Michael D. Baker
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Michael D. Baker
@mikebakerlaw.bsky.social
Immigration and Criminal Defense Lawyer | Former Cook County Criminal Prosecutor

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ICE agents roll masked through neighborhoods, anonymity first, trust last—Nick Miroff shows the faces behind the fear.

Trump’s crackdown means shields up, answers hidden. American law enforcement trades identity for safety, and loses the public in the bargain—reported by Miroff.
November 11, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Amid the rush of cases, only a handful become headlines while the vast majority disappear, their stories lost in the blur of swift, impersonal proceedings.
November 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Most deportations in Trump’s America unfold unseen—“like most people who are detained across the country right now, he remained unknown and unreachable.”
November 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Against this stands the official narrative: dangerous criminals, terrorists, invaders. The contradiction is absolute, the gulf between truth and lie unbridgeable.
November 9, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Affordability didn’t just tilt the map—it shattered old coalitions and minted new ones. This wasn’t drift. It was a bruising, unmistakable shift in the nation’s pulse.
November 9, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The strategists clung to their labels and frameworks. But in the street, only one label mattered: Will you make it cheaper to live?
November 9, 2025 at 12:21 AM
In New Jersey’s cities and Georgia’s utility boards, a blue wave surged from more than turnout. It came from defection—disillusion sharp as November wind.
November 9, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Pollsters got caught flat-footed again—misreading a country that doesn’t want lectures on “woke” or “moderation,” just someone who’ll make life affordable.
November 9, 2025 at 12:21 AM
It wasn’t ideology—it was exhaustion, rage, and clarity. The Democrats didn’t just win; they reminded the country that power still trembles when citizens remember who they are.
November 8, 2025 at 5:08 PM
America just threw a punch at the oligarchy and the Trump cult. The pundits missed it because they’ve forgotten what the air feels like outside the donor banquet. The people looked around, saw higher prices, fewer jobs, and a gilded fraud in the White House, and said no more.
November 8, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The Fourth Amendment? Merely a relic, trampled in the rush to deport
November 8, 2025 at 10:38 AM
The contrast couldn’t be sharper: gratitude and sharing on the calendar, but government-enforced scarcity for those most in need.
November 8, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Her maneuver, designed to ensure SNAP recipients aren’t left in limbo, applies pressure on the appeals process while avoiding an indefinite freeze. Now, all eyes are on the First Circuit and the Supreme Court, with millions of Americans’ food security hanging in the balance.
November 8, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Justice Jackson, assigned to the First Circuit, stepped in with a rare, detailed administrative stay—temporarily blocking the lower court’s ruling and urging speedy resolution by higher courts.
November 8, 2025 at 3:52 AM
The Supreme Court sprang into action late Friday after a district judge ordered the USDA to fully fund November SNAP benefits despite the government shutdown, setting off a flurry of emergency appeals by the Trump administration.
November 8, 2025 at 3:52 AM