Don Lipmanson
@norcaldonl.bsky.social
Criminal defense/wildlife protection attorney, democratic socialist, birder, pastel drawing
@maddow.msnbc.com Why was Professor Chenoweth’s theory - that no government can retain power when 3.5% percent of its population peacefully rises up to oppose it - hyped as gospel on tonight’s program, rather than being discussed modestly and critically as a hopeful prospect?
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October 21, 2025 at 5:42 AM
@maddow.msnbc.com Why was Professor Chenoweth’s theory - that no government can retain power when 3.5% percent of its population peacefully rises up to oppose it - hyped as gospel on tonight’s program, rather than being discussed modestly and critically as a hopeful prospect?
Santa Rosa, CA No Kings march and rally yesterday saw estimated 7k people and many dogs march along two routes that converged in Doyle Park.
Police closed or cordoned off key streets and intersections to vehicles, protecting marchers. 🙏🏼
Police closed or cordoned off key streets and intersections to vehicles, protecting marchers. 🙏🏼
October 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Santa Rosa, CA No Kings march and rally yesterday saw estimated 7k people and many dogs march along two routes that converged in Doyle Park.
Police closed or cordoned off key streets and intersections to vehicles, protecting marchers. 🙏🏼
Police closed or cordoned off key streets and intersections to vehicles, protecting marchers. 🙏🏼
@crazyassblindkid.bsky.social Another instance of MAGA purposely dumbing down education at all costs. A well-educated and thoughtful public would endanger their project of converting We the People into a totalitarian and predominantly Caucasian state.
August 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM
@crazyassblindkid.bsky.social Another instance of MAGA purposely dumbing down education at all costs. A well-educated and thoughtful public would endanger their project of converting We the People into a totalitarian and predominantly Caucasian state.
@council.nyc.gov Please hold hearings on the death of several horses that pulled tourist carriages on city streets and pass Ryder’s Law. Hard enough being cabbie in NYC; compelling a horse to pull a carriage in heavy traffic and blaring horns is abusive and cruel, all too reminiscent of Cairo.
August 7, 2025 at 11:48 PM
@council.nyc.gov Please hold hearings on the death of several horses that pulled tourist carriages on city streets and pass Ryder’s Law. Hard enough being cabbie in NYC; compelling a horse to pull a carriage in heavy traffic and blaring horns is abusive and cruel, all too reminiscent of Cairo.
The $800 million the Administration is cutting for children of migrant workers is nationwide, California support programs receiving <$200m.
July 24, 2025 at 3:58 AM
The $800 million the Administration is cutting for children of migrant workers is nationwide, California support programs receiving <$200m.
Excellent, shocking but unsurprising report from CalMatters 7/23:25:
“Trump cuts to education program threaten 80,000 CA students.”
This country can spend $1 trillion per year on military but can’t afford $800m to enhance K-12 education for children of migrant workers, mostly documented. 😡
“Trump cuts to education program threaten 80,000 CA students.”
This country can spend $1 trillion per year on military but can’t afford $800m to enhance K-12 education for children of migrant workers, mostly documented. 😡
July 24, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Excellent, shocking but unsurprising report from CalMatters 7/23:25:
“Trump cuts to education program threaten 80,000 CA students.”
This country can spend $1 trillion per year on military but can’t afford $800m to enhance K-12 education for children of migrant workers, mostly documented. 😡
“Trump cuts to education program threaten 80,000 CA students.”
This country can spend $1 trillion per year on military but can’t afford $800m to enhance K-12 education for children of migrant workers, mostly documented. 😡
@fifaclubworldcup.bsky.social
Hey football (soccer) fans, please demand FIFA prohibit Morocco from shooting/poisoning/starving stray 🐕 & 🐈⬛ in PR “cleanup” move for next World Cup, as Russia purportedly did before Sochi Olympics. Morocco, a sophisticated society, must do better than this.
Hey football (soccer) fans, please demand FIFA prohibit Morocco from shooting/poisoning/starving stray 🐕 & 🐈⬛ in PR “cleanup” move for next World Cup, as Russia purportedly did before Sochi Olympics. Morocco, a sophisticated society, must do better than this.
July 3, 2025 at 1:11 AM
@fifaclubworldcup.bsky.social
Hey football (soccer) fans, please demand FIFA prohibit Morocco from shooting/poisoning/starving stray 🐕 & 🐈⬛ in PR “cleanup” move for next World Cup, as Russia purportedly did before Sochi Olympics. Morocco, a sophisticated society, must do better than this.
Hey football (soccer) fans, please demand FIFA prohibit Morocco from shooting/poisoning/starving stray 🐕 & 🐈⬛ in PR “cleanup” move for next World Cup, as Russia purportedly did before Sochi Olympics. Morocco, a sophisticated society, must do better than this.
@maddow.msnbc.com
Superb Saturday rally in Santa Rosa, CA: thousands of Indivisibles and allies lining major thoroughfare end to end, more militant groups closing section of road for an hour. Deafening horn honking, even from big pickups and semi’s. No MAGA, just a handful of lame coal rollers.
Superb Saturday rally in Santa Rosa, CA: thousands of Indivisibles and allies lining major thoroughfare end to end, more militant groups closing section of road for an hour. Deafening horn honking, even from big pickups and semi’s. No MAGA, just a handful of lame coal rollers.
June 16, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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Superb Saturday rally in Santa Rosa, CA: thousands of Indivisibles and allies lining major thoroughfare end to end, more militant groups closing section of road for an hour. Deafening horn honking, even from big pickups and semi’s. No MAGA, just a handful of lame coal rollers.
Superb Saturday rally in Santa Rosa, CA: thousands of Indivisibles and allies lining major thoroughfare end to end, more militant groups closing section of road for an hour. Deafening horn honking, even from big pickups and semi’s. No MAGA, just a handful of lame coal rollers.
Superb rally in Santa Rosa, CA: many thousands of Indivisibles and oldsters lining a major thoroughfare from end to end, DSA and other militant groups closing a portion of the road for an hour, deafening horn honking even from big pickups and semi’s. No MAGA, just a handful of lame coal rollers.
June 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Superb rally in Santa Rosa, CA: many thousands of Indivisibles and oldsters lining a major thoroughfare from end to end, DSA and other militant groups closing a portion of the road for an hour, deafening horn honking even from big pickups and semi’s. No MAGA, just a handful of lame coal rollers.
A must-see primer for non-violent civil disobedience:,“John Lewis: Get in the Way,” a 2017 PBS production on its website.
May 8, 2025 at 4:52 AM
A must-see primer for non-violent civil disobedience:,“John Lewis: Get in the Way,” a 2017 PBS production on its website.
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May 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Thanks to HuffPo for pointing out PublicSquare.com as place of find a map linking to pro-MAGA small businesses across the country. Useful tool for boycotting.
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April 28, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Thanks to HuffPo for pointing out PublicSquare.com as place of find a map linking to pro-MAGA small businesses across the country. Useful tool for boycotting.
Horrifying that 83% of planet’s coral reefs have suffered extreme die-offs in past six months, and the ignorance/indifference of rich countries worldwide. Sixth extinction indeed.
April 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Horrifying that 83% of planet’s coral reefs have suffered extreme die-offs in past six months, and the ignorance/indifference of rich countries worldwide. Sixth extinction indeed.
From Liz Cheney
Dear Democratic Party,
I need more from you.
You keep sending emails begging for $15,
while we’re watching fascism consolidate power in real time.
This administration is not simply “a different ideology.”
It is a coordinated, authoritarian machine — with the Supreme Court ,,,
Dear Democratic Party,
I need more from you.
You keep sending emails begging for $15,
while we’re watching fascism consolidate power in real time.
This administration is not simply “a different ideology.”
It is a coordinated, authoritarian machine — with the Supreme Court ,,,
April 17, 2025 at 8:54 PM
From Liz Cheney
Dear Democratic Party,
I need more from you.
You keep sending emails begging for $15,
while we’re watching fascism consolidate power in real time.
This administration is not simply “a different ideology.”
It is a coordinated, authoritarian machine — with the Supreme Court ,,,
Dear Democratic Party,
I need more from you.
You keep sending emails begging for $15,
while we’re watching fascism consolidate power in real time.
This administration is not simply “a different ideology.”
It is a coordinated, authoritarian machine — with the Supreme Court ,,,
Trump’s playbook is Viktor Orbán’s, but an activist civil society can fend off Trump, Musk and the courtiers.
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Trump’s playbook is Viktor Orbán’s
My breakfast with Orbán expert John Shattuck
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April 16, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Trump’s playbook is Viktor Orbán’s, but an activist civil society can fend off Trump, Musk and the courtiers.
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@bdegraf.bsky.social
Brad, please feel free to call me at (707) 391-7624. Don
Brad, please feel free to call me at (707) 391-7624. Don
April 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
@bdegraf.bsky.social
Brad, please feel free to call me at (707) 391-7624. Don
Brad, please feel free to call me at (707) 391-7624. Don
@bdegraf.bsky.social
Brad, I received your contact request on LinkedIn but I avoid that site; please feel free to contact me here, though I don’t check it daily.
Don Lipmanson
Brad, I received your contact request on LinkedIn but I avoid that site; please feel free to contact me here, though I don’t check it daily.
Don Lipmanson
April 12, 2025 at 5:23 AM
@bdegraf.bsky.social
Brad, I received your contact request on LinkedIn but I avoid that site; please feel free to contact me here, though I don’t check it daily.
Don Lipmanson
Brad, I received your contact request on LinkedIn but I avoid that site; please feel free to contact me here, though I don’t check it daily.
Don Lipmanson
Cliff notes for MAGA Psychology 101:
1. Identify your worst fears/obsessions/nightmares
2. Focus on step 1 until you hyperventilate (literally)
3. Accuse opponents, real or imaginary, of doing and personifying each fear/obsession/nightmare.
🙏🏼 @Phillip Zimbardo, Ph.D, RIP,
1. Identify your worst fears/obsessions/nightmares
2. Focus on step 1 until you hyperventilate (literally)
3. Accuse opponents, real or imaginary, of doing and personifying each fear/obsession/nightmare.
🙏🏼 @Phillip Zimbardo, Ph.D, RIP,
April 8, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Cliff notes for MAGA Psychology 101:
1. Identify your worst fears/obsessions/nightmares
2. Focus on step 1 until you hyperventilate (literally)
3. Accuse opponents, real or imaginary, of doing and personifying each fear/obsession/nightmare.
🙏🏼 @Phillip Zimbardo, Ph.D, RIP,
1. Identify your worst fears/obsessions/nightmares
2. Focus on step 1 until you hyperventilate (literally)
3. Accuse opponents, real or imaginary, of doing and personifying each fear/obsession/nightmare.
🙏🏼 @Phillip Zimbardo, Ph.D, RIP,
@csmapnyu.org Shame on my alma matter for cancelling Dr. Joanne Liu’s presentation addressing effects of cuts at USAID and Israeli devastation in Gaza. A nauseating displY of cowardice in the face of Trumpian tyranny.
March 31, 2025 at 3:56 PM
@csmapnyu.org Shame on my alma matter for cancelling Dr. Joanne Liu’s presentation addressing effects of cuts at USAID and Israeli devastation in Gaza. A nauseating displY of cowardice in the face of Trumpian tyranny.
Hands off Greenland, you inept imperialists in and around the White House.
March 29, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Hands off Greenland, you inept imperialists in and around the White House.
Where the HELL are the Democrats?
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Where the HELL are the Democrats?
Friends,
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March 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Where the HELL are the Democrats?
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Reposted by Don Lipmanson
NEW! The Trump administration appears to have sent a married father with NO CRIMINAL RECORD in any country to rot in a prison in El Salvador because of a PAPERWORK ERROR.
This man doesn’t even have tattoos! But his paperwork has two different peoples’ ID numbers listed and the wrong last name!
This man doesn’t even have tattoos! But his paperwork has two different peoples’ ID numbers listed and the wrong last name!
March 27, 2025 at 12:12 PM
NEW! The Trump administration appears to have sent a married father with NO CRIMINAL RECORD in any country to rot in a prison in El Salvador because of a PAPERWORK ERROR.
This man doesn’t even have tattoos! But his paperwork has two different peoples’ ID numbers listed and the wrong last name!
This man doesn’t even have tattoos! But his paperwork has two different peoples’ ID numbers listed and the wrong last name!
Reposted by Don Lipmanson
Zeldin is closing all of the EPA’s environmental justice offices, which work to reduce the disproportionately high levels of pollution that burden low-income communities and communities of color.
March 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Zeldin is closing all of the EPA’s environmental justice offices, which work to reduce the disproportionately high levels of pollution that burden low-income communities and communities of color.
Paris climate accords are imperfect but a vital step on limiting global heating; please sign: sign.moveon.org/petitions/we...
We Sign On to Uphold the Paris Agreement!
The Paris Agreement represents a global promise by governments to fulfill their moral obligation by restoring and preserving our most foundational right—the right to a livable planet. As the leader of...
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March 27, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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@maddow.msnbc.com Mike Levin, CA District 49 is a Democrat, not a Republican. Oops.
March 13, 2025 at 3:17 AM
@maddow.msnbc.com Mike Levin, CA District 49 is a Democrat, not a Republican. Oops.