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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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“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.”
February 15, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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“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.
February 10, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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“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.
February 3, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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“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.bsky.social 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.
February 21, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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“These may feel like grim times. Perhaps you feel powerless, even paralyzed. But we’re not at all helpless. Each of us has almost miraculous powers to save or transform lives, and this is a guide to exercising those powers this [giving] season.”
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November 26, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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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
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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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“I don’t say this lightly: when we escape this Trump hell there needs to be a Presidential Crimes Commission. It should be made up of independent prosecutors who look at those who enabled a corrupt president* …”
Representative Eric Swalwell

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Eric Swalwell quote meme pic: “I don’t say this lightly: when we escape this Trump hell there needs to be a Presidential Crimes Commission. It should be made up of independent prosecutors who look at those who enabled a corrupt president.” $Trump meme coin is the biggest corruption in United States of America presidential history and the U.S. Constitution specifically prohibits bribes and bribery acts by a president.
May 7, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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“Massive corruption going on in the White House. The Swiss gave [Trump] a personalized gold bar… Qatar gave him a jumbo jet… [Trump] pardoned a criminal because that person…helps his family with crypto. The amount of corruption is… unconscionable.”
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See that Rolex clock and gold bar? It looks like those Swiss gifts paid off. Trump cut tariffs on Swiss goods — like luxury watches — from 39% to 15%. While Trump’s tariffs increase prices for Americans, billionaire CEOs and foreign companies sucking up to Trump get relief. https://bsky.app/profile/warren.senate.gov/post/3m5p5dfh5mk2f To negotiate a trade deal with the President of the United States, the Swiss government arrived with a "special Rolex desktop clock" and "a 1-kilogram personalized gold bar" (one kilo of gold is worth about $135k. A very small Rolex desk clock is $10k, but this one is probably worth many times that) apparently the presents may have come from members of the business delegation, not the government. but the impact is the same. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/14/trump-swiss-gifts-gold-rolex https://bsky.app/profile/anneapplebaum.bsky.social/post/3m5ovebmpsk2s "It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official. How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar worth $130k. https://www.axios.com/2025/11/14/trump-swiss-gifts-gold-rolex https://bsky.app/profile/mims.bsky.social/post/3m5oei6y33s2j
November 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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“These crypto ventures allow anyone, including foreign governments… to secretly place huge sums of money directly into [Trump’s] pockets… BILLIONS… [Trump] has built this wealth from the Oval Office…”
@democrats-judiciary.house.gov
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repcasar.bsky.social Congressman Greg Casar @repcasar.bsky.social · 7d
Trump made $5 billion on corrupt crypto schemes while kicking 17 million Americans off their health care.

Corruption.
November 26, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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“We essentially have become a kleptocracy that would make Putin blush… In the first three months, the Trump family has become $3 BILLION wealthier, so that’s a billion dollars a month.” @profgalloway.com

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May 11, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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“The Trump family scored an estimated $5 BILLION on a single day two weeks ago… Trump himself, who was worth $2.3 billion a year ago, is worth $7.3 BILLION today… Our brains are not wired to comprehend presidential corruption on this scale… Please, somebody prove me wrong.” @timothynoah.bsky.social
September 22, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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“[Trump] is granting audiences to people who buy his meme coin. When the sitting president* of the United States is selling access for what are effectively payments directly to him, there is no question that that rises to the level of an impeachable offense.” @ossoff.senate.gov

#TrumpIsCorrupt
May 1, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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“The staggering level of corruption… 40% of Donald Trump’s wealth has been accumulated since he became president*, because of two crypto coins… He is corrupt and profiting off the American office.”
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u-boy1.bsky.social U Boy 1 @u-boy1.bsky.social · Jul 5
BREAKING: Jessica Tarlov just exposed the fact that 40% of Donald Trump’s wealth has been accumulated while he was President. If that’s not corruption, I don’t know what is.
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August 15, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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”[Trump] is running a crypto scam where he can receive millions of dollars anonymously. Meanwhile the DOJ has shut down the crypto investigations unit. Truly no corruption scheme like this in our history — at least out of the White House.”
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April 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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“Trump family made $5 BILLION off corrupt crypto deals. Your family gets higher energy prices and cuts to health care. His family gets billions. Corruption, plain and simple.” @repcasar.bsky.social

“Corruption, plain and simple.”
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September 3, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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“A lucrative [$2 BILLION] transaction involving the Trump family’s cryptocurrency firm and an agreement giving the Emiratis access to A.I. chips were connected… In the middle of both deals was Mr. Trump, who has used his power to enrich himself…”
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September 17, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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“Trump is the most corrupt president* in American history.”
@clairecmc.bsky.social

“By enabling money to be delivered anonymously and without any bank, crypto offers the possibility for any individual or foreign state to funnel money to Mr. Trump and his family secretly.”
@steverattner.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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“House Judiciary Committee estimates that Trump’s pardons have cost the American public over BILLION in fines and restitution… Major figures include $184 million in forfeiture from Ross Ulbricht, the founder of the Silk Road marketplace convicted of drug trafficking.”

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June 19, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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“Trump [is] America’s most corrupt president… [The Trump regime’s] government is being run for them, not for you… Patrimonialism is corrupt by definition, because its reason for being is to exploit the state for gain — political, personal, and financial.”
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April 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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“David D Kirkpatrick spent months tallying how much the Trump family has pocketed off Trump’s time in the White House… unimaginable without his presidencies: profits from overseas deals and at least five different crypto ventures.” @newyorker.com

Total so far: $3.4 BILLION

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New Yorker Chart by Francesco Muzzi: How much money is Trump really making off the presidency? Total as of August 2025: $3.4 BILLION Crypto: $2.37 BILLION Finance: $339.6 million Other incl private jet: $277.7 million Hospitality: $270.8 million Media: $116 million David D. Kirkpatrick spent months tallying up how much the Trump family has pocketed off Trump’s time in the White House—golf course by golf course, crypto deal by crypto deal. Donald Trump’s immediate family is making a dizzying sum of money that would be unimaginable without his Presidencies, including profits from overseas deals and at least five different crypto ventures. David Kirkpatrick “decided to attempt to tally up just how much Trump and his immediate family have pocketed off his time in the White House [as of August 2025].” A reasonable estimate, he thinks: $3.4 BILLION. For more, please read The Number: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/08/18/the-number
August 15, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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“There has never been a president in American history who has gone out of his way to free more criminals and accommodate more crimes than Donald Trump.”
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Trump pardons criminals and he’s blocking local funding for police.
August 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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“Trump is going to steal $230M in taxpayer dollars by having his DOJ pay him a settlement for his legal trouble. Watch.”
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October 22, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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“Investigators described the hundreds of pages of top-secret records they found—some containing gravely serious material. Several detailed covert government operations and U.S. spying powers could get American operatives killed if the information fell into the wrong hands.”
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November 4, 2025 at 7:11 AM