Peter Baker

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White House tries to clean up Biden comment on Ukraine with post-presser statement: "If any Russian military forces move across the Ukrainian border, that’s a renewed invasion, and it will be met with a swift, severe, and united response from the United States and our Allies." — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden’s comments suggesting that a “minor incursion” of Ukraine might not draw as vigorous a response as a full-scale invasion will trigger a lot of angst in the region, particularly in Kyiv. — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden predicts that Russia will in fact “move in” to Ukraine. — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden: "You mentioned the number of deaths from covid. Well, it was three times that not long ago." Daily covid deaths, 7-day average, Jan. 20, 2021: 3,056 Daily covid deaths, 7-day average, Tuesday: 1,878 — PolitiTweet.org

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While Biden got off to a strong start, ever since the disastrous Afghan withdrawal "this is a White House that has been shaped by external events” and "it isn’t doing the shaping of those events,” a former top Obama aide tells @JonLemire https://t.co/tQo0XQe6UL — PolitiTweet.org

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McCarthy, Jan. 12, 2021, on how to investigate the Jan. 6 attack: “What I proposed, which I think history will say I’m right because it’s the right thing to do, I believe: Have a bipartisan commission and get all your facts." — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @sahilkapur: .@ChrisSununu was “pretty close” to running for Senate. Then he talked to Republican senators about what the job entails. h… — PolitiTweet.org

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@shustry Instead, Navalny says the West should go after Putin’s own fortune and the bagmen who keep it for him in Western banks. “It’s really simple,” he writes. “You want to influence Putin, then influence his personal wealth. It’s right under your backside.” — PolitiTweet.org

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@shustry Navalny expressed his view in a series of letters from prison to @shustry. He also dismissed US sanctions in response to his poisoning. “We’re all tired of rolling our eyes, watching the US impose sanctions on some colonels and generals, who don’t even have any money abroad.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Navalny says US is falling into Putin’s trap on Ukraine. “Instead of ignoring this nonsense, the US accepts Putin’s… https://t.co/Vp5zDlAkHK — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @CNASdc: This Thursday join @RHFontaine, @peterbakernyt, @sbg1, @Negropod, and Bob Zoellick for a career-spanning discussion about the l… — PolitiTweet.org

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"With the 2022 midterms months away, the intellectual optimism and energy that defined the American left during that window has been markedly deflated," writes ⁦@JStein_WaPo⁩ https://t.co/TCuOLy2WF4 — PolitiTweet.org

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Economists surveyed by ⁦@WSJ⁩ trim their growth projections for 2022 to 3.3%, still higher than any year since 2010 other than last year as the economy emerged from pandemic shutdowns. ⁦@HarrietTorry⁩ ⁦@anthonydb⁩ https://t.co/tZDG7lg2dk — PolitiTweet.org

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Stocks off to rough start in 2022. More than 220 U.S.-listed companies with market capitalizations above $10 billion are down at least 20% from their highs. ⁦@GunjanJS⁩ Peter Santilli https://t.co/QAUYewAl4s — PolitiTweet.org

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Women now hold one-third of the seats on the Supreme Court but have made even less progress on the other side of the bench. In the last term, just 18% of arguments were presented by women, up from 13% the previous term. ⁦@adamliptak⁩ https://t.co/7vQ9IrDIzC — PolitiTweet.org

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China's birthrate fell in 2021 for the fifth straight year, hastening a demographic crisis that could undermine its economy and even its political stability. ⁦@stevenleemyers⁩ ⁦@jotted⁩ https://t.co/yLibgXKmhx — PolitiTweet.org

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Russia evacuates some personnel and families from its embassy in Ukraine: A prelude to war or another intimidation tactic? ⁦@mschwirtz⁩ ⁦@SangerNYT⁩ https://t.co/wIkdwKR9VQ — PolitiTweet.org

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Israel's Netanyahu negotiating plea bargain in long-running corruption case, a deal that would mean community service rather than prison. But he's balking at pleading to a charge that would require a 7-year ban on public office. ⁦@PatrickKingsley⁩ https://t.co/iAIhydlgP1 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @blakehounshell: “Both the nine-point Democratic advantage in the first quarter and the five-point Republican edge in the fourth quarter… — PolitiTweet.org

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The overnight success that was decades in the making: The remarkable tale of how scientists developed the covid vaccine based on past discoveries, one of modern history's most important and timeliest breakthroughs. ⁦@ginakolata⁩ ⁦@benjmueller⁩ https://t.co/eHCHzzOXqS — PolitiTweet.org

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Retired Russian general predicts "limited" war against Ukraine relying on airstrikes: "There will be no columns of tanks. They will just destroy all the Ukrainian infrastructure from the air, just like you do it." ⁦@antontroian⁩ ⁦@SangerNYT⁩ https://t.co/opsOPlGvEK — PolitiTweet.org

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"It seems like yesterday the first time I got arrested," Biden says, recalling the civil rights movement. Except ⁦@GlennKesslerWP⁩ hasn't been able to find any time Biden was actually arrested, first or otherwise. https://t.co/ch8flTYivn — PolitiTweet.org

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Among the factors inflaming Russia in its current standoff with the West: A Turkish-made drone that Ukraine is using to defend itself against Russian aggression. ⁦@ikhurshudyan⁩ ⁦@loydstern⁩ https://t.co/UKLur6Req5 — PolitiTweet.org

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Is Joe Biden another Jimmy Carter, as Republicans like to claim? ⁦@jonathanalter⁩, whose biography of Carter, "His Very Best," breaks down the similarities and contrasts between the 39th and 46th presidents. https://t.co/C22u8FRFHO — PolitiTweet.org

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Reading it now and it's truly a remarkable study in how diplomacy at the highest level works, full of intrigue, sleight of hand, calculation and deception. Whether you admire or despise Kissinger (or both), this is a revealing account of what happens behind closed doors. — PolitiTweet.org

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"⁦@Martin_Indyk has written a fascinating, comprehensive and detailed study of what may be Kissinger’s most decisive and important achievement," Thomas Schwartz says of "Master of the Game: Henry Kissinger and the Art of Middle East Diplomacy." https://t.co/RXzT8Lscr9 — PolitiTweet.org

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In 13 combined seasons, Kyle Shanahan, Sean McVay and Matt LaFleur, all once Washington assistants, have a .630 winning record with 9 playoff berths. In Washington’s past 13 seasons, it has a .385 record and three playoff appearances. ⁦@barrysvrluga⁩ https://t.co/EVmHNC4Ypl — PolitiTweet.org

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It may be that we have to "live with covid" as we try to move on. But worth remembering that nearly 2,000 Americans won't be living with it by the end of the day. And another nearly 2,000 the day after that. And another nearly 2,000 the day after that. https://t.co/sKRHjBw1ZE — PolitiTweet.org

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After Iraq and Afghanistan, the US prepares to help Ukraine fight a guerrilla war if occupied by Russia. "Putin should realize that after fighting insurgencies ourselves for two decades, we know how to arm, train and energize them." @helenecooper https://t.co/g9l2u8pBpv — PolitiTweet.org

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In the post cold war era, the joke was that if NATO is the answer, what is the question? Putin and the Russian threat to independent Ukraine and European security have given a renewed sense of purpose to the old alliance. ⁦@StevenErlanger⁩ https://t.co/9cOaMdGSAJ — PolitiTweet.org