Mike Baker
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• National reporter at The New York Times
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• Author of zero books
• NYT stuff: https://www.nytimes.com/by/mike-baker
📍 Seattle | Portland | PNW | News
NEW: The Justice Department published dozens of unredacted images of nude women (and possibly teens) as part of its Epstein release.
The faces of those people were also left unredacted.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...
The faces of those people were also left unredacted.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...
The Government Published Dozens of Nude Photos in the Epstein Files
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February 2, 2026 at 12:33 AM
NEW: The Justice Department published dozens of unredacted images of nude women (and possibly teens) as part of its Epstein release.
The faces of those people were also left unredacted.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...
The faces of those people were also left unredacted.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/01/u...
Featuring:
• Elon Musk
• Howard Lutnick
• Kathy Ruemmler
• Richard Branson
• Andrew Farkas
• Peter Thiel
• Steve Tisch
• Leon Black
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/u...
• Elon Musk
• Howard Lutnick
• Kathy Ruemmler
• Richard Branson
• Andrew Farkas
• Peter Thiel
• Steve Tisch
• Leon Black
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/u...
They Said They Weren’t Close to Epstein. New Documents Show Otherwise.
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February 1, 2026 at 5:31 AM
Featuring:
• Elon Musk
• Howard Lutnick
• Kathy Ruemmler
• Richard Branson
• Andrew Farkas
• Peter Thiel
• Steve Tisch
• Leon Black
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/u...
• Elon Musk
• Howard Lutnick
• Kathy Ruemmler
• Richard Branson
• Andrew Farkas
• Peter Thiel
• Steve Tisch
• Leon Black
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/u...
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? ████████
Who pitched the idea? ████████
January 31, 2026 at 6:11 AM
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? ████████
Who pitched the idea? ████████
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...
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...
January 30, 2026 at 11:10 PM
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...
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...
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."
"Once again, survivors are having their names and identifying information exposed, while the men who abused us remain hidden and protected. That is outrageous."
January 30, 2026 at 10:33 PM
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."
"Once again, survivors are having their names and identifying information exposed, while the men who abused us remain hidden and protected. That is outrageous."
NEW: Epstein wrote in his files that he helped Bill Gates acquired drugs “in order to deal with consequences of sex with Russian girls."
A Gates rep says the claims are "completely false" and show how far Epstein would go to "entrap and defame"
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
A Gates rep says the claims are "completely false" and show how far Epstein would go to "entrap and defame"
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
Epstein Notes Suggested Bill Gates Engaged in Extramarital Sex
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January 30, 2026 at 8:50 PM
NEW: Epstein wrote in his files that he helped Bill Gates acquired drugs “in order to deal with consequences of sex with Russian girls."
A Gates rep says the claims are "completely false" and show how far Epstein would go to "entrap and defame"
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
A Gates rep says the claims are "completely false" and show how far Epstein would go to "entrap and defame"
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
NEW: Howard Lutnick, the billionaire who serves as President Trump’s commerce secretary, planned a visit to Epstein’s island in 2012.
Lutnick previously claimed that he was so revolted by Epstein that he had cut ties with him years earlier.
1/6
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
Lutnick previously claimed that he was so revolted by Epstein that he had cut ties with him years earlier.
1/6
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick Planned Trip to Epstein’s Island
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January 30, 2026 at 8:26 PM
NEW: Howard Lutnick, the billionaire who serves as President Trump’s commerce secretary, planned a visit to Epstein’s island in 2012.
Lutnick previously claimed that he was so revolted by Epstein that he had cut ties with him years earlier.
1/6
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
Lutnick previously claimed that he was so revolted by Epstein that he had cut ties with him years earlier.
1/6
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
Reposted by Mike Baker
"John Mitnick, who once was the head attorney at the Department of Homeland Security in the first Trump administration, criticized his former agency on Saturday night. 'I am enraged and embarrassed by DHS’s lawlessness, fascism, and cruelty,' he wrote" www.nytimes.com/live/2026/us...
Update from Hamed Aleaziz
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January 25, 2026 at 2:20 AM
"John Mitnick, who once was the head attorney at the Department of Homeland Security in the first Trump administration, criticized his former agency on Saturday night. 'I am enraged and embarrassed by DHS’s lawlessness, fascism, and cruelty,' he wrote" www.nytimes.com/live/2026/us...
January 23, 2026 at 4:48 PM
the seahawks when playing the 49ers
January 18, 2026 at 3:58 AM
the seahawks when playing the 49ers
In secret grand jury testimony from 2022, a prosecutor asked Lindsey Graham if Trump cheated at golf.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
January 13, 2026 at 9:59 PM
In secret grand jury testimony from 2022, a prosecutor asked Lindsey Graham if Trump cheated at golf.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
NEW:
NYT obtained grand jury transcripts of the Georgia election interference case, including the testimony of Republicans who rejected Trump's claims.
Lindsey Graham: “If you told him Martians came and stole votes, he’d be inclined to believe it.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
NYT obtained grand jury transcripts of the Georgia election interference case, including the testimony of Republicans who rejected Trump's claims.
Lindsey Graham: “If you told him Martians came and stole votes, he’d be inclined to believe it.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
Republicans Rejected Trump’s Election Fraud Claims in Secret Georgia Testimony
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January 13, 2026 at 9:52 PM
NEW:
NYT obtained grand jury transcripts of the Georgia election interference case, including the testimony of Republicans who rejected Trump's claims.
Lindsey Graham: “If you told him Martians came and stole votes, he’d be inclined to believe it.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
NYT obtained grand jury transcripts of the Georgia election interference case, including the testimony of Republicans who rejected Trump's claims.
Lindsey Graham: “If you told him Martians came and stole votes, he’d be inclined to believe it.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
NEW: 6 federal prosecutors in Minnesota resigned today because of DOJ's push to investigate the widow of a woman killed by an ICE agent and the department’s reluctance to investigate the shooter
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
Six Prosecutors Quit Over Push to Investigate ICE Shooting Victim’s Widow
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January 13, 2026 at 6:28 PM
NEW: 6 federal prosecutors in Minnesota resigned today because of DOJ's push to investigate the widow of a woman killed by an ICE agent and the department’s reluctance to investigate the shooter
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/u...
The final Calvin and Hobbes comic strip, published 30 years ago today.
December 31, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The final Calvin and Hobbes comic strip, published 30 years ago today.
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.
December 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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.
Reposted by Mike Baker
1996. Can you imagine if they had stopped him then?
HUGE NEWS from the new Epstein files:
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Epstein Files Include 1996 Child Porn Complaint That F.B.I. Ignored
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:10 AM
1996. Can you imagine if they had stopped him then?
Reposted by Mike Baker
“.. After the release of thousands of Epstein files on Friday, The New York Times contacted Ms. Farmer .. She broke down in tears.
“I’ve waited 30 years,” she said. “I can’t believe it. They can’t call me a liar anymore.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
“I’ve waited 30 years,” she said. “I can’t believe it. They can’t call me a liar anymore.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
December 20, 2025 at 1:17 AM
“.. After the release of thousands of Epstein files on Friday, The New York Times contacted Ms. Farmer .. She broke down in tears.
“I’ve waited 30 years,” she said. “I can’t believe it. They can’t call me a liar anymore.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
“I’ve waited 30 years,” she said. “I can’t believe it. They can’t call me a liar anymore.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
HUGE NEWS from the new Epstein files:
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Epstein Files Include 1996 Child Porn Complaint That F.B.I. Ignored
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
HUGE NEWS from the new Epstein files:
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
5 years ago today
📸 by Hiroko Masuike / NYT
📸 by Hiroko Masuike / NYT
December 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
5 years ago today
📸 by Hiroko Masuike / NYT
📸 by Hiroko Masuike / NYT
Susie Wiles says Trump and Epstein were "young, single playboys together."
But during their early partying days in the 1990s, Trump was almost 50 years old. He was also married through most of that decade.
But during their early partying days in the 1990s, Trump was almost 50 years old. He was also married through most of that decade.
December 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Susie Wiles says Trump and Epstein were "young, single playboys together."
But during their early partying days in the 1990s, Trump was almost 50 years old. He was also married through most of that decade.
But during their early partying days in the 1990s, Trump was almost 50 years old. He was also married through most of that decade.
The unemployment rate is now up to 4.6%, the highest level in four years.
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December 16, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The unemployment rate is now up to 4.6%, the highest level in four years.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/b...
16 years ago, a survey found that high school English teachers were assigning students an average of 4 books a year, with many assigning at least 7.
Now the average is 2.7.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
Now the average is 2.7.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
December 16, 2025 at 12:18 AM
16 years ago, a survey found that high school English teachers were assigning students an average of 4 books a year, with many assigning at least 7.
Now the average is 2.7.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
Now the average is 2.7.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/u...
Private equity has found a new source of profit: volunteer fire departments.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u...
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Private Equity Finds a New Source of Profit: Volunteer Fire Departments
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December 14, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Private equity has found a new source of profit: volunteer fire departments.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/u...
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I gotta say, it fills me with a great sadness to see that any American — let alone an American posing as a Pentagon correspondent — would view this as their "purpose."
December 3, 2025 at 4:07 AM
I gotta say, it fills me with a great sadness to see that any American — let alone an American posing as a Pentagon correspondent — would view this as their "purpose."