Peter C. Cook
@petercook.bsky.social
Unapologetic Education Reformer • New Orleanian • Progressive (& unwilling to let crazies define the term) • Democrat • Proud TFA alum • DMs open • #FreeUkraine • peterccook.com
I'm sure this is just the tip of the iceberg... Her confounding behavior in regards to the Wisner Trust and FQ sanitation contract raises a lot of questions as well. www.nola.com/news/politic... #NOLA
August 15, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I'm sure this is just the tip of the iceberg... Her confounding behavior in regards to the Wisner Trust and FQ sanitation contract raises a lot of questions as well. www.nola.com/news/politic... #NOLA
Me after hearing the news that Latoya Cantrell has been indicted by a federal grand jury... #NOLA #ChristmasInAugust
August 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Me after hearing the news that Latoya Cantrell has been indicted by a federal grand jury... #NOLA #ChristmasInAugust
If we’ve learned anything from The Great Escape and events like this, it’s that NOLA Ready texts ain’t worth sh*t if the system can’t share pictures or at least share **LINKS** to pictures.
There are a lot of pre-teen Hispanic boys in the world… A picture would help. 🤯 #NOLA
There are a lot of pre-teen Hispanic boys in the world… A picture would help. 🤯 #NOLA
August 15, 2025 at 3:08 PM
If we’ve learned anything from The Great Escape and events like this, it’s that NOLA Ready texts ain’t worth sh*t if the system can’t share pictures or at least share **LINKS** to pictures.
There are a lot of pre-teen Hispanic boys in the world… A picture would help. 🤯 #NOLA
There are a lot of pre-teen Hispanic boys in the world… A picture would help. 🤯 #NOLA
On the 50th anniversary of the Fall of #Saigon and the end of the wars in Indochina, read this account by James Fenton of his experience riding on North Vietnamese tanks as they rolled through the city on April 30th 1975: share.evernote.com/note/ba53838...
May 1, 2025 at 1:49 AM
On the 50th anniversary of the Fall of #Saigon and the end of the wars in Indochina, read this account by James Fenton of his experience riding on North Vietnamese tanks as they rolled through the city on April 30th 1975: share.evernote.com/note/ba53838...
Good news for Jacksonians looking for move past Lumumba and his shadiness... #politics
John Horhn, a Mississippi senator, holds a commanding lead in the Democratic primary for Jackson mayor, with nearly triple as many votes as incumbent Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba.
The primary could still go to a runoff on April 22.
The primary could still go to a runoff on April 22.
Horhn Leads Lumumba in Democratic Primary for Jackson Mayor
Mississippi Sen. John Horhn holds a commanding lead over incumbent Chokwe A. Lumumba in the Democratic primary for Jackson mayor.
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April 2, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Good news for Jacksonians looking for move past Lumumba and his shadiness... #politics
March 30, 2025 at 3:04 AM
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NEW: The Supreme Court *will not* take up casino mogul Steve Wynn's bid to overturn the landmark free press ruling in New York Times v. Sullivan. The case, Wynn v. Associated Press, No. 24-829, was denied with no noted dissents or statements. #SCOTUS
March 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
NEW: The Supreme Court *will not* take up casino mogul Steve Wynn's bid to overturn the landmark free press ruling in New York Times v. Sullivan. The case, Wynn v. Associated Press, No. 24-829, was denied with no noted dissents or statements. #SCOTUS
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This point doesn't get emphasized enough. Just a few years ago Roosevelt Blvd was a top-5 deadliest road in the country. Now it isn't even the deadliest in Philly
* by the way, Roosevelt Blvd is no longer the deadliest street -- thanks to the speed cams! www.phillyvoice.com/vision-zero-...
As speed cameras help cut fatalities on Roosevelt Boulevard, Broad Street becomes Philly's deadliest road
Over 50 lives — about one per month — have been saved since the devices were installed in 2020, a Vision Zero report says.
www.phillyvoice.com
March 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
This point doesn't get emphasized enough. Just a few years ago Roosevelt Blvd was a top-5 deadliest road in the country. Now it isn't even the deadliest in Philly
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One of the great gags of the moment is the DHS spox using the Berkeley Free Speech movement as the banner on her account, where she posts about deporting academics.
March 20, 2025 at 2:24 AM
One of the great gags of the moment is the DHS spox using the Berkeley Free Speech movement as the banner on her account, where she posts about deporting academics.
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Reading of how it went reminds me of the execution of Eduard Delacroix from The Green Mile. It was botched, there was suffering, but was called a success because he died
The State of Louisiana executed a man tonight by suffocating him for 19 minutes just so @JeffLandry could burnish his tough-on-crime credentials, which is pretty f*cking dark. www.nola.com/news/courts/... #LaLege #LaGov
Jessie Hoffman is put to death with nitrogen gas, Louisiana's first execution in 15 years
Louisiana executed a man convicted of murder with nitrogen gas on Tuesday evening, capping a raging legal battle that ended with a gas mask strapped over the man's face in the Angola State Penitentiar...
www.nola.com
March 19, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Reading of how it went reminds me of the execution of Eduard Delacroix from The Green Mile. It was botched, there was suffering, but was called a success because he died
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The cruelty is the point, Louisiana style.
The shame.
The shame.
The State of Louisiana executed a man tonight by suffocating him for 19 minutes just so @JeffLandry could burnish his tough-on-crime credentials, which is pretty f*cking dark. www.nola.com/news/courts/... #LaLege #LaGov
Jessie Hoffman is put to death with nitrogen gas, Louisiana's first execution in 15 years
Louisiana executed a man convicted of murder with nitrogen gas on Tuesday evening, capping a raging legal battle that ended with a gas mask strapped over the man's face in the Angola State Penitentiar...
www.nola.com
March 19, 2025 at 4:03 AM
The cruelty is the point, Louisiana style.
The shame.
The shame.
The State of Louisiana executed a man tonight by suffocating him for 19 minutes just so @JeffLandry could burnish his tough-on-crime credentials, which is pretty f*cking dark. www.nola.com/news/courts/... #LaLege #LaGov
Jessie Hoffman is put to death with nitrogen gas, Louisiana's first execution in 15 years
Louisiana executed a man convicted of murder with nitrogen gas on Tuesday evening, capping a raging legal battle that ended with a gas mask strapped over the man's face in the Angola State Penitentiar...
www.nola.com
March 19, 2025 at 3:18 AM
The State of Louisiana executed a man tonight by suffocating him for 19 minutes just so @JeffLandry could burnish his tough-on-crime credentials, which is pretty f*cking dark. www.nola.com/news/courts/... #LaLege #LaGov
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over my dead body. He would be *awful*.
Oliver Thomas, veteran New Orleans councilmember, will run for mayor: 'We need a comeback'
Oliver Thomas, a political veteran who rose through one of New Orleans' vaunted Black political groups, held two City Council seats and years later overcame scandal to win a third, is running for mayo...
www.nola.com
March 18, 2025 at 3:51 PM
over my dead body. He would be *awful*.
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I am now told THERE WILL BE SANDWICHES at this. C'mon.
Come on and see me talk sandwiches with the keenest sandwich minds in the city, for FREE, no less. At the New Orleans Book Festival, Saturday 3/29, Tulane's Marshall Family Commons.
March 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I am now told THERE WILL BE SANDWICHES at this. C'mon.
It's pretty depressing when you realize you live in a state with a governor whose two main policy priorities are renaming the #GulfofMexico & restarting executions.
As if #Louisiana has no other pressing issues to address... #NOLA #LaLege #LaGov
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
As if #Louisiana has no other pressing issues to address... #NOLA #LaLege #LaGov
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
Governor Landry aligns with Trump on Gulf renaming
Landry's order directs state agencies, boards and officers to make the change to all published materials moving forward.
www.wwltv.com
March 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
It's pretty depressing when you realize you live in a state with a governor whose two main policy priorities are renaming the #GulfofMexico & restarting executions.
As if #Louisiana has no other pressing issues to address... #NOLA #LaLege #LaGov
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
As if #Louisiana has no other pressing issues to address... #NOLA #LaLege #LaGov
www.wwltv.com/article/news...
Now is the time to start speaking out because we are rapidly approaching a constitutional crisis. Trying to impeach a federal judge or deciding to defy a court order would put us in very dangerous territory. #politics www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
Trump calls for impeachment of judge who tried to halt deportations
It represents a significant escalation of the president’s attempts to push the boundaries of the separation of powers with the courts.
www.politico.com
March 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Now is the time to start speaking out because we are rapidly approaching a constitutional crisis. Trying to impeach a federal judge or deciding to defy a court order would put us in very dangerous territory. #politics www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
I've seen first hand the great work that SOUL has been doing to reforest our neighborhoods. They have planted scores of trees throughout Holy Cross (I have one in my backyard as we speak). No question they've been exemplary stewards of their federal funding. #NOLA www.wwltv.com/article/news...
New Orleans nonprofit grapples with grant loss for tree planting
Orleans Parish lost roughly 200,000 trees due to Hurricane Katrina, Burley said. Now, it's SOUL's mission to restore its tree canopy.
www.wwltv.com
March 18, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I've seen first hand the great work that SOUL has been doing to reforest our neighborhoods. They have planted scores of trees throughout Holy Cross (I have one in my backyard as we speak). No question they've been exemplary stewards of their federal funding. #NOLA www.wwltv.com/article/news...