Alex Baker
@aabaker.bsky.social
Former (and hopefully future) Dem. data staffer, AZ->Chicago. Russian-American, Double Devil. Cardinals/Bears fan.
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I'm just not convinced there is anyone who understands the depth of this depravity in our political class more than she does
AOC on DHS Warehouses: I think every American should be alarmed. They are building—and have built—a black box system that disappears people, both immigrants and U.S. citizens alike.
February 10, 2026 at 2:06 AM
I'm just not convinced there is anyone who understands the depth of this depravity in our political class more than she does
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What’s the last broadly popular piece of culture that has modern conservative premises at its heart? I really genuinely have trouble thinking of what it could be.
February 9, 2026 at 3:19 AM
What’s the last broadly popular piece of culture that has modern conservative premises at its heart? I really genuinely have trouble thinking of what it could be.
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Imagery which deeply recalls the Good Neighbor Policy. A deeply nostalgic and hopeful Halftime Show.
February 9, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Imagery which deeply recalls the Good Neighbor Policy. A deeply nostalgic and hopeful Halftime Show.
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The vibe of the Halftime Show
February 9, 2026 at 1:40 AM
The vibe of the Halftime Show
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Sometimes I think “everyone is twelve” is overstated. Then I see the literal health secretary announcing that he will never eat his vegetables and you can’t make him.
RFK Jr on what he'll eat during the Super Bowl: "I am on a carnivore diet so I just eat meat and ferments, and I'm very happy with that. So I'm probably going to have yogurt."
February 8, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Sometimes I think “everyone is twelve” is overstated. Then I see the literal health secretary announcing that he will never eat his vegetables and you can’t make him.
There's censorship and then there's censoring out the word "butt" in a delivery app menu.
February 8, 2026 at 6:28 PM
There's censorship and then there's censoring out the word "butt" in a delivery app menu.
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A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
February 8, 2026 at 5:06 AM
A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
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Trump and the NYT and the WaPo working together to change the definition of elite from "billionaire with private plane in Florida" to "Barista NYU student" is because they knew the Epstein Files were gonna come out and didn't want everyone to realize the elites are pedos and in control
February 5, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Trump and the NYT and the WaPo working together to change the definition of elite from "billionaire with private plane in Florida" to "Barista NYU student" is because they knew the Epstein Files were gonna come out and didn't want everyone to realize the elites are pedos and in control
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This is a great piece. Loved this anecdote.
February 8, 2026 at 1:03 AM
This is a great piece. Loved this anecdote.
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This entire administration exists solely to kill and torture brown and black people and to protect and promote the Epstein Class. That's the entire job of this Federal government. Why should we fund this
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has said he had "limited interactions" with Jeffrey Epstein, but documents show they were in business together as recently as 2014.
www.cbsnews.com/news/howard-...
www.cbsnews.com/news/howard-...
Lutnick and Epstein were in business together, Epstein files show
Though the commerce secretary has called his interactions with Epstein as "limited," the two were in business together four years after Epstein's 2008 guilty plea.
www.cbsnews.com
February 8, 2026 at 12:44 AM
This entire administration exists solely to kill and torture brown and black people and to protect and promote the Epstein Class. That's the entire job of this Federal government. Why should we fund this
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They took the time to lift tons of things word for word from this piece I wrote, but not to mention once that they were taking credit for my work.
www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti...
www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti...
The brutal story of the 1936 Popular Olympics: a boycott of fascism and Hitler
Athletes took up arms when alternative games protesting the Olympics in Nazi Germany were overtaken by war.
www.nationalgeographic.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:42 AM
They took the time to lift tons of things word for word from this piece I wrote, but not to mention once that they were taking credit for my work.
www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti...
www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti...
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he was more right than he knew, smh
February 7, 2026 at 6:12 AM
he was more right than he knew, smh
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By the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet
February 7, 2026 at 3:38 AM
By the way, for those of you not in MN: Homan’s strategy was to withdraw some agents, so it felt like we were in the denouement of the crisis, and then escalate hard against observers. They’re being incredibly aggressive with observers now. National media may not want to check out just yet
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Guy has writer’s block, goes to the doctor.
Wants to write more poems but can’t get words out.
Doc says maybe your pen is just empty.
Go see great pen guy, Bic Pen Tammiter.
But doctor, iambic pentameter
Wants to write more poems but can’t get words out.
Doc says maybe your pen is just empty.
Go see great pen guy, Bic Pen Tammiter.
But doctor, iambic pentameter
February 6, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Guy has writer’s block, goes to the doctor.
Wants to write more poems but can’t get words out.
Doc says maybe your pen is just empty.
Go see great pen guy, Bic Pen Tammiter.
But doctor, iambic pentameter
Wants to write more poems but can’t get words out.
Doc says maybe your pen is just empty.
Go see great pen guy, Bic Pen Tammiter.
But doctor, iambic pentameter
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Pour one out for every professional political pundit, writer, consultant whatever that has spent the last decade trying to pretend that the Trump phenomenon was about trade or opiates and not a big chunk of white america losing its mind over having a black president bsky.app/profile/kyle...
A screenshot from a video posted on Trump's Truth Social account: truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
February 6, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Pour one out for every professional political pundit, writer, consultant whatever that has spent the last decade trying to pretend that the Trump phenomenon was about trade or opiates and not a big chunk of white america losing its mind over having a black president bsky.app/profile/kyle...
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the federal government is nearly universally staffed with people who are so dedicated to caring about their neighbors that they volunteer to take a steep pay cut and absurd job instability just to be able to help make your life better without any expectation of thanks
consider my ass and my hole
consider my ass and my hole
So, my liberal buds, my progressive pals: you know how you're beginning to realize that ICE (perhaps the whole of DHS?) is structured to allow abuses, riddled with career psychopaths, utterly beyond saving as an institution?
Now, consider, in the spirit of inquiry: the entire federal government
Now, consider, in the spirit of inquiry: the entire federal government
February 5, 2026 at 5:39 PM
the federal government is nearly universally staffed with people who are so dedicated to caring about their neighbors that they volunteer to take a steep pay cut and absurd job instability just to be able to help make your life better without any expectation of thanks
consider my ass and my hole
consider my ass and my hole
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so, some personal news
Was this very mid-2000s emo person press-ganged into ICE servitude?
February 6, 2026 at 4:33 AM
so, some personal news
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karen bass' remarks are reminiscent of 'thoughts and prayers' language after mass shootings
in case you think it's hyperbole, annual gun deaths in the US are similar to annual deaths from motor vehicles
in case you think it's hyperbole, annual gun deaths in the US are similar to annual deaths from motor vehicles
There was once a plan to run a bus lane and a protected bicycle lanes down Westwood Boulevard. It might have been one of Los Angeles' great promenades. Instead, NIMBYs killed the proposal, and now it's a round-the-clock car sewer where people randomly die in extremely violent ways.
2 dead, 5 injured after car crashes into 99 Ranch Market in Westwood
February 6, 2026 at 4:30 AM
karen bass' remarks are reminiscent of 'thoughts and prayers' language after mass shootings
in case you think it's hyperbole, annual gun deaths in the US are similar to annual deaths from motor vehicles
in case you think it's hyperbole, annual gun deaths in the US are similar to annual deaths from motor vehicles
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Guy who joined ICE as punishment for getting last place in his fantasy football league.
February 6, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Guy who joined ICE as punishment for getting last place in his fantasy football league.
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“Molliver said the federal government may not deport them to Ecuador, their home country. Instead, the family could apply for asylum in a third country” and Canada has a chance to do the softest power move right now.
BREAKING: The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
DHS has requested expedited deportation proceedings against family of Liam Conejo Ramos
The federal government has filed a motion seeking to end asylum claims for the family of Liam Conejo Ramos, according to the lawyer representing the family.
www.mprnews.org
February 6, 2026 at 3:35 AM
“Molliver said the federal government may not deport them to Ecuador, their home country. Instead, the family could apply for asylum in a third country” and Canada has a chance to do the softest power move right now.
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haha, here's one editor who did a lot of the damage, currently blocked en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?...
February 6, 2026 at 1:43 AM
haha, here's one editor who did a lot of the damage, currently blocked en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?...
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This is brilliant. I'm so grateful for this testimony. I've transcribed it to use in letters I'm writing. Sharing the full transcription here (see alt text to copy/paste it):
February 4, 2026 at 2:20 PM
This is brilliant. I'm so grateful for this testimony. I've transcribed it to use in letters I'm writing. Sharing the full transcription here (see alt text to copy/paste it):
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To: [email protected]
From: [email protected][[email protected]]
Sent: Sun 01/01/-4004bc 01:03:09 a.m.
Subject: apple
you gnona eat that applle? othrwise i will eat. look delciciios
From: [email protected][[email protected]]
Sent: Sun 01/01/-4004bc 01:03:09 a.m.
Subject: apple
you gnona eat that applle? othrwise i will eat. look delciciios
February 3, 2026 at 1:56 AM
To: [email protected]
From: [email protected][[email protected]]
Sent: Sun 01/01/-4004bc 01:03:09 a.m.
Subject: apple
you gnona eat that applle? othrwise i will eat. look delciciios
From: [email protected][[email protected]]
Sent: Sun 01/01/-4004bc 01:03:09 a.m.
Subject: apple
you gnona eat that applle? othrwise i will eat. look delciciios