Peter Baker

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

It's not just the two septuagenarian frontrunners for president in 2024. The average age of the Senate at the beginning of this Congress was 64.3 years — the oldest in history. Seven senators are in their 80s, notes ⁦@mikeallen⁩ https://t.co/4kGwyQgWwO — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Brazil's Bolsonaro takes a page from Trump's playbook and tried to discredit an upcoming election in case he loses -- but unlike Trump, he may have the military on his side. ⁦@jacknicas⁩ https://t.co/sqtfLE9OUq — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Nearly four months into the war, sanctions and the withdrawal of a torrent of Western companies have failed to completely dismantle the Russian economy or set off a popular backlash against Putin. ⁦@antontroian⁩ ⁦@INechepurenko⁩ https://t.co/idpJ9aOj5o — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Palin leads a 48-candidate field for the vacant House seat in Alaska. ⁦⁦@Azi⁩ https://t.co/7ryWSyqOod — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

For more than two decades, the military has tightly controlled the images of Guantanamo but now the stalwart ⁦@carolrosenberg⁩ has obtained official photographs of the prison and its inmates long withheld from the public. https://t.co/PnVrtlFliH — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Bipartisan group of senators reaches deal on gun safety legislation. Its modest provisions fall short of what Biden and many Democrats want but with 10 Republicans committed, it can actually pass the Senate. ⁦@CatieEdmondson⁩ ⁦@anniekarni⁩ https://t.co/mStsCfm6Ul — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

While Trump mulls comeback, the shadow campaign for the 2024 GOP nomination is underway with at least 15 potential candidates traveling the nation, huddling with donors or testing messages. ⁦@michaelscherer⁩ ⁦@jdawsey1⁩ ⁦@isaacstanbecker⁩ https://t.co/sjsqZOmHfl — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

@ratemyskyperoom @ErinBrockovich @ProfMMurray @jemelehill @RichardHaass @CapehartJ @KattyKay_ @sbg1 @MsLaToshaBrown @ananavarro @brittlestar @TheRickWilson @keithbaldrey @BeschlossDC @VinGuptaMD Looking forward to reading it! — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Would-be assassin said he had found Kavanaugh’s home address online by matching press photos of protests outside the residence with online street directories and mapped images of the property. ⁦@MattHjourno⁩ ⁦@ChristianM_CA⁩ https://t.co/4tAQMmxAgt — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

He had means, motive and opportunity. But did Trump commit a crime? The House Jan 6 committee believes so and is laying out a path for Garland to prosecute the former president. But it's unclear if Trump will ever face a jury of his peers ⁦@ktbenner⁩ https://t.co/eTCeYmg9aR — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Dmitry Kovtun, one of the former Russian intelligence agents accused of fatally poisoning Litvinenko with green tea laced with radioactive polonium in London, dies of covid at age 56.⁦@samrob12⁩ https://t.co/Uy4LYRhJ4M — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

At least 20 million watched the prime time Jan. 6 hearing, more than a typical daytime meeting on the Hill but a fraction of the audiences generated by presidential debates or State of the Union addresses. ⁦@koblin⁩ https://t.co/YxDQUf39C8 — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

The rise in inflation deepened the political challenges for Biden and his economic team, who have sought in recent weeks to reassure wary Americans that the specter of price hikes was beginning to fade. @jimtankersley https://t.co/4tCQnKkEAQ — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Inflation climbed to 8.6% in the year through May, dashing hopes that prices had begun to plateau. @jeannasmialek https://t.co/o0vx6ODi5w — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Virginia deal for a new Commanders stadium collapses and a majority of the DC Council says they don't want the scandal-tarred team either. https://t.co/K6yqyB5BrE — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

The Jan 6 committee offers a virtual indictment of Trump. But if Garland disagrees and the hearings turn out to be the only trial Trump ever faces for trying to overturn the election, the panel resolved to at least win a conviction with the jury of history https://t.co/4DD7us6aga — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

"It was in the end appropriate that it should be a Republican who emerged as the most brutally effective prosecutor of Trump, the former President who has not only escaped being banished and disgraced by his party but remains its leader" says ⁦@sbg1⁩ https://t.co/cy8BV3b5W3 — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

@jonathanweisman You can never have too many John Tyler references. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Stripped of their White House backdrop, their power and their masks, Jared and Ivanka were shown as advisers who understood the election was not stolen but did little if anything to stop Trump. ⁦@maggieNYT⁩ https://t.co/D0tbrsPsBq — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

In the entire 246-year history of the United States, there was surely never a more damning indictment presented against an American president than outlined tonight in a cavernous congressional hearing room where the future of democracy felt on the line. https://t.co/G2KDfQLl1n — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Miller tweets that what he said afterward, though not shown by the committee, is "I think it's safe to say he disagreed with Matt's analysis." — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @sbg1: To recap: Jared Kushner washed his hands of trying to stop Trump's coup, bought a $32 million lot in Florida in December 2020 and… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Cheney: "I say this to my Republican colleagues who are defending the indefensible. There will come a day when Donald Trump is gone but your dishonor will remain.” — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

When Cipollone and other White House lawyers threatened to resign, Kushner said, "I took that to just be whining to be honest with you." — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Cheney: "Others who could have acted refused to do so." — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Confirming what DeVos just said, Cheney says Cabinet secretaries discussed invoking the 25th Amendment to remove Trump. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Trump made no calls to any element of government to send help to the Capitol but Pence did. Meadows told Milley, “We have to kill the narrative that the vice president is making all the decisions." — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Scott Perry and “multiple” other Republican congressmen sought pardons in the last days of the Trump administration stemming from their attempt to overturn the election. — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @sbg1: There is going to be enormous pressure on Merrick Garland as a result of these hearings laying out what amounts to a case against… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @michaelluo: As @sbg1 wrote, based on her new book with @peterbakernyt: "Meadows played a double game the likes of which has rarely been… — PolitiTweet.org