Peter Baker

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

“What about West Ford?” “We don’t talk about him.” But @JillAbramson does in this fascinating piece looking at whether the enslaved manager of the Mount Vernon estate was actually George Washington’s son. https://t.co/2iUo5kHkqr — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @michaeldobbs: Today is the 13th day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. By point of comparison, the most dangerous phase of the Cuban m… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @sbg1: When @peterbakernyt and I went to Moscow for @washingtonpost, it was only a decade after the Soviet collapse. We were told the bu… — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

A @QuinnipiacPoll on the other hand finds Biden still deep in the hole at 38% and most Americans saying he has not been tough enough on Russia yet. https://t.co/2a4HGG9nE0 — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden's approval rating ticks up from 41% to 45% in ⁦@politico⁩ ⁦@MorningConsult⁩ poll as more Americans approve of his handling of the war in Ukraine. ⁦@eyokley⁩ https://t.co/pnqjzrwIcE — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden, under pressure from Democrats and Republicans, to ban Russian oil imports, which make up a fraction of the US energy purchases but whose loss will surely push up prices at the pump. @shearm https://t.co/U9WV3PqkvP — PolitiTweet.org

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Chinese media outlets are told to avoid posting "anything unfavorable to Russia or pro-Western" on their social media accounts and to only use hashtags started by Chinese state media outlets, according to a leaked censorship order. ⁦@BethanyAllenEbr⁩ https://t.co/AamAOMknQT — PolitiTweet.org

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"The first time in 24 years that I saw my great-aunt, I was wearing my bulletproof vest with 'PRESS' stamped on the front": ⁦@ikhurshudyan⁩ finally gets to visit Odessa, where her family is from, but under circumstances she never imagined. https://t.co/gjEKcGiaTk — PolitiTweet.org

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At least 150 journalists flee Russia as Putin’s government threatens to imprison any who report truthfully about the war against Ukraine. https://t.co/840E6QzX6B — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

Trump: "Barr was a 'Bushie' who never had the energy or competence to do the job that he was put in place to do." Wonder who it was who put him in place to do the job if he was "never" competent to do the job? — PolitiTweet.org

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What happened when Saudi propagandists reimagined the @gcaw @JeffreyGoldberg interview with MBS to try to clean it up. https://t.co/6oIOmCQO82 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @nytimes: A New York Times team witnessed the moment that civilians were fired upon in Irpin, Ukraine, just outside Kyiv. (This video co… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @nytimes: Russian forces have pushed into the areas north and northeast of Kyiv over the past 11 days in an effort to encircle and captu… — PolitiTweet.org

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The number of Texas women obtaining abortions following its new law fell by far less — around 10% — than believed because many traveled to a clinic in a nearby state or ordered abortion pills online. ⁦@sangerkatz⁩ ⁦@clairecm⁩ ⁦@qdbui⁩ https://t.co/l2gzqzr0wR — PolitiTweet.org

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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, which played such a role in transmitting independent information behind the Iron Curtain during the Cold War, suspends operations in Russia after Kremlin attacks. https://t.co/IEFTsWaOJ2 — PolitiTweet.org

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@BeschlossDC Kennedy Center in Washington. https://t.co/owP2wvG0RJ — PolitiTweet.org

Peter Baker @peterbakernyt

RT @nytimes: Russia passed a law Friday punishing the spreading of "false information" about Russia’s forces with as much as 15 years in pr… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @maggieNYT: Pence will say in speech tonight: “There is no room in this party for apologists for Putin. There is only room for champions… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @sbg1: These scenes of terrified civilians clamoring to get on trains, being covered by soldiers with weapons is the World War II rema… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @juliaioffe: In the span of exactly one week, Russia went from an authoritarian country to a totalitarian one. The distance between the… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @sbg1: John Bolton tells ⁦@washingtonpost⁩ Trump was just waiting for 2nd term before pulling out of NATO and destroying the alliance no… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @EricLiptonNYT: Extraordinary work here by brave NYT video team documenting one of greatest humanitarian crises in Europe since WWII: ‘W… — PolitiTweet.org

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As Russia imposes wartime censorship to ban journalists from calling the war a war, Western news outlets begin to curtail or end operations. @grynbaum @koblin @tiffkhsu https://t.co/9fG5aXu5oD — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @zachsdorfman: Look at the size of this protest in Prague—a city that knows a thing or two about a Russian invasion. Ukrainian and EU fl… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @nytimes: The BBC said on Friday that it was temporarily suspending its operations in Russia after the country’s parliament passed a cen… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JDBalartMSNBC: "What we are seeing is a good level of brutality by Vladimir Putin's forces that goes beyond what the normal boundaries… — PolitiTweet.org

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This is the independent newspaper whose editor in chief just won the Nobel Peace Prize. — PolitiTweet.org

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The fire set off during fighting around a nuclear power plant in Ukraine came within 1,500 feet of a reactor but international monitors detect no sign of radiation leak. @atmccann @pabloroblesg @WilliamJBroad https://t.co/zy4RCVDOT3 — PolitiTweet.org

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Employers added 678,000 jobs in February, continuing a hiring boom as the country emerges from the Omicron wave. Unemployment fell to 3.8%. Job openings are near a record high and layoffs are low. @bencasselman https://t.co/MzPVfNEXdP — PolitiTweet.org

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She signed an open letter calling for peace. And then she was fired. A case study in how Russia is squelching dissent at home while it wages war on its neighbor. https://t.co/ABSYDAHHjl — PolitiTweet.org