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Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 1d

Black people in Chicago had their apartment building raided in the middle of the night, were detained for hours, and had their Fourth Amendment rights violated during an ICE operation that had nothing to do with them. Nah, they are not thrilled.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Stephen Miller: "The Black people in Chicago are thrilled that we're getting the illegal aliens out of their communities who are stealing their housing, jobs, and resources."

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Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 2d

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At first, warning about it. Now, analyzing its implementation.

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Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 2d

I wrote one of the first explainers on Project 2025 all the way back in November 2023.

It’s unsettling how much of this turned out to come true.

What Is Project 2025 And Why Is It So Dangerous?

Project 2025 is an authoritarian plot to replace tens of thousands of federal workers with GOP loyalists, dismantle federal agencies, and turn the federal government into a tool of the far-right.

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Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 3d

An Institute for Justice lawyer replied to me on Twitter. They already have one class action lawsuit in Alabama and are working on getting in touch with the citizens impacted by the Chicago ICE raid.

Here’s their contact page: ij.org/about-us/con...

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Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 3d

If a Dem POTUS, let’s say Obama, spoke about fellow Americans the way Trump does, Republicans would freak out.

If he called Republicans the enemy within and deployed the military to GOP-led cities, he would’ve been impeached within 24 hours.

Trump does it to Dems, GOP applauds.

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Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 3d

Seems to me there’s escalating evidence for a massive class action lawsuit against ICE for systemic 4th Amendment violations.

Searching an entire apartment building, zip tying children, and detaining citizens 100% constitutes unreasonable searches and seizures. One example of many.

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Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 4d

This Chicago ICE raid is inhumane. Terrorizing an entire apartment building in the middle of the night, separating families, detaining children, and harassing innocent people is indefensible.

This has to stop.

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 5d

According to eyewitnesses, armed ICE agents dragged kids out of their beds in the middle of the night, zip tied them and put them in rented vans while raiding an * entire apartment building* on the South Side of Chicago.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXO...

‘F--- them kids’: ICE agents drag children out of bed, ransack Chicago building

YouTube video by MSNBC

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Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 5d

Also, Trump referring to the shutdown as an “unprecedented opportunity” makes it pretty easy for Democrats to say Trump wanted this shutdown

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Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 5d

Trump’s post touting Vought’s ties to Project 2025 just handed Democrats a messaging layup.

As these funding cuts and layoffs roll in, Dems can credibly call this a “Project 2025 Shutdown,” and expand beyond healthcare to include critiques of Trump’s broader authoritarian agenda.

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Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 6d

I wrote this piece yesterday and Trump’s post just 100% confirmed the premise
www.ahmedbaba.news/p/trump-and-...

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Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 6d

Trump went from lying about his ties to Project 2025 in 2024 to basically bragging about its implementation today. Unreal. Can’t say we didn’t warn the public about this

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 6d

Trump: "I have a meeting today with Russ Vought, he of PROJECT 2025 Fame, to determine which of the many Democrat Agencies, most of which are a political SCAM, he recommends to be cut ... I can’t believe the Radical Left Democrats gave me this unprecedented opportunity."

I have a meeting today with Russ Vought, he of PROJECT 2025 Fame, to determine which of the many Democrat Agencies, most of which are a political SCAM, he recommends to be cut, and whether or not those cuts will be temporary or permanent. I can’t believe the Radical Left Democrats gave me this unprecedented opportunity. They are not stupid people, so maybe this is their way of wanting to, quietly and quickly, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! President DJT

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Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 6d

Remember when Trump directed the prosecution of a political target a few days ago?

An act that would’ve ended any other presidency in a sane reality has completely moved out of the news cycle and his party is still 100% behind him. Crazy.

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Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 6d

The Trump Administration is using the government shutdown as a pretext to speedrun their planned purges of nonpartisan federal workers.

This is a key goal of Project 2025, which Russell Vought helped craft.

Trump & Russell Vought Plan To Exploit The Shutdown To Accelerate Project 2025

The Trump Administration is using the government shutdown as a pretext to speedrun their planned purges of federal workers, executing a key goal of Project 2025 - which Russell Vought helped craft.

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Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 6d

It’s pretty clear that Donald Trump and Russell Vought plan to exploit the shutdown to accelerate the Project 2025 goal of purging federal workers and replacing them with loyalists

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Trump: "When you shut it down, you have to do layoffs. So, we'd be laying off a lot of people that are going to be very affected, and they're gonna be Democrats."

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Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 8d

Hegseth calls for overhauling the inspector general process while he’s currently under investigation by the Pentagon’s Inspector General for Signalgate

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Hegseth: "We are overhauling an inspector general process that has been weaponized, putting complainers and poor performers in the driver seat. We are doing the same with the equal opportunity policies. No more frivolous complaints, no more anonymous complains ... no more walking on eggshells."

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Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 8d

Hegseth said the military must be apolitical while delivering an overtly political speech

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Hegseth: "No more dudes in dresses. No more climate change worship ... we are done with that shit."

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Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 10d

Aw thank you! Really appreciate you

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Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 10d

President Trump isn’t delivering the unifying leadership America needs.

Instead, he’s exploiting this moment to justify targeting liberal groups and flat-out lying about the left being responsible for most of the political violence in America.

The data indicates the opposite.

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Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 10d

Trump personally directed the prosecution of a political target, despite U.S. prosecutors repeatedly saying there wasn’t enough evidence to charge.

Biden never did that.

This is what real weaponization of the DOJ looks like.

I went toe-to-toe with Scott Jennings on the facts.

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Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 11d

I’ll be on @cnn.com’s Table for Five with Abby Phillip at 10 am EST for the full hour to discuss another consequential week in America.

I’m on with Scott Jennings, @adammockler.com, and Alyssa Farah Griffin. You’re not gonna want to miss this - tune in 🙌🏾

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Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 12d

James Comey has been indicted

Let’s be clear about what happened:

1. Trump demanded Comey be indicted.

2. Erik Siebert refused to bring charges and resigned — U.S. prosecutors said there wasn’t enough evidence.

3. Trump installed loyalist Lindsey Halligan.

4. Comey indicted.

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Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 14d

Hillary Clinton nailed it. This is exactly what many of us have been saying. Trump’s authoritarian actions are directly harming our economic well-being. While he’s abusing power and corruptly enriching himself, he’s raising our prices and healthcare costs. That’s the message.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14d

Hillary Clinton: "Your economic standing, your wellbeing is directly connected to the abuse of power. How do you hold a president who's abusing power, raising costs, imposing tariffs, raising healthcare costs, how do you hold that president accountable in a midterm? You vote against his party"

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Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 14d

Yes. Who among us doesn’t start our days with speeches to our wives about how we plan to defeat our political enemies. “Skip the coffee, feed me extremism” is my home motto. Totally normal.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 14d

Watters: What is it like being married to Stephen Miller?

Miller: He's an incredibly inspiring man who gets me going in the morning with his speeches being like let's start the day, I'm going to defeat the left and we are going to win.

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Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 15d

The more corporations, journalists, entertainers, and everyday Americans defy Trump, the weaker he is.

We shouldn’t cede power to Trump that he doesn’t have yet. Underneath the bluster, he’s a historically unpopular president terrified of losing the midterms.

Keep the faith.

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Ahmed Baba @ahmedbaba.bsky.social · 15d

A few days and billions of dollars in lost market cap later and Kimmel is coming back.

He shouldn’t have been suspended in the first place, but this is good to see.

Now, enough with these unnecessary corporate capitulations please.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 15d

New: Jimmy Kimmel Live! will return on Tuesday

"We have spent the last days having thoughtful conversations with Jimmy, and after those conversations, we reached the decision to return the show on Tuesday."

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