Peter Baker

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Trump threatens to tax French wine: "I've always liked American wines better than French wines. Even though I don't drink wine. I just like the way they look." — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @sbg1: Highly recommend, especially at this moment when politicians are again recklessly throwing about the charge their opponents are ‘… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

"Privately, top Democrats said they viewed Mr. Mueller’s terse and occasionally halting testimony as a ‘nothingburger' that did not move the impeachment needle at all.” @hillhulse https://t.co/iW80RZTnZ9 — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Revised government data show the economy grew 2.5 percent last year even by the measure preferred by the White House, not the 3 percent previously estimated, nor anywhere near the “4, 5 and even 6 percent” Trump has promised. https://t.co/xrKQnIwZws — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Russian theater raided and fined for showing “The Death of Stalin” appeals to high court, complaining of censorship. https://t.co/xEaYKpFyCH — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

While still trailing in the polls in key battleground states, Trump in a short span this week helped to minimize some of the obstacles to his reelection and the shift in his mood was evident, write @elianayjohnson @burgessev https://t.co/Q9HOGqNqAO — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @giacomonyt: Excellent essay by The New Yorker's Susan Glasser: “Accountability”? The Mueller Hearing Is How Trump Escapes https://t.co/… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @bencasselman: Q2 GDP in one handy (?) gif. https://t.co/xXXwXkAvCJ — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Impeachment By the Numbers: 99 — Number of days between the release of the Starr report in 1998 and the House vote to impeach President Clinton. 99 — Number of days since the release of the Mueller report. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

The economy grew 2.1 percent in the second quarter of the year, still healthy amid America's long-running expansion but a significantly slower than the 3.1 percent growth rate in the first quarter. ⁦@bencasselman⁩ https://t.co/DWNOE7zIuq — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @11thHour: Day 917: One day after Mueller testifies, Trump calls in to FOX News to call the investigation "treason." Here tonight: @mat… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Breaking with Trump, Republicans vote 2 to 1 against budget deal that increases spending and suspends debt ceiling as Democratic-controlled House passes it. ⁦@ESCochrane⁩ https://t.co/bQGciT6pKJ — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

All 50 states were targeted by Russia in 2016, largely undetected by officials at the time, according to Senate Intelligence Committee. New report comes on same day McConnell blocks election security bills. ⁦@SangerNYT ⁦@CatieEdmondson⁩ https://t.co/WZJG1W7u0N — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Amid all the talk of impeachment, worth looking back at the remarkable history of it, from the framers to Johnson, Nixon and Clinton. ⁦@jmeacham⁩ ⁦@TimNaftali⁩ ⁦@jeffreyaengel⁩ https://t.co/NKquPIbZ7N — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @nytimes: Breaking News: Jeffrey Epstein was found unconscious in jail with neck injuries, a law enforcement official said. It's being t… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @nytpolitics: The federal government will resume executions of death-row inmates for the first time since 2003, Attorney General William… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @nytimes: Paris has never recorded a hotter day. The same thing happened in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands, as records tumbled acr… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @nytpolitics: 4 big automakers made a deal with California that largely upholds Obama-era pollution rules, a setback to Trump administra… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Adm. Philip Davidson, who oversees US forces in Asia, says that while China’s capabilities don’t outnumber America’s in the region for now, it’s possible they could overtake the United States’ within the next five years. @kgilsinan https://t.co/j5bqkKE0lu — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @npfandos: After a long day, I found this visual time capsule of an important day in American public life quite moving. My hat is off to… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

“He didn’t have the fight in him that he used to have": For many who admire Mueller, the hearings were painful to watch. ⁦@SharonLNYT ⁦@nytmike ⁦@noahweiland ⁦@adamgoldmanNYT⁩ https://t.co/pURmZsOMKc — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Democrats hoped Mueller "would say something that would suddenly change public perceptions and dramatically jump-start long-stalled prospects for an impeachment inquiry....If anything, things could move in the opposite direction," writes ⁦@danbalz⁩ https://t.co/gBlLbvoQvr — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Federal judge orders Trump administration to continue accepting asylum claims from all eligible migrants arriving in the US, temporarily thwarting the president’s latest attempt to stanch the flow at the border. ⁦@mirjordan⁩ ⁦@KannoYoungs⁩ https://t.co/tW5OA4ry39 — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

While Americans might not read the book, the argument went, they would watch the movie. If so, the movie Americans tuned into was not the blockbuster Democrats had sought nor was Mueller the action star they had cast. https://t.co/Jiml7nlcJF — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

"The concerns about Mueller’s halting performance were not mere theatre criticism. He was unable to defend his report and its findings beyond simply referring lawmakers to the text, over and over again." ⁦@sbg1⁩ https://t.co/RDNwMTg0co — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Trump declares himself pleased by today’s hearings. “We has a very good day today, the Republican Party,” he tells pool. "There was no defense of what Robert Mueller was trying to defend. ... There was no defense to this ridiculous hoax, this witch hunt." — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Mueller on Russian interference: “They’re doing it as we sit here." — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Asked if Trump’s comments praising Wikileaks during the campaign are disturbing, Mueller says “problematic is an understatement” and adds they could offer “some boost to what is and should be illegal activity." — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Trump: “Absolutely. it was not a hoax.” — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

“Complete and total EXONERATION.” — President Trump, March 24 “In our criminal justice system, there is no power to exonerate." — Republican congressman, July 24 — PolitiTweet.org