Journalist. Political Analyst. Tech. Founder—AhmedBaba.News. Columnist @Independent. Co-founded @ranttmedia. Seen on MS NOW, CNN, etc. Bookings—ahmed@rantt.com
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May 14
Trump is the most openly anti-Black president in modern history.
Gerrymandering away Black majority districts. DEI rollbacks and mass federal layoffs targeting the heavily Black federal workforce. Rising Black unemployment.
It’s all connected, and it was all a part of the plan.
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My wife is in labor!
@nyknicks, you have to win so my son is born in NYC on the day New York wins the NBA finals for the first time in 53 years. Give this baby a story to tell.
My baby is about to arrive, Knicks in 5!!!
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Jun 12
These aren’t full reps. Bad form.
Jun 11
America’s @SECWAR CRUSHED 44 reps on the bench after a morning run with the troops yesterday in GTMO.
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Jun 12
Trump is weak and leading the Republican Party into political ruin.
Trump's approval is tanking, inflation just hit 4.2%, and his base is actively fracturing.
Here's the full picture of a lame duck president burning through his political capital and revitalizing his opposition.
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Jun 12
Trump inherited at least $413 million from his daddy and still managed to bankrupt multiple casinos. He would have a higher net worth today if he just left his money in the S&P 500. But he sits there in all his unearned mediocre privilege attacking migrants who came from nothing.
Jun 11
Trump: "Guys like me built the country. I watch all these ingrates, they're always complaining, complaining. They didn't build anything, they couldn't build anything. Look at what's happened in Minnesota. Somalia."
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Jun 11
Trump is helping Black people? Lies.
Trump is the most openly anti-Black president in modern history. Period.
Anti-DEI federal layoffs targeted the heavily Black federal workforce, surging Black unemployment. They’re also gutting voting rights.
I outlined this on MS NOW:
Cooper: I represent one of the largest conservative African American groups and we believe that the kinds of policies that we're seeing under this administration is specifically helping Black Americans. I was so convinced of it, I actually wrote a book about.
Phillip: The Black unemployment rate skyrocketed basically as soon as Donald Trump got into office.
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Jun 10
If you think masked men burning the homes of random immigrants is a rational response to the crimes of an individual, then you’re insane.
The far right’s generalization of immigrants is depraved and dangerous.
What we’ve seen in Belfast is lynch mob behavior. Full stop.
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Jun 10
In our latest conversation, BBC News and Sky News contributor James Matthewson and I broke down the unacceptable racist violence in Belfast and the global far-right network inciting it.
Watch and subscribe: ahmedbaba.news/p/racist-viol…
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Jun 10
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Jun 10
“Trickle-down” economics is a myth. The wealth never trickles down.
Tax cuts for corporations go to stock buybacks, not wages. Tax cuts for billionaires get hoarded, not shared.
Now we have the K-shaped economy. Rich get richer, poor get poorer.
We need rising tide economics.
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Jun 10
Educator, activist, and former Rep. Jamaal Bowman and I discuss the need for rising tide economics. You can watch in full here: ahmedbaba.news/p/jamaal-bowm…
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Jun 9
Aside from how disastrous this would be for CNN’s domestic political coverage, CNN has some of the best international journalists on the planet. The incompetence and ideological tilt Bari Weiss has demonstrated at CBS would be corrosive to global journalism.
Jun 9
Axios: "If Paramount Skydance's deal with Warner Bros. Discovery goes through, Bari Weiss would oversee all news editorial across both CBS News and CNN." axios.com/2026/06/09/cbs-new…
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Jun 9
Unmistakably calling a lie a lie is important. @CharlesMBlow is always holding the line on reality
Blow: The is a news show on a news channel and I have an ethical responsibility to say you are lying.
Lambert: Do not call me a liar on national TV sir! You are a liar!
Blow: You are liar.
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Jun 9
My sources tell me this boo reverberated throughout the multiverse
Trump isn’t just getting booed inside of MSG, he’s getting booed all across NYC
Video: AP
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Jun 9
You know how unpopular you have to be to get booed during the national anthem? Trump getting the respect he shows others: None
Jun 9
Trump, shown on camera during the national anthem, is booed loudly at MSG
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Jun 8
This is one of the most remarkable interviews I’ve ever seen. Scott Pelley, veteran journalist, forcefully calling out the incompetent & politically corrosive impact of Bari Weiss on CBS News.
A defense of ethical journalism in an era of right-wing slop. youtube.com/watch?v=ePqdmbgQ…
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Jun 8
Don Lemon and I talked about how important it is Scott Pelley is speaking out:
Jun 4
Scott Pelley said he was asked to inject falsehoods into a story and that new CBS management is trying to curry favor with Trump.
Instead of capitulating, Pelley spoke truth to power and stood up to the right-wing attack on the Fourth Estate and America’s info infrastructure.
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Jun 7
Trump unravels when his delusional unreality faces the slightest pushback.
When he’s out of his sycophantic bubble, he’s forced to grapple with the fragility of his lies, the backlash to his overreach, and his mounting political weakness. He can’t handle the truth.
Jun 7
WOW -- Trump crashes out and cuts his interview with Welker short as she presses him on his lack of evidence for claiming elections are rigged
"You're either crooked or you're stupid. Let's call it quits. Because I've had enough. Thank you darling," he tells her."
"I traveled all the way to Wisconsin for this interview," she pleads.
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Jun 7
I’ve written extensively about how Trump uses lies as a tool to bolster his authoritarian project.
Fortunately, his house of cards is falling, as polling and elections show a majority of Americans see through his lies.
Consider subscribing to my Substack:ahmedbaba.news/
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Jun 6
Trump has pardoned Stephen Buyer, a former GOP Rep who was convicted of insider trading in 2023.
What message does this send to the insiders making millions on prediction markets and trades ahead of Trump’s fake “Iran deal” announcements? Keep going.
nytimes.com/2026/06/06/us/po…
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