Troublemaker-at-Large...Editor in Chief @WhoWhatWhy, Author of @FamilyofSecrets. Directness and humor. Follow my Substack at russbaker.substack.com/
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My publicist has advised me that if I want more traffic, I better arrange to be under investigation.
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How about a GIANT DEMONSTRATION in Washington calling for accountability for SCOTUS? Forget the partisanship -- lets demand standards across the board.
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I never expected to live in a world where Mitt Romney and Liz Cheney seem like heroes
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Somehow, the first thing I think when I see this guy is NOT how confident and masculine he is
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Let it be said: Every Global Warming denier, and every advocate of unfettered gun rights who does not even try to come up with a meaningful solution to out of control gun killings -- are in fact accessories to a great crime
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May I remind that most people with huge American flags outside their house, and online bragging about being veterans and "patriots" -- do not care one bit about Trump recklessly imperiling actual national security. Not one bit.
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Boebert, MTG and others bragging to their voters about the infrastructure largesse they snagged after voting against it reminds me of a vegan pigging out at a free bbq
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Headline - Independent (UK): New poll reveals voters think Trump is a criminal, Biden is too old and DeSantis is a fascist. Voters want change, but still remain unsatisfied with their options. My comment: Biden may be old, but his administration ISNT. Most in their prime
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Love the entrepreneurial spirit here. Wish more folks also applied such enthusiasm to voting, stopping climate change, stuff like that, too.
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Trump and his supporters wanted America to have tougher judges -- and got one! In the judge overseeing his case, Tanya Chutkan. No Mr Nice Guy. And yes -- she's a woman.
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I am struck by how many people are NOT afraid of Covid or Climate Change but terrified of everything else which is why they have a stockpile of weapons.
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RFK Jr supporters on "the left" who are complaining about my reporting on his dishonesty and poor science -- and "saying goodbye" to my substack newsletter -- remind me so much of MAGA, very upsetting. More rational and fair people welcome to sign up at russbaker.substack.com
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Although statistically impossible, wouldn't it be a relief to read that "all the current GOP candidates are polling poorly"?
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Age discrimination is the one discrimination that is still, outrageously, tolerated. Let’s end it. No more statements about Biden’s age when plenty of people — including him — remain by and large vital and capable for a very long time.
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Judge overseeing DC case against Trump for insurrection is tough. In January 6 cases, she gave nine defendants sentences that exceeded prosecutors’ recommendations
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GOP that had NO PROBLEM with a really terrible president and his terrible children are all up in arms about a pretty decent president's problematic son. Nuf said. No morality here.
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Perhaps what really makes Jack Smith understand the mentality and danger sweeping this country is his time working on international war crimes. My own work in that area certainly impacted my views. nytimes.com/2023/07/31/opini…
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Remember how Wells Fargo scammed customers, including opening fake accounts and applying unwarranted fees? Huge scandal and big fine. Well, now Bank of America has been nailed for the same thing. Elizabeth Warren was certainly right in demanding more accountability from banks. tinyurl.com/5yw4hzuy
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This is rich! The same people trafficking in graphic details about Hunter Biden’s sex life are complaining because I detailed the practices of hypocritical MAGA “moralists” in russbaker.substack.com/p/mag…
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Sure to enrage MAGA: “Devon Archer says Joe Biden discussed ‘nothing’ important with Hunter Biden business associates, transcript shows.” (CNN)
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Tell your friends and relatives who dont vote to enjoy hacking their lungs out as the monster climate change related fires in Canada send hellish amounts of smoke our way. All they have to do is VOTE. Then things get fixed.
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As a journalist, I have always strived to be nonpartisan. But it's increasingly difficult given the perils facing democracy. Journalists in Germany in the early 30s faced the same dilemma.
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CNN's upcoming town hall with Chris Christie sounds as appealing as a sale on used underwear
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A man shot and killed his nephew and injured his niece in an argument over...cooking dinner. Now please enjoy our "NRA restaurant guide"
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Sometimes, when I'm feeling affectionate toward Tucker Carlson, I will refer to him as "mother" Tucker
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Alex Murdaugh just convicted of murder but Rupert Murdoch, who murdered the truth, just bought a new townhouse
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The GOP's platform over the years has largely been: support the military and the police, wars are sometimes necessary, we need tough laws and tough judges, and law breakers should be dealt with firmly. Now, the party has doubts about all of it.
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I'd like to think that some of Trump's vociferous backers are now feeling a little chagrined to realize they have spent so much energy and credibility defending an immoral, unethical, criminal, monster. But that would assume they actually cared.
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Fox News: Rich people paying Rich people to tell Middle Class people to blame Poor people
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Right wing media's bait-and-switch, getting their super gullible audience to focus on Hunter Biden, who has never held office or done anything of real note, from the crimes of a former (and future?) president (Trump), will be remembered as one of the great cons of this century.
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My articles on RFK Jr's inaccurate claims regarding Covid and vaccines are generating rude and immature communications from his followers -- including people I know, some of whom are attorneys and authors who should know better. I will not be dissuaded from doing my job. russbaker.substack.com/p/mor…
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With the indictment just handed up in DC and Atlanta DA sounding like she’s coming in with her own zinger, it’s going to be a hot summer for one Donald J Trump
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Regarding that sitting California judge who shot and killed his wife: he had 47 guns and 26,000 rounds of ammunition. Opponents of gun control: what could have prevented this other than his not having access to that arsenal?
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Did you notice the latest tactic by the Gun Lobby? Keep on coming up with solutions to the violence like "goodwill among men" and "perfect mental health" when the real solution is right in front of us. It has to do with... um, guns.
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Now would be a good time for people to contact Smartmatic and urge them NOT TO SETTLE with Fox but to insist on going to trial.
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Ocean temperatures off Florida in the 90s pose severe threat to coral reefs and marine life. (NYT) This while Florida’s governor leads global warming deniers and rapidly destroys his own state while hoping to be able to destroy all of America — if not the world.
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Does this bother those outraged by Hunter Biden? Ask them! EXCLUSIVE: Jared Kushner helped create a Trump campaign shell company that secretly paid the president's family members and spent $617 million in reelection cash, a source tells Insider businessinsider.com/jared-ku…
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More Indications RFK Jr’s Anti Vaccine Claims Have Little Basis: At a time when disinformation and narrow-mindedness are at an all-time high, the last thing we need is a purported “reform” candidate who contributes to the mess. russbaker.substack.com/p/mor… Join the Substack for free
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Tulsi Gabbard has gone so far to the right that she spoke at... CPAC! Where she mentioned how short life is. She didnt mention how short her political career has been too.
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Ever notice how much the folks advocating for "well regulated militia" are also constantly complaining about "regulations"?
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Study Indicates COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Killed Republicans at Higher Rate than Dems whowhatwhy.org/science/healt…
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Just saw that Trump supporters are threatening to leave the country if he is convicted. 1st thought: that's fantastic news. 2nd: do they have valid passports? 3rd: What other country would they actually feel comfortable in -- and which would take them? 4th: that's fantastic news
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Anyone notice how GOP leaders are so aggressively "in support of Israel" while also promoting anti-semitic memes, dog whistles, and explicitly anti-semitic messengers like RFK Jr and Kanye?
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One thing about the gun fanatics in America: no matter what happens in our world of constant gun violence, they never have any kind of solution or even a useful thought or sign of conscience
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Fox has sent former host Tucker Carlson a cease-and-desist order over his Twitter show. Now, why wasn't he sent a cease-and-desist order... while he was doing all that damage at Fox?
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SF DA blasts Musk for prematurely blaming death of Cash App founder Bob Lee on violent repeat offenders. Turns out suspect was a fellow tech exec who knew Lee. “reckless and irresponsible statements like those contained in Mr. Musk’s tweet.. served to mislead the world in their perceptions of San Francisco, and negatively impact the pursuit of justice for victims of crime as it spreads misinformation”
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Two men killed themselves by jumping in front of NY subway trains today in separate incidents. Folks, things are bad and we all need to speak with each other about what we can do to fix them and take care of each other.
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Amazing that as he is about to go into court, Trump scrambling to find lawyers to represent him. Key ones quit; others in Florida want nothing to do with him. His total awfulness is coming home to roost.
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Check out how many people who self label as American "patriot" also support treasonous domestic behavior and have an affinity for Putin.
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Diabolical GOP Plan Would Guarantee Global Warming Wins -- this is how it all ends russbaker.substack.com
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Biden is nominating the first woman ever to head the navy. Whatever one may think of him, history will remember him as a progressive force of note.
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CNBC study ranks Texas worst place to live in America in Life, Health & Inclusion category. Factors: crime rates;
environmental quality; health care
quality & availability of childcare;
inclusiveness in state laws such as reproductive rights, protections against discrimination and voting rights.
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Mike Pence’s campaign and issues are so bland and irrelevant to reality that they remind me of a fake candidate created for a movie where the makers knew little about real politics
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Biden: We must save lives from a deadly scourge, and stop Climate Change from wiping out life on earth
Musk: Biden is a bad guy and a mess
RFK Jr: My sources tell me flying toads from outer space are secretly running the FDA
Musk: Good point
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I get requests from MAGA to investigate alleged improper self-enrichment by Bidens. I would certainly honor such requests if there appeared to be anything new to be found. I also would like it if any of them actually thought self-enrichment was a problem if, say, a Trump did it.
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From Israel's best paper, Haaretz: "Netanyahu prioritized ensuring his personal survival and the integrity of his coalition at the price of capitulating to insane, messianic racists. To this end, he turned his domestic rivals into enemies and systematically destroyed the connective tissue that, with great difficulty, held Israel society together."
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Those who claim "oh dont worry about climate change, that's normal" are actually even more scared than those of us who are petrified of what is happening. That's why, for survival, they hide in denial, smugness, superior religiosity -- they're just totally bonkers.
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Fulton County, GA Da Fani Willis is not backing down a bit in response to threats and intimidation from Trump & allies. Fireworks coming soon. For an excellent account of security measures coming together, see washingtonpost.com/national-…
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Just saw that Trump supporters are threatening to leave the country if he is convicted. 1st thought: that's fantastic news. 2nd: do they have valid passports? 3rd: What other country would they actually feel comfortable in -- and which would take them? 4th: that's fantastic news
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One wonders if Trump’s constant targeting of judges and their staffs, and of prosecutors, is in itself a crime. It certainly seems to show a pattern of interference with the functioning of the American legal system
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You know Ruth Bader Ginsburg must be smiling, knowing how many amazing women are now making their mark in the judiciary
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New York Daily News: "New Yorkers beam with pride as former president is indicted in his hometown"
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My newsletter is besieged by people promoting RFK Jr, anti-vax, pro-Russia, pro-gun. Need your help to push back and keep it on track with sane, humane, science-based journalism. Please sign up now -- it's free -- at russbaker.substack.com
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Former Fox News host Bill O'Reilly described Fox's 2020 coverage as "foolish." O'Reilly said, "This is what happens when money becomes more important than honest information." BILL O'REILLY is now lecturing Fox on accuracy and responsibility. This is how bad things have gotten.
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It took us 50 years to go from “I am not a crook” to “I am a crook, and damn proud of it.”
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The anti-vaccine nuts had claimed that actor Jamie Foxx was hospitalized in grave health supposedly because of a reaction to a vaccine. He was just seen on a yacht. Oh well another bubble bursts.
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Just an fyi: April Fool’s Day has been cancelled this year as it has been rendered redundant by real world events
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All you Trump supporters worried about private citizen Hunter Biden's dealings with China, please comment on this: Gov. Glenn Youngkin accepted a $2 million political contribution this week from a donor with a multibillion-dollar stake in TikTok, a Chinese-owned app that the Republican governor banned from state devices late last year amid his broader campaign against Chinese influence in Virginia (WaPo)
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>>Musk continues to antagonize Twitter staff, mocking a worker with a disability who is unsure if he's been laid off. Musk later apologized. (CNN)<< Can some other billionaire please buy Twitter?
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You know we have a basic problem in this country when a man who feels like being a woman is a perceived “threat” but a man who feels like possessing a weapon that can kill others is not
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One wonders if Trump’s constant targeting of judges and their staffs, and of prosecutors, is in itself a crime. It certainly seems to show a pattern of interference with the functioning of the American legal system
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Gun people ALWAYS say the same things: Guns don't kill people, people kill people. Forget the guns and solve mental illness. Take the guns away from the criminals first, then we'll see. Is anyone else sick of this tune too?
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I read that Disney heiress Abigail Disney was among protesters arrested for blocking the private planes of superrich who continue to fly to vacation spots and ignore the incredible environmental damage done per capita in a time of global warming. She doesnt mickey mouse around.
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Here's the actual Trump indictment document for those seeking some escapist beach reading: storage.courtlistener.com/re…
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Please don't insult serious journalists and researchers by sloppily applying the term "conspiracy theorist" when actually they are just doing their job -- following a fact trail and reporting what they find. It's a crucial public service.
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"God and Guns" --Guns aren't the only problem there. A frank discussion about how we see reality: russbaker.substack.com/p/in-…
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There are an estimated 170,000 unhoused people in California. If Elon Musk alone donated just a third of his annual income, best as I can calculate, he could provide every one of those people with $30,000 a year.
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Regarding that California judge who shot and killed his wife, had 47 guns, 26,000 ammo rounds at home: In this country there are millions and millions sitting on huge arsenals like that. This place is becoming just one giant mental asylum
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Just saw that Trump supporters are threatening to leave the country if he is convicted. 1st thought: that's fantastic news. 2nd: do they have valid passports? 3rd: What other country would they actually feel comfortable in -- and which would take them? 4th: that's fantastic news
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Here's how nutty Trump's fans are. They love him for everything, including his close relationship with Putin and refusal to back Ukraine. But when he told an audience in Iowa that he threatened to nuke Moscow if they invaded Ukraine, they were euphoric. westernjournal.com/trump-rev… Huh?
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Fox News, Bannon, Musk are extremely eager to promote RFK Jr’s bid for the White House. Wonder why? And what the issue is that animates his supporters? Sign up for my newsletter where I cover this russbaker.substack.com
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I just realized that both Rupert Murdoch and George Soros are 92. Now, who has done more commendable things in his life?
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Putin, the guy Ron DeSantis said was only involved in a "territorial dispute," has had an arrest warrant issued for him by the International Criminal Court. Wonder what De Santis will say now.
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Texas: "Hoo boy shore is hot"
Texas: "Make America Great Again"
Texas: "Climate Change -- What a Joke"
Texas: "Hoo boy shore is hot"
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Did you see NYT: >>Phoenix could be on track to break its record of 18 consecutive days with temperatures above 110 as a heat dome has settled over the desert Southwest.<< (RB: And yet half of Arizonans support candidates who refuse to acknowledge climate change)
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Just read that secret service fired on a man carrying an AK 47 near Trumps Florida golf course. Trump and MAGA want everyone to be able to have semi automatic weapons, so what’s the problem with having one on or near a golf course?
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There's something about that new allegation that Trump ordered video surveillance footage deleted at Mar a Lago than EVEN A MAGA might understand as suspicious. Especially as they all have surveillance cams of their own.
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America today is as if all those crazed bullies we remember from school grew up, and never grew up, and got a ton of guns, and became stupider over the years, if that were possible
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My company, SmartAleck, will be the third to sue Fox but we will only settle for their total and complete public humiliation and admission of what total frauds they all are
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Wagner Group head Prighozin, fresh from challenging Putin, is headed for exile in Belarus. One imagines that Trump is already googling it and looking to see if it has golf courses and blingy women.
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Interesting to note: The union representing striking actors was once led by Ronald Reagan, who became perhaps America’s most anti-union president.
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The only way to get people to start calling for controls on "open carry" is to encourage a bunch of Black people to walk around in stores, restaurants and churches heavily armed.
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