Rabbi Iris Richman
@rabbir.bsky.social
Rabbi- Believer in justice, Jewish pluralism and the power to repair the world/ tikkun olam. Conservative Rabbi but liberal
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It does not have to be a conspiracy for the Times to have completely debased itself as a newspaper.
We look to newspapers to tell us what is happening, and they just did not do their job
We look to newspapers to tell us what is happening, and they just did not do their job
November 13, 2025 at 9:45 PM
It does not have to be a conspiracy for the Times to have completely debased itself as a newspaper.
We look to newspapers to tell us what is happening, and they just did not do their job
We look to newspapers to tell us what is happening, and they just did not do their job
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If this wasn't a deliberate covering of the story, then we still should not trust the newspaper that completely slept on a man in the public eye as both the leader of the Republican Party and President of the US for nearly ten years, was involved in Epstein's child sex trafficking operation
November 13, 2025 at 9:42 PM
If this wasn't a deliberate covering of the story, then we still should not trust the newspaper that completely slept on a man in the public eye as both the leader of the Republican Party and President of the US for nearly ten years, was involved in Epstein's child sex trafficking operation
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In 2019, after Epstein was arrested, Trump told reporters he was “not a fan of his, that I can tell you.” Trump also said he hadn’t spoken to Epstein in 15 years, which would have been 2004.
But the just released emails prove they spent Thanksgiving together just TWO YEARS earlier. Donald's a liar.
But the just released emails prove they spent Thanksgiving together just TWO YEARS earlier. Donald's a liar.
November 13, 2025 at 9:45 PM
In 2019, after Epstein was arrested, Trump told reporters he was “not a fan of his, that I can tell you.” Trump also said he hadn’t spoken to Epstein in 15 years, which would have been 2004.
But the just released emails prove they spent Thanksgiving together just TWO YEARS earlier. Donald's a liar.
But the just released emails prove they spent Thanksgiving together just TWO YEARS earlier. Donald's a liar.
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More (51%) non-Orthodox rabbinical students are queer or trans (LGBTQ) than NOT, according to a new survey.
12% are nonbinary (58% women, 30% men)
16% are Jews by choice
12% ID as a race other than white.
12% are nonbinary (58% women, 30% men)
16% are Jews by choice
12% ID as a race other than white.
What the first major study of the US rabbinate reveals - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
The rabbinate is older, happier and more diverse than previously known, according to the study.
www.jta.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:24 PM
More (51%) non-Orthodox rabbinical students are queer or trans (LGBTQ) than NOT, according to a new survey.
12% are nonbinary (58% women, 30% men)
16% are Jews by choice
12% ID as a race other than white.
12% are nonbinary (58% women, 30% men)
16% are Jews by choice
12% ID as a race other than white.
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NEW: In text messages from 2017, Jeffrey Epstein seemingly represented himself as positioned to pass information from the Trump White House to Bill Gates through an intermediary, claiming intimate knowledge of Trump’s views in an exchange with a Gates adviser.
Jeffrey Epstein Claimed Intimate Knowledge of Donald Trump’s Views in Texts With Bill Gates Adviser
In text messages from 2017, Jeffrey Epstein seemingly represented himself as positioned to pass information from the Trump White House to Bill Gates through an intermediary.
www.wired.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
NEW: In text messages from 2017, Jeffrey Epstein seemingly represented himself as positioned to pass information from the Trump White House to Bill Gates through an intermediary, claiming intimate knowledge of Trump’s views in an exchange with a Gates adviser.
Been saying since 2017- when his approval rating falls below 30% - he’s toast.
Republicans also stood by Nixon until the bitter end, then deserted him en masse. I post this for those who need something to look forward to
November 13, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Been saying since 2017- when his approval rating falls below 30% - he’s toast.
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This story by @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social about Landon Thomas, former NYT reporter now appearing in the latest email tranche, soliciting a $30k contribution from Jeffrey Epstein?
Yes, you can read it here
www.npr.org/2019/08/22/7...
Yes, you can read it here
www.npr.org/2019/08/22/7...
November 12, 2025 at 8:59 PM
This story by @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social about Landon Thomas, former NYT reporter now appearing in the latest email tranche, soliciting a $30k contribution from Jeffrey Epstein?
Yes, you can read it here
www.npr.org/2019/08/22/7...
Yes, you can read it here
www.npr.org/2019/08/22/7...
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Well well well
November 13, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Well well well
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According to the car wash owner, agents arrested employees before they could obtain their documentation from their work lockers. So many were likely here legally.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
BU College Republicans president says he called ICE to ‘detain these criminals’ at Allston Car Wash
The president of Boston University College Republicans wrote on X he called the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement requesting it detain employees at Allston Car Wash, the site of a Nov. 4 raid w...
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November 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
According to the car wash owner, agents arrested employees before they could obtain their documentation from their work lockers. So many were likely here legally.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
Here's hoping this article on Zac boasting about how he ruined some immigrants' lives follows him around for a very long time.
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DOJ’s #2 wants us to believe that they were so incompetent during Trump’s first term that Epstein’s estate “hid” his emails, even though DOJ seized his electronics and could have subpoenaed Google? I don’t buy it.
November 13, 2025 at 4:39 PM
DOJ’s #2 wants us to believe that they were so incompetent during Trump’s first term that Epstein’s estate “hid” his emails, even though DOJ seized his electronics and could have subpoenaed Google? I don’t buy it.
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Hegseth throwing away taxpayer money so he can sound like a tough guy with a new title.
November 13, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Hegseth throwing away taxpayer money so he can sound like a tough guy with a new title.
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Donald Trump: "Ghrislaine's daddy Robert Maxwell was like a father figure to me"
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Donald Trump: "Ghrislaine's daddy Robert Maxwell was like a father figure to me"
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November 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Donald Trump: "Ghrislaine's daddy Robert Maxwell was like a father figure to me"
spookyconnections.com/2024/10/19/r...
Donald Trump: "Ghrislaine's daddy Robert Maxwell was like a father figure to me"
spookyconnections.com/2024/10/19/r...
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Some of the rules that apply to Ghislaine Maxwell’s fellow inmates at Bryan simply do not appear to apply to the late-Jeffrey Epstein’s infamous right-hand woman. https://cnn.it/3LAuWaI
Unlimited toilet paper and special privileges: Inside Ghislaine Maxwell's life in prison | CNN Politics
Some of the rules that apply to Ghislaine Maxwell's fellow inmates at Bryan simply do not appear to apply to the late-Jeffrey Epstein's infamous right-hand woman.
www.cnn.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Some of the rules that apply to Ghislaine Maxwell’s fellow inmates at Bryan simply do not appear to apply to the late-Jeffrey Epstein’s infamous right-hand woman. https://cnn.it/3LAuWaI
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Former NYT reporter Landon Thomas, Jr.: Its getting scary. The stories you could tell...
Epstein: Wow
Thomas: Actually I don't think he/voters would care. Being effectively shameless is a pretty powerful weapon for a presidential candidate.
Epstein: But by being a phony rich person
Epstein: Wow
Thomas: Actually I don't think he/voters would care. Being effectively shameless is a pretty powerful weapon for a presidential candidate.
Epstein: But by being a phony rich person
November 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Former NYT reporter Landon Thomas, Jr.: Its getting scary. The stories you could tell...
Epstein: Wow
Thomas: Actually I don't think he/voters would care. Being effectively shameless is a pretty powerful weapon for a presidential candidate.
Epstein: But by being a phony rich person
Epstein: Wow
Thomas: Actually I don't think he/voters would care. Being effectively shameless is a pretty powerful weapon for a presidential candidate.
Epstein: But by being a phony rich person
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Kevin Hassett on the October jobs report: "We'll maybe be able to concoct something, but we'll never actually know for sure what the unemployment rate was in October."
November 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Kevin Hassett on the October jobs report: "We'll maybe be able to concoct something, but we'll never actually know for sure what the unemployment rate was in October."
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Some Dems and pundits overread the significance of Trump's win. They looked at dissatisfaction with the border and discerned a seismic cultural reaction to immigration levels inside the country. The former was real. The latter is a mirage.
(h/t @gelliottmorris.com)
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
(h/t @gelliottmorris.com)
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
November 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Some Dems and pundits overread the significance of Trump's win. They looked at dissatisfaction with the border and discerned a seismic cultural reaction to immigration levels inside the country. The former was real. The latter is a mirage.
(h/t @gelliottmorris.com)
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
(h/t @gelliottmorris.com)
newrepublic.com/article/2030...
Now that Johnson is claiming not just that he doesn’t see external GOP wrongdoing but also the legislation HE JUST PASSED, where even I knew about this, it unfortunately brings to mind Alex DeLarge’s eyes forcibly held open in Clockwork Orange.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
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November 13, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Now that Johnson is claiming not just that he doesn’t see external GOP wrongdoing but also the legislation HE JUST PASSED, where even I knew about this, it unfortunately brings to mind Alex DeLarge’s eyes forcibly held open in Clockwork Orange.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
We thought the only thing that “see no evil, hear no evil” Speaker Johnson “didn’t see” was bad news for the GOP. Now he’s claiming that about actual legislation he just passed. Thus, each of the 8 Senators will get *1 million dollars per phone* from taxpayers, as a reward for their J6 participation
Thanks to Mike Johnson, House Republicans voted to allow senators to fleece taxpayers for millions of dollars as their reward for conspiring with Trump to try and overturn an election, and now House Republicans will be held accountable for that when it happens.
November 13, 2025 at 12:49 PM
We thought the only thing that “see no evil, hear no evil” Speaker Johnson “didn’t see” was bad news for the GOP. Now he’s claiming that about actual legislation he just passed. Thus, each of the 8 Senators will get *1 million dollars per phone* from taxpayers, as a reward for their J6 participation
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This is why my most "scare the hoes" political opinion is: MAGA is avodah zarah.
When I call MAGA/GOP post-truth, this is what I mean. It’s hard for people who value truth to fully grasp.
“But don’t they care about underlying facts? Don’t they worry it’ll come out?”
No, they really don’t. They reject that factual reality matters. Words are just things you say to get something.
“But don’t they care about underlying facts? Don’t they worry it’ll come out?”
No, they really don’t. They reject that factual reality matters. Words are just things you say to get something.
November 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
This is why my most "scare the hoes" political opinion is: MAGA is avodah zarah.
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If **Jeffrey Epstein** thinks you're a evil and demented sociopath, the odds are overwhelming that you are, in fact, an evil and demented sociopath.
November 13, 2025 at 2:18 AM
If **Jeffrey Epstein** thinks you're a evil and demented sociopath, the odds are overwhelming that you are, in fact, an evil and demented sociopath.
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BREAKING: President Trump signs bill to reopen the government after a 43-day shutdown.
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November 13, 2025 at 3:26 AM
BREAKING: President Trump signs bill to reopen the government after a 43-day shutdown.
nbcnews.to/441ZXKL
nbcnews.to/441ZXKL
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People who make primary source documents easily accessible to the public are the best
Thank you @paulgp.com
Thank you @paulgp.com
For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
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Epstein Document Search
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November 13, 2025 at 2:02 AM
People who make primary source documents easily accessible to the public are the best
Thank you @paulgp.com
Thank you @paulgp.com
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All of the times I’ve wondered what Putin had on Trump, and now we find out Jeffrey Epstein was talking to Putin’s ambassador about Trump.
Jeffrey Epstein claimed he gave Russians insight into Trump
Newly released emails show the late convicted sex offender’s extensive network of foreign contacts, whom he corresponded with about Trump’s policy decisions.
www.politico.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:17 AM
All of the times I’ve wondered what Putin had on Trump, and now we find out Jeffrey Epstein was talking to Putin’s ambassador about Trump.