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|caption = Baker at {{w|Rift Con}}, October 2018
|birth_name = Ahmed Hasan Rıza-Baker
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1995|1|4}}
|birth_place = [[File:Flag of the American Continental Republic.svg|22x20px]] {{w|Trenton, New Jersey|Trenton}}, [[American Continental Repunlic|America CR]], [[United Commonwealth]]
|education = {{w|Rutgers University}} ({{w|Bachelor of Arts|BA}})
|occupation = {{unbulleted list|[[Rift (service)|Rift streamer]]|{{w|Political criticism|Political commentator}}|{{w|Video gaming|Gamer}}}}
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'''Ahmed Baker''' ({{tr|احمد حسن رضا بیکر|Ahmed Hasan Rıza Beyker}}; born 4 January 1995) is a [[United Commonwealth|Continental]] [[Rift (service)|Rift]] streamer and {{w|left wing politics|left wing}} political commentator. As of 2022, Baker is one of the most watched and subscribed Rift streamers on the platform.

Born in {{w|Trenton, New Jersey}} to Turkish immigrants, Baker attended {{w|Rutgers University}}, earning degrees in political science and journalism. From 2015 to 2020, Baker worked as a {{w|broadcast journalist}} and youth correspondent for [[Associated Broadcasting]]. In 2017, Baker joined the {{w|live streaming}} platform [[Rift (service)|Rift]], where he commentates on news and current events and plays a variety of {{w|video games}} from a leftist and {{w|Socialism|socialist}} perspective. In 2022, Baker became the TBD-largest Rift streamer, having a total of TBD million subscribers. 
==Early life and career==
Ahmed Baker was born in {{w|Trenton, New Jersey}} on 4 January 1995 to Turkish immigrants. Both of his parents were from the [[Anatolian Republic]], though his father was raised in the [[United Commonwealth]]. According to Baker, he was bullied at school for his lack of athletic abilities by classmates and teachers. At the age of eleven, he was expelled from the [[Young Mountaineers]] for, according to Baker, asking too many provocative questions. He attended high school in [[New York City]] and later attended {{w|Rutgers University}}, where he earned degrees in political science and journalism.

From 2015 to 2020, Baker worked as a {{w|broadcast journalist}} and youth correspondent for [[Associated Broadcasting]], where he reported on news regarding youth activism and involvement in politics. From 2015 to 2018, he wrote for the ''[[Daily Worker]]'' and regularly worked as a correspondant on Continental politics for a number of foreign newspapers, including the ''[[Porciúncula Times]]'', ''{{w|The Guardian}}'', and ''[[Grand Llano Observer]]''. In early 2020, Baker resigned from AB after a number of employees had been controversially laid-off due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. 
==Rift career==
==Political positions==
Baker identifies as a {{w|Socialism|socialist}}, {{w|Leftism|leftist}}, and {{w|Progressivism|progressive}} and has used his platform to express his political views on a number of topics. Baker primarily orients his commentary and activism towards western nations, most notably the [[Kingdom of Sierra]], as he believes leftists in western countries do not have an "accurate voice of reason". Using his platform, Baker has advocated for {{w|workplace democracy}}, {{w|feminism}}, and improvements to {{w|healthcare}} in western nations, and has spoken out against {{w|Homophobia}}, {{w|racism}}, "Western imperialism", and {{w|authoritarianism}}. 

As a political commentator, Baker has primarily focused on politics in the Kingdom of Sierra and other western Anglo-American countries. In 2020, he used his platform to support the [[Social Democrats of Sierra]] in the [[2020 Sierran federal election]], even hosting Social Democratic leader and future [[Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Sierra|prime minister]] [[Susan Kwon]]. He continued to support Kwon after [[Continental interference in the 2021 Sierran elections|reports alleged Continental interference had a role in her party's victory in the 2021 elections]] and referred to the [[2022 Sierran federal election]] as a "political coup". He has similarly supported socialist politicians in [[Astoria]], [[Manitoba]], and [[Brazoria]], and has criticized politics in [[Superior]] for being too right-oriented. 

Both during his journalistic career and as a Rift streamer, Baker has heavily criticized the [[Conference of American States]], the [[Northern Treaty Organization]], and the [[League of Nations]] as "imperialist institutions" and has promoted the [[United Commonwealth]] as a "beacon of international freedom", despite his personal criticisms of certain aspects of Continental society.  
==Personal life==
Baker is {{w|agnostic}}, though was raised in the {{w|Islam|Muslim}} faith. Baker is a fan of {{w|association football}}, being a supporter of the {{w|New York City Football Team}}. In 2022, he was temporarily supended from Rift for three days for illegally streaming a off-season match between the NYFC and the {{w|New England Revolution|New England Revolutionaries}}. Baker currently lives in [[San Francisco City]], and owns homes in [[New York City]] and [[Grand Llano]]. According to Baker in a 2022 stream, he was actively seeking Sierran dual citizenship.
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==See also==
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1995 births]]
[[Category:Continental people of Anatolian descent]]
[[Category:Anatolian expatriates]]
[[Category:Continental Muslims]]
[[Category:Continental political commentators]]
[[Category:People from Trenton, New Jersey]]
[[Category:Rift (service) streamers]]
[[Category:Rutgers University alumni]]