John Baiata

Former @NBCNews. Father/Husband/Citizen/Contrarian. I tweet on the news, and memorable quotes.

[John Baiata @JBaiata]

Was the decline and fall of the Roman Empire this cringe-worthy too? Asking for a country.

[The Associated Press @AP]

For nearly two years, @AP journalists traced the origins of one boat and the people who died in it.

Their remains were found aboard a white and blue Mauritanian fishing boat that drifted nearly 3,000 miles away to the Caribbean Island of Tobago in 2021. https://t.co/e2U7YY1Gbo

[God @TheTweetOfGod]

I can only save the Queen for so long.

[Kalhan @KalhanR]

Olivia Rodrigo looks like she’s about to lead the Rohirrim into Helm’s Deep

[John Baiata @JBaiata]

https://www.TopGunMovie.com@@ @q# to #@mm m@@l@ lmm@.

[John Baiata @JBaiata]

A thousand times yes. The FDIC of reportable info you could take to the bank, and a generous colleague. 👏👏

[NBC News PR @NBCNewsPR]

"For generations of @NBCNews reporters, working alongside Pete has been a daily masterclass in journalism. More importantly, it has been a masterclass in what it means to be a good colleague," NBC News President Noah Oppenheim wrote in a memo today.

https://t.co/0J9Z0Xxb9o

[John Baiata @JBaiata]

@TheTweetOfGod Maybe try unplugging us, and plugging us back in?

[John Harwood @JohnJHarwood]

when Thurgood Marshall was confirmed in 1967 to become the first black man on the Supreme Court, 16 of 22 senators from the 11 states of the old Confederacy voted no or didn't vote

when Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed today to become the first black woman, 18 of 22 voted no

[John Baiata @JBaiata]

Harrowing, gripping account. If the truth was not so powerful, autocrats like Putin would not go to such extremes to try and snuff it out. But truth is like those trick birthday candles you can’t extinguish no matter how hard you blow. https://t.co/A6Hi3EkpvV

[Olga Rudenko @olya_rudenko]

This is the Ukrainian member of the @FoxNews crew. She was killed today alongside their cameraman.

Fox News doesn’t even mention her in their report.

(Photo published by Oksana Romaniuk of the Institute of Mass Information)

[follow @bencollins on bluesky @oneunderscore__]

So here’s my whole story with @kevincollier on how the Ukrainian “biolabs” conspiracy came to take over the global far-right, and put Putin back in the good graces of American conspiracy theorists.

It has decades of history in it. I hope you read it.
https://t.co/YOxOiqrQwi

[John Baiata @JBaiata]

This. “Zelensky and the Ukrainians chose to stand for something, and to be. They are united as a democracy in a way America has not been for a long time.” @maureendowd

[Roger Hutchinson @RogerMiles]

The Russian Embassy in Lisbon. Two neighbouring houses are projecting the blue and yellow onto its facade. The ambassador is reportedly “apoplectic”.

[John Baiata @JBaiata]

Can anyone explain why the UN General Assembly has not invoked the “United for Peace” resolution of 1950 and kicked Russia off the Security Council?

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

U.S. Amb. to the UN Linda Thomas Greenfield responds to Russia: "We're not going to give any more airtime to the lies that you're hearing today. Its beneath this Council."

[John Baiata @JBaiata]

@JasonIsbell Hollywood ought to say goodbye to this

[Jim Acosta @Acosta]

CNN: Ukraine’s defenders of “Snake Island” who were initially feared dead after telling the Russians to go “F” themselves are “alive and well” according to the Ukrainian Navy.

[Garry Kasparov @Kasparov63]

This isn't just Putin vs Ukraine, just as it wasn't just Syria or Georgia. Putin was in Beijing days ago with Xi Jinping. This wouldn't be happening had they not come to an agreement. China may pretend neutrality, but dictatorships stick together. So must democracies.

[Alejandro Alvarez @aletweetsnews]

A group of Ukrainian border guards were stationed on Snake Island, in the Black Sea south of Odessa, when a Russian warship ordered them to surrender under threat of attack.

Their response: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

They held their ground. All 13 were killed.