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Adam Rifkin 🐼
@ifindkarma.bsky.social
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Giving to others, when we can, gives our lives meaning.

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In the end, only kindness matters.
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‪“Do not accept brutality and cruelty as normal even if it is sanctioned. Protect the vulnerable and encourage the afraid. If you are brave, stand up for others. If you cannot be brave — and it is often hard to be brave — be kind.”
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We’re heading into dark times. This is how to be your own light in the Age of Trump
Having studied authoritarian states for over a decade, I would never exaggerate the severity of the threat we now face. But an American kleptocracy is exactly where president-elect Trump and his backe...
https://thecorrespondent.com/5696/were-heading-into-dark-times-this-is-how-to-be-your-own-light-in-the-age-of-trump/1611114266432-e23ea1a6‬
December 3, 2024 at 7:11 PM
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“This is an attempted authoritarian overthrow against the United States Constitution and the U.S. government… [Trump] wants to seem strong, but he is not that strong. Organizing against him works. Fighting him in court works. Pushing back works. Protesting in the streets works.”
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maddowblog.bsky.social MaddowBlog @maddowblog.bsky.social · Jun 10
The most important story of our time is not what Donald Trump wants to do, but what the people of this country allow him to do.
June 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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if you get tired, learn to rest, not to quit.
if you get tired, learn to rest, not to quit. Banksy wall art graffiti meme pic
April 28, 2023 at 6:11 AM
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“To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness… The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live…is…victory.” Howard Zinn
“To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness… The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live…is…victory.” Howard Zinn
November 21, 2024 at 7:11 PM
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“In an authoritarian state that’s socializing its agents to wage war on the public, there is no concept of peaceful assembly, legal observer, monitor… These are notions that belong to democratic ideas of law and public space and the Trump admin has rejected all of these.” @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social
ruthbenghiat.bsky.social Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · 26d
My thoughts about the tragic shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis — and why this is what happens under authoritarian regimes that socializes its agents to wage war on the public.
January 12, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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“That’s how brazen they lie when they know we’ve seen the truth… Imagine how they lie when there’s no evidence to contradict them… There is nothing more dangerous to a regime predicated on lies than witnesses who capture the truth.”
Jon Stewart on Alex Pretti

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rbreich.bsky.social Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 7d
“Imagine how they lie when there’s no evidence to contradict them.”

Watch this powerful message from Jon Stewart.
January 28, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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“This constant lying is not aimed at making the people believe a lie, but at ensuring that no one believes anything anymore.
A people that can no longer distinguish between truth and lies cannot distinguish between right and wrong…
With such a people, you can do whatever you want.”
Hannah Arendt
Hannah Arendt quote meme about truth lies propaganda disinformation misinformation: ‪"This constant lying is not aimed at making the people believe a lie, but at ensuring that no one believes anything anymore.‬ ‪A people that can no longer distinguish between truth and lies cannot distinguish between right and wrong.‬ ‪And such a people, deprived of the power to think and judge, is, without knowing and willing it, completely subjected to the rule‬ ‪of lies. With such a people, you can do whatever you want."‬ ‪~Hannah Arendt, (Oct, 1906 - Dec, 1975) German historian and philosopher [useful in understanding Trump, Musk, Zuckerberg, etc]
January 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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“Terrible things are happening outside. At any time of night and day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes… Families are torn apart. Men, women and children are separated.“
The Diary of Anne Frank
January 13, 1943

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“Terrible things are happening outside. At any time of night and day, poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. They're allowed to take only a knapsack and a little cash with them, and even then, they're robbed of these possessions on the way. Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared. Women return from shopping to find their houses sealed, their families gone.” From The Diary of Anne Frank, January 13, 1943 Found here, thank you Heather: https://bsky.app/profile/heathermoandco.bsky.social/post/3md5m26p4222p
January 26, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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“I’m not a part of the MAGA agenda.” #GreenDay

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carlquintanilla.bsky.social Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · Aug 6
Happy b’day, “American Idiot” — released as a single 21 years ago today, and written in the wake of the Iraq War.

“The country had gone into a war based on lies,” said Billie Joe Armstrong, “and no one seemed to care. .. It was a song that came from a very honest, pissed-off place.”
February 3, 2026 at 7:11 AM
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“The America I love, the America I’ve written about, that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years, is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration… Rise with us, raise your voices against authoritarianism.” @brucespringsteen.net

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Bruce Springsteen in Manchester England May 2025, introducing the song that gives the tour its name Land of Hope and Dreams: “In my home, the America I love, the America I’ve written about, that has been a beacon of hope and liberty for 250 years, is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration. Tonight, we ask all who believe in democracy and the best of our American experiment to rise with us, raise your voices against authoritarianism and let freedom ring!”
May 16, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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“Minneapolis, I hear your voice
Singing through the bloody mist
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst”
@brucespringsteen.net

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Thank you for caring, @mnangryman.bsky.social🤍
February 1, 2026 at 7:11 AM
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“The [Republican] cuts to your healthcare are what’s paying for this… given to ICE… You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.”
@aoc.bsky.social

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acyn.bsky.social Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22d
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
January 16, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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“Heroic…people…choose to stand in their path with empty hands in defense of their neighbors. These agents, and the president who sent them, are… just men with guns who have to hide their faces to shoot a mom in the face, and a nurse in the back.”
@adamserwer.bsky.social

No paywall:
archive.is/NdLp6
January 29, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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“Again and again, I heard people say they were not protesters but protectors—of their communities, of their values, of the Constitution… alongside an undertow of hope that Minnesota can provide the country with a model of democratic resistance.”
Robert F Worth

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January 28, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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“If they’ll murder a U.S. citizen in broad daylight in front of dozens of people filming it — and still lie about it — imagine what they’re doing to immigrants when no one is watching. Imagine wtf is in those Epstein files.”

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maddenifico.bsky.social Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.social · 25d
Imagine. Just fucking imagine. 😳👇
January 12, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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“The situation in Minnesota is so bad they’d rather talk about Epstein… Trump swore he cut off contact with Epstein before he was arrested in 2006. So why would Epstein be calling Trump in 2011?”
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February 1, 2026 at 7:11 AM
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“Even with…this Epstein drop, remember: this is a minority of the files. This is STILL just what they were *willing* to release— in violation of the law, which requires release of ALL files. Pam Bondi’s DOJ is still hiding most of them. We need them ALL.” @aoc.bsky.social

Release ALL Epstein files.
AOC Epstein files meme tweet: “Even with everything in this Epstein drop, remember: this is a minority of the files. This is STILL just what they were *willing* to release — in violation of the law, which requires release of ALL files. Pam Bondi’s DOJ is still hiding most of them. We need them all.” Release ALL of the Epstein files. Source is AOC on Twitter, thank you @aoc.bsky.social: ‪https://twitter.com/aoc/status/2017636669130690984?s=46‬ Meme found here, thank you Jon Cooper: https://bsky.app/profile/joncooper-us.bsky.social/post/3mdqe2xqpyk2g
February 1, 2026 at 7:11 AM
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“I was raped three times a day sometimes, and I was not the only girl on that island. There was a constant stream of girls being raped… A conveyor belt of abuse.” Sarah Ransome

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#TrumpEpsteinCoverUp
marcofoster.bsky.social Marco Foster @marcofoster.bsky.social · Aug 24
Epstein survivor Sarah Ransome on Ghislaine Maxwell: “I have spent the last 17 years in my own prison for what she, Jeffrey, and all the co-conspirators did to me. I was raped three times a day. Ghislaine must die in prison.”
February 2, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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“On July 19 2023, federal Judge Lewis Kaplan rejected Donald Trump’s request for a new trial and confirmed that Donald Trump raped E. Jean Carroll. I’m going to submit this court ruling into the Congressional record.”
Rep Ted Lieu 7/25/23

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#TrumpIsARapist
February 2, 2026 at 7:59 PM
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“I don’t even wait. And when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do anything.”
Donald Trump to Billy Bush
Access Hollywood tape 2005

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Terry Tate makes America great:
February 2, 2026 at 10:22 PM
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“Important to note that Epstein’s antiblack racism didn’t prevent him from exploiting and abusing Lisa Phillips.” @alwaystheself.bsky.social

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“I do want more to come out. The powerful men behind this, that women were trafficked to, want you to be silenced.” Lisa Phillips
February 3, 2026 at 7:11 AM
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“On Epstein files:
1. Why is the press referring to girls as women?
2. Why is the press inventing a term, 'underage women', there is no such thing.
3. There is no such thing as 'sex with a child', it is called child rape or child sexual abuse.
Stop minimizing criminality.”
@paperwhispers.bsky.social
@katiegrossbard tweet: “Please don’t forget that these incredibly brave and strong women were once CHILDREN. These stories are about CHILDREN.” Found in the comments here: https://bsky.app/profile/chrislhayes.bsky.social/post/3mabytc6hok2r
February 2, 2026 at 10:22 PM
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“Entering America illegally is a misdemeanor. Abusing children is a felony. We got the wrong folks in cages.”

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rmayemsinger.bsky.social Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 1d
Don't know who this quote is from, but man...
Entering America illegally is a misdemeanor. Abusing children is a felony. We got the wrong folks in cages.
February 3, 2026 at 7:11 AM
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“Epstein was convicted in 2008 of procuring a child for prostitution. He was a registered level 3 (highest risk of re-offending) sex offender in New York after 2010. Everyone emailing him and hanging out with him after that did so knowing he was a child sex trafficker.”
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Sarah Longwell Epstein meme tweet: “Epstein was convicted in 2008 of procuring a child for prostitution. He was a registered level 3 (highest risk of re-offending) sex offender in New York after 2010. Everyone emailing him and hanging out with him after that did so knowing he was a child sex trafficker.” “So, Elon's exchanges with Epstein asking for an invite to the island are after Epstein was a convicted sex offender. Same with Lutnick, Bannon, Brett Ratner, etc.” @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social Found here, thank you George Conway: https://bsky.app/profile/gtconway.bsky.social/post/3mdr5jqxcv22w
February 2, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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“Huh. This entire administration is an Epstein Island afterparty.”
@timothysnyder.bsky.social

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Release ALL the Epstein files!
meidastouch.com MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 4d
Email from Jeffrey Epstein: "supposedly a girl said that donal= had sex with her at my house when she was underage.. =C2 . she said she has a witness. in 1993"
January 31, 2026 at 7:11 PM