Adam Rifkin 🐼
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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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In the end, only kindness matters.
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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
November 21, 2024 at 7:11 PM
“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
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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...
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December 3, 2024 at 7:11 PM
“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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“They were careless people… they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby
Release ALL the Epstein files!
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby
Release ALL the Epstein files!
Why???
EPSTEIN
EPSTEIN
EPSTEIN
EPSTEIN
EPSTEIN
That’s why. Not just him but the other mega wealthy who also are in the files.
#Pinks
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFilea
EPSTEIN
EPSTEIN
EPSTEIN
EPSTEIN
EPSTEIN
That’s why. Not just him but the other mega wealthy who also are in the files.
#Pinks
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFilea
November 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
“They were careless people… they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby
Release ALL the Epstein files!
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby
Release ALL the Epstein files!
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RELEASE ALL THE EPSTEIN FILES
October 11, 2025 at 6:11 AM
RELEASE ALL THE EPSTEIN FILES
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🎶 Those Epstein files gonna bite your butt, but it ain’t gonna go away … 🎶
August 6, 2025 at 6:11 AM
🎶 Those Epstein files gonna bite your butt, but it ain’t gonna go away … 🎶
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🎶 “Do you remember his pledge to expose sex offenders? It’s since been erased from the agenda, and hidden from the light of day…” 🎶
July 23, 2025 at 6:59 PM
🎶 “Do you remember his pledge to expose sex offenders? It’s since been erased from the agenda, and hidden from the light of day…” 🎶
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“[Trump] should not grant any form of clemency to this convicted and unrepentant sex offender. [Trump regime] should not be providing her with room service, with puppies to play with, with federal law enforcement officials waiting on her every need, or with any special treatment…” @raskin.house.gov
November 11, 2025 at 7:11 AM
“[Trump] should not grant any form of clemency to this convicted and unrepentant sex offender. [Trump regime] should not be providing her with room service, with puppies to play with, with federal law enforcement officials waiting on her every need, or with any special treatment…” @raskin.house.gov
“[Trump] should not grant any form of clemency to this convicted and unrepentant sex offender. [Trump regime] should not be providing her with room service, with puppies to play with, with federal law enforcement officials waiting on her every need, or with any special treatment…” @raskin.house.gov
November 11, 2025 at 7:11 AM
“[Trump] should not grant any form of clemency to this convicted and unrepentant sex offender. [Trump regime] should not be providing her with room service, with puppies to play with, with federal law enforcement officials waiting on her every need, or with any special treatment…” @raskin.house.gov
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“The deal also brought the government’s investigation into Epstein’s finances to a halt. According to the former law enforcement official, the money-laundering probe remained open until the day of Epstein's guilty plea.”
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🚨 EXPLOSIVE NEW investigation: We uncovered previously undisclosed details about an 18-month money laundering investigation into Jeffrey Epstein that took place alongside the 2007 sex crimes probe, according to emails obtained from Epstein's personal Yahoo account
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Jeffrey Epstein Went to War Over Money Laundering Probe in 2007 Sex Case
Federal prosecutors opened a financial-crimes investigation into Jeffrey Epstein in 2007 amid their larger sex-trafficking probe. The financier and his legal team waged a war against them, his emails ...
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November 1, 2025 at 6:11 PM
“The deal also brought the government’s investigation into Epstein’s finances to a halt. According to the former law enforcement official, the money-laundering probe remained open until the day of Epstein's guilty plea.”
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“Republicans are making children go hungry to protect pedophiles [in the Epstein files] but it’s a reasonable interpretation of the situation… Republicans could easily avoid SNAP cutoff if they wanted to. It’s cruel: Millions of Americans will suffer severely from the loss of food aid.”
Paul Krugman
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October 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
“Republicans are making children go hungry to protect pedophiles [in the Epstein files] but it’s a reasonable interpretation of the situation… Republicans could easily avoid SNAP cutoff if they wanted to. It’s cruel: Millions of Americans will suffer severely from the loss of food aid.”
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“MAGA is really a composite of several factions with parallel and occasionally conflicting agendas… I’m not sure where to put the Epstein files in this diagram. They clearly have cross-faction interest (all of them seem obsessed with pedophiles…).”
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September 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
“MAGA is really a composite of several factions with parallel and occasionally conflicting agendas… I’m not sure where to put the Epstein files in this diagram. They clearly have cross-faction interest (all of them seem obsessed with pedophiles…).”
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“What Trump is doing is reversing the American Revolution to reestablish this nation as a kingdom, with mad King Donald as the broligarchy’s monarch.
To top it off, he may be protecting the largest child sex trafficking ring in modern history?” @malcolmnance.bsky.social
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To top it off, he may be protecting the largest child sex trafficking ring in modern history?” @malcolmnance.bsky.social
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August 8, 2025 at 6:11 PM
“What Trump is doing is reversing the American Revolution to reestablish this nation as a kingdom, with mad King Donald as the broligarchy’s monarch.
To top it off, he may be protecting the largest child sex trafficking ring in modern history?” @malcolmnance.bsky.social
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To top it off, he may be protecting the largest child sex trafficking ring in modern history?” @malcolmnance.bsky.social
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“This might be one of the most massive cover-ups in the history of the United States unfolding before our very eyes… Stop playing us for fools and suckers. Release everything—now.” @raskin.house.gov
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
July 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
“This might be one of the most massive cover-ups in the history of the United States unfolding before our very eyes… Stop playing us for fools and suckers. Release everything—now.” @raskin.house.gov
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
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What is Trump’s “wonderful secret” with Epstein?
July 19, 2025 at 6:11 PM
What is Trump’s “wonderful secret” with Epstein?
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“Who said that Epstein was a lot of fun to be with, who bragged that he was friends with Epstein for 15 years… and who now says that everybody needs to stop talking about Jeffrey Epstein right now? Answers there are Donald Trump, Donald Trump, Donald Trump…”
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July 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
“Who said that Epstein was a lot of fun to be with, who bragged that he was friends with Epstein for 15 years… and who now says that everybody needs to stop talking about Jeffrey Epstein right now? Answers there are Donald Trump, Donald Trump, Donald Trump…”
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“Trump Cabinet Secretary Alex Acosta—yes, THE Alex Acosta who gave Epstein a sweetheart deal—says that the White House has the authority to release the files. This is a cover-up, plain as day, and we won’t stop until every survivor gets justice.” @repstansbury.bsky.social
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Danielle Bensky is one of hundreds of women to have suffered abuse by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epsteinng She is speaking out as the Epstein scandal dogs the White House and grips the United States.
#ReleaseAllTheEpsteinFiles
#ReleaseAllTheEpsteinFiles
September 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
“Trump Cabinet Secretary Alex Acosta—yes, THE Alex Acosta who gave Epstein a sweetheart deal—says that the White House has the authority to release the files. This is a cover-up, plain as day, and we won’t stop until every survivor gets justice.” @repstansbury.bsky.social
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“Ghislaine Maxwell remains the only child rapist in history to receive well wishes from a president* of the U.S.”
Lawrence O’Donnell
“She’s also the only child rapist in history to be moved to a minimum security camp with work release one week after meeting with the Deputy AG.” @muellershewrote.com
Lawrence O’Donnell
“She’s also the only child rapist in history to be moved to a minimum security camp with work release one week after meeting with the Deputy AG.” @muellershewrote.com
"I just wish her well, frankly."
Donald Trump re Ghislaine Maxwell
Donald Trump re Ghislaine Maxwell
August 13, 2025 at 6:11 PM
“Ghislaine Maxwell remains the only child rapist in history to receive well wishes from a president* of the U.S.”
Lawrence O’Donnell
“She’s also the only child rapist in history to be moved to a minimum security camp with work release one week after meeting with the Deputy AG.” @muellershewrote.com
Lawrence O’Donnell
“She’s also the only child rapist in history to be moved to a minimum security camp with work release one week after meeting with the Deputy AG.” @muellershewrote.com
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“If Donald Trump learned what happened to Virginia Giuffre and warned Epstein never to recruit sex slaves at Mar-a-Lago again, it would mean he was aware of what happened to Giuffre, aware years before law enforcement started investigating Epstein.” @emptywheel.bsky.social
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July 30, 2025 at 6:11 PM
“If Donald Trump learned what happened to Virginia Giuffre and warned Epstein never to recruit sex slaves at Mar-a-Lago again, it would mean he was aware of what happened to Giuffre, aware years before law enforcement started investigating Epstein.” @emptywheel.bsky.social
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
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“That was his bro. That was his wingman… [Trump and Epstein] were very, very close… I was dating Jeffrey. He was always talking about Donald. He was his bestie and… We went up to his office in Trump Tower. Within minutes, Donald was outside his door and his hands were all over me…”
Stacey Williams
Stacey Williams
July 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM
“That was his bro. That was his wingman… [Trump and Epstein] were very, very close… I was dating Jeffrey. He was always talking about Donald. He was his bestie and… We went up to his office in Trump Tower. Within minutes, Donald was outside his door and his hands were all over me…”
Stacey Williams
Stacey Williams
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“You are hiding the Epstein files, Mr. Patel. You are part of the cover up.”
Representative Dan Goldman
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Representative Dan Goldman
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September 19, 2025 at 6:59 PM
“You are hiding the Epstein files, Mr. Patel. You are part of the cover up.”
Representative Dan Goldman
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Representative Dan Goldman
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“He was using the modeling company as a cover in part for the sex trafficking… They would send the youngest girls down to Epstein’s place in Palm Beach… When Epstein formed that company, he said to her, I want it to be set up just like Donald Trump’s modeling agency.”
Julie K Brown
@meidastouch.com
Julie K Brown
@meidastouch.com
Brown: Brad Edwards deposed Epstein’s accountant—she worked for Epstein’s modeling company
She gave more detail than we had heard before, including the fact that when Epstein formed that company, he told her he wanted it to be set up just like Trump’s modeling agency.
She gave more detail than we had heard before, including the fact that when Epstein formed that company, he told her he wanted it to be set up just like Trump’s modeling agency.
August 4, 2025 at 6:11 PM
“He was using the modeling company as a cover in part for the sex trafficking… They would send the youngest girls down to Epstein’s place in Palm Beach… When Epstein formed that company, he said to her, I want it to be set up just like Donald Trump’s modeling agency.”
Julie K Brown
@meidastouch.com
Julie K Brown
@meidastouch.com
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“Why did Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell make Trump’s club one of the spots where they hunted for victims? Even the club knew what Epstein was doing. A Mar-a-Lago source in 2007 told the New York Post that Epstein ‘would use the spa to try to procure girls.’” @meidastouch.com
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
August 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
“Why did Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell make Trump’s club one of the spots where they hunted for victims? Even the club knew what Epstein was doing. A Mar-a-Lago source in 2007 told the New York Post that Epstein ‘would use the spa to try to procure girls.’” @meidastouch.com
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
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“The FBI redacted Trump’s name in the Epstein files… 1000 FBI agents… 100,000 documents… While reviewing the #EpsteinFiles, FBI personnel identified numerous references to Trump in the documents… Dozens of other high-profile public figures also appeared.” Bloomberg
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August 5, 2025 at 11:44 PM
“The FBI redacted Trump’s name in the Epstein files… 1000 FBI agents… 100,000 documents… While reviewing the #EpsteinFiles, FBI personnel identified numerous references to Trump in the documents… Dozens of other high-profile public figures also appeared.” Bloomberg
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“In May, Bondi and her deputy informed [Trump] that his name was in the #EpsteinFiles… On July 15, an ABC News journalist asked Trump, ‘Specifically, did she tell you at all that your name appeared in the files?’ ‘No, no, she’s—she’s given us just a very quick briefing,’ Trump responded.” @wsj.com
July 23, 2025 at 11:20 PM
“In May, Bondi and her deputy informed [Trump] that his name was in the #EpsteinFiles… On July 15, an ABC News journalist asked Trump, ‘Specifically, did she tell you at all that your name appeared in the files?’ ‘No, no, she’s—she’s given us just a very quick briefing,’ Trump responded.” @wsj.com
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“Share this [from Virginia Giuffre] again and again as Trump and right-wing media try to rehabilitate Ghislaine Maxwell.” @wajali.bsky.social
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“Both of them.”
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“Both of them.”
Virginia Giuffre: “I was instructed to get undressed and have sex with Jeffrey Epstein while Ghislaine Maxwell was particpating as well. Both of them. I was abused by Ghislaine and Epstein.”
August 2, 2025 at 6:11 PM
“Share this [from Virginia Giuffre] again and again as Trump and right-wing media try to rehabilitate Ghislaine Maxwell.” @wajali.bsky.social
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“Both of them.”
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“Both of them.”