I didn't grow up reciting "with liberty & justice for all" every morning at 7am just to be called "radical" for actually wanting liberty & justice for all ("LAND OF THE FREE 2025", 26.25”x46.25”, charcoal & graphite on paper, ©LaurieLipton)

ROSES ARE RED, GENDER IS PERFORMATIVE MASS-MARKET ROMANCE IS HETERONORMATIVE #valentinesday 💝 😘

Hope to see you there: Torrance Art Museum, 3320 Civic Center Drive, Torrance, CA 90503

"We have the money, medical understanding, scientific know-how, love, & the community to produce a kind of human paradise - but we are led by the least among us; the least intelligent, the least noble, the least visionary"- Terence McKenna ("COLLATERAL DAMAGE 2005, pencil on paper, ©LaurieLipton)

“It was almost no trick at all to turn vice into virtue, slander into truth, arrogance into humility, blasphemy into wisdom, brutality into patriotism, sadism into justice. Anybody could do it; it required no brains at all. It merely required no character”- Joseph Heller ("POST TRUTH, ©LaurieLipton)

I can't think of a better analogy for the USA than the Epstein files. Mountains of evidence about powerful men r@ping children, and the only person in prison is a woman ("CANDY FROM STRANGERS 1974", 27.5"x33.5", pencil on paper, ©LaurieLipton)

Here is one of my ARTIST TALKS. This was recorded at the California State University at Chico. As you can tell I L♥️VE talking about art‼️ Find out how & why I started making huge & insanely detailed pencil drawings: media.csuchico.edu/media/LORI+L...

My current state of mind: "THE SCREAM 2026", 19.5"x26.75", graphite on paper, ©LaurieLipton

I pledge resistance to the guns Of the United States of America. And to the Republic, which sits on its hands, One nation crying, “Oh my God!”, Incomprehensible, With bullets & heartache for all 🇺🇸 (“AMERICA IS A GUN", 33"x46.25", charcoal & graphite on paper, ©LaurieLipton)

FYI: Five year old Liam Conejo Ramos received worse treatment in federal custody than convicted child sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell ("LAND OF THE FREE 2025, 26.25"x46.25", charcoal & graphite on paper, ©LaurieLipton)

“But what can I do?” If you’re a healer, heal. If you’re a speaker, speak. If you’re an artist, create. If you’re an organizer, organize. Do what you do. But for any hope of a better world, do something.

Instead of arresting the 2 ICE Agents who murdered 2 innocent US Citizens, the journalist Don Lemon has been arrested

CAGE PEDOPHILES, NOT IMMIGRANTS‼️ ("Land Of The Free 2025", 26.25” x 46.25”, charcoal & graphite on paper,©LaurieLipton) #iceout #resistance #nationwideshutdown ✊✊🏼✊🏽✊🏿🚫🧊🇺🇸

RELEASE THE TRUMP FILES

There are 3 objectives to his presidency: 1). Stay out of prison 2). Use government to seek revenge on his enemies 3). Leverage the Presidency to rake in cash ("POST TRUTH 2017", 4ft10"x8ft9", charcoal & graphite on paper, ©LaurieLipton)

ICE AGENT GROUP PHOTOS ("AMERICA! AMERICA! 2022", 5ft10"x7ft10", charcoal & graphite on paper, ©LaurieLipton)

I kill people because a pedophile tells me to ("LAND OF THE FREE 2025", 26.25” x 46.25”, charcoal & graphite on paper, details, ©LaurieLipton) #minneapolis

Instead of binge watching Netflix, or some other way to distract yourself from the horror of what's going on right now.... FACE IT‼️ ("Prime Time 2007, 26"x23", pencil on paper, ©LaurieLipton) #Minneapolis #resistance

#Minneapolis THE ONLY THINGS SAFE IN THE UNITED STATES RIGHT NOW ARE THE EPSTEIN FILES #epsteinfiles

#magats🇺🇸 ”No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot”- Mark Twain (“ FOLLOWERS 2020”, 3ft8”x5ft9”, charcoal and graphite on paper)

My first drawing of 2026:”WE NEVER WATCH THE NEWS 2026”, 23”x34”, pencil on paper, “WE NEVER WATCH THE NEWS 2026”, 23”x34”, ©LaurieLipton

This lovely episode in a fabulous podcast just dropped: www.californiasun.co/podcast/laur...

"I have met some very bad people. None as bad as Trump. Not one decent cell in his body"- Jeffrey Epstein

"Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared"-Anne Frank 1943 ("LAND OF THE FREE 2025", 26.25"x46.25",charcoal & graphite on paper, ©LaurieLipton)

"We've learned to fly the air as birds, we've learned to swim the seas as fish, yet we haven't learned to walk the Earth as brothers & sisters"- Martin Luther King ("MOB 2007", 30.3"x43", charcoal & graphite on paper) #MLKDay

Life is short. Make sure you spend as much time as possible on Social Media arguing with strangers about Politics ("ARGUING ONLINE 2016", 4ft x 8ft, charcoal & graphite on paper, ©LaurieLipton) #arguingonline

‼️tRump brags, boasts & bullshits constantly. It’s pathological. The disordered program he runs on is ME, MYSELF. If he was innocent he’d share the Epstein list freely with the world & sell merch about it. LET’S REMEMBER THIS as he distracts & deflects (“MOUTHPIECE 2017”,charcoal&graphite on paper)

This is currently on show at the Torrance Art Museum. Come see the show if you can!! LLxx ("POST TRUTH", 4ft10" x 8ft9", charcoal and graphite on paper)

#LockHimUpAlready ‼️

In case anyone was in any doubt about who the current administration is trying to emulate #trumpusa

#ReneeGood #trumpsusa

"Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them"- Margaret Atwood ("ACTIVE SHOOTER 2025", 35"x38.5", charcoal & graphite on paper, ©LaurieLipton) #trumpsamerica

More footage emerges proving ICE's story is fiction, but the administration will keep lying because their power relies on your submission, not the truth ("INFO GLUT 2010", 20"x23", charcoal & graphite on paper, ©LaurieLipton) #reneegood

"ICE": poorly-trained, trigger-happy militarized government thugs patrolling the streets of American cities, harassing & murdering its residents, & wearing masks to hide their identities ("LAND OF THE FREE 2025", 26.25"x46.25", charcoal & graphite on paper, ©LaurieLipton) 🧊🚫🇺🇸

Hope to see you there! xx

Marking the anniversary of the #Jan6 Capitol Riots: "Trump was the most culpable & most responsible person for the attacks on the Capitol"- Jack Smith, during a deposition by the House Judiciary Committee ("AMERICA!! AMERICA!! 2022", 5ft10"x7ft10", charcoal&graphite on paper, ©LaurieLipton)

#workinprogress What I'm working on now: "WE NEVER WATCH THE NEWS 2026", work in progress, 23"x34", graphite on paper

It's hard to believe that a President would time an illegal military attack, killing civilians, to distract the public's attention...but today is the statutory deadline for the DOJ to release its report on the Epstein Files. Coincidence?

People making bright and cheerful New Year’s Resolutions and predictions on #socialmedia while tRump is still in power 😆 ("I’M FINE, THANKS!!", 5ft4” x 7ft, charcoal & graphite on paper)

May your 2026 be more uncluttered, less polluted, and far less fraught than your 2025 🎉🥳🎊🥂: CLEANING UP MY MESS 2025, 27.5"x37.5", charcoal & graphite on paper, ©LaurieLipton #HappyNewYear #Happy2026 🚀

The U.S. is the only place on earth where poor people shun labor unions, free healthcare, & free education because rich people tell them to ("FOLLOWERS 2020", 3ft8"x5ft9", charcoal & graphite on paper)

"I want to remind you where the REAL crime is: it's in the Oligarchs taking $170 Billion of our money from healthcare & food assistance & public programs, & funneling it into a secret police program"- Rep. AOC ("LAND OF THE FREE 2025", 26.25"x46.25", charcoal & graphite on paper) 🚫🧊🇺🇸

#happyday 😘🤣😍😊🥰😁😉

#BoxingDay2025 “PANDORA’S BOX 2011”, 39”x28”, charcoal and graphite on paper