Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Pete Hegseth’s “anti-woke” purges have nothing to do with strength. He fired highly qualified, decorated officers, who dedicated years to their country, simply because of their identity. He’s the unqualified one. I called this out on MS NOW last week. He said it out loud today. 107128
Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Everyone says Trump is just a symptom. @jamaalbowmanny.bsky.social has a name for the disease. He calls it "The Hunger" (bigotry, war-mongering, ravenous capitalism). He calls the fight against it "The Healing." His new memoir, Unpolished, traces both through his life and the country's. 183
Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 29/09/2026We have the most incurious president at the worst possible time 2203
Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This is what happens when you surround yourself with loyalists. No one has the balls to tell Donald that superintelligence is a term that describes AI hitting a future state where it surpasses human intelligence? You can’t just rebrand AI with a tech term that already exists 1237
Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 27/09/2026He is so out of his depth it’s embarrassing. We have the worst possible president at the AI inflection moment. The opportunity cost of putting this guy back in office is vast. 501034178
Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Trump has turned the presidency into a profit machine for him and his cronies. Every decision he makes is tainted by conflicts of interest. While he grifts billions, his moves directly raise prices for Americans who are already struggling. His corruption is a tax on all of us. 1012041847
Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Some Republicans are trying to distance themselves from Trump. But it's too late. The "Snake" poem Trump used to recite was a warning about himself. Republicans knew exactly who he was. They empowered him anyway. This November, they'll pay the price for that corrupt bargain. 911032
Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Nearly 60% of the senior officers Pete Hegseth has fired are Black or female. But they make up fewer than 20% of generals and admirals. His anti-DEI purges clearly targeted Black, female, and trans officers. They were highly qualified. Hegseth is the unqualified one. 2239
Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Trump calls AI concerns a hoax. But the risks are real. His opposition to regulation is pure self-interest. He has investments in AI companies that are propping up the market. If AI slows, he knows the K-shaped economy could become a cliff-shaped one. We need real leadership. 1156
Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Democrats are on offense, and Republicans are on defense. Republicans are now being forced to spend resources defending red states like Texas and Kansas. Democrats have a wider Senate midterm map than anyone expected, and it's all thanks to Trump's reckless, failing presidency. 0135
Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Lmao this is incredible. Trump’s worst nightmare: Being deprived of a microphone. 44810
Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This is the kind of media solidarity we need to see in the face of Trump's attacks on the First Amendment. Rob this egomaniac of his life force: attention. 1339
Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 19/09/2026This is a blatantly unconstitutional move by a fragile wannabe authoritarian. I expect lawsuits to fly. I also hope to see some solidarity from the other members of the White House press pool. The White House is not Trump’s house. It’s the people’s. Free press access is ours. 22711
Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Thin-skinned Donald can't handle the accurate reporting and tough questions about his failing presidency and wants to surround himself with propagandists. This isn't the Trump Admin's first effort to restrict free press access. Expect lawsuits to fly on First Amendment grounds. 0153
Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I’ve never seen a party this deserving of losing the majority. Not only are they abdicating their oversight responsibility and enabling Trump’s corruption, they’re refusing to pursue common sense affordability measures or regulate AI. Just lazy, inexcusable negligence. 23918
Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 15/09/2026It turns out, racially profiling, systemically separating families, brutalizing, and in some cases killing members of the Latino community isn’t popular with the Latino community 57816
Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 13/09/2026It’s always frustrating to spot a grifter early, get heat for calling them out, and then everyone catches on to the con after damage has already been done. It’s especially frustrating when that grifter is allegedly “on your side.” 1164
Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Trump dismisses the AI risk warnings, says they’re from “negative forces” that “shouldn’t be bringing it up.” These warnings are from frontier AI leaders. Amodei, Altman, and even Musk agree pacing is needed. A serious POTUS would seek global pacing coordination. But we have Trump. 1204
Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Next week, Trump’s DOJ will be back in court seeking to revive the dismissed indictments of James Comey & Letitia James. When Comey was first indicted, Scott Jennings defended it on CNN. I debunked his deflections live. The truth: Trump’s abuses of power are the worst in US history. 12011
Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 10/09/2026In order to thrive in the Black MAGA grift you don’t have to be particularly talented. Any mediocre person can do it. You just have to have a shamelessly high capacity for embarrassment as you perform for the most openly anti-Black President in modern American history. Tim Scott has that. 46848149
Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Whether you believe the worst-case AI predictions or not, we're way beyond the threshold worthy of robust regulation. The self-organized AI swarm hack of Hugging Face has taken the risks to new levels, making these existential warnings more credible. We need to move. 1175
Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Government corruption and incompetence are a tax on the American people. Both in actual dollar amounts and the opportunity cost of what we won’t achieve during this foolish admin. There have been measurable setbacks to human progress. Next admin must boldly rebuild and push forward. 0218
Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Good thing we have a non-gridlocked federal government run by serious people who we can trust to handle this and not a coalition of nutjob anti-intellectual egomaniacal grifters. Right? Right? 02610
Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The opportunity cost of Trump’s presidency is staggering. A self-organizing AI swarm launched a cyberattack. Unregulated profit-driven AI companies are racing toward superintelligence. Rather than handle the existential tech challenge of our time, Trump has us bogged down in foolishness. 32814
Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 08/09/2026These months of new-fatherhood joy, and not being fully tuned into the daily algorithm, were clarifying. Stepping back let me think a lot about what kind of journalist I want to be. I want to inform and cultivate curiosity, not clout-chase and outrage bait. 2173
Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The story of the Trump presidency is a wannabe authoritarian who flew too close to the sun and rendered himself a weak lame duck. He abused his power, launched a foolish war, and raised prices while he enriched himself. Now, the GOP will rightfully pay for it at the ballot box. 4278
Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 06/09/2026If we played every controversial and vile thing right-wing figures, with greater influence on the GOP than Piker has on Dems, has said, the reel would last hours. Why isn’t every Republican being asked to denounce Laura Loomer? Or the daily depravity unleashed by the President himself? 461283242
Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Another excellent data point for Democrats ahead of the midterms. Data from Gallup shows that Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents have their largest advantage over Republicans since 2008. Story from the NYT: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/05/u... 12110
Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 04/09/2026When one person in the pro-democracy coalition says something offensive, the entire Democratic ecosystem is asked to condemn it. Meanwhile, the right is a cesspool of vile rhetoric where depravity is expected. This double standard has to stop. 4216
Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 04/09/2026When one person in the pro-democracy coalition says something offensive, the entire Democratic ecosystem is asked to condemn it. Meanwhile, the right is a cesspool of vile rhetoric where depravity is expected. This double standard has to stop. 083
Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 03/09/2026One of the biggest asymmetries in our politics is how much depravity is expected from Republicans. They benefit from low expectations. Democrats are held to a higher moral standard than Republicans, because they hold themselves to one. This creates a double standard in media coverage. 1299
Reposted by Ahmed BabaEvan Hurst @evanhurst.substack.com · 02/09/2026Birth Of A Nation-style politics is the only thing they have. 13113
Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Right-wingers always bring up a totally unrelated violent crime committed by a random immigrant whenever they're presented with the Trump Admin unleashing brutality on an innocent immigrant, for one reason: A dehumanizing effort to make the case for collective punishment. 26421
Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Meta’s settlement is a band-aid. Its toxic algorithm is the problem. These platforms are engineered to exploit our worst impulses. That is a choice. If your platforms are so toxic that they’re harmful to kids, then you need a top-down re-engineering of your algorithm and incentive structures. 0176
Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 27/08/2026I have a bigger-picture take on Meta's settlement. If your platforms are so toxic that they're detrimental to the health of kids, then you need a top-down re-engineering of your algorithm and incentive structures. We need federal regulation, transparency, and algorithm changes. 1198
Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Trump's overall approval rating and support among Republicans are at an all-time low. Democrats lead the generic ballot by a margin larger than they need to overcome GOP gerrymandering. Political gravity still exists. Republicans are sinking along with him, and they deserve it. 3184
Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Trump pursued Project 2025. He's raised prices. The rich got a historic tax cut. DHS got billions more after ICE killed American citizens. The Iran War rages on. Republicans could have stopped all of it. They empowered it instead. The GOP owns this disastrous presidency. 33210
Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Maybe if Target hadn’t ended its DEI programs there would’ve been some Black people around to say this is racist as hell 69680190
Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Trump ripped the mask off the modern GOP. He revealed a party willing to push the country to the brink of authoritarianism as long as they had proximity to power. Republicans knew who Trump was when they backed him. Now, their corrupt bargain is backfiring as Trump fails. 22513
Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 24/08/2026In 2016, Lindsey Graham warned that nominating Trump would destroy the GOP. He was right. Republicans knew exactly who Trump was when they made their corrupt bargain backing him. Now, his approval is tanking and he’s dragging the party down with him. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ykN...youtube.comCorrupt Bargain: How Trump Is Destroying The Republican PartyYouTube video by Ahmed Baba News 0125
Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Ossoff demonstrated some narrative power this week. He said Natalie Harp’s name one time and it dominated the news cycle for a week. It triggered MAGA (highlighting their hypocrisy) and led to White House staff leaks revealing she refused a security clearance for over a year. 15118
Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 19/08/2026I’ve seen politicians reveal their ignorance with terrible answers, but have never seen a Senate candidate openly admit they’re “not that informed on national security.” An answer that should disqualify her from the nom. But who knows. We’re year 10 into American idiocracy. 14014
Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Trump’s former (and de facto current) personal lawyer turned AG is here refusing to pledge to run an independent DOJ. No more “norms.” Next Democratic POTUS and Congress must codify DOJ prosecutorial independence into law, and close every other corruption loophole Trump has exploited. 2188
Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Multiple polls have found Trump's overall approval rating and support among Republicans at an all-time low. The American people are rejecting his abuses of power, betrayals of his campaign promises, fruitless wars, and price hikes. He's leading the GOP to political ruin. 23312
Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Trump is grifting billions while raising prices on Americans and spending nearly $900M of our taxpayer dollars on his vanity projects. Our affordability crisis is the culmination of the lie of trickle-down economics. Now, we have trickle-up economics into Donald's pockets. 13215
Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 14/08/2026The killers of Renee Good, Alex Pretti, Joan Sebastian Guerrero, and Lorenzo Salgado Araujo are still walking free. There have been no criminal charges. Instead, the Trump Admin has lied to try and protect them. ICE doesn’t need shock gloves. They need accountability. 13110
Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 13/08/2026We’re going back to back. One hit on MS NOW down, next, I’ll be live at the @siriusxmprog.bsky.social studio with the incomparable @johnfugelsang.bsky.social shortly after noon. Tune in 🙌🏾 www.siriusxm.com/blog/tag/joh... 3303
Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 13/08/2026On my way to the @ms.now studio for a full hour of @moneypowerpolitics.bsky.social with the brilliant @ahylton26.bsky.social and a powerhouse panel. Tune in at 10 am ET 🙌🏾 1101
Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Karoline Leavitt is dipping out right before Democrats likely take the House majority (possibly the Senate) and corruption investigations and subpoenas fly. Don’t be surprised if more resign before January. 3418
Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Compelling victory remarks from David Crowley just now. If it’s your first time hearing from him, it’s a very strong first impression. A no brainer for who to support in the general - Crowley is facing off against Republican election denier Tom Tiffany in a swing state. 1194