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Adam Rifkin 🐼 @ifindkarma.bsky.social · Apr 28

if you get tired, learn to rest, not to quit.

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Adam Rifkin 🐼 @ifindkarma.bsky.social · Nov 21

“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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Adam Rifkin 🐼 @ifindkarma.bsky.social · Dec 3

‪“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.”
@sarahkendzior.bsky.social

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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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Adam Rifkin 🐼 @ifindkarma.bsky.social · May 16

“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!”

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Adam Rifkin 🐼 @ifindkarma.bsky.social · Nov 24

“Do not obey in advance. Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, and offer themselves without being asked. A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do.”
Timothy Snyder

Timothy Snyder On Tyranny Lesson One: “Do not obey in advance. Most of the power of authoritarianism is freely given. In times like these, individuals think ahead about what a more repressive government will want, and offer themselves without being asked. A citizen who adapts in this way is teaching power what it can do.” #OnTyranny #DoNotObeyInAdvance

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Adam Rifkin 🐼 @ifindkarma.bsky.social · Feb 1

1 Do not obey in advance.
2 Defend institutions.
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15 Contribute to good causes.
16 Learn from peers in other countries.
17 Listen for dangerous words.
18 Be calm when the unthinkable arrives.
19 Be a patriot.
20 Be as courageous as you can.
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#OnTyranny #DoNotObeyInAdvance

ON TYRANNY
TWENTY LESSONS FROM THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
BY TIMOTHY SNYDER quote
1. Do not obey in advance
2. Defend institutions.
3. Beware the one party state
4. Take responsibility for the face of the world
5. Remember professional ethics.
6. Be wary of paramilitaries.
7. Be reflective if you must be armed.
8. Stand out.
9. Be kind to our language.
10. Believe in truth.
11 . Investigate.
12. Make eye contact and small talk.
13. Practice corporeal politics.
14. Establish a private life,
15. Contribute to good causes.
16. Learn from peers in other countries.
17. Listen for dangerous words.
18. Be calm when the unthinkable arrives.
19. Be a patriot.
20. Be as courageous as you can.

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Adam Rifkin 🐼 @ifindkarma.bsky.social · May 3

“Empathy and compassion are evolved states of being… Over my years in politics and business, I have found one thing to be universally true: The kindest person in the room is often the smartest.”
JB Pritzker

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#KindnessMatters

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Adam Rifkin 🐼 @ifindkarma.bsky.social · May 25

The best thing to have is enough.

Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · Dec 27

I've shared this quote before but I'll share it again, as it's one I've been thinking about a lot as I've watched how our oligarchs have been behaving over the past few months.

At a party given by a billionaire on Shelter Island, Kurt Vonnegut informs his pal, Joseph Heller, that their host, a hedge fund manager, had made more money in a single day than Heller had earned from his wildly popular novel Catch-22 over its whole history. Heller responds, “Yes, but I have something he will never have … enough.” Enough. I was stunned by the simple eloquence of that word—stunned for two reasons: first, because I have been given so much in my own life and, second, because Joseph Heller couldn’t have been more accurate. For a critical element of our society, including many of the wealthiest and most powerful among us, there seems to be no limit today on what enough entails.

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Adam Rifkin 🐼 @ifindkarma.bsky.social · May 25

“It’s a little embarrassing that, after forty-five years of research and study, the best advice I can give people is to be a little kinder to each other.”
Aldous Huxley

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · May 3

What a line from Warren Buffett this morning:

“Be kind, and the world is better off. I'm not sure that the world will be better off if I'm richer."

[applause] 🙏🏼

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Adam Rifkin 🐼 @ifindkarma.bsky.social · Jun 18

“Stand up for what you believe in, especially if that thing is justice and peace. Hope and resilience are the enemy of fear… This tragedy must become a moment for us to come together. Hold your loved ones… Love your neighbors. Treat each other with kindness and respect.”
Sophie and Colin Hortman

Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · Jun 18

“The best way to honor our parents' memory is to do something, whether big or small, to make our community just a little better for someone else."

Beautiful statement from Sophie and Colin Hortman.

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Adam Rifkin 🐼 @ifindkarma.bsky.social · 22d

“Be kind. Kindness is underrated.”
Barack Obama

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Adam Rifkin 🐼 @ifindkarma.bsky.social · Feb 17

“Everything we can save is worth saving.”
@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social

Rebecca Solnit tweet quote meme: “They want you to feel powerless and surrender and let them trample everything and you are not going to let them. You are not giving up, and neither am I. The fact that we cannot save everything does not mean we cannot save anything and everything we can save is worth saving.”

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Adam Rifkin 🐼 @ifindkarma.bsky.social · 8d

“Grateful beats hateful every time.” @lyndacarter.bsky.social

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#KindnessMatters 🤍

Lynda Carter @lyndacarter.bsky.social · Dec 24

Sharing holiday gratitude… I’m grateful for the love of family, friends and colleagues.
I’m grateful to have known great love in my life—Robert Altman. I miss him.
So, let’s cherish each holiday, my friends! No politics, no drama. Grateful beats hateful every time…😎 trust me.
Love,
Lynda

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Adam Rifkin 🐼 @ifindkarma.bsky.social · Feb 15

“Make your calls. Go to your town halls. Ask your state and local officials what they are doing under state and local law. Rest. Hydrate. Make soup for the hungry. Don’t let people tell you that you’re doing it wrong… Not a marathon. A relay. Find your team. Thank you.”
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Alice Walker quote tweet meme: “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.”

We all have power if we are willing to employ it.

As Dahlia Lithwick observed and said, “Make your calls. Go to your town halls. Ask your state and local officials what they are doing under state and local law. Rest. Hydrate. Make soup for the hungry. Don’t let people tell you that you’re doing it wrong. Not a sprint. Not a marathon. A relay. Find your team. Thank you.”

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Adam Rifkin 🐼 @ifindkarma.bsky.social · Feb 3

“I said, ‘Somebody should do something about that.’ Then I realized I am somebody.”
Lily Tomlin

#DoSomething
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Lily Tomlin quote meme: “I said, ‘Somebody should do something about that.’ Then I realized I am somebody.” Be somebody now. Do something today.

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Adam Rifkin 🐼 @ifindkarma.bsky.social · Jan 21

“Autocrats want us to feel helpless and hopeless… Instead, this is Day One of mobilizing together and taking actions every day to strengthen our democracy in the face of its assault… It’s the beginning of a new era of taking back our country for the good of democracy.”
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Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social · Jan 20

Flip the script on democracy's destroyers. It's Day One of the new phase of the fight for our democracy.

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Adam Rifkin 🐼 @ifindkarma.bsky.social · May 16

“In America, the richest men are taking satisfaction in abandoning the world’s poorest children to sickness and death. This is happening now… Majority of our elected representatives have failed to protect the American people from abuses of an unfit president and a rogue gov’t.”
@brucespringsteen.net

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Adam Rifkin 🐼 @ifindkarma.bsky.social · May 16

“We’re in the middle of an attempted authoritarian overthrow of American democracy… The story [every day is] their incompetence, their inability to defend what they’re doing, and the American people in a louder and more intense way telling them nope.”
@maddow.msnbc.com
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The Katie Phang Show @katiephangshow.bsky.social · Apr 26

"I do think we are in the middle of an attempted authoritarian overthrow of democracy...But I don't think [Trump's] any better at it." @maddow.msnbc.com on Trump's first 100 days #KatiePhangShow

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Adam Rifkin 🐼 @ifindkarma.bsky.social · Apr 9

“Capturing a person against their will without due process is called kidnapping. Transporting them to another country without due process is called human trafficking. A squalid extrajudicial prison for people found guilty of no crime is called a concentration camp.”
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · Apr 8

Leavitt confirmed that the WH is working on deporting US citizens to El Salvador

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Adam Rifkin 🐼 @ifindkarma.bsky.social · Jan 23

“When a prison camp opens in your town… When a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom… When the president* destroys what’s left of the Constitution… They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.” @aoc.bsky.social

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jan 22

AOC 🔥🔥🔥

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Adam Rifkin 🐼 @ifindkarma.bsky.social · Mar 2

“Genuinely care and act for a better world.” @aoc.bsky.social

AOC quote tweet meme from BlueSky:

“I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy, and despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.”

“Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It's not intellectually superior. It's the virus they're trying to infect us with. NO”

Thank you, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. @aoc.bsky.social 🙏🫶

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Adam Rifkin 🐼 @ifindkarma.bsky.social · Feb 10

“Get proper amounts of rest, take breaks regularly, hydrate and take proper self-care. This is going to be a long fight. It won’t change overnight and there will be some pretty dark days ahead, honestly. But we need each other at our best. Don’t let the bastards wear you down.“ @vcdgf555.bsky.social

Illegitimi non carborundum meme quote aphorism: “Don’t let the bastards grind you down.” Thank you, Evergreen Intel.

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Adam Rifkin 🐼 @ifindkarma.bsky.social · Jan 26

”Just in case people don’t fully grasp it. The pardoning of insurrectionists is Trump’s way of building loyalty from militias and domestic terrorists to carry out unofficial acts for him.”
Olga Lautman

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Adam Rifkin 🐼 @ifindkarma.bsky.social · Jan 25

“With Trump signing executive orders that violate the Constitution and violate the law, and with him pardoning January 6 defendants who attacked and injured police officers and committed countless other crimes, welcome to the age of governmental lawlessness in America.” @glennkirschner.bsky.social

NYT Cover: Trump Incites Mob on January 6, 2021

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Adam Rifkin 🐼 @ifindkarma.bsky.social · Feb 21

“Tyranny requires your fear and your silence and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage. So gather your justice and humanity, and do not let despair overcome us when our country needs us the most.”
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Feb 20

Pritzker: If we don’t want to repeat history, then for god’s sake, in this moment, we better be strong enough to learn from it.

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