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Adam Ross 🌈⚖️🇺🇸

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Tech attorney + storyteller featured on The Moth podcast. Exploring politics, culture, and our very strange times. Stories at youtube.adamross.me

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Adam Ross 🌈⚖️🇺🇸 @adamross.me · 11/10/2026
I’m almost ready to share what I’ve been working on. Stay tuned.
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Adam Ross 🌈⚖️🇺🇸 @adamross.me · 09/10/2026
Live streaming a firing squad? The devolution will be televised.
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Adam Ross 🌈⚖️🇺🇸 @adamross.me · 04/10/2026
Agree. That’s the part that makes this move most curious.
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Adam Ross 🌈⚖️🇺🇸 @adamross.me · 04/10/2026
How convenient that an American president who has long expressed interest in withdrawing U.S. forces from Europe now has an excuse to do exactly that.
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Adam Ross 🌈⚖️🇺🇸 @adamross.me · 03/10/2026
“Execution survivor.” Words you never want to see together in a headline.
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Adam Ross 🌈⚖️🇺🇸 @adamross.me · 01/10/2026
There’s a lot going on in the world, but right now it’s a perfect fall evening in the PNW—courtesy of “Eternité” by Croquet Club and Mother Nature.
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Adam Ross 🌈⚖️🇺🇸 @adamross.me · 21/09/2026
Yes, we have no cookies.
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Adam Ross 🌈⚖️🇺🇸 @adamross.me · 05/09/2026
Mountain’s out, as we’re required to say in the PNW. (But really, why wouldn’t you?)
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Adam Ross 🌈⚖️🇺🇸 @adamross.me · 25/08/2026
Not to brag—but I knew there was some fascist shit coming when Ronald Reagan started testing our physical fitness in elementary school.
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Adam Ross 🌈⚖️🇺🇸 @adamross.me · 24/08/2026
The only silver lining is that today’s Supreme Court order stayed only one of the two injunctions currently blocking Trump’s mail-voting order. The Trump administration’s attack on this second injunction is already underway—but today’s SCOTUS order did not itself stay or otherwise disturb it.
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Adam Ross 🌈⚖️🇺🇸 @adamross.me · 24/08/2026
Aaaand scene. 🎭 apnews.com/article/trum...
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Adam Ross 🌈⚖️🇺🇸 @adamross.me · 18/07/2026
Happy Pride, Portland! 🌈
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Adam Ross 🌈⚖️🇺🇸 @adamross.me · 09/06/2026
In 1996, I ran for office as a gay Republican. It did not go as expected. I just posted a story that I told at The Moth about what I discovered in that race here: youtu.be/NXpO0Pfh3to
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Adam Ross 🌈⚖️🇺🇸 @adamross.me · 23/02/2026
My husband knows I’ve been feeling a little down thanks to our Pacific Northwest winter—not to mention the steady rise of fascism in America. So he made this chicken pot pie and it’s just what the seasonal-affective-disorder doctor ordered. That said, I remain very concerned about the fascism. 🥺
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Adam Ross 🌈⚖️🇺🇸 @adamross.me · 10/11/2025
media.tenor.com
a scooby doo poster that says searching for the lie
ALT: a scooby doo poster that says searching for the lie
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Adam Ross 🌈⚖️🇺🇸 @adamross.me · 10/11/2025
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Adam Ross 🌈⚖️🇺🇸 @adamross.me · 09/11/2025
For NYC, that totally makes sense. But the study Patrick quoted with the 17% reduction in rent, which is the only post I was responding to, was a nationwide study. But I’m thinking of the 70% of Americans that don’t live in dense urban cores—like Manhattan, downtown Chicago, or San Francisco.
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Adam Ross 🌈⚖️🇺🇸 @adamross.me · 09/11/2025
Quick question, what will a monthly parking space rental cost each tenant whose apartment rent is 17% lower? Hopefully less than 17% of their rent? And, won’t the monthly rent for nearby parking spaces skyrocket if the apartment buildings people live in don’t have any parking?
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Adam Ross 🌈⚖️🇺🇸 @adamross.me · 09/11/2025
Since the average American won’t live 50 more years after 25, who exactly are these mortgages for? P.S. Even if 50-year mortgages become “conforming,” the monthly payment on a $500k loan at 6.75% is only about $200 lower than a 30-year at 6.5%—but you’d pay roughly double the interest over time.
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Adam Ross 🌈⚖️🇺🇸 @adamross.me · 09/11/2025
Since the average American won’t live 50 more years after 25, who exactly are these mortgages for? P.S. Even if 50-year mortgages become “conforming,” the monthly payment on a $500k loan at 6.75% is only about $200 lower than a 30-year at 6.5%—but you’d pay roughly double the interest over time.
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Adam Ross 🌈⚖️🇺🇸 @adamross.me · 16/10/2025
And Johnson didn’t even need a Reichstag fire to clear the building.
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Adam Ross 🌈⚖️🇺🇸 @adamross.me · 16/10/2025
And Johnson didn’t even need a Reichstag fire to clear the building.
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Adam Ross 🌈⚖️🇺🇸 @adamross.me · 14/10/2025
Undeclared martial law in three screenshots. P.S. We’ve already gotten used to it. 🥺
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Adam Ross 🌈⚖️🇺🇸 @adamross.me · 13/10/2025
This seems unfair. There’s no way the government can manufacture enough evidence in the case by 5pm today!
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Adam Ross 🌈⚖️🇺🇸 @adamross.me · 11/10/2025
What the f’ is seeing a movie in 4D? You mean they aren’t going to play every frame simultaneously?!
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Adam Ross 🌈⚖️🇺🇸 @adamross.me · 11/10/2025
As I’d worried, Republicans let Democrats filibuster their own budget bill on purpose… setting them up to take the blame for everything that followed, including the layoffs Republicans already had planned. Not everyone will believe the GOP’s narrative here. But the optics are clear.
Screenshot of a HuffPost article titled, “Republicans Allow Democrats To Filibuster GOP’s Own Funding Bill As Shutdown Nears.” The subheadline reads, “Senate Republicans made the move to shift blame to Democrats if the government shuts down.” Below the headline is a photo of the U.S. Capitol dome. The first paragraph begins, “In a highly unusual move, Senate Republicans voted Thursday to let Democrats block their own short-term government funding bill — a maneuver widely seen as an effort to blame Democrats for an impending shutdown.”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/shutdown-filibuster-republicans_n_68e9013be4b0972b775995fa
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Adam Ross 🌈⚖️🇺🇸 @adamross.me · 08/10/2025
Hey, if it feels good… right?
A meme with white text over a plain black background that reads: “Rescue Porn:
Memes, posts, or essays that suggest Trump or his authoritarian takeover will be stopped by the latest gaffe, whistleblower, or smoking gun.”
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Adam Ross 🌈⚖️🇺🇸 @adamross.me · 06/10/2025
MAGA Brownshirts showing up at Portland’s ICE protest last night chanting about Kirk’s death marks a significant but predictable turn in the scripted Project 2025 meta-narrative—one that I’m afraid will play out in Blue cities across America in the weeks and months ahead.
Screenshot of live updates from the Citizen app taken at 10:21 pm PT on 2025/10/5 showing escalating protests in Portland outside the Department of Homeland Security and ICE offices. The top update reports ICE agents on a roof firing six pepper rounds toward protesters after some crossed the property line. Another update describes multiple protest groups clashing—one shouting anti-Antifa slogans, another chanting “I am Charlie” and “Whose streets? Our streets!” The image footer reads “via Citizen app.”
https://go.citizen.com/ZnOYTD6KeXb
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Adam Ross 🌈⚖️🇺🇸 @adamross.me · 05/10/2025
Trump didn’t even need to appeal yesterday’s order blocking his federalization of the Oregon National Guard. He just grabbed them from California. He’s got 50 states to freely choose from, but he picked California to rub it in.
apnews.com
California governor says Trump is sending 300 California National Guard members to Oregon
California Gov. Gavin Newsom says the Trump administration is sending 300 California National Guard members to Oregon.
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Adam Ross 🌈⚖️🇺🇸 @adamross.me · 05/10/2025
As NPR found in Memphis, many well-meaning Americans wouldn’t mind “a touch” of fascism to clean up their streets. An NPR/PBS News/Marist poll earlier this week found 52% support Trump deploying the National Guard in cities to fight crime. But fascism never stops at just “a touch.”
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Adam Ross 🌈⚖️🇺🇸 @adamross.me · 05/10/2025
As NPR found in Memphis, many well-meaning Americans wouldn’t mind “a touch” of fascism to clean up their streets. An NPR/PBS News/Marist poll earlier this week found 52% support Trump deploying the National Guard in cities to fight crime. But fascism never stops at just “a touch.”
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Adam Ross 🌈⚖️🇺🇸 @adamross.me · 02/10/2025
Portland’s naked bike ride protest could spotlight the deployment of National Guard troops into Blue cities. But it could also create viral videos of federal agents dragging naked “Antifa” protesters off their bikes for the administration to blast on Fox News and Truth Social. Stay tuned!
koin.com
Emergency naked bike ride planned amid Portland troop deployment
After President Donald Trump announced plans to deploy the Oregon National Guard to Portland, the Portland World Naked Bike Ride said Wednesday the group is planning an emergency ride in protest.
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Adam Ross 🌈⚖️🇺🇸 @adamross.me · 30/09/2025
That’s a real feather in your cap.
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Adam Ross 🌈⚖️🇺🇸 @adamross.me · 27/09/2025
“When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.”
Red-and-black graphic of the White House with bold white text mimicking Trump’s infamous “grab them” quote. It reads: “I’m automatically attracted to blue cities. I just start occupying them. I just send in the National Guard. I don’t even declare martial law. And when you’re a president, they let you do it. You can do anything.”
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Adam Ross 🌈⚖️🇺🇸 @adamross.me · 25/09/2025
I’m right there this week. 👀
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Adam Ross 🌈⚖️🇺🇸 @adamross.me · 23/09/2025
Bookmarking this little bit of premature glee for November 4, 2026. 🗓️
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Adam Ross 🌈⚖️🇺🇸 @adamross.me · 22/09/2025
Could there be a more fitting image of religion in America today than a man carry the burden of the cross on wheels? At least I now understand why they’re called “holy rollers”.
A man in a navy suit walks across a stadium floor while carrying a large wooden cross on wheels. The stadium is packed with people and banners for the Arizona Cardinals football team and an American flag hang overhead. A large screen shows a singer performing, and a giant poster of Charlie Kirk is displayed in the background.
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Adam Ross 🌈⚖️🇺🇸 @adamross.me · 22/09/2025
The moment in the group message thread when you forgot “The Rapture” is playing at the music festival. Anyways, everyone meet up at the chicken tomorrow! 🐓
A text message exchange. First message (gray bubble with the sender’s name redacted): “Headed to the chicken to collect people for the rapture.” Second message (green bubble): “The rapture is not until Tuesday!” A blue “HA HA” reaction appears above the green message.
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Adam Ross 🌈⚖️🇺🇸 @adamross.me · 20/09/2025
Me: “How’s the battery life?” Apple: “Oh, it’s the same.”
Meme with caption “Meet our thinnest phone ever!!” followed by “The phone:”. The image shows a bright orange iPhone with an exaggeratedly bulky rectangular camera block sticking out from the top, making the phone look thin but absurdly awkward.
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Adam Ross 🌈⚖️🇺🇸 @adamross.me · 17/09/2025
Of all people, you’d think farmers would understand that we reap what we sow. 🤷🏼‍♀️
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Adam Ross 🌈⚖️🇺🇸 @adamross.me · 17/09/2025
Of all people, you’d think farmers would understand that we reap what we sow. 🤷🏼‍♀️
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Adam Ross 🌈⚖️🇺🇸 @adamross.me · 16/09/2025
Echoes of Flynn’s “digital soldiers.” Hours after Kirk’s murder, a domain was registered. Far-right influencers then broadcast their doxing orders. And now MAGA ground troops are reporting whomever they want to cancel by the thousands. The digital battlefield is real and the casualties are coming.
thenation.com
The Digital Soldiers Taking America’s Forever Wars Online
In this online battles pace, victory is fleeting and defeat never final, but the casualties are all too real—of fact and truth, memory and reality.
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Adam Ross 🌈⚖️🇺🇸 @adamross.me · 15/09/2025
I have a feeling Vance won’t be telling Kirk’s viewers to “stand back and stand by.”
Screenshot of a post on X by JD Vance (@JDVance). The post reads: “Tomorrow, I will have the honor of hosting the Charlie Kirk Show. Please join me as I pay tribute to my friend. 12:00PM ET.” The URL for Kirk’s show has been redacted.
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Adam Ross 🌈⚖️🇺🇸 @adamross.me · 15/09/2025
I have a feeling Vance won’t be telling Kirk’s viewers to “stand back and stand by.”
Screenshot of a post on X by JD Vance (@JDVance). The post reads: “Tomorrow, I will have the honor of hosting the Charlie Kirk Show. Please join me as I pay tribute to my friend. 12:00PM ET.” The URL for Kirk’s show has been redacted.
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Adam Ross 🌈⚖️🇺🇸 @adamross.me · 15/09/2025
They had help.
media.tenor.com
a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a desk in front of flags with the word progresso on them
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is sitting at a desk in front of flags with the word progresso on them
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Adam Ross 🌈⚖️🇺🇸 @adamross.me · 14/09/2025
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Adam Ross 🌈⚖️🇺🇸 @adamross.me · 14/09/2025
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Adam Ross 🌈⚖️🇺🇸 @adamross.me · 13/09/2025
What about the dispute over the handcuffs? (They were ultimately allowed to board the plane home without them.)
reuters.com
South Korea asks US to let detained workers leave without handcuffs
South Korea asked its ally the United States on Wednesday to allow hundreds of Korean workers to leave the country quickly and without handcuffs after they were detained in an immigration raid on a Hyundai construction site in the state of Georgia.
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