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Adam Rifkin 🐼 @ifindkarma.bsky.social · Aug 5

“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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Adam Rifkin 🐼 @ifindkarma.bsky.social · Aug 6

🎶 Those Epstein files gonna bite your butt, but it ain’t gonna go away … 🎶

JohnnyMangu @johnnybarbu.bsky.social · Aug 4

It ain't going away, no it ain't going away....

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

🎶 “Do you remember his pledge to expose sex offenders? It’s since been erased from the agenda, and hidden from the light of day…” 🎶

𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · Jul 23

🤣🤣🤣

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

Kaitlan Collins: [SCOTUS] rejected the appeal by Ghislaine Maxwell to overturn her conviction... Her only chance of getting out of prison is a pardon from you…

Trump: I’d have to take a look at it.

Collins: She’s convicted of child sex trafficking.

Trump: Yeah. I’d have to ask DOJ.

Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET @patti3333.bsky.social · 3d

LIAR
HE KNOWS

GHISLAINE MAXWELL
He knew what SCOTUS did

Pardon on the horizon?

Swear in Adelita Grijalva
Release the Epstein Files
#EpsteinFiles

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

“There’s been public reporting that Jeffrey Epstein showed people photos of Trump with half-naked young women. Do you know if the FBI found those photos in their search of Epstein’s safe or premises? Have you seen any such thing?”
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Pam Bondi did not deny that the photos exist:

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 2d

I’m old enough to remember when Pam Bondi announced that she was going to release the Epstein files.

Because it was just a few months ago.

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

Schiff: You’ve refused to answer questions about ethics, the Qatari plane, the Epstein files, Tom Homan’s alleged bribery, political prosecutions, military authorization…

Bondi: *interrupting*

@schiff.senate.gov: Excuse me. This is an oversight hearing. We demand answers.

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Sen Adam Schiff to Pam Bondi 10/7/25: "I think it's valuable that the American people get a sense of what you have refused to answer today. So, these are just some of the questions you refuse to answer, but or have answered with personal attacks on members of this committee. You were asked whether you consulted with career ethics lawyers, as you promised you would do during your nomination hearing. When you approved the president receiving a $400 million gift from the Qataris, you refused to answer that question. You were asked who or what role you may have played, or who played the role in asking that Trump's name be flagged in any of the Epstein documents gathered by the FBI? You refuse to answer that question. You were asked whether Homan kept the $50,000 bribe money. You refuse to answer that question. You were asked whether Homan paid taxes on the $50,000 bribe money. You refused to answer that question. You were asked, did career prosecutors find insufficient evidence to charge James Comey. You refused to answer that question. You were asked, how are military strikes on these boats in the Caribbean legal. And you refuse to even answer that question. You are asked, excuse me, excuse me? You are asked, did you discuss indicting James Comey with the president. You refused to answer that question. You were asked, did you approve of the firing of antitrust lawyers who disagreed with the Hewlett Packard merger. You refused to answer that question. You were asked whether you support a restoration fund for violent insurrections, insurrections to attack the Capitol on January 6th. Refuse to answer that question. You were asked whether you were firing career professionals, career prosecutors just because they worked on January 6th. Question January 6th investigations. You refuse to answer that question. You were asked by my colleague whether you believe government officials, like immigration officials, have to abide by court orders. You wouldn't answer that question."

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

Pam Bondi revealed…

1. Kash Patel does have the complete Epstein files.

2. There are photographs of Trump with half-naked girls in those files.

3. Tom Homan took a shitload of FBI cash in a bag and he hasn’t given it back.

#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
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RickChapterTwo tweet meme post: Three things I’ve learned that are absolutely true, just from listening to Pam Bondi’s answers...

1. Kash Patel does have the complete Epstein files.

2. There are photographs of Trump with half-naked girls in those files.

3. Tom Homan took a shitload of FBI cash in a bag and he hasn’t given it back.

RELEASE ALL OF THE EPSTEIN FILES!!

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

The fact that Trump’s “Justice” Department met with Epstein’s accomplice for two days, but never met with a single survivor of Epstein and Maxwell’s crimes, tells us everything we need to know.

#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles

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

Pam Bondi revealed…

1. Kash Patel does have the complete Epstein files.

2. There are photographs of Trump with half-naked girls in those files.

3. Tom Homan took a shitload of FBI cash in a bag and he hasn’t given it back.

#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
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Adam Rifkin 🐼 @ifindkarma.bsky.social · Jan 29

“It’s never a good time to bow down to a tyrant… Don’t give in to the lies. Don’t give in to fear. Hold on to the truth… and hope.” @jimacosta.bsky.social

Arabic proverb: “They asked the Pharaoh, what made you a tyrant? He said: No one stopped me.” We get the behavior that we allow.

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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.”
Gov JB Pritzker

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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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Adam Rifkin 🐼 @ifindkarma.bsky.social · 13d

“Fear is the tool of a tyrant… I’m not afraid and I hope you’re not either. I hope instead you are engaged, you are paying attention, and you will vote like your beloved country depends upon it, which it does.”
James Comey

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 14d

🚨 BREAKING: James Comey posts a video statement following his indictment

"My family and I have known for years that there are costs to standing up to Donald Trump...But I'm not afraid. And I hope you're not either...And I'm innocent. So let's have a trial and keep the faith."

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

“Look out for your communities and your neighbors. Know your rights. Film things that you see happening... Authoritarians thrive on your silence. Be loud for America.”
Governor JB Pritzker

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 2

Pritzker: "I refuse to pretend that any of this is normal ... I refuse to fall into the pundit trap that demands we sacrifice vital constitutional rights if it's being done in the fake guise of fighting crime."

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

“I keep thinking about how the brutal assassination of Minnesota State senator Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark, and beloved dog Gilbert in June did not prompt this level of calls for empathy, sympathy, and flags at half-mast.”
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“Remembering MN house speaker Melissa Hortman, her husband Mark and their beloved dog Gilbert. Murdered in June at their home by a rightwing Trump-voting evangelist, who also shot another MN lawmaker and his wife at THEIR home, 9 and 8 times, respectively (miraculously, they survived).” Bill Corbett

In Memory of MELISSA HORTMAN
Former Minnesota House Speaker
1970 - 2025

Taken far too soon in a targeted attack.

A voice for justice, clean energy, and equality.

We honor her legacy, leadership, and courage.

#RestInPower

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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 · Aug 8

“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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Adam Rifkin 🐼 @ifindkarma.bsky.social · Aug 13

“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

Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · Aug 12

"I just wish her well, frankly."

Donald Trump re Ghislaine Maxwell

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Adam Rifkin 🐼 @ifindkarma.bsky.social · Jul 30

“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

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