Peter Baker Seems Mystified

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Tuesday August 16, 2022 · 6:25 PM PDT

2022/08/16 · 18:25

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 16: U.S. President Joe Biden (C) signs The Inflation Reduction Act with Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) (L) and House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) in the State Dining Room of the White House August 16, 2022 in Washington, DC. The $737 billion bill focuses on climate change, lower health care costs and creating clean energy jobs by enacting a 15% corporate minimum tax, a 1-percent fee on stock buybacks and enhancing IRS enforcement. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Peter Baker, today in the New York Times:

No other sitting president has ever lived with the shadow of his defeated predecessor in quite the way that Mr. Biden has over the last year and a half. Regardless of what the current president does, he often finds himself struggling to break through the all-consuming circus that keeps Mr. Trump in the public eye. Even the bully pulpit of the White House has proved no match for the Trump reality show.

Oh, please. The media (you, Peter Baker) gives the former guy all the oxygen needed to overshadow everything, not just Biden. Breathlessly chasing chaos and not covering the Biden accomplishments with the same fervor. It may amuse them, entertain them, even enrich them. But it’s harmful to the truth necessary for a functioning democracy. You are complicit, Peter Baker. And you can’t even see it.

The COVID-19 Ratio in Washington State

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Monday March 02, 2020 · 6:06 PM PST

2020/03/02 · 18:06

The numbers in Washington state are disturbing.

Six people have died and a total of 18 people in King and Snohomish counties have presumptively tested positive for 2019 novel coronavirus, officially called COVID-19, in Washington state. www.kgw.com/...

Think about that. 6 out of 18 diagnosed cases died. A 33% death rate. Yet the expected rate will be in the 2-3% range eventually. Exposure is much more widespread than reported or… the projections are wildly off. Both answers terrify me.

clarknyc

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Tuesday December 19, 2017 · 5:41 PM PST

2017/12/19 · 17:41

I’m surprised some fact-checking of the Senate tax bill debate in real time isn’t happening anywhere that I’ve found. It’s beyond my skills to set it up and monitor here. I’m just surprised it’s nowhere…

PS: This is a very weak first diary after years of lurking.

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Peter Baker Seems Mystified

The COVID-19 Ratio in Washington State

Where is the liveblog?