Aaron Baker
@bakeraaronj.bsky.social
Councilman in Brevard, NC
Otherwise: soccer, beer, dad-stuff.
Otherwise: soccer, beer, dad-stuff.
They're not sending their best.
This whole cult thinks they're above the law, both in private or professional life. Fuck them.
An ICE agent, who is being arrested for drunk driving and nearly killing his little kids & others, tries to stop the arrest by racially profiling the officers arresting him. Amazing to watch the courtesy given to him as he is belligerent and uncooperative
October 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
They're not sending their best.
A very small part of me feels bad for the long-suffering, overly eager, and mostly delusional UNC faithful that really thought this was going to turn around on a dime.
September 2, 2025 at 3:02 AM
A very small part of me feels bad for the long-suffering, overly eager, and mostly delusional UNC faithful that really thought this was going to turn around on a dime.
Ban assault weapons now.
August 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Ban assault weapons now.
Speaking from experience - a key step for the Democrats in rebuilding their awful standing with the voting public is figuring out how to coordinate with Unaffiliated candidates.
I'm a progressive running for reelection to a non-partisan City Council seat. The Democrats are icing me out.
I'm a progressive running for reelection to a non-partisan City Council seat. The Democrats are icing me out.
July 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Speaking from experience - a key step for the Democrats in rebuilding their awful standing with the voting public is figuring out how to coordinate with Unaffiliated candidates.
I'm a progressive running for reelection to a non-partisan City Council seat. The Democrats are icing me out.
I'm a progressive running for reelection to a non-partisan City Council seat. The Democrats are icing me out.
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Sorry Superman ain't flying around, randomly putting brown people in swamp prisons. That must be hard for you. Thoughts and prayers and whatnot.
July 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Sorry Superman ain't flying around, randomly putting brown people in swamp prisons. That must be hard for you. Thoughts and prayers and whatnot.
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why are we doing age verification? we're all 38
July 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
why are we doing age verification? we're all 38
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TBH this could be a problem for them
July 10, 2025 at 8:42 PM
TBH this could be a problem for them
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Curious about the 2025 elections in #ncpol? I've got you covered ⬇️ in this blog entry on @oldnorthstpolitics.bsky.social
www.oldnorthstatepolitics.com/2025/07/dont...
www.oldnorthstatepolitics.com/2025/07/dont...
Don't Sleep on the 2025 Elections
by Christopher Cooper The 2026 storylines are already consuming those of us who pay attention to American politics, and I get why. Will Lar...
www.oldnorthstatepolitics.com
July 8, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Curious about the 2025 elections in #ncpol? I've got you covered ⬇️ in this blog entry on @oldnorthstpolitics.bsky.social
www.oldnorthstatepolitics.com/2025/07/dont...
www.oldnorthstatepolitics.com/2025/07/dont...
Yeah this guy has it.
Donald Trump is attacking me because he is desperate to distract from his war on working people. We must and we will fight back.
July 2, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Yeah this guy has it.
While we are reforming the NCDMV, can we just go ahead and do the same to the department that gets all of their money, the NCDOT? Thank you for your consideration to this matter. Sincerely, a rural city councilman #ncpol
June 26, 2025 at 3:05 AM
While we are reforming the NCDMV, can we just go ahead and do the same to the department that gets all of their money, the NCDOT? Thank you for your consideration to this matter. Sincerely, a rural city councilman #ncpol
Hear me out. Hear me out. Have we considered that...stay with me here...HE doesn't know what the fuck HE'S doing?
TRUMP: We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what the fuck they’re doing.
June 24, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Hear me out. Hear me out. Have we considered that...stay with me here...HE doesn't know what the fuck HE'S doing?
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Popularists gonna really lean into this right?
New poll result: “Do you think the US military should get involved in the conflict between Israel and Iran?”
Yes — 16%
No — 60%
Yes — 16%
No — 60%
June 18, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Popularists gonna really lean into this right?
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I hope the war doesn't affect the military parade.
June 13, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I hope the war doesn't affect the military parade.
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We feed you.
They hunt us.
They hunt us.
June 11, 2025 at 5:05 AM
We feed you.
They hunt us.
They hunt us.
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heavy-handed metaphor for the US attitude toward immigrants. build the economy around immigrants making your food and cleaning your room and then threaten them for doing the jobs you need them to do
In the AC Hotel, we got word from a staff member that the agents were staying here and questioning the workers—the workers that were cleaning their rooms, the workers that were making their food. They were questioning them and asking for their ID and in a very aggressive way.
June 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
heavy-handed metaphor for the US attitude toward immigrants. build the economy around immigrants making your food and cleaning your room and then threaten them for doing the jobs you need them to do
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This took a while to get done, but I've chronicled my day among the protesters in Los Angeles, and the idea that this is anything but a celebration of cultural heritage and a firm, nonviolent demand to protect family, friends and neighbors is totally ridiculous.
prospect.org/justice/crie...
prospect.org/justice/crie...
Cries of Defiance and Songs of Joy in Los Angeles
The protesters are being called unspeakably violent by the Trump administration. I mostly saw clergy sit-ins and Tejano bands.
prospect.org
June 10, 2025 at 2:14 AM
This took a while to get done, but I've chronicled my day among the protesters in Los Angeles, and the idea that this is anything but a celebration of cultural heritage and a firm, nonviolent demand to protect family, friends and neighbors is totally ridiculous.
prospect.org/justice/crie...
prospect.org/justice/crie...
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This is a fever dream. The city is not under migrant occupation. This whole thing kicked off because ICE began an intense operation across the city to raid Home Depots and nail salons and places where random undocumented immigrants might be going about their day working a job.
The president exists in a dystopian fantasy world with no connection to reality
June 8, 2025 at 10:03 PM
This is a fever dream. The city is not under migrant occupation. This whole thing kicked off because ICE began an intense operation across the city to raid Home Depots and nail salons and places where random undocumented immigrants might be going about their day working a job.
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must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away
“In light of the President's statement about cancellation of my government contracts, @SpaceX will begin decommissioning its Dragon spacecraft immediately”
June 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away
Reposting this unhinged display from my county’s local GOP at my town’s biggest event of the year for no particular reason…
June 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Reposting this unhinged display from my county’s local GOP at my town’s biggest event of the year for no particular reason…
It's *chef's kiss* that the very day Trump compares the war between Russia and Ukraine to two kids fighting on a playground, he and Elon are acting like two kids fighting on a playground ON THE INTERNET.
June 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
It's *chef's kiss* that the very day Trump compares the war between Russia and Ukraine to two kids fighting on a playground, he and Elon are acting like two kids fighting on a playground ON THE INTERNET.
The content we've been waiting for...
Is #nc11 a flippable district in 2026? If you squint hard, maybe.
I wrote a bit about this question, this district, and the early lineup of potential candidates for @theassemblync.bsky.social
#ncpol
www.theassemblync.com/politics/11t...
I wrote a bit about this question, this district, and the early lineup of potential candidates for @theassemblync.bsky.social
#ncpol
www.theassemblync.com/politics/11t...
Democrats’ Long Shot Hope in the Mountains
Democrats are wondering what a blue wave could do for the seat once held by Mark Meadows and Madison Cawthorn in the 11th District.
www.theassemblync.com
June 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The content we've been waiting for...