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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Social media is filled with creators who are getting paid to post political messages. "Drew" posted about the struggles of living in Texas (3M views on TikTok). Then he later confessed: "I don't even live in Texas." And his name is not Drew. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/16/b...

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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I'm reminiscing today about some Ballmer articles that I wrote 12 years ago. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

A high-altitude landslide and a collapsed glacier. Scientists now estimate that 400 million metric tons of rock and ice came down the mountain. That's like having a million 747s crashing down at the same time. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/w...

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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

AP photo by Lindsey Wasson after a shooting at a Seattle food festival killed 2 people and wounded 5 others apnews.com/article/seat...

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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

The atmosphere here is incredible, rivaling the Super Bowl parade from just a few months ago. What a year for Seattle and football.

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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Zane also loved Portland’s quirks. He was hilarious, with deadpan humor that made me laugh even on some of the bleakest nights. You will love this video of him reporting on a court battle over a private lake in the wealthy city of Lake Oswego. Watch to the end.

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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Even if you are not from Portland, you have almost certainly seen Zane's work. I'm reminded of this 2020 video he captured of federal officers beating a Navy veteran, footage that frankly altered the course of the city’s history. x.com/PDXzane/stat...

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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

JUST IN: Brand new research on adolescent screen time finds a correlation between screen hours and sleep deficiency. Data collection, analysis and chart via my middle schooler. n= 50

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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Phones? The survey shows pot on the decline, cigarettes way down. Even the vape numbers stopped rising.

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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

15% of high school seniors in Washington State say they had an alcoholic drink in the prior month. That's down from 40% in 2010.

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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Each day, Americans are spending about $800 million more on gas and diesel than they were a year ago. The total increased fuel cost since the Iran War began? $45 billion. www.wsj.com/economy/cons...

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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

That means there are people out there who will pay you money to call me a “dishonest fake news hack.” Too many of you are doing that labor for free! 3/5

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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

One of the influencers, Jessica Reed Kraus, now says she had been paid to amplify Sen. Sheehy’s attack as part of an organized campaign offering influencers money to boost his message. She declined to say who paid for her post. 2/5 www.nytimes.com/2026/05/16/b...

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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Oh boy. In March, as we prepared an article about the political influence of billionaires, Sen. Tim Sheehy preemptively attacked my reporting. Numerous influencers then amplified the senator’s post, including Trump Jr., Riley Gaines, and DC_Draino. But there's a twist... 1/5

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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Reading scores have plummeted in school districts around the country. Over the past decade, 1 out of 3 districts have seen scores drop by an ENTIRE GRADE LEVEL. The only states to see improvement: • Hawaii • Mississippi • Louisiana www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/u...

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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

🚨 26% of all active sportsbook users say they have lost so much money in a single bet that it meant they would have trouble meeting their financial obligations. Full crosstabs: www.sbu.edu/docs/default...

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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Highly recommend this new Evelyn Iritani book about the civilian exchanges that occurred during WW2. It’s a little-known part of the war that has greatly interested me for years, and she does an outstanding job detailing how it happened.

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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

46 minutes after attacking Pope Leo, the president has posted an AI image of himself healing someone in the style of Jesus Christ. (The heavens, meanwhile, feature a war plane, bald eagles and a somewhat demonic-looking figure)

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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

There is some MAGA opposition to Trump's "whole civilization will die" plans: • Alex Jones: "🚨🚨WAR CRIME ALERT!!🚨🚨" • Marjorie Taylor Greene: "This is evil and madness" • Joe Kent: "reckless rage and destruction" • Candace Owens: "The 25th amendment needs to be invoked."

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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

The Waffle House employees say they have seen it all. Except this. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/03/u...

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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Hegseth reads prayer at the Pentagon: • "Pour out your wrath" • "Let every round find its mark" • Asks for "overwhelming violence" • "Let justice be executed swiftly and without remorse — that evil may be driven back and wicked souls delivered to the eternal damnation"

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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

2025 season: 1.97 ERA 2026 season: 67.50 ERA

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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Headlines less than a week apart

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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Today in the $1.8 trillion private-credit market: • So many investors are withdrawing from Apollo and Ares funds that the companies are now blocking full returns. • Moody’s downgrades a KKR/Future Standard fund to junk. • European Central Bank to scrutinize bank exposure.

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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

California average approaching $6

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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Gas prices are approaching $4 per gallon (via GasBuddy national average)

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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Incredible irony that these two things would happen in the same week.

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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

the Dow chart is wild because you can pinpoint exactly when Bondi testified about the Epstein files

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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Unrestrained billionaire spending is not just going to sway the White House (see: Elon Musk in 2024), but to races for governor, Congress, mayor, courts, initiatives, school boards. Here is what a former RNC chair told me. 5/7 www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/u...

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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

The golden goal scored by the guy who lost a tooth earlier in the game. Amazing

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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

A new message from Savannah Guthrie, asking for the public's help in finding her mom. "We at an hour of desperation."

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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

12 years ago, Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald was about to quit coaching football to focus on his business career. But he decided to stick with what made him passionate, not wanting to have regrets once he turned 40. Tonight he won the Super Bowl. At age 38.

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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Jeffrey Epstein in a draft letter to Les Wexner: "You and I had 'gang stuff' for over 15 years" “I owe a great debt to you, as frankly you owe to me” "I had no intention of divulging any confidence of ours" www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...

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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

That redaction is quite something

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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Quite the contrast: In one part of the Epstein files, DOJ published unredacted nude images of women and potentially minors. In another part, officials redacted President Trump’s face from a news image that was shared in a text exchange. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...

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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

I would sure like to investigate the origins of this plan to have convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein lead an annual modeling contest for "all the top girls of all Russia" Who pitched the idea? ████████

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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Elon Musk last year: "Epstein tried to get me to go to his island and I REFUSED" Musk to Epstein emails: • “What day/night will be the wildest party on your island?” • "I really want to hit the party scene" • "Is there a good time to visit? Story: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...

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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

A new statement from Epstein survivors: "Once again, survivors are having their names and identifying information exposed, while the men who abused us remain hidden and protected. That is outrageous."

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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

The records suggest that the island meeting with Lutnick and Epstein did occur. A day after it was supposed to happen, an Epstein assistant forwarded Lutnick a message from Epstein. “Nice seeing you,” it said. 5/6

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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

But the new Epstein files show a series of subsequent interactions. That included this email from Lutnick about bringing his family and others to visit Epstein at his private island, Little St. James. 3/6 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...

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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Last year, Lutnick said in an interview that he visited Epstein’s home around 2005 and was so troubled by what he saw that he decided never to associate with him again. “So I was never in the room with him socially, for business, or even philanthropy.” 2/6

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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

These snow and temp forecasts are incredible www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...

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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

the seahawks when playing the 49ers

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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

In secret grand jury testimony from 2022, a prosecutor asked Lindsey Graham if Trump cheated at golf. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...

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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

The final Calvin and Hobbes comic strip, published 30 years ago today.

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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

If you and Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg and Charles Schwab and Mark Cuban all got together to pool your wealth, your group still would not have a net worth to match Elon Musk.

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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Brad Edwards, a lawyer who has represented many Epstein victims, tells us tonight that the the FBI could have prevented hundreds of victims from being abused if they had listened to Maria Farmer. "Shameful," he says, calling for an investigation. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...

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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Maria has been accused over the years of fabricating her story that she had gone to the FBI. After finding the document in the trove, I called her. She broke down in tears. “I’ve waited 30 years. I can’t believe it. They can’t call me a liar anymore.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...

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Mike Baker @mikebaker.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Here is a copy of the complaint, which describes how Epstein threatened to “burn her house down”

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