Eric Baker
@ebaker.bsky.social
Typically chill, occasionally furious. Not the fictional Governor of Pennsylvania from the early 2000's portrayed by Ed O'Neil.
KC born and raised. Coffee black, please. Posts my own.
KC born and raised. Coffee black, please. Posts my own.
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After 20 years in the Navy, Buzz Grambo thought he'd spend his retirement playing video games and watching baseball. Instead, he patrols the streets of Baltimore to protect his neighbors from ICE. He even upgraded his scooter to a Segway that reaches 26 mph to keep up with the agents. My latest:
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:14 PM
After 20 years in the Navy, Buzz Grambo thought he'd spend his retirement playing video games and watching baseball. Instead, he patrols the streets of Baltimore to protect his neighbors from ICE. He even upgraded his scooter to a Segway that reaches 26 mph to keep up with the agents. My latest:
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“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
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we need a department of kerning
November 13, 2025 at 2:54 AM
we need a department of kerning
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Beatings. Sexual assault. Psychological abuse.
These are some of the horrors endured by the more than 250 men the US sent to El Salvador on flimsy evidence of gang membership, according to a new comprehensive report.
These are some of the horrors endured by the more than 250 men the US sent to El Salvador on flimsy evidence of gang membership, according to a new comprehensive report.
Trump sent men to torture in El Salvador, report confirms
Human Rights Watch found that Venezuelans shipped to El Salvador by the United States were beaten almost every day.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Beatings. Sexual assault. Psychological abuse.
These are some of the horrors endured by the more than 250 men the US sent to El Salvador on flimsy evidence of gang membership, according to a new comprehensive report.
These are some of the horrors endured by the more than 250 men the US sent to El Salvador on flimsy evidence of gang membership, according to a new comprehensive report.
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Catalina “Xóchitl” Santiago spent nearly two months in ICE detention—despite having protection under DACA—until a federal judge ruled that the government had no reason to keep her in custody and ordered her release.
DHS is still vowing to "explore every available option to remove" her. My latest:
DHS is still vowing to "explore every available option to remove" her. My latest:
Then they came for the Dreamers
Immigrants brought here as children were told they wouldn’t be deported. Now, they’re being targeted anyway.
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November 11, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Catalina “Xóchitl” Santiago spent nearly two months in ICE detention—despite having protection under DACA—until a federal judge ruled that the government had no reason to keep her in custody and ordered her release.
DHS is still vowing to "explore every available option to remove" her. My latest:
DHS is still vowing to "explore every available option to remove" her. My latest:
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"The bitterness is still there. The anger about what happened to him is still there.”
After four months, more than 200 men sent to El Salvador have been released from CECOT and returned to Venezuela. @nlanard.bsky.social and I spoke with family members and friends waiting to be reunited with them.
After four months, more than 200 men sent to El Salvador have been released from CECOT and returned to Venezuela. @nlanard.bsky.social and I spoke with family members and friends waiting to be reunited with them.
"We were kidnapped"
On Friday, more than 200 Venezuelans disappeared to a megaprison in El Salvador returned home. The horror stories are already emerging.
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July 19, 2025 at 2:08 AM
"The bitterness is still there. The anger about what happened to him is still there.”
After four months, more than 200 men sent to El Salvador have been released from CECOT and returned to Venezuela. @nlanard.bsky.social and I spoke with family members and friends waiting to be reunited with them.
After four months, more than 200 men sent to El Salvador have been released from CECOT and returned to Venezuela. @nlanard.bsky.social and I spoke with family members and friends waiting to be reunited with them.
"When you look at rural communities, it is not uncommon that if that AmeriCorps member wasn’t there, the service that they are taking on wouldn’t be happening at all."
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How AmeriCorps Kept Young Talent in Rural Communities | Washington Monthly
Trump's cuts to the federal service program eliminated thousands of positions that provided career pathways in small towns across America.
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July 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
"When you look at rural communities, it is not uncommon that if that AmeriCorps member wasn’t there, the service that they are taking on wouldn’t be happening at all."
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Every employee considering returning to government (no judgement, it's important work regardless of administration), should demand a public apology and 3x salary. Make them remember what happens when you fuck with the good people who keep the country afloat.
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Trump administration races to fix a big mistake: DOGE fired too many people
Across the government, the administration is rehiring federal workers who were forced out or encouraged to resign.
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June 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Every employee considering returning to government (no judgement, it's important work regardless of administration), should demand a public apology and 3x salary. Make them remember what happens when you fuck with the good people who keep the country afloat.
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More than 32,000 low-paid AmeriCorps service workers were terminated in a sweeping budget cut last month that gutted the national service program.
The April 25 move was one of the biggest government cutbacks since the Trump administration took office, but went largely unnoticed.
Here’s why:
The April 25 move was one of the biggest government cutbacks since the Trump administration took office, but went largely unnoticed.
Here’s why:
A big Trump administration cutback went nearly unnoticed
About 32,000 low-paid AmeriCorps members lost their positions in April, gutting some health clinics, food pantries and other human service organizations.
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May 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
More than 32,000 low-paid AmeriCorps service workers were terminated in a sweeping budget cut last month that gutted the national service program.
The April 25 move was one of the biggest government cutbacks since the Trump administration took office, but went largely unnoticed.
Here’s why:
The April 25 move was one of the biggest government cutbacks since the Trump administration took office, but went largely unnoticed.
Here’s why:
"Investing in AmeriCorps is an investment in America’s future, empowering communities, strengthening families and revitalizing economies."
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OPINION: Canceling AmeriCorps grants threatens the future of education and workforce pipelines that power our nation’s progress
The recent decision to cancel $400 million in AmeriCorps grants is nothing short of a crisis. The cuts will dismantle disaster recovery efforts, disrupt educational support for vulnerable students and...
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May 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
"Investing in AmeriCorps is an investment in America’s future, empowering communities, strengthening families and revitalizing economies."
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Ahead of SCOTUS hearing on Trump's executive order attacking birthright citizenship, here are a few articles I've written that help understand how we got here—and where we could be headed.
The conservative effort to undermine birthright citizenship has been a long time in the making:
The conservative effort to undermine birthright citizenship has been a long time in the making:
The plot against birthright citizenship
The incoming Trump administration wants to take away citizenship for the US-born children of undocumented immigrants. Here's how.
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May 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Ahead of SCOTUS hearing on Trump's executive order attacking birthright citizenship, here are a few articles I've written that help understand how we got here—and where we could be headed.
The conservative effort to undermine birthright citizenship has been a long time in the making:
The conservative effort to undermine birthright citizenship has been a long time in the making:
If I’m ever president, I will outlaw any iteration of “Make America _____ Again.”
How about some new messaging ideas you hacky losers. You know who you are.
How about some new messaging ideas you hacky losers. You know who you are.
May 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
If I’m ever president, I will outlaw any iteration of “Make America _____ Again.”
How about some new messaging ideas you hacky losers. You know who you are.
How about some new messaging ideas you hacky losers. You know who you are.
I don't agree with Congressman Bacon on everything (probably most things), but he's spot on.
I served in AmeriCorps NCCC in Nebraska and it was among the best experiences of my life. It makes civic, financial, and moral sense to support and defend AmeriCorps.
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I served in AmeriCorps NCCC in Nebraska and it was among the best experiences of my life. It makes civic, financial, and moral sense to support and defend AmeriCorps.
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Opinion | I’m a Midwestern Republican. Gutting AmeriCorps hurts America.
Why destroy a program that enriches America every day — including in financial returns?
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May 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
I don't agree with Congressman Bacon on everything (probably most things), but he's spot on.
I served in AmeriCorps NCCC in Nebraska and it was among the best experiences of my life. It makes civic, financial, and moral sense to support and defend AmeriCorps.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
I served in AmeriCorps NCCC in Nebraska and it was among the best experiences of my life. It makes civic, financial, and moral sense to support and defend AmeriCorps.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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“I felt this kind of fear, like something was telling me we weren’t going to Venezuela at all. Because the cops, when they had us here, they kept laughing a lot."
@nlanard.bsky.social and I interviewed six Venezuelans who were nearly removed from Bluebonnet—presumably to El Salvador—on April 18.
@nlanard.bsky.social and I interviewed six Venezuelans who were nearly removed from Bluebonnet—presumably to El Salvador—on April 18.
The men who could be sent to El Salvador next
A Mother Jones investigation based on firsthand accounts from ICE detainees in Texas reveals how Venezuelans were nearly removed from the country under the Alien Enemies Act without a chance to contes...
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April 30, 2025 at 6:41 PM
“I felt this kind of fear, like something was telling me we weren’t going to Venezuela at all. Because the cops, when they had us here, they kept laughing a lot."
@nlanard.bsky.social and I interviewed six Venezuelans who were nearly removed from Bluebonnet—presumably to El Salvador—on April 18.
@nlanard.bsky.social and I interviewed six Venezuelans who were nearly removed from Bluebonnet—presumably to El Salvador—on April 18.
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“I can’t remember a situation that was this urgent or extraordinary," ACLU's Lee Gelernt told @nlanard.bsky.social and I, "where we were worried that every minute we delayed filing something could mean that our clients would end up permanently in a brutal foreign prison for the rest of their lives.”
The men who could be sent to El Salvador next
A Mother Jones investigation based on firsthand accounts from ICE detainees in Texas reveals how Venezuelans were nearly removed from the country under the Alien Enemies Act without a chance to contes...
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May 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
“I can’t remember a situation that was this urgent or extraordinary," ACLU's Lee Gelernt told @nlanard.bsky.social and I, "where we were worried that every minute we delayed filing something could mean that our clients would end up permanently in a brutal foreign prison for the rest of their lives.”
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In a powerful piece, our mentor Brett Davidson and late Executive Director Lola Adedokun share why communications must be at the heart of leadership.
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In Translating Expertise Into Influence, Communication Skills Are Key • Aspen Global Innovators
Given the challenges facing humanity, it is critical that we follow the leadership of local experts, with lived experience. The Aspen Global Innovators Group
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April 23, 2025 at 1:12 PM
In a powerful piece, our mentor Brett Davidson and late Executive Director Lola Adedokun share why communications must be at the heart of leadership.
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✨ Support the award in Lola’s honor: as.pn/award
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Latest with @nlanard.bsky.social: We spoke with relatives of Omar Cárdenas, one of the Venezuelans at the Bluebonnet detention center in Texas who could be removed under the Alien Enemies Act any day now.
"He is not a criminal, as he is being portrayed. He is completely and utterly innocent.”
"He is not a criminal, as he is being portrayed. He is completely and utterly innocent.”
More Venezuelans face imminent deportation under the Alien Enemies Act
“The Trump administration appears afraid to give people due process."
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April 19, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Latest with @nlanard.bsky.social: We spoke with relatives of Omar Cárdenas, one of the Venezuelans at the Bluebonnet detention center in Texas who could be removed under the Alien Enemies Act any day now.
"He is not a criminal, as he is being portrayed. He is completely and utterly innocent.”
"He is not a criminal, as he is being portrayed. He is completely and utterly innocent.”
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On Friday night, the federal government sent Harvard a five-page fusillade of new demands that would reshape the school’s operations, admissions, hiring, faculty and student life.
It took less than 72 hours for Harvard to say no.
It took less than 72 hours for Harvard to say no.
Why Harvard Decided to Fight Trump
The Trump administration will freeze over $2 billion in federal funds because Harvard refused to comply with a list of demands. Harvard leaders believed saying no was worth the risk.
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April 16, 2025 at 2:43 AM
On Friday night, the federal government sent Harvard a five-page fusillade of new demands that would reshape the school’s operations, admissions, hiring, faculty and student life.
It took less than 72 hours for Harvard to say no.
It took less than 72 hours for Harvard to say no.
"If you don’t see all of this as one of the darkest days in American history, in which the President is openly embracing disappearing people without due process in the name of 'liberty,' you are a part of the problem."
Wrote a thing at how the Bukele/Trump meeting, full of absolute nonsense and bullshit in support of out-and-out fascism and despotism, is yet another dark day in America. www.techdirt.com/2025/04/14/t...
Trump & Bukele Plot US Citizen Detention In Salvadoran Torture Camps, While Defying Supreme Court Via Gibberish Responses To Reporters
In a stunning White House appearance that should alarm anyone who cares about constitutional rights, democracy, the rule of law or anything of the sort, Donald Trump and Salvadoran dictator Nayib B…
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April 14, 2025 at 8:56 PM
"If you don’t see all of this as one of the darkest days in American history, in which the President is openly embracing disappearing people without due process in the name of 'liberty,' you are a part of the problem."
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bloomberg: ~90% of deported migrants to el salvador had no criminal record
April 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
bloomberg: ~90% of deported migrants to el salvador had no criminal record
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this is Mohsen Mahdawi, the green card holder who was just arrested by ICE for rendition at his citizenship interview
April 14, 2025 at 6:54 PM
this is Mohsen Mahdawi, the green card holder who was just arrested by ICE for rendition at his citizenship interview
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If the U.S. government is going to take the position that, once removed from the United States, folks can’t be brought back, then it sure seems to me that federal courts should be reflexively and categorically barring *all* removals until they’re 100 percent certain that the removals are lawful.
April 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
If the U.S. government is going to take the position that, once removed from the United States, folks can’t be brought back, then it sure seems to me that federal courts should be reflexively and categorically barring *all* removals until they’re 100 percent certain that the removals are lawful.
As an American, if even an ounce of you cares about human rights, the rule of law, and the Constitution, every cell in your body should be screaming at this.
If you're not enraged, you never cared about "freedom," you only cared about winning.
If you're not enraged, you never cared about "freedom," you only cared about winning.
"Of course I’m not going to do it": The Supreme Court ordered Trump to "facilitate" the return of a man mistakenly sent to a prison in El Salvador. In the Oval Office, El Salvador's Bukele facilitates Trump's defiance of the court. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...
El Salvador’s President Says He Won’t Return Maryland Man Who Was Wrongly Deported
An Oval Office meeting between President Trump and President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador was a blunt example of Mr. Trump’s defiance of the federal courts.
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April 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
As an American, if even an ounce of you cares about human rights, the rule of law, and the Constitution, every cell in your body should be screaming at this.
If you're not enraged, you never cared about "freedom," you only cared about winning.
If you're not enraged, you never cared about "freedom," you only cared about winning.
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Expulsions based on tattoos, and students targeted for supporting Gaza: Trump’s immigration actions are raising eyebrows and constitutional questions.
On this week's Reveal, we dive into Trump's deportation black hole.
On this week's Reveal, we dive into Trump's deportation black hole.
By denying Venezuelan migrants a day in court, the Trump administration is sending them into a deportation black hole.
Expulsions based on tattoos. Students targeted for supporting Gaza. Trump’s immigration actions are raising eyebrows and constitutional questions.
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April 12, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Expulsions based on tattoos, and students targeted for supporting Gaza: Trump’s immigration actions are raising eyebrows and constitutional questions.
On this week's Reveal, we dive into Trump's deportation black hole.
On this week's Reveal, we dive into Trump's deportation black hole.
When I'm occasionally asked about my political beliefs, I always come back to the expansion of civic participation. If the US wants to live up to its ideals where everyone has a voice, then things like the SAVE Act must die.
Voter suppression is a coward's tool.
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Voter suppression is a coward's tool.
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House Republicans just passed a voter suppression bill that would disenfranchise millions
“It's a five-alarm fire for American voters and for election officials”
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April 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
When I'm occasionally asked about my political beliefs, I always come back to the expansion of civic participation. If the US wants to live up to its ideals where everyone has a voice, then things like the SAVE Act must die.
Voter suppression is a coward's tool.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Voter suppression is a coward's tool.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...