Left USA 11 years ago
balibri.bsky.social
Left USA 11 years ago
@balibri.bsky.social
Former lawyer, music fan, in Australia now
prescient
13 days before 2024 election……

So, when people say “That’s not what I voted for?” I call bullshit.

#SheShed
youtu.be/8Ev7UkQLicM?...
WATCH: Harris warns Trump wants unchecked power
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
youtu.be
January 8, 2026 at 12:16 PM
trump says he is getting 2 billion of oil from Venz. which he will put in offshore accounts. controlled by himself probably. but assume it went to the US, what was the cost. The military operation, which continues, probably cost more than that!
January 8, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Trumpist foreign policy has nothing to do with, well, making America great again, and everything to do with raising the wealth and status of the Trump family and its hangers-on — what they call our ruling clique. U.S. foreign policymakes no sense if interpreted through the lens of national interest
January 8, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Today, Trump asked Fulton County, Georgia, for a $6.2 million payout in attorneys’ fees and costs after the criminal charges against him in Georgia were dismissed. THE SHAKEDOWN CONTINUES. and 1/
January 8, 2026 at 7:26 AM
Peter Thiel in 2009: “I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible.”“The 1920s were the last decade in American history during which one could be genuinely optimistic about politics. Since 1920, the vast increase in welfare beneficiaries and the extension of the franchise to women.1
January 7, 2026 at 8:21 AM
It seems we are at a, place in history where the fascist running the 3 biggest countries are carving up a dying planet by claiming the natural resources of other countries
January 6, 2026 at 6:10 AM
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Call to Activism-Joe Gallina

🚨HOLY COW: Colombian President Gustavo Petro just went after Trump:

“A clan of pedophiles wants to destroy our democracy. To keep Epstein's list from coming out, they send warships to kill fishermen & threaten our neighbor with invasion for their oil."
January 4, 2026 at 1:28 AM
Listening to All in podcast w Scot Bessent on Dec 23rd and can't believe the total Lies, this guy is spouting!
January 3, 2026 at 7:34 AM
USA, trying to stop vaccine. UK just started covering free chicken pox vaccine, and already was giving MMR
January 3, 2026 at 1:25 AM
Well it's already 2026 in Oz and I am glad to say adios to 25, had 3 big surgeries and 2 other outpatient things and one more to go in a week. Hope not to see inside of hospital due long time after That
January 1, 2026 at 6:30 AM
Even the "godfather" of the Trump/vance,Thiel,Musk beliefs, Curtis Yarvin said in oct. that the “second Trump revolution…is failing. It is failing because it deserves to fail. It is failing because it spends all its time patting itself on the back. .1/
December 31, 2025 at 9:53 AM
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/o...
free link. not saying they deserve it but if this writer is correct, it could mean many less R votes soon
Opinion | Trump’s War on Public Health Is a Battle to the Death
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Reposted by Left USA 11 years ago
Here we go
December 23, 2025 at 6:27 AM
MAGA leaders are now openly fighting over its future. At this weekend’s Turning Point USA AmericaFest. Ben Shapiro called out right-wing influencers Candace Owens, Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, and Steve Bannon, who have lately moved even further toward the Nazi far right as “frauds and grifters.” 1
December 23, 2025 at 7:05 AM
OpenAI needs 20% of current U.S. electric capacity — equivalent to 250 nuclear power plants — at a cost of $10 trillion. There’s a five- to eight-year wait to connect a new data center to the grid. Meanwhile, China has more than twice America’s energy capacity at half the cost.
December 20, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Since 2019, China has decreased its share of exports to the U.S. from 17% to 10%. Meanwhile, China’s global exports are up 40%, while imports are flat. Trump’s tariff policy is the definition of stupid: hurt others while hurting yourself. It has not inspired an increase in domestic manufacturing, 1/
December 20, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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December 12, 2025 at 10:20 PM
“We will quickly try and hang men after three violent crimes. And yes, we will do it in public to deter others,” Palantir cofounder and billionaire Joe Lonsdale said in a post on X. “Our society needs balance. It’s time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable.”
December 13, 2025 at 2:22 AM
avg health ins cost for family of 4 now 27k in US. shit I almost paid that much, including my deductible, 12 years ago!
December 12, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Didn't trump claim to end the"war" between Thailand n Cambodia? Then why are they bombing each other again
December 9, 2025 at 11:43 AM
1.2 miming job cuts in 25,2d highest in 16 years. Rate cut a certainty now. But core cpi over 3%, so it's going to go higher
December 9, 2025 at 2:36 AM
25% of those unemployed have 4 year Univ degrees
December 9, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Re the substack that argues 140k in poverty level for family of 4 in USA--depends where you live but for sure-The current poverty level – inflation adjusted from that 1963 base – is $31,200 for a family of four. Not possible almost anywhere in the US and impossible in high-cost areas.
December 6, 2025 at 8:28 AM
WHY DID THE MANGO MUSSOLINI GRANT A PARDON TO HONDURAN EX PREZ CONVICTED OF DRUG TRAFFICKING? THE REAL REASON WILL SURPRISE YOU, ITS BC HE IS BEHOLDEN TO HIS TECH BROS! 1/
December 6, 2025 at 7:25 AM