Russ Baker @realrussbaker.bsky.social · 25/09/2026New JAMA study finds that 12 year olds who have a smartphone have much higher rate of eating disorders compared to those without a phone 000
Russ Baker @realrussbaker.bsky.social · 24/09/2026PA now has 835 measles cases. Governor Shapiro accuses Bobby K of intervening to prevent deaths from being reported "presumably because it doesn’t fit his phony narrative" 000
Russ Baker @realrussbaker.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Trump Supporters Are Beginning to Question What They Enabled || Where and to what will the mad king turn as Trump revulsion picks up steam? Trump Supporters Are Beginning to Question What They Enabled russbaker.substack.com/p/trump-supp...russbaker.substack.comTrump Supporters Are Beginning to Question What They EnabledWhere and to what will the mad king turn as Trump revulsion picks up steam? 000
Russ Baker @realrussbaker.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Not clear whether Trump hopes to get the Nobel Peace Prize before or after he "annihilates" Iran 020
Russ Baker @realrussbaker.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Trump urging MAGA faithful to vote in midterms: "Act like I'm on the ballot." Trump to UN about Iranian leaders: “What they don’t realize is that I’m not running.” 000
Russ Baker @realrussbaker.bsky.social · 20/09/2026“Fake news” means “real news I don’t want to hear” 011
Russ Baker @realrussbaker.bsky.social · 19/09/2026AI nearly caused possible disaster when it produced an erroneous intel report that a Chinese ship was carrying nuclear material for Iran and triggered a military alert. (CNN) 011
Russ Baker @realrussbaker.bsky.social · 02/09/2026The Dems’ Secret Weapon: Growing Alarm Over the Military russbaker.substack.com/p/the-dems-s...russbaker.substack.comThe Dems’ Secret Weapon: Growing Alarm Over the MilitaryThe Contagion of incompetence: How many more times will we be told “the war is over”? Will the Draft be reinstated? The public must know: Trump and Hegseth are endangering us all. 000
Russ Baker @realrussbaker.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Blatant election theft: postal service could reject a batch of tens of thousands of ballots if a SINGLE ONE cannot be scanned, says USPS whistleblower (WaPo) 000
Russ Baker @realrussbaker.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Trump’s Big Lie — Further Exploration || The shocking failure to seriously debunk Trump's "Stolen 2020" scam russbaker.substack.com/p/trumps-big...russbaker.substack.comTrump’s Big Lie — Further ExplorationLindsey Graham knew, and what did he do about it? The legacy media knew, and what did they do about it? 000
Russ Baker @realrussbaker.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Everyone is asking me what Trump’s big play will be to stop/alter the election. Well he just asked SCOTUS to ok restrictions on mail in ballots. Stand by 110
Russ Baker @realrussbaker.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Average (see “gullible”) people lost money on Trump crypto coin while experts did better. Surprised? 010
Russ Baker @realrussbaker.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Huge crowds for Ayatollah Khamenei funeral while Ayatollah Trumpolla mulls his rightful place on Mount Rushmore 011
Russ Baker @realrussbaker.bsky.social · 03/07/2026NYC murders, shootings fall to historic lows for first half of year, police comm says. Remind me: who is mayor? Oh right, that dangerous socialist guy. 000
Russ Baker @realrussbaker.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Trump actually said this yesterday: “On July 4th it’s going to be approximately 107 degrees out --and I’m going to go and I’m going to make a really long speech just to show that I can do anything.” 110
Russ Baker @realrussbaker.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Guardian: Trump sees bond with ‘great he-man’ Theodore Roosevelt at lavish library opening || NO NEED FOR COMMENT! 100
Russ Baker @realrussbaker.bsky.social · 02/07/2026WaPo: Internal National Park Service modeling for the July Fourth show predicts dangerous pollution around the Mall and “very unhealthy” conditions across central D.C. HMMM - metaphor for Trump Admin? 010
Russ Baker @realrussbaker.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Leaked Kremlin Memo: Our US Agent’s Gone Overboard (Is there nothing whatsoever that Trump cannot screw up?) russbaker.substack.com/p/leaked-kre... 000
Russ Baker @realrussbaker.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Throw Away Your Phone and Stop Reading This (Well, wait until after you read this, then just leave it at home) (14) russbaker.substack.com/p/throw-away...russbaker.substack.comThrow Away Your Phone and Stop Reading ThisWell, wait until after you read this, then just leave it at home. 000
Russ Baker @realrussbaker.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Here is the neighbor who Trump gave the no-bid contract to for the reflecting pool 011
Russ Baker @realrussbaker.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Trump, humiliated, says he will probably drain the reflecting pool. But right now he’s too busy draining US coffers 031
Russ Baker @realrussbaker.bsky.social · 21/06/2026CBS is reporting that Trump says multiple people have been arrested for allegedly vandalizing Reflecting Pool. One wonders if that is actually for picking up pieces that flaked off. And one wonders if the real vandals arent the contractors Trump hired. 050
Russ Baker @realrussbaker.bsky.social · 14/06/2026By a judge’s order, they’ve removed Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center. Now let’s remove every trace of him, step by step 060
Russ Baker @realrussbaker.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Rubio, in rebuke of RFK Jr, indicates US may resume its funding of a global vaccines alliance that Kennedy pulled the United States out of last year. Ha! The mess shall be undone, step by step 000
Russ Baker @realrussbaker.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Trumps pick for Iowa governor loses primary .. it’s the beginning of the end Donny 010
Russ Baker @realrussbaker.bsky.social · 25/05/2026But a LOT of deaths have been avoided with vaccination. Time to get real. 010
Russ Baker @realrussbaker.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Trump administration shutting key U.S. researchers out of global virus response talks (CNN) Even MAGAs MIGHT understand why this is dangerous and foolish 000
Russ Baker @realrussbaker.bsky.social · 24/05/2026Trump admin is dropping strict enforcement against crypto and prediction markets, both of which Trump family is involved with, per NYT. Looks like unprecedented corruption. Wake up America! 011
Russ Baker @realrussbaker.bsky.social · 12/05/2026The Washington Post just published an article that takes pet psychics seriously and says they can commune with your pet to see how it is feeling about being on a trip with you. I guess audience really IS way down. 111
Russ Baker @realrussbaker.bsky.social · 12/05/2026More of the men being deported now have lived in U.S. for years. (WaPo) A rising share are men who had lived in the United States for several years, and in another shift, nearly 2 in 3 of those removed since January 2025 do not have criminal records. 100
Russ Baker @realrussbaker.bsky.social · 11/05/2026www.tiktok.com/@moreperfect...tiktok.comA graduation speaker tried to praise AI in her speech, calling it "the next industrial revolution". All of the students started booing her.TikTok video by More Perfect Union 000
Russ Baker @realrussbaker.bsky.social · 30/04/2026When Oversight in Washington Worked — and Why It Matters Now || Remembering the Church Committee, its shocking discoveries — and what it was like when Congress had backbone. russbaker.substack.com/p/when-overs... 021
Russ Baker @realrussbaker.bsky.social · 25/04/2026Iran has a lot of enriched nuclear fuel because Trump canceled Obama's deal that limited Iranian nukes. Now, he is struggling to get back to where Obama was. I guess that's what you call "leadership"? 030
Russ Baker @realrussbaker.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Just ran into the talented comedienne and former SNL star Rachel Dratch. She told me she’s in the new Rocky Horror Show on Broadway. She is The Narrator 000
Russ Baker @realrussbaker.bsky.social · 24/04/2026The administration is dropping its persecution of Fed chair Jerome Powell. Just another failed misuse of power. 000
Russ Baker @realrussbaker.bsky.social · 23/04/2026RFK Jr got rid of 20,000 employees at the Department of Health and Human Services last year. Now he sees the need for 12,000 new workers. Of course, many of those he dumped were extremely qualified and skilled. 000
Russ Baker @realrussbaker.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Navy secretary fired DURING WAR because Hegseth didn't get along with him. Wow. One question is: who DOES Hegseth get along with? 200
Russ Baker @realrussbaker.bsky.social · 23/04/2026The TrumpRX website is a scam, say some. Trump claims it offers Americans lowest drug prices in the world via pharmaceutical companies. But (NYT) Sen Warren notes a drug that sold for several hundred dollars on TrumpRx could be bought for $16 in generic form. 000
Russ Baker @realrussbaker.bsky.social · 22/04/2026News: VA is approving a map that could lead to national Dems picking up FOUR extra House seats and potentially tipping control to the Democrats 000
Russ Baker @realrussbaker.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Our independent nonprofit news organization WhoWhatWhy is looking for skilled volunteers with experience in creating relationship mapping diagrams for investigations. Contact me by DM if interested 000
Russ Baker @realrussbaker.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Trump has now fired THREE female cabinet secretaries. His double standard between men and women is clear. And none too surprising, even if the females were terrible. I mean, Pete Hegseth? 020
Russ Baker @realrussbaker.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Trump administration continues to unravel as incompetence and corruption become more obvious. Latest: Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer stepping down after allegations of possible misconduct. 010
Russ Baker @realrussbaker.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Obama and Mamdani met in NYC for first time, read to Bronx preschoolers together. Now these good guys need to read to the preschoolers running the country 040
Russ Baker @realrussbaker.bsky.social · 20/04/2026UN says U.S. spending on Iran war could instead have saved 87 million lives 000
Russ Baker @realrussbaker.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Many ICE recruits were unqualified, according to an investigation by Associated Press 011
Russ Baker @realrussbaker.bsky.social · 17/04/2026So Trump is reinstalling the FEMA director he hired and was then canned by Kristi Noem. What a screwup bunch. 011
Russ Baker @realrussbaker.bsky.social · 17/04/2026How is it that the House failing to pass a resolution opposing Trump's war BY A SINGLE VOTE was not a bigger headline? A Democrat not running for reelection was the decider -- and we all know who was behind that, and why 011