seismological shaking. ⁦@kchangnyt⁩ https://t.co/TrlWYstNtj — PolitiTweet.org

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Racing to beat a Friday deadline, Senate passes massive $1.7 trillion spending bill, including a large increase in military spending and another major aid package for Ukraine. ⁦@ESCochrane⁩ https://t.co/QSPPLUQznR — PolitiTweet.org

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Life expectancy in the United States has fallen by nearly 2-1/2 years since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. ⁦@littlewern⁩ ⁦@jon_kamp⁩ https://t.co/fOXNkTDGMy — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden recalls Franco Harris and other Steelers visiting his hospitalized sons after the fatal family car crash: "Busy with their own lives, they took the time to be with my boys, sign footballs, and then left with no publicity. A small act of kindness that meant the world to us." — PolitiTweet.org

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After months of investigation, numerous officials privately say that Russia may not be to blame after all for the attack on the Nord Stream pipelines after all. ⁦@shaneharris⁩ ⁦@missy_ryan⁩ ⁦@John_Hudson⁩ ⁦@michaelbirnbaum⁩ https://t.co/4TPbueicGo — PolitiTweet.org