Deputy Director of Advocacy @freedom.press + 🤓 Fellow at Starling Lab (Stanford+USC) 🗞️ Board of Directors @lapressclub.bsky.social 🆕 Anchor on Medlineshttps://bsky.app/profile/adamrose.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/adamrose.bsky.social/post/3muksorujes2iMe, on repeat to LA Mayor Karen Bass's office for 3+ years: "LAPD's training is inadequate. Even their own training bureau says so." Bass this week: "What is the training? ... it does not seem to be adequate." She appointed the chief and all commissioners. It's HER LAPD. Where's she been?!? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/us/los-angeles-jail-inmate-beating.html02 Sep 2026 20:48 +0000at://did:plc:6oexpvmrh6pxfay73gheefhm/app.bsky.feed.post/3muksorujes2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/adamrose.bsky.social/post/3mu3yjrrpbk2xOn same album Dolly Parton released "9 to 5" she also covered Woody Guthrie's "Deportee." It's about the US government deporting 28 Mexicans on a charter plane that crashed and killed all aboard. The US buried them anonymously in a mass grave. The song speaks symbolic names to offer them dignity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEPUxpR64YE27 Aug 2026 23:23 +0000at://did:plc:6oexpvmrh6pxfay73gheefhm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3yjrrpbk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/adamrose.bsky.social/post/3mu3je346yc2vCalifornia Attorney General Rob Bonta posted this on multiple social platforms today, but he doesn't have a personal account on Bluesky so I'm putting it here for a slightly different audience. Quite the gauntlet thrown at Paramount over the attempted Warner Bros. Discovery merger ...27 Aug 2026 18:51 +0000at://did:plc:6oexpvmrh6pxfay73gheefhm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3je346yc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/adamrose.bsky.social/post/3mti6nelvvk2aThere’s currently a live Los Angeles mayoral debate between Karen Bass and Nithya Raman. You know, to lead the second biggest city in the United States. Couldn’t find it on TV. Couldn’t find it on YouTube. Finally found the Zoom link. Oh:20 Aug 2026 02:19 +0000at://did:plc:6oexpvmrh6pxfay73gheefhm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mti6nelvvk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/adamrose.bsky.social/post/3msttd642bs2jWild how different audiences are on different platforms. I posted a version of this on Instagram. Almost every comment was people horrified and/or affirming they'd seen similar or had evidence to share. The same thing on Facebook got mostly people supporting police brutality. 🫠 Zuck owns both. 🤷‍♂️ [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Aug 2026 00:03 +0000at://did:plc:6oexpvmrh6pxfay73gheefhm/app.bsky.feed.post/3msttd642bs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/adamrose.bsky.social/post/3mstk6mmrws2yHELP ME FIND EVIDENCE! Looking for photo/video of federal agents pepper spraying press or protesters AT HEAD OR FACE from close range. Especially MK9 (big 18oz cans below) from under 6 feet away, or smaller canisters (~3oz) from under 3 feet. Ideally in LA post-June 2025, but anywhere/time helps.11 Aug 2026 21:20 +0000at://did:plc:6oexpvmrh6pxfay73gheefhm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mstk6mmrws2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/adamrose.bsky.social/post/3msjjkbw6f227When someone has a lengthy criminal record and pending charges for violence, it's refreshing to see a federal prosecutor take a holistic approach, show some initiative to help them find a job, get them back on their feet, you know... truly help them correct their ... WAIT THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/doj-prosecutor-bill-essayli-la-california-aide-battery-charge-duis/07 Aug 2026 21:42 +0000at://did:plc:6oexpvmrh6pxfay73gheefhm/app.bsky.feed.post/3msjjkbw6f227https://bsky.app/profile/adamrose.bsky.social/post/3msh45zzlyk2yMan who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party shocked and horrified that leopard at his fiancée's face. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Aug 2026 22:37 +0000at://did:plc:6oexpvmrh6pxfay73gheefhm/app.bsky.feed.post/3msh45zzlyk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/adamrose.bsky.social/post/3mse6cklgsk2jLAPD internal affairs continues to investigate itself for misconduct toward press at protests. My update totals on allegations closed since last summer. Only 2 of 38 acknowledge anything wrong (but no discipline). Meanwhile a federal judge found so much evidence he slapped LAPD with an injunction.05 Aug 2026 18:37 +0000at://did:plc:6oexpvmrh6pxfay73gheefhm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mse6cklgsk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/adamrose.bsky.social/post/3mscenmykmk2oBefore you try to spike my cortisol, just know that I’m having a Jack Johnson summer. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/style/jack-johnson-summer-surfilmusic.html05 Aug 2026 01:25 +0000at://did:plc:6oexpvmrh6pxfay73gheefhm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mscenmykmk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/adamrose.bsky.social/post/3msc4g57h5s2aFederal judge in Vasquez Perdomo v. Mullin just held US government in contempt for failure to provide immigration stop data. Only problem? The sanction is $500/day. Feds can pay that forever. It's meaningless to them. Their budget is $7 trillion/year, or about $222,000/second. 🫠04 Aug 2026 22:58 +0000at://did:plc:6oexpvmrh6pxfay73gheefhm/app.bsky.feed.post/3msc4g57h5s2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/adamrose.bsky.social/post/3ms5l4rilgc24Bonkers statistic noted by @rcfp.org's Bruce Brown in tonight's edition of @status.news: In 25 years, feds tried to used "national security" to expose reporter sources on 3 occasions. In the last few months, Trump admin has already tried it at least 4 times. This is pure authoritarian playbook.03 Aug 2026 03:38 +0000at://did:plc:6oexpvmrh6pxfay73gheefhm/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms5l4rilgc24