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Liri

@liripipe.bsky.social

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Lawyer. Immigrant. Californian. No DMs and no solicitations, please. The patriotic majority (AKA, “the rest of us”) sent me.

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Liri @liripipe.bsky.social · Apr 15

Grab a friend, go to a protest, and save a 248-year-old democracy. We only need 11 million Americans to say, “Nope.”

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The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the world

Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change.

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Liri @liripipe.bsky.social · 16h

I’ll trust Pete Buttigieg > Trump any day of the week, and twice on Sundays. American planes don’t start falling out of the sky while he was in charge. But do go on …

Liri @liripipe.bsky.social · 1d

There has never been a pooper more impressive than Donald Trump, Mike Johnson — you are right there! #MAGABigDefecator

Liri @liripipe.bsky.social · 1d

Say rather, it is truthful branding -- the Excremental Regime.

Liri @liripipe.bsky.social · 1d

Who knew macroeconomic policy would be so complicated, huh? #TACO #TariffIdiocy #MoronsAreGoverningAmerica

Liri @liripipe.bsky.social · 2d

So, even their own look-at-me-and-glorify-my-privilege ordnance opposes them?

Liri @liripipe.bsky.social · 2d

Befouling America is really the Trump / MAGA brand now tho, no?

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Rep. Ted Lieu @reptedlieu.bsky.social · 2d

Tomorrow is the deadline to register to vote in the California November election.

Register or confirm your voter registration today:

Online Voter Registration | California Secretary of State

California Online Voter Registration website. Register to vote online, save a stamp!

registertovote.ca.gov

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Liri @liripipe.bsky.social · 3d

Maybe, every 250 years, we have to remind ourselves and the world who we really are. #NoKings

Liri @liripipe.bsky.social · 3d

Patriots, all. #NoKings #PatrioticMajorityRejectsFascism

Liri @liripipe.bsky.social · 3d

You should NEVER need to explain or apologize for taking measures you believe to be necessary to protect yourself when it doesn’t infringe on anyone else’s person or space. I’m sorry if you were ever made to feel unsafe or intimidated #BeSafe #LiveLongAndProsper #COVID

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Liri @liripipe.bsky.social · 3d

“Is the system going to flatten you out & deny you your humanity, or are you going to be able to make use of the system to the attainment of human purposes? … The thing to do is learn to live in your period of history as a human being.”
—Joseph Campbell
#RememberWhoYouAre
#NoFauxKingWay

Liri @liripipe.bsky.social · 6d

Never mind bleach — sunlight is the best disinfectant.

- Seat Rep-Elect @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social,

- Pass the #EpsteinFiles resolution, and

- Let the rest of us know exactly which monsters in ivy towers, private islands & gilded penthouses willfully abused children.

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Liri @liripipe.bsky.social · 6d

Sit down with the lies, if you must. But have the courage and the decency to speak the truth to their face.

Thank you, Sunny Hostin.

Liri @liripipe.bsky.social · 6d

You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I’ll rise.
--DR. MAYA ANGELOU

#WeRise #NoKings #11MStrong

Liri @liripipe.bsky.social · 6d

Love of county. Love of history, science, laws & objective truth. Love of community, privacy & respect for people when they're doing their best and not harming anyone.

Yeah, can't expect national Republican freeloaders to understand that. #NoKings #StillWeRise #11MillionStrong

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 7d

California, this November 4th, the whole country is counting on you.

Prop 50 puts our elections back on a level playing field, preserves independent redistricting over the long term, and lets the people decide.

So return your ballot today. Vote yes on 50.

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Liri @liripipe.bsky.social · 7d

#MoronsAreGoverningAmerica

Liri @liripipe.bsky.social · 7d

How many people had to do to give Trump the “win”? #NetanyahuIsAWarCriminal

Liri @liripipe.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you to this vet for speaking up for someone — so many someones, actually — who can’t. For every ugly ICE agent, there are more good Americans out there standing up for real American values.

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NPR @npr.org · 8d

A Statement from NPR’s Editor in Chief on the Pentagon’s Press Policy.
Read More: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/g...

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Liri @liripipe.bsky.social · 8d

With $50,000 cash in a bag, Tom Homan could buy:

• 50-850 pigs; or
• 12 gold bars; or
• 8 x 700-milliliter bottle of Hibiki 30-year-old whisky at Costco.

Liri @liripipe.bsky.social · 8d

It takes a real man to open fire on unarmed pastors, women, and children. #ICEMonsters #CosplayingHumanBeings

Liri @liripipe.bsky.social · 8d

“Tell me, how will you tell your kids that you sided with Evil?”

Liri @liripipe.bsky.social · 8d

We — immigrants all — have been poor guests to our long-suffering hosts. #IndigenousPeoplesDay

Liri @liripipe.bsky.social · 9d

The DOJ today is an acronym for “the Department of Jeff,” and I don’t think you can convince me otherwise.