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Ahmed Baba

@AhmedBaba_

Ahmed Baba is an entrepreneur and journalist. He is co-founder and president of Rantt and a columnist at The Independent. He covers a wide range of topics including politics, disinformation, culture, tech, and business. His work has been cited in The New York Times, The Washington Post, BBC, Rolling Stone, and more.

<p>Donald Trump </p>
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Trump is telling us exactly what he’ll do and we should believe him

<p>Donald Trump after completing his testimony at his trial in New York State Supreme Court</p>
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Trump is taking a victory lap. He might live to regret it

<p>House Speaker Rep Mike Johnson</p>
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Johnson is turning the House into his TV studio

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McCarthy’s downfall shows the dangers of capitulating to extremists

<p>Senator Dianne Feinstein, listens as the Senate Judiciary Committee begins debate on 4 April 2022</p>
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From finding Harvey Milk to the Senate - the life of Dianne Feinstein

<p>House Oversight Committee Ranking Member Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) react as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) speaks during a House Oversight and Accountability Committee impeachment inquiry hearing into U.S. President Joe Biden, focused on his son Hunter Biden's foreign business dealings, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 28, 2023</p>
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Even some Republicans admit Biden ‘impeachment’ hearing is a disaster

<p>Joe Biden and Donald Trump</p>
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What we can really learn from the controversial Trump poll

<p>Nancy Pelosi </p>
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Watch out – Nancy Pelosi’s latest move has changed the game

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The Proud Boys sentencing is remarkable. Is Trump paying attention?

<p>Trump Indictment Capitol Riot</p>
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The Trump drama is starting to unravel in two of his criminal cases

<p>Former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) and North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum stand behind their podiums at the first Republican candidates' debate of the 2024 U.S. presidential campaign in Milwaukee, Wisconsin</p>
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Republican candidates fight among themselves in the Extremism Olympics

<p>Trump Indictment Capitol Riot</p>
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This Trump indictment is the biggest yet. And the most serious

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Trump pleaded not guilty. The stakes couldn’t be higher

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Trump pleaded not guilty. The stakes couldn’t be higher

<p>Special counsel Jack Smith. </p>
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What the Trump indictment really means

<p>Elon Musk (L), Bronny James (R)</p>
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Elon Musk responding to Bronny James is what we can expect now

<p>Donald Trump</p>
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The walls are closing in on Donald Trump

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$44bn and eight months later. It’s finally all over for Elon Musk

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$44bn and eight months later. It’s finally all over for Elon Musk

<p>Senator Joe Manchin (L), a Democrat from West Virginia, and Gayle Manchin (R), arrive to attend a state dinner in honor of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hosted by US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden at the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 22 June 2023</p>
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Let’s hope Americans don’t fall for Joe Manchin’s third-party talk

<p>Donald Trump in the East Room of the White House in 2020</p>
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Trump audio reveals key details we didn’t know. He should be worried

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Trump has been caught on tape. Congratulations, you played yourself

<p>Trump was impeached twice and has now been indicted twice </p>
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With federal indictment, Trump notches up another disgraceful first

<p>Ron DeSantis </p>
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DeSantis’s record shows he could be more dangerous than Trump

<p>Trump boarding a plane in Florida to take him to a rally in Waco, Texas </p>
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Trump has lived a life of corruption. Accountability is on its way

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Tucker Carlson’s rewriting of history exposes looming civil war in GOP

<p>Trump supporters storming the Capitol </p>
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Trump’s new Jan 6 song is certainly ridiculous. It’s also dangerous

<p>Trump boarding a plane in Florida to take him to a rally in Waco, Texas </p>
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Trump has lived a life of corruption. Accountability is on its way

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Tucker Carlson’s rewriting of history exposes looming civil war in GOP

<p>Trump supporters storming the Capitol </p>
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Trump’s new Jan 6 song is certainly ridiculous. It’s also dangerous

<p>Republican Representative from Georgia Marjorie Taylor Greene shouts 'liar' as US President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union address </p>
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Taylor Greene proves Trumpism without Trump is still obnoxious

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Taylor Greene proves Trumpism without Trump is still obnoxious

<p>Republican Representative from Georgia Marjorie Taylor Greene shouts 'liar' as US President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union address </p>
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Why this year’s State of the Union Address will be so different

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The case for prosecuting Donald Trump

<p>Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker </p>
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Georgia Senate runoff proves candidate quality matters

<p>House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., acknowledges applauds from lawmakers after speaking on the House floor at the Capitol in Washington Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022</p>
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After Nancy Pelosi, get ready for a darker, weirder era in the House

<p>House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., acknowledges applauds from lawmakers after speaking on the House floor at the Capitol in Washington Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022</p>
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After Nancy Pelosi, get ready for a darker, weirder era in the House

<p>Donald Trump approaches announcing his 2024 White House bid at Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida</p>
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Trump’s 2024 announcement proves it — he’s the weakest he’s ever been

<p>APTOPIX Election 2022 Florida Governor</p>
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Republican reactions to the midterms make it clear. Trump is over

<p>Election sign in Arizona, where ballot-counting delays were recently announced </p>
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Republicans are already lying about the midterm election results

<p>Rishi Sunak makes his first speech as PM outside 10 Downing Street (Stefan Rousseau/PA)</p>
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The chaos in the UK will happen here if Republicans get their way

<p>This video screenshot released by the House Select Committee shows then-President Donald Trump with his coat on as he returns to the Oval Office after speaking on the Ellipse on 6 January, 2021</p>
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Trump knew there’d be violence – he deserves to answer for his actions

<p>Kanye West responds to backlash over ‘White Lives Matter’ T-shirts</p>
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Kanye West’s White Lives Matter shirts show he’s following the money

<p>Supreme Court Opening Day</p>
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The Supreme Court is taking on some very controversial cases this term

<p>Jordan Reidy carries his dog back to his apartment in Fort Myers, Florida on Friday, amid flooded streets</p>
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Bizarre Hurricane Ian conspiracy theories? We should’ve seen it coming

<p>Donald Trump along with his children Eric (L), Ivanka and Donald Jr., arrive for a press conference January 11, 2017 at Trump Tower in New York</p>
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Trump and his kids are in trouble — more than we ever expected

<p>FBI MyPillow Executive</p>
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The hilarious irony of the Mike Lindell FBI drama

<p>Biden</p>
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The spectacular destruction of Biden and Lindsey Graham’s friendship

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The spectacular destruction of Biden and Lindsey Graham’s friendship

<p>Biden</p>
<p>Elección 2022 Wyoming Cheney</p>
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Liz Cheney has lost the battle — but she might win the war in 2028

<p>A Secret Service agent stands outside Trump’s residence in Mar-a-Lago </p>
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The FBI raid on Trump is unprecedented. But it’s not unjustified

<p>Trump refused requests to call off mob</p>
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Locked away in a room with Fox News: Where Trump really was on Jan 6

<p>Stephen Ayres, left, and Jason Van Tatenhove at Tuesday’s hearing</p>
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‘I’m ready to die’: How Trump supporters were radicalized

<p>Stephen Ayres, left, and Jason Van Tatenhove at Tuesday’s hearing</p>
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‘I’m ready to die’: How Trump supporters were radicalized

<p>Cassidy Hutchinson, former aide to Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, arrives after a break as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 28, 2022</p>
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Just when you think Trump’s plot can’t get any more shocking, it does

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We now know the names of Republicans who asked for pardons after Jan 6

<p>Capitol Riot Investigation</p>
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January 6 wasn’t a directionless coup. It was a targeted attack

<p>Trump lawyer John Eastman (L) is shown on a screen during a hearing of the US House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the US Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on June 16, 2022</p>
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What we heard about Trump on Jan 6th is beyond the worst-case scenario

<p>Chris Stirewalt, former Fox political editor, is sworn-in before testifying during a hearing by the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the US Capitol in the Cannon House Office Building on June 13, 2022 in Washington, DC</p>
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Bill Barr gave the most damning testimony I’ve ever seen about Trump

<p>Capitol Riot Investigation</p>
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Trump was terrified of the January 6 hearings. He was justified

<p>Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump at a campaign rally for Donald Trump on 22 September 2020 in Moon Township, Pennsylvania</p>
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Trump is panicking after Ivanka testified to the Jan 6th Committee

<p>Ukraine Tensions Unity Day</p>
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Putin is gaslighting us all

<p>EEUU-MUERTES DE TRÁNSITO</p>
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Buttigieg is right — America’s roads are racist

<p>Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen testifies before the Senate on 5 October 2021. </p>
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Facebook faces a reckoning. Time will tell if accountability follows

<p>Capitol Police Officer Michael Fanone watches footage of the 6 January insurrection during the House select committee hearing on the Capitol riot.</p>
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The January 6 hearing was raw, emotional and unsettling

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The January 6 hearing was raw, emotional and unsettling

<p>Capitol Police Officer Michael Fanone watches footage of the 6 January insurrection during the House select committee hearing on the Capitol riot.</p>
<p>Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin addresses his sentencing hearing and the judge as he awaits his sentence after being convicted of murder in the death of Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota</p>
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Chauvin is sentenced to 22 years. This doesn’t prove the system works

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In Tulsa today, Joe Biden told the truth. That sets him apart

El CEO de Tesla, Elon Musk, habla durante la presentación del nuevo Tesla Model Y en Hawthorne, California, el 14 de marzo de 2019.
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Elon Musk is toying with people’s lives through crypto

Republican Representative from Wyoming Liz Cheney speaks after being voted out of her House GOP Conference Chair position
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The Republican Party just showed its real face and it’s alarming

Republican Representative from Wyoming Liz Cheney speaks after being voted out of her House GOP Conference Chair position
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The Republican Party just showed its real face and it’s alarming

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The trial of Derek Chauvin has become the trial of George Floyd

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How a congressional hearing descended into Republican chaos

Ted Cruz on his phone during the Senate Homeland Security and Rules committees hearings on the Capitol riots
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More Republican shenanigans at the first Senate riot hearing

Trump Impeachment
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We’re about to find out if Republican Senators can do their jobs

Democrats need to gather 67 votes to convict former president
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Trump’s lawyers utterly failed — and Republicans admitted it

<p>Joe Biden's speech was the polar opposite of Trump’s divisive ‘American Carnage’ speech four years ago</p>
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Biden’s inauguration allowed Americans to return to reality

Donald Trump is the first president in US history to be impeached twice.
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Trump has been impeached — now we’re at the mercy of Mitch McConnell

Supporters of Donald Trump briefly took hold of the US Capitol on Wednesday as Congress was certifying Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory.
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Remember the Republicans who stood by Trump as the Capitol was mobbed

Electors ratify their cast election ballots in the House of Representatives chamber within the Pennsylvania Capitol Building on 19 December 2016 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
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Electoral college votes are in but Republicans have one last trick

<p>Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner are reportedly on a list of considered pardons</p>
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Are Giuliani and Trump’s three oldest children due pardons?

Donald Trump leaves after speaking in the briefing room at the White House on 5 November 2020 in Washington, DC
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Now Trump has lost, what happens to the GOP cronies who enabled him?

Election 2020 Trump The Dance
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Why Trump desperately wants you to think about Hunter Biden

Barrett refused to answer so many questions that Democrats began to joke about it
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Amy Coney Barrett’s hearing has descended into farce

President Donald Trump was admitted to hospital on Friday evening and is being treated for coronavirus
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Americans wish Trump a full recovery so a fair election can take place

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Trump’s Supreme Court pick puts the nail in his re-election prospects

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Trump reacts this way to wildfires because of the electoral college

President Donald Trump was admitted to hospital on Friday evening and is being treated for coronavirus
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Americans wish Trump a full recovery so a fair election can take place

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Trump’s Supreme Court pick puts the nail in his re-election prospects

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Trump reacts this way to wildfires because of the electoral college

Louis DeJoy testifies during a video virtual hearing before the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee
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Now we know exactly what Trump’s motives are over the Postal Service

Attorney General William Barr is sworn in before testifying before the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill on 28 July, 2020
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Bill Barr made sure that history will judge him harshly

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 28: Attorney General William Barr listens as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office before signing an executive order related to regulating social media on May 28, 2020 in Washington, DC. Trump's executive order could lead to attempts to punish companies such as Twitter and Google for attempting to point out factual inconsistencies in social media posts by politicians.
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Bill Barr is the best tool in Trump's authoritarian toolbox

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What you should actually take from Biden's 'You ain't black' remarks

Dr Richard Bright gives evidence to a House energy and commerce subcommittee on health to discuss the coronavirus pandemic
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The coronavirus whistleblower outlined Trump's failings today

Anthony Fauci gives evidence remotely about the coronavirus pandemic to the Senate health committee
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Dr Fauci told the real story of what will happen when states reopen

At this point, it feels like Biden is unstoppable — when just two weeks ago, it seemed like he was headed for a humiliating dropout
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What to look out for in Tuesday's primaries — and what to ignore

Senator Lamar Alexander said he would be voting 'no' to witnesses
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Prepare for an even more unhinged Trump after the impeachment trial

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