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Mike Baker

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National correspondent for @nytimes. Author of zero books. Signal: 646-394-3002. On Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/mikeba…

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An anonymous buyer of the $TRUMP memecoin pocketed $957,779.25 in profit over one month thanks to well-timed transactions surrounding the dinner-with-Trump contest.

An anonymous buyer of the $TRUMP memecoin pocketed $957,779.25 in profit over one month thanks to well-timed transactions surrounding the dinner-with-Trump contest.
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Update: Department of Government Efficiency removes 31 more incorrect claims -- and $122M in savings -- from its "Wall of Receipts" after we identified they were wrong. The listings were wrong b/c the contracts DOGE claimed credit for killing were not dead anymore: agencies had revived them.

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Medicaid is a more cost-effective way to save lives than lots of other things the government pays for, like vehicle inspections or some cancer treatments. More from me + Margot Sanger-Katz on a big new Medicaid study: nytimes.com/2025/05/16/hea…

Medicaid is a more cost-effective way to save lives than lots of other things the government pays for, like vehicle inspections or some cancer treatments.

More from me + <a href="/sangerkatz/">Margot Sanger-Katz</a> on a big new Medicaid study:

nytimes.com/2025/05/16/hea…
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New emails show how a top intelligence aide ordered an assessment be edited so it could not be “used against” President Trump. nyti.ms/3SLyTti

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NEW and BREAKING: Another major blow for Harvard -- the Trump administration has essentially revoked Harvard's ability to enroll foreign students by taking away their ability to get visas. w/Michael C. Bender nytimes.com/2025/05/22/us/…

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250 million bees have escaped after a vehicle crash in Washington State. Coincidentally (??) this crash is not far from where the "murder hornet" was discovered and eradicated in recent years.

250 million bees have escaped after a vehicle crash in Washington State.

Coincidentally (??) this crash is not far from where the "murder hornet" was discovered and eradicated in recent years.
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5th dolphin dead at Gulf World Marin Park in Panama City Beach, Florida. Now there is a criminal probe and the surviving dolphins could be moved. wfla.com/news/florida/d…

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We are long overdue for a reimagining of youth baseball/softball for the youngest ages. Exhibit A: This team pitched a no hitter. They lost 16-12. 26 walks.

We are long overdue for a reimagining of youth baseball/softball for the youngest ages.

Exhibit A: This team pitched a no hitter. They lost 16-12.

26 walks.