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The Bayou Brief Launches. This Is Our Mission: Un De Nous Autres
Reposted from The Bayou Brief. I am thrilled to introduce the debut edition of The Bayou Brief. Four…
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After Voting To Protect Confederate Monuments, LA GOP Approved Cuts That Would Close Veterans’ Cemeteries
One day after Republican members of the Louisiana House Committee on Municipal, Parochial, and Cultural Affairs passed…
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Louisiana Is Moitié Fouz (In Memory of Deb Cotton)
In Cajun French, the same phrase people use to say that they feel like crying, J’ai…
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In Defense of Louisiana’s History
“So you’re the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war,” President Abraham…
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The Bayou Brief, Louisiana’s First & Only Online Statewide Non-Profit News Publication, Prepares Launch
Two months ago, I announced my intention to launch The Bayou Brief, a first-of-its-kind statewide, non-profit, and…
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Louisiana AG Jeff Landry’s Private Company Trademarks Trump-Inspired Clothing Line
Nearly one year after former Congressman Jeffrey Martin Landry had been elected as the Attorney General…
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Jeff Landry: A Plaster Saint of Pay To Play
In 2015, during his campaign for Louisiana Attorney General, former Congressman Jeff Landry lambasted his opponent,…
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The Numbers Don’t Lie: Repealing Obamacare Would Be Devastating To Louisiana
If Congressional Republicans and President Donald Trump are ultimately successful in repealing the Affordable Care and Patient…
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A Requiem For The Alexandria Daily Town Talk, 1883-2017
Two days ago, Judi Terzotis, Gannett’s newly-minted President of its newly-created Gulf Region Division, wrote the…
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An Open Letter To Phillip Terrell, Rapides Parish District Attorney
Dear Mr. Terrell, I am writing to urge you to immediately cancel the upcoming seminar for…
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CenLamar Readers Donate $15K to Launch a New Home for Progressive Journalism in Louisiana
Less than a week ago, I announced something audacious: A plan to transition from this personal…
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CenLamar Is Dead. Long Live CenLamar!
For nearly 11 years, I’ve been publishing CenLamar, which began as my personal blog and became…
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The Trump Asterisk
On August 7, 2007, Barry Lamar Bonds, left fielder for the San Francisco Giants, broke baseball’s…
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And we sang dirges in the dark / The day the music died
On February 3, 1959, a Beachcraft Bonanza carrying Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper…
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The Napoleon in the Napoleonic Code: Jeff Landry, Louisiana’s Attorney General. Chapter 1.
In 1993, when Jeff Landry, the future Attorney General of Louisiana, was 23 years old, he and…
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Long Shot: The True Story of John Bel Edwards’s Stunning Defeat of David Vitter
Last Sunday at Martin Wine Cellar in Uptown New Orleans, veteran political journalists Tyler Bridges and…
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Did LA Congressional Candidate Contemplate Using Campaign Cash To Pay Back His Missing Child Support
Yesterday, Rosemary “Stormy” Rothkamm-Hambrice, the ex-wife of former-Sheriff’s deputy and current United States Congressional candidate Clay Higgins,…
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Gleason: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
For those of you who are not from Louisiana, Steve Gleason, a former football player for…
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America Amused Itself To Death
31 years ago, well before the birth of social media and cable news and Celebrity Apprentice,…
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Pat LaPlatney, CEO of Raycom Media, Owes Louisiana An Apology and An Explanation For The US Senate Debate
Last night, while most of the country was tuned into the very beginning of what may…
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The David Duke Factor
Why the Former Klansman Is More Relevant To Donald Trump’s Campaign Than Any Republican Elected Official, Including Mike…
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Alexandria’s Beloved Former Mayor Ned Randolph Dies At 74
Edward Gordon “Ned” Randolph, the former Louisiana State Representative, former Louisiana State Senator, and former five-term…
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Introducing The CenLamar Podcast: Episode 1: Caroline Fayard
Because we are in the throes of what is- without question- the craziest election season in…
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John Kennedy’s Slippery Soapbox
Earlier this year, back in February, when the newly-elected governor and the state legislature were grappling…
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What Donald Trump’s Candidacy Definitely Proves
There is only one candidate in this election who is currently being sued for fraud and…
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How the DNC Failed Disabled Delegates and Attendees
Last week in Philadelphia, the Democratic National Convention Committee hosted what it promised would be “the…
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Can Hillary Win Louisiana?
For the first time in 52 years, Utah is now considered a battleground state in the…
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No-Show Neil: State Rep. Neil Abramson Can Run, But He Can’t Hide
Recently, in a meeting of the Louisiana Senate Fiscal Revenue and Affairs Committee, the mother of a special…
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America Is A Gun
On February 17, 2016, the British poet Brian Bilston, the “poet laureate of Twitter,” published a…
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Why I’m Supporting Hillary Clinton: A Plea to Louisiana Progressives
Last year, on July 25th in New Orleans, the Louisiana Democratic Party hosted its annual Jefferson-Jackson…
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To Save TOPS From Financial Bankruptcy, LA Republicans Declare Moral Bankruptcy
“Don’t tell me what you value,” Vice President Joe Biden often says. “Show me your budget,…
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Bobby Jindal’s Reluctant Endorsement of Trump Demonstrates How Much He Loathes David Vitter
In early September, former Louisiana governor and erstwhile presidential candidate Bobby Jindal stood before the Washington…
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The Ragin Cajun Versus The Turd Blossom
A day before Donald Trump became the presumptive Republican nominee for President of the United States,…
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“Lamar, it was the right thing to do.” – Gov. John Bel Edwards
Yesterday, I ascended the elevator to the fourth floor of the Louisiana State Capitol for the…
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Lt. Gov. Nungesser’s Scam Deal Isn’t Funny; It’s Impeachable
“It might be a good idea to get someone from IT to make sure Lt. Governor…
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Announcing the Launch of Imagine Louisiana Communications
For more than a decade, I have written about the circus of Louisiana politics here on…
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EXCLUSIVE: Director of U.S. Senate Candidate John Kennedy’s SuperPAC Donated To & Now Prepares His Opponent’s Campaign Committee Reports
On Oct. 24, 2015, Louisiana State Treasurer John Neely Kennedy won his fifth consecutive term by…
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LA State Sen. Milkovich Claims Noah’s Ark Was Discovered and New Scientific Discoveries Prove Creationism
LA State Sen. Milkovich Claims Noah’s Ark Was Discovered and New Scientific Discoveries Prove Creationism
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Treasurer John Kennedy Wants To Illegally Transfer State Campaign Donations To Federal SuperPAC
On September 10, 2015, I joined my friends Jeremy White of Red Shtick and Baton Rouge Metro-Councilman…
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Guest Column: No One Works Harder for the Louisiana Democratic Party Than Karen Carter Peterson
By Lynda Woolard On April 2nd, Louisiana Democrats will determine the leadership of our party for the…
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Kennedy’s Poll Shows He’s Vulnerable to Democrat Challenger For U.S. Senate
According to the most recent poll released by Make Louisiana Proud, a SuperPAC affiliated with State…
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Perfect Metaphor: LA Treasurer Kennedy Has $300K In Public Art And Leases Other Office At Premium From Campaign Donor
Days after State Treasurer John Kennedy unfairly and falsely criticized former Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne for…
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Treasurer John Kennedy Lies About Jay Dardenne, Mocks Public Art, & Doesn’t Know The Law
Louisiana State Treasurer and current candidate for U.S. Senate John Kennedy is maliciously and wrongly accusing former…
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Steve Scalise’s Alibi
On Dec. 28, 2014, I hit “publish” on what would almost instantly become the most sensational…
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Transcript of Sheriff Newell Normand’s Fiery Speech: “To hell with Grover Norquist!”
Yesterday, Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand, a Republican, delivered a fiery, no-nonsense speech about the state’s…
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LA Treasurer John Kennedy Accidentally Destroys His Own Argument
On Tuesday afternoon, as legislators grappled with how best to solve Louisiana’s current $957 million budget shortfall and…
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The Louisiana Republican Party: Suicide Bombers
On Monday morning, the first full day of the Louisiana legislative special session, Commissioner of Administration…
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