I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.

This is still like one of the greatest things I’ve ever seen.

A lot of interesting art came out of Terry Allen's JUAREZ suite of writing, photography, installation, sculpture, illustration, etc etc. CJ took inspiration and did it the only way we know how, we put together a killer grit lit collection incited by it: a.co/d/eu04gDB

The 1% is so 2010. Now it’s the 0.001%.

They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.

Inside you’ll also find a zine on how to report ICE along with instructions on how to fold it together. We keep each other safe.

Help protect our friends and neighbors if you're so inclined: www.freetheswamp.org

Thanks so much to LMNL Arts, which included my story “A Whole Nother Story” in their most recent anthology. There are a lot of friends and great New Orleans writers in here, and I’m pleased to be in such auspicious company. Check it out here! lmnlarts.com/LMNL-Anthology

Thank you to the great Cowboy Jamboree @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social for including my short story “Old Skip” their most recent issue, “Hidden behind the door that sorrow locked.” The title comes from a James “Slim” Hand lyric. You can check out the whole TOC and all the work in the issue here.

November 27, 2011. Scenes from the War on Christmas at Helena, Arkansas.

My debut novel from Crescent City Books, WAIT THERE TILL YOU HEAR FROM ME, a contemporary detective novel set in New Orleans, came out in September. You can order it from the press here: www.blackwidowpress.com/CCBpressFram.... And if you're interested in a review copy, I have a few. Please DM me!

they think that people don't pay attention and they are correct. So they will *give* you back $2000 with his name on the check to distract you from the fact that you paid an extra $6000. So you are actually $4000 in the hole. A lot of people will think they are ahead.

Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work. Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/

All star lineup.

I am going to say this only once but fuck these white racists. Fuck them to hell.

this is more or less the whole thing imo

"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."

RIP to a bard who meant so much to Nashville

It’s difficult for me to adequately express how much I loved Todd Snider’s music. I got to see him twice, once at the Great American Music Hall In San Francisco with his band. Right before the gig, I also interviewed him by phone.

Average US families now pay $700 more monthly for basics under Trump, as Democratic lawmakers link rising inflation to his tariffs and trade policies.

Trump is about to throw 170,000 formerly homeless families out of supportive housing onto the street. This is not “housing policy.” It is one more step from the authoritarian playbook to elevate cruelty, scapegoat the vulnerable, punish cities & provoke disorder. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...

Friends, I'm looking to speak with people who are upset about the Democrats' shutdown deal and who can speak about how increasing healthcare costs will impact them. If that's you, I can be reached via DM or at [email protected]. We can also protect people's identities as needed.

I grew up on Rumors on eight-track in my parents’ pickup, which is the way it is meant to be heard.

I don't think it's cowardice. I think that they are OK with what the GOP is doing. The sooner folks reconcile with this, the better.

since chatgpt has coached another young person in a mental health crisis to their death, I am yet again tapping the sign

I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved. www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...

There are no words for how evil this is

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Droppin 11/11 from CJ 🔥

Happy Birthday Tristram Shandy! Here's his meme about choosing the punctuation for his 'Life & Opinions'.

Zohran Mamdani says on NY1 he didn't get a congratulatory call from either Andrew Cuomo or Eric Adams last night. He says he got a congratulatory call from Curtis Sliwa, though.

I do think yesterday’s results reinforced the dynamic that while much of the American leadership class is chickenshit, most of the electorate is not

A daycare. Every day in Chicago. The state is not stopping this. Pritzker’s and Johnson’s cops have ONLY been protecting these assaults so there is so far nothing that is stopping them besides unarmed residents screaming. How many children are technically orphans now @govpritzker.illinois.gov?

If you missed Zohran’s speech live, this is the link to the whole thing from PBS Newshour on YT: www.youtube.com/live/NnM_RgL... #zohranmamdani #nyc

That was a really good speech.

Walked into a coffee shop earlier, and the woman behind the counter asked me how my night was going. I was like okay, trying to work, a little distracted, I was so anxious and now I’m just like I can’t believe he won. I’m so happy. She jumped up and down and said omg I know. Then we both cried

They wI’ll rationalize it so many ways but the bottom line is there are simply people in this country who hate poor people and take pleasure in them suffering.

Who would have thought the “no waste and abuse” administration would have an FBI Director using a tax payer funded private jet for date night with his girlfriend?

AOC: I have to tell you, in my traveling across the country, I am hearing and have been seeing consistent things from everyday people. And it is that they are terrified, they are frustrated, they are angry, and they are shocked by a president violating the values that we hold dear

BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students. Follow AP for live updates.

The last month of the anti-Mamdani campaign was an absolutely shameful undertaking, an attempt to rip the city and Democratic coalition apart and I'm very happy to see it failed.

is that … legal?

So apparently people DO like being able to afford life's basic necessities and to live without fear that another rent hike will push them into homelessness.

please support these folks now and hopefully when they end up in better circumstances

Can't denounce racism when you yourself are Islamophobic. That's the bottom line re: both Gillibrand, Schumer and many other Democrats.

If you're a pundit, today's probably a good day to begin your migration off Twitter...

I expect to see Schumer's resignation letter on my desk in the morning.

Zohran was polling at six percent in January. Nothing is impossible