Alexander Balaeff
@abalaeff.bsky.social
Personal account for following good people, making reposts, bashing fascism, and leaving occasional comments in fun and hobby threads.
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Who did this? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
September 18, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Who did this? 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Testosterone screening in the 21st century.....
September 18, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Testosterone screening in the 21st century.....
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It doesn’t get any cuter than this, folks. 😍
August 31, 2026 at 2:34 AM
It doesn’t get any cuter than this, folks. 😍
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A much-needed break from anything serious. 🥰
August 30, 2026 at 7:06 PM
A much-needed break from anything serious. 🥰
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Da. The Molotov-Ribbentrop pact.
Is there any day of the year that is NOT an anniversary of Russia's violating a treaty it willingly signed?
July 21, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Da. The Molotov-Ribbentrop pact.
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JD Vance urging the Ukrainians to be defensive is peak pro-Putin lobbying by the Trump administration. Now that Ukraine is doing better than they ever imagined, they want Ukraine to back off and take a deal Putin would go for.
Nothing has changed. The US is with Russia.
Nothing has changed. The US is with Russia.
July 5, 2026 at 8:03 PM
JD Vance urging the Ukrainians to be defensive is peak pro-Putin lobbying by the Trump administration. Now that Ukraine is doing better than they ever imagined, they want Ukraine to back off and take a deal Putin would go for.
Nothing has changed. The US is with Russia.
Nothing has changed. The US is with Russia.
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Ukraine has unveiled Peace Duck – an AI-powered interceptor drone. 🦆
Thinking about how to explain to foreigners that it doesn’t exactly mean “a little peaceful ducky.”
Thinking about how to explain to foreigners that it doesn’t exactly mean “a little peaceful ducky.”
July 6, 2026 at 1:43 AM
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“What have I, or those I represent, to do with your national independence? Are the great principles of political freedom and of natural justice, embodied in that Declaration of Independence, extended to us?…I am not included within the pale of this glorious anniversary! Your high independence
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July 5, 2026 at 9:39 AM
“What have I, or those I represent, to do with your national independence? Are the great principles of political freedom and of natural justice, embodied in that Declaration of Independence, extended to us?…I am not included within the pale of this glorious anniversary! Your high independence
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The most corrupt President in U.S. history calling in a favor from the most corrupt President of the most corrupt sports organization in the world. Surprising the whole planet wasn't sucked into this singularity of corruption.
The NYT reports that Trump personally called FIFA President Gianni Infantino and asked him to review Team USA’s Folarin Balogun’s World Cup suspension after his red card
Days later, FIFA reversed the suspension
It’s the first time since 1962 that FIFA has overturned a World Cup red-card suspension
Days later, FIFA reversed the suspension
It’s the first time since 1962 that FIFA has overturned a World Cup red-card suspension
July 5, 2026 at 11:44 PM
The most corrupt President in U.S. history calling in a favor from the most corrupt President of the most corrupt sports organization in the world. Surprising the whole planet wasn't sucked into this singularity of corruption.
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Fifteen minutes before the President announced he was pausing strikes on Iran, somebody moved $500 million in oil futures. Somebody knew. Somebody told them. Or somebody is them.
New piece ↓
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
New piece ↓
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
This Isn't Trading. It's Theft from Your Retirement.
Someone keeps making perfectly-timed bets right before the President speaks. The victims are your pension, your 401(k), and the country I took an oath to defend.
open.substack.com
April 21, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Fifteen minutes before the President announced he was pausing strikes on Iran, somebody moved $500 million in oil futures. Somebody knew. Somebody told them. Or somebody is them.
New piece ↓
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
New piece ↓
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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Reminiscent of the reaction of Brezhnev and Jaruzelski to John Paul II, though quite a bit more hysterical.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/u...
Vance Says Pope Leo Should Stay Out of U.S. Affairs
www.nytimes.com
April 14, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Reminiscent of the reaction of Brezhnev and Jaruzelski to John Paul II, though quite a bit more hysterical.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/u...
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Two weeks to remove him. Now.
April 7, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Two weeks to remove him. Now.
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The defining face of the first day of the full-scale invasion is Ukrainian marine Vitalii Skakun.
He heroically sacrificed his life by blowing up a bridge in Henichesk to slow the advancing Russian columns.
He heroically sacrificed his life by blowing up a bridge in Henichesk to slow the advancing Russian columns.
February 24, 2026 at 1:05 PM
The defining face of the first day of the full-scale invasion is Ukrainian marine Vitalii Skakun.
He heroically sacrificed his life by blowing up a bridge in Henichesk to slow the advancing Russian columns.
He heroically sacrificed his life by blowing up a bridge in Henichesk to slow the advancing Russian columns.
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Do you remember that very night -- the night before the day of all days, four years ago?
How many of us didn’t sleep at all.
We sat in the dark in silence, in front of our laptops, refreshing news feeds.
How many of us didn’t sleep at all.
We sat in the dark in silence, in front of our laptops, refreshing news feeds.
February 24, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Do you remember that very night -- the night before the day of all days, four years ago?
How many of us didn’t sleep at all.
We sat in the dark in silence, in front of our laptops, refreshing news feeds.
How many of us didn’t sleep at all.
We sat in the dark in silence, in front of our laptops, refreshing news feeds.
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Instead of lending out dollars to banks, the Federal Reserve should lend out Jerome Powell’s spine to Republican senators.
January 12, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Instead of lending out dollars to banks, the Federal Reserve should lend out Jerome Powell’s spine to Republican senators.
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A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 2:52 PM
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
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No. Square the circle. "He's spending money on invading other countries. The only money he's spending here is to kill you."
Democrats need to understand that they can just say “It’s insane to threaten Greenland” and “I don’t think ICE should murder Americans in the street” and you don’t need to pretend to link it to the affordability crisis.
Say bad things are bad.
Say bad things are bad.
January 8, 2026 at 2:31 AM
No. Square the circle. "He's spending money on invading other countries. The only money he's spending here is to kill you."
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“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration,” the North Carolina Republican Party's communications director wrote in an email response to us. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.”
We didn't. #ICYMI, read the story that he wanted dropped:
We didn't. #ICYMI, read the story that he wanted dropped:
“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America
Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well be...
www.propublica.org
January 2, 2026 at 4:00 AM
“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration,” the North Carolina Republican Party's communications director wrote in an email response to us. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.”
We didn't. #ICYMI, read the story that he wanted dropped:
We didn't. #ICYMI, read the story that he wanted dropped:
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Isn’t it odd that when a member of an immigrant ethnic group commits a crime, right-wing white guys want to deport the entire group, but when a right-wing white guy commits a crime, the other right-wing white guys don’t volunteer to deport themselves.
January 1, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Isn’t it odd that when a member of an immigrant ethnic group commits a crime, right-wing white guys want to deport the entire group, but when a right-wing white guy commits a crime, the other right-wing white guys don’t volunteer to deport themselves.
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A Ukrainian woman is saying goodbye to her home as the front line approaches.
"The front is getting closer, and today my Mom said goodbye to our home and asked for forgiveness that she won’t be able to go there again until victory," Viktoriia wrote.
📷: asiya666
"The front is getting closer, and today my Mom said goodbye to our home and asked for forgiveness that she won’t be able to go there again until victory," Viktoriia wrote.
📷: asiya666
November 27, 2025 at 5:35 PM
A Ukrainian woman is saying goodbye to her home as the front line approaches.
"The front is getting closer, and today my Mom said goodbye to our home and asked for forgiveness that she won’t be able to go there again until victory," Viktoriia wrote.
📷: asiya666
"The front is getting closer, and today my Mom said goodbye to our home and asked for forgiveness that she won’t be able to go there again until victory," Viktoriia wrote.
📷: asiya666
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A Dad cradles the coffin of his son.
Russia killed 1,5 year old Nazar, his sister Kamila and their mom on November 19th in #Ternopil.
Deepest condolences...
Russia killed 1,5 year old Nazar, his sister Kamila and their mom on November 19th in #Ternopil.
Deepest condolences...
November 23, 2025 at 6:33 PM
A Dad cradles the coffin of his son.
Russia killed 1,5 year old Nazar, his sister Kamila and their mom on November 19th in #Ternopil.
Deepest condolences...
Russia killed 1,5 year old Nazar, his sister Kamila and their mom on November 19th in #Ternopil.
Deepest condolences...
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
-FDR, 1937
-FDR, 1937
November 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
-FDR, 1937
-FDR, 1937
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During a power outage from the Russian attacks, an elderly lady with a flashlight selects seeds from a catalog to order them via post and plant in the spring.
"That's all you need to know about faith in the future," the writing on the video says.
📹: Darya Shut/Facebook
"That's all you need to know about faith in the future," the writing on the video says.
📹: Darya Shut/Facebook
November 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
During a power outage from the Russian attacks, an elderly lady with a flashlight selects seeds from a catalog to order them via post and plant in the spring.
"That's all you need to know about faith in the future," the writing on the video says.
📹: Darya Shut/Facebook
"That's all you need to know about faith in the future," the writing on the video says.
📹: Darya Shut/Facebook