Ross Ulbricht

I teared up at this. Freeing Ross has been more than a dozen years of work for many activists like me who have been supporting his plight and the efforts of his mother, Lyn, from the start.

Little known facts:

The Free State Project was one of the first organizations (if not the first) to platform Lyn. I originally got a lotta shit for supporting a “criminal,” but I Honey Badgered that sitch. I personally spoke to Ross on the phone from prison during Liberty Forum 2016 (he promised to attend one of our events one day–open invitation, obvi). I’ve done radio interviews, a Ross-a-thon, blog posts, countless “Free Ross” tweets, sent cards and letters, and done talks where I made the audience cry, to spread the word. Lyn had a “broken heart attack” years ago because of the strain of fighting to #FreeRoss. Over the years, because of our large crypto-libertarian community in NH, we’ve kept Ross’s story alive. During Trump’s run in 2016 and 2020, we made questions about Ross a priority. And then we doubled-down with help from the Libertarian Party and Angela McArdle in this last race. Because of NH’s FITN primary, over more than a decade, Free Staters would ask candidates stumping about Ross, creating news stories to keep the pressure on. Every event hosted by the FSP since Ross Ulbricht was arrested and incarcerated has had a “Free Ross” element.

I believed from the start this day would come. And here we are. I appreciate everyone who believed. Everyone who said it IS possible. I know Lyn kept her faith and mine is restored: Thank God when Ross walks free.