John M. Baker
@jmbmn.bsky.social
Minneapolis attorney, advocate for planners, lover of old movies, refugee from Musk's mayhem, who rescues from obscurity fascinating people.
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There is blood on the hands of Donald Trump, RFK, and every Republican who has allowed this sham to go on for far too long. When kids die unnecessarily and once-eradicated diseases darken the doors of terrified families and pediatricians, Americans will know who is responsible.
Breaking: After contentious debates and three failed attempts at a vote, a federal vaccine committee decided on Friday to end the decades-long recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
An End to Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
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December 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
There is blood on the hands of Donald Trump, RFK, and every Republican who has allowed this sham to go on for far too long. When kids die unnecessarily and once-eradicated diseases darken the doors of terrified families and pediatricians, Americans will know who is responsible.
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"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.
November 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
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How it started / How it’s going
November 30, 2025 at 12:49 AM
How it started / How it’s going
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November 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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Since Stephen Miller is in the midst of another of his Aryans-only trantrums, we should note that his family are 20th century immigrants from the shtetl of Antopol (Антопаль) then in the Hrodna gubernia of Russia. Applying his immigration rules, they would all have perished in the Holocaust.
Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle.
If my nephew’s ideas on immigration had been in force a century ago, our family would have been wiped out.
www.politico.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Since Stephen Miller is in the midst of another of his Aryans-only trantrums, we should note that his family are 20th century immigrants from the shtetl of Antopol (Антопаль) then in the Hrodna gubernia of Russia. Applying his immigration rules, they would all have perished in the Holocaust.
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Imagine getting ready for your daughter to come home from her freshman year of college for Thanksgiving, and the day of departure she goes MIA, and then 48 nightmarish hours later she calls you to tell her that ICE goons kidnapped her and shipped her to Honduras www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/25/m...
November 29, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Imagine getting ready for your daughter to come home from her freshman year of college for Thanksgiving, and the day of departure she goes MIA, and then 48 nightmarish hours later she calls you to tell her that ICE goons kidnapped her and shipped her to Honduras www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/25/m...
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What floors me is the media’s flat delivery of this administration’s actions. They just report it. Zero analysis or “hey, so this is against the Constitution but Congress does nothing.”
September 30, 2025 at 5:26 PM
What floors me is the media’s flat delivery of this administration’s actions. They just report it. Zero analysis or “hey, so this is against the Constitution but Congress does nothing.”
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Two things we learned today:
1. Pete Hegseth murdered *suspected* drug runners.
2. Donald Trump pardoned a *convicted* drug trafficker.
That’s where we are, folks.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
1. Pete Hegseth murdered *suspected* drug runners.
2. Donald Trump pardoned a *convicted* drug trafficker.
That’s where we are, folks.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Two things we learned today:
1. Pete Hegseth murdered *suspected* drug runners.
2. Donald Trump pardoned a *convicted* drug trafficker.
That’s where we are, folks.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
1. Pete Hegseth murdered *suspected* drug runners.
2. Donald Trump pardoned a *convicted* drug trafficker.
That’s where we are, folks.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
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I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
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The State of Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services’ entire FY2026 budget for all cash assistance programs, including Louisiana Family Independence Temporary Assistance Program (FITAP), STEP Transportation, Post-FITAP, electronic Healthy Incentive Program, and others is $42,661,206
November 27, 2025 at 1:32 AM
The State of Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services’ entire FY2026 budget for all cash assistance programs, including Louisiana Family Independence Temporary Assistance Program (FITAP), STEP Transportation, Post-FITAP, electronic Healthy Incentive Program, and others is $42,661,206
#DogDayAfternoon embodies everything that was disjointed and demoralized about the mid-Seventies, especially in bankrupt NYC. It premiered less than two months after the famous "FORD TO CITY: DROP DEAD" headline in the Daily News. #TCMParty
November 25, 2025 at 2:04 AM
#DogDayAfternoon embodies everything that was disjointed and demoralized about the mid-Seventies, especially in bankrupt NYC. It premiered less than two months after the famous "FORD TO CITY: DROP DEAD" headline in the Daily News. #TCMParty
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November 9. A day to remember Heroes in Berlin #Mauerfall
November 9, 2025 at 4:11 PM
November 9. A day to remember Heroes in Berlin #Mauerfall
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Trumpist rule consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: there must be a president and executive branch whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside its opponents and victims whom the law binds but does not protect.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/m...
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November 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Trumpist rule consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: there must be a president and executive branch whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside its opponents and victims whom the law binds but does not protect.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/m...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/m...
November 2, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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All you peacenik liberals wringing hands over what to do: Yes, of course, vote. It's your primary responsibility as a citizen.
But now more than ever, fulfill your second civic responsibility: Serve on juries. Never has it been more imperative to thwart rogue injustice.
But now more than ever, fulfill your second civic responsibility: Serve on juries. Never has it been more imperative to thwart rogue injustice.
October 11, 2025 at 8:56 PM
All you peacenik liberals wringing hands over what to do: Yes, of course, vote. It's your primary responsibility as a citizen.
But now more than ever, fulfill your second civic responsibility: Serve on juries. Never has it been more imperative to thwart rogue injustice.
But now more than ever, fulfill your second civic responsibility: Serve on juries. Never has it been more imperative to thwart rogue injustice.
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Texas is preparing emergency resources for wildfires and floods. The Texas National Guard should be THERE — not in Illinois.
We stand ready to support their return home so they are best positioned for helping Texans respond to any natural disasters.
We stand ready to support their return home so they are best positioned for helping Texans respond to any natural disasters.
Abbott activates emergency resources ahead of growing wildfire threat, flood risk in Texas
With expected growing wildfire danger across Texas and the potential for a flood risk this weekend, Gov. Greg Abbott is activating more state emergency response resources Friday.
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October 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Texas is preparing emergency resources for wildfires and floods. The Texas National Guard should be THERE — not in Illinois.
We stand ready to support their return home so they are best positioned for helping Texans respond to any natural disasters.
We stand ready to support their return home so they are best positioned for helping Texans respond to any natural disasters.
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Huh. Gonna be an awkward day for Secretary of State-National Security Advisor-Acting Archivist Marco Rubio.
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October 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Huh. Gonna be an awkward day for Secretary of State-National Security Advisor-Acting Archivist Marco Rubio.
www.rickscott.senate.gov/services/fil...
www.rickscott.senate.gov/services/fil...
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Get yourself a Congressperson who will codify Bivens.
October 5, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Get yourself a Congressperson who will codify Bivens.
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A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.
September 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.
@laurarbelin.bsky.social, I know it's been a crazy month, but there's a fascinating story waiting to be written about a former Iowa MOC who died early this month at 100: Merwin Coad. He imploded at age 36. Start with the links in the footnotes in his Wiki bio I wrote 17 years ago, and go from there.
September 24, 2025 at 1:25 AM
@laurarbelin.bsky.social, I know it's been a crazy month, but there's a fascinating story waiting to be written about a former Iowa MOC who died early this month at 100: Merwin Coad. He imploded at age 36. Start with the links in the footnotes in his Wiki bio I wrote 17 years ago, and go from there.
The great unwritten piece of investigative journalism for this decade is "What Trump Was Up To" when he flew to Mar-a-Lago in 2021 with many boxes full of classified documents. There seemed to be general disinterest among the mainstream sleuths in trying to answer that question. Who will write it?
September 6, 2025 at 12:19 AM
The great unwritten piece of investigative journalism for this decade is "What Trump Was Up To" when he flew to Mar-a-Lago in 2021 with many boxes full of classified documents. There seemed to be general disinterest among the mainstream sleuths in trying to answer that question. Who will write it?
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I think Illinois can and should sue Texas in the Supreme Court’s original jurisdiction and seek a preliminary injunction against the use of any un-federalized Texas National Guard troops in Illinois.
September 2, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I think Illinois can and should sue Texas in the Supreme Court’s original jurisdiction and seek a preliminary injunction against the use of any un-federalized Texas National Guard troops in Illinois.
The courtroom scenes in #MyFavoriteWife are the best I've seen in any screwball comedy - especially the scene near the end of the film (with all the stars lined up before the bench, and the judge delivering advice about what should have been included in the brief). #SummerUnderTheStars #TCMParty
September 1, 2025 at 12:42 AM
The courtroom scenes in #MyFavoriteWife are the best I've seen in any screwball comedy - especially the scene near the end of the film (with all the stars lined up before the bench, and the judge delivering advice about what should have been included in the brief). #SummerUnderTheStars #TCMParty
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Dearest Martha,
The National Guard stand solemn watch at the Krispy Kreme tonight. I cannot tell if they defend the people from the donuts, or the donuts from the people. Powdered sugar hangs in the air like cannon smoke. Jensen took a hot coffee to the face, he may never recover.
Yours in glaze,
The National Guard stand solemn watch at the Krispy Kreme tonight. I cannot tell if they defend the people from the donuts, or the donuts from the people. Powdered sugar hangs in the air like cannon smoke. Jensen took a hot coffee to the face, he may never recover.
Yours in glaze,
August 27, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Dearest Martha,
The National Guard stand solemn watch at the Krispy Kreme tonight. I cannot tell if they defend the people from the donuts, or the donuts from the people. Powdered sugar hangs in the air like cannon smoke. Jensen took a hot coffee to the face, he may never recover.
Yours in glaze,
The National Guard stand solemn watch at the Krispy Kreme tonight. I cannot tell if they defend the people from the donuts, or the donuts from the people. Powdered sugar hangs in the air like cannon smoke. Jensen took a hot coffee to the face, he may never recover.
Yours in glaze,
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Wonder if Trump or anyone asked Putin why he hacked the U.S. Court Systems this past week.
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The US Federal Court Filing System has been breached - and all the fingers are pointing to Russia
Recent breach is allegedly the work of Russia
www.techradar.com
August 16, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Wonder if Trump or anyone asked Putin why he hacked the U.S. Court Systems this past week.
www.techradar.com/pro/security...
www.techradar.com/pro/security...