CJ Baker

I know it's a bit gauche to compliment oneself on social media, but the heck with it: I'm proud of sneaking this one into print.

.@jason_koebler didn't just write a great essay here—he captured the mess that arises from everyone using the same AI tools to do or edit all their writing.

Two men promised 3D-printed homes would bring back this small town. They said God had sent them. So why is there just one cracked duplex? @propublica and @CapitolNewsIL, with @MollyParkerSI reporting, have this mystery out today: propublica.org/article/3d-pri…

How Epstein Helped Solve a Billionaire’s Problems With Women nytimes.com/2026/03/23/bus… via @NYTimes

MUST READ: A bombshell NYT investigation shows that Cesar Chavez sexually abused young girls. Dolores Huerta also discloses for first time that that Chavez raped her. So much more from Manny Fernandez and Sarah Hurtes —> nytimes.com/2026/03/18/us/…

It's business as usual for hunters and outfitters as an insidious disease tightens its deadly grip on nine prized mule deer herds that dwell in the Bighorn Basin. New plans targeting CWD in the area have been debuted, but their effect remains to be seen. wyofile.com/despite-cwd-su…

Gamblers trying to win a bet on Polymarket are vowing to kill me if I don’t rewrite an Iran missile story This is my account: timesofisrael.com/gamblers-tryin…

Sen. Lummis is not having it.

This same person fabricated a story about 9/11 a few years back. Back when I was in journalism school this would be a blacklist-level incident that would guarantee you would never work as a reporter again. But she was still freelancing. Wild. coloradomedia.substack.com/p/-a-front-pag…

@IAmNickReynolds While I don't have any inside knowledge, I would guess it would help quite a bit to start going by a different name?

Looking back to my old stomping grounds, a "reporter" is facing 65 years in prison for fabricating documents in opposition of a controversial wind farm project. I highly recommend not doing this! cowboystatedaily.com/2026/03/13/rep…

A Wyoming reporter faces 10 felony charges for allegedly forging documents and lying about her credentials while opposing a controversial wind farm project in southeastern Wyoming. cowboystatedaily.com/2026/03/13/rep…

NEW: Inside details on how more than $1 billion flowed through Binance accounts to Iran-linked entities, including a 79-yr-old Chinese VIP user and a suspected Iranian gold smuggler "This is not merely a red flag, it is an immediate escalation trigger," said a former prosecutor

A Powell police officer resigned his post after he was found to have driven his patrol vehicle with a blood alcohol concentration that appeared to be near the legal limit. powelltribune.com/stories/powell…

NEWS: A Justice Dept. line attorney in North Carolina fabricated quotes in court filing, causing judge to order hearing to consider sanctions and holding entire US attorney’s office jointly responsible. Pro se defendant flagged the errors. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/fe…

The Wyoming Highway Patrol is being audited after the agency blew past its annual overtime budget by more than $2.4 million last year. "We used more than 50,000 hours of overtime, which was a cost of over $4 million," patrol chief Col. Tim Cameron said. cowboystatedaily.com/2026/03/05/wyo…

Rather than remaining silent in court, a stalking suspect spewed profanity, admitted that she'd keyed the word "whore" into the alleged victim's vehicle and made new threats. “Well, you’ve made my job really easy, ma’am,” the judge said. powelltribune.com/stories/stalki…

Someone’s looking for a pardon and doesn’t realize the Clarity Act would have you locked up for much longer than 25 years. My legislation couldn’t be more different than the bill you tried to buy from Congress over my objection in 2022. We do not need—nor want—your support.

"The financing deals have raised alarms among lawmakers, who say they want to know what portion of the billions poised to be diverted from government services to victims of horrific sex abuse will go to opaque private investors." from @Rjaellis latimes.com/california/sto…

SCOOP: Flock left at least 60 of its AI-powered, people-tracking surveillance cameras exposed and livestreaming to the open internet. We tracked ourselves. The exposure highlights the power of these cameras and types of things they're tracking. Not just cars

A Trump administration official said the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, a source of "climate alarmism," will be dismantled. The future of NCAR's supercomputer in Cheyenne is uncertain. - @WyoFile #ClimateCrisis wyofile.com/wyoming-scient…