Ross Wallen
@rosswallen.bsky.social
Progressive politics, DC, Biking, Clean Energy, MarTech, Digital. Former CleanChoice, USAction, Wellstone Action, Americorps VISTA via Macalester / Mpls & KY.
Lena at the frozen turkey trot this morning in Lexington
November 27, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Lena at the frozen turkey trot this morning in Lexington
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To every single player, coach, staff, and employee at the @washingtonspirit.com, you embraced this District and gave us something to believe in. Thank you for allowing us to embrace you back. Thank you for giving us that foundation of belief.
We'll be back stronger next year. And we'll dominate.
We'll be back stronger next year. And we'll dominate.
November 23, 2025 at 4:11 AM
To every single player, coach, staff, and employee at the @washingtonspirit.com, you embraced this District and gave us something to believe in. Thank you for allowing us to embrace you back. Thank you for giving us that foundation of belief.
We'll be back stronger next year. And we'll dominate.
We'll be back stronger next year. And we'll dominate.
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Trump is giving illegal orders. It's not debatable. There is no justification for blowing fishing boats out of the water in the Caribbean on suspicion of drug smuggling. It's cold-blooded murder. Not war, not policing, murder.
The correct answer to MAGA outrage over the Dem video is this: Are you effing kidding me? Of course it's reasonable to warn that Trump might be giving illegal orders.
The evidence is strong that he actually is giving illegal orders! I went through that evidence here:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
The evidence is strong that he actually is giving illegal orders! I went through that evidence here:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
Is Trump Giving Illegal Orders? Dems Just Blew That Question Wide Open
From the boat bombings to deportations to prosecutions, the evidence mounts. And the speaker of the House could get to the bottom of it if he wanted to. Yeah, right.
newrepublic.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Trump is giving illegal orders. It's not debatable. There is no justification for blowing fishing boats out of the water in the Caribbean on suspicion of drug smuggling. It's cold-blooded murder. Not war, not policing, murder.
Lena snoozing through all this content
November 22, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Lena snoozing through all this content
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Clean Energy accounted for all electricity growth this year. Gas/Coal were basically a wash and will be for years to come for electricity generation.
We need to ramp up batteries because they are 90% cheaper than distribution grid upgrades which is the main reason we have rate increases.
We need to ramp up batteries because they are 90% cheaper than distribution grid upgrades which is the main reason we have rate increases.
November 14, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Clean Energy accounted for all electricity growth this year. Gas/Coal were basically a wash and will be for years to come for electricity generation.
We need to ramp up batteries because they are 90% cheaper than distribution grid upgrades which is the main reason we have rate increases.
We need to ramp up batteries because they are 90% cheaper than distribution grid upgrades which is the main reason we have rate increases.
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A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF
November 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A Trump supporter started murdering his way through an assassination list of Democratic law makers FIVE MONTHS AGO. He murdered my colleague Melissa Hortman, and her husband Mark — and attempted to assassinate my dear friend John Hoffman and his wife Yvette. I was also on the hit list. WTF
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NEW: The Court has ruled that the National Guard deployment to DC is illegal and granted a preliminary injunction.
As we made clear from the beginning: the US military should not be policing American citizens on American soil.
This is a victory for DC, Home Rule, and American democracy.
As we made clear from the beginning: the US military should not be policing American citizens on American soil.
This is a victory for DC, Home Rule, and American democracy.
November 20, 2025 at 8:49 PM
NEW: The Court has ruled that the National Guard deployment to DC is illegal and granted a preliminary injunction.
As we made clear from the beginning: the US military should not be policing American citizens on American soil.
This is a victory for DC, Home Rule, and American democracy.
As we made clear from the beginning: the US military should not be policing American citizens on American soil.
This is a victory for DC, Home Rule, and American democracy.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Every member should co-sponsor immediate articles of impeachment.
Important: House Dem leaders just said Trump's call for execution of Dems has prompted them to contact US Capitol Police and House Sergeant at Arms to "ensure the safety of these members and their families."
Treat Trump like an unhinged menace. He's weak and in deep political trouble. Don't let up.
Treat Trump like an unhinged menace. He's weak and in deep political trouble. Don't let up.
November 20, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Every member should co-sponsor immediate articles of impeachment.
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DC absolutely needs statehood so that the people who live there aren't ruled by goons they never elected. A genuine ongoing scandal and absolute betrayal of the principles of the country.
These 20 House Democrats just joined Republicans in voting to fully repeal DC's police reform laws.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
Wiping off the books critical laws on use of force, transparency, and preventing violent cops from getting rehired.
They think that they should have more say over DC police than the people of DC.
November 20, 2025 at 3:55 AM
DC absolutely needs statehood so that the people who live there aren't ruled by goons they never elected. A genuine ongoing scandal and absolute betrayal of the principles of the country.
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In @motherjones.com, @pemalevy.bsky.social & @ariberman.bsky.social have an essential rundown of the ways John Roberts & the MAGA court have empowered and protected Donald Trump’s autocratic regime. The Roberts Court’s decades-long assault on democracy got us here www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
This is all John Roberts’ fault
Trump owes his corrupt and abusive reign to one man.
www.motherjones.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:53 PM
In @motherjones.com, @pemalevy.bsky.social & @ariberman.bsky.social have an essential rundown of the ways John Roberts & the MAGA court have empowered and protected Donald Trump’s autocratic regime. The Roberts Court’s decades-long assault on democracy got us here www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Yesterday, through a flurry of interviews & phone calls, @tinavasquez.bsky.social wrote this excellent report on the immigration raids in cities across North Carolina. She spoke to community members about the devastation & fear, as well as the love & resistance.
prismreports.org/2025/11/19/n...
prismreports.org/2025/11/19/n...
North Carolina immigration raids expected to escalate
As the impacts of the raids quickly ripple outward from Charlotte, North Carolinians are mobilizing to stem enforcement operations in their communities
prismreports.org
November 19, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Yesterday, through a flurry of interviews & phone calls, @tinavasquez.bsky.social wrote this excellent report on the immigration raids in cities across North Carolina. She spoke to community members about the devastation & fear, as well as the love & resistance.
prismreports.org/2025/11/19/n...
prismreports.org/2025/11/19/n...
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"In any other administration, at any other time in American history, this level of corruption would be a political disaster — a scandal that could bring down the administration. For the Trump administration, it is a Tuesday."
wrote about the president’s flagrant and destructive corruption in a column that references street fighter, the simpsons, machiavelli, and a host of revolutionary-era americans (gift link)
Opinion | The White House Gold Rush Is On
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:41 PM
"In any other administration, at any other time in American history, this level of corruption would be a political disaster — a scandal that could bring down the administration. For the Trump administration, it is a Tuesday."
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A large majority will disappear citywide, not just in AdMo — 82% of survey respondents said they'd rather have the streateries than parking spaces.
“In Adams Morgan, which currently has 33 streateries, only three plan to continue under the new rules." dub.sh/StreateriesDC
“In Adams Morgan, which currently has 33 streateries, only three plan to continue under the new rules." dub.sh/StreateriesDC
Adams Morgan’s streateries are overwhelmingly popular. Forthcoming requirements put them and others at risk of vanishing
Pete’s on-the-street interviews find that streateries on 18th Street NW, which the District paid for but is, nonetheless, about to dismantle, are overwhelmingly popular. Alex ruminates on the connecti...
dub.sh
November 19, 2025 at 1:03 AM
A large majority will disappear citywide, not just in AdMo — 82% of survey respondents said they'd rather have the streateries than parking spaces.
“In Adams Morgan, which currently has 33 streateries, only three plan to continue under the new rules." dub.sh/StreateriesDC
“In Adams Morgan, which currently has 33 streateries, only three plan to continue under the new rules." dub.sh/StreateriesDC
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Is it bad if a sitting federal judge was (allegedly) part of a conspiracy to commit murder? It seems bad ....
OMFG-ex DOJ official (& now federal judge) Emil Bove was involved in the administration's plots to murder individuals via lethal strikes
"At a DOJ conference ... Bove told drug prosecutors the ... administration wasn't interested in interdicting ... Instead... the U.S. should "just sink the boats."
"At a DOJ conference ... Bove told drug prosecutors the ... administration wasn't interested in interdicting ... Instead... the U.S. should "just sink the boats."
November 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Is it bad if a sitting federal judge was (allegedly) part of a conspiracy to commit murder? It seems bad ....
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This team means so much to many of us District residents, and I wish this story was being told at a bigger scale. The Spirit are the only local sports team here stepping up in the #FreeDC fight and it MATTERS. #nwsl #ThatsTheSpirit
S/O to Croix Bethune in this clip from @nbcwashington.com
"We don't want to play a 3 hours soccer game. That was insane."
"We're just trying to be the light of the city. I know y'all hear the chants "Free DC" that are going on and the signs that are there."
www.nbcwashington.com/video/news/s...
"We don't want to play a 3 hours soccer game. That was insane."
"We're just trying to be the light of the city. I know y'all hear the chants "Free DC" that are going on and the signs that are there."
www.nbcwashington.com/video/news/s...
November 15, 2025 at 1:10 PM
This team means so much to many of us District residents, and I wish this story was being told at a bigger scale. The Spirit are the only local sports team here stepping up in the #FreeDC fight and it MATTERS. #nwsl #ThatsTheSpirit
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WE ARE HEADED TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP
November 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM
WE ARE HEADED TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP
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Dozens of Washingtonians get killed and thousands more injured every year by cars, and now @ddotdc.bsky.social is claiming e-bikes are the "same as" that. Like claiming baseball bats are the same as machine guns. 🚩🚩🚩🚩
November 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Dozens of Washingtonians get killed and thousands more injured every year by cars, and now @ddotdc.bsky.social is claiming e-bikes are the "same as" that. Like claiming baseball bats are the same as machine guns. 🚩🚩🚩🚩
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You just know that “Did Women Ruin the Workplace?” bit would have done NUMBERS in this little clique
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
You just know that “Did Women Ruin the Workplace?” bit would have done NUMBERS in this little clique
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NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
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New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
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the republican party is engaged in a cover up to keep the american people from learning whether president trump is president pedo
A direct email exchange from 2011 between Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, just released by House Oversight Committee Democrats.
November 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
the republican party is engaged in a cover up to keep the american people from learning whether president trump is president pedo
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NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
Voters Ousted This Pennsylvania Sheriff After He Signed Up to Collaborate With ICE - Bolts
A populous, swing county replaced its GOP sheriff on Tuesday after months of controversy over his joining ICE’s 287(g) program. The Democratic winner promises he’ll end the contract.
boltsmag.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
NEW: Dems easily flipped the sheriff's office in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, a big swing county in the Philly suburbs.
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
So? The incumbent GOP sheriff had contracted with ICE. His Dem challenger promised to end the contract.
Now he wants other swing-state Dems to look at his victory as a lesson:
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Citizens are brawling and putting their bodies in the streets of Chicago, while their senator imagines that he can start to fix this all with gentlemen's agreements. Rubbish.
Whoa -- Sen. Durbin went to up Leader Thune during the vote last night to tell him that on the shutdown vote and ACA promise that "8 of us are sticking our neck out that you're going to keep your word. I hope you will. He said 'I assure you I will,'" Durbin says just now
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Citizens are brawling and putting their bodies in the streets of Chicago, while their senator imagines that he can start to fix this all with gentlemen's agreements. Rubbish.