Clay Jackson

That's why they're called the blues.
Nice soliloquy. You've got talent.

The border is a mirror a bitter paradox that sticks in your throat like dry mesquite smoke

Compelling and immersive essay about the experience of border patrol agents along the Texas border, many of whom are Latino and/or of Mexican descent. Highly recommend.

“When you’ve been invisible your whole life, it feels good to be the one holding the flashlight.”

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There's nothing controversial about leveraging technology to build affordable homes There’s a lot of dust in the wind out in Marfa—both literal and metaphorical—and this article from the Chron rakes some of it up in the name of headline-grabbing controversy.

"The only thing worth protesting is inaction. If innovation can lower costs, raise quality, and help keep communities intact, anything else is resistance to the horizon."
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“Shaun’s doesn’t just work. It sings. And somewhere, under the strange sky of West Texas, a new kind of frontier is taking shape—one layer of foam at a time.”

Buried deep in the Delta's gumbo clay This land doesn’t forget. It just doesn’t speak until you listen really hard.

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West from Memphis My journey from the flooded timber of the Delta to the quail fields of far West Texas

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"Marfa's a place where you'll see a guy in ten-thousand-dollar Luccheses sipping a mezcal old fashioned next to a seventh-generation rancher who can't . . . fix his fence. [W]here influencers cosplaying as cowboys bump shoulders with ranchers, oil heirs, and crypto bros every night at Planet Marfa."

The Mad Kiwi in Marfa Fire, foam, and the future of affordable housing

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Opinions in an hour.

I am convinced, although I have no hard evidence, that ICE has gotten orders to go out and re-detain Iranians with final orders of removal, many out in the community on orders of supervision for decades as Iran wouldn't take them.

They may now be deported to Panama or somewhere random.

My first week in West Texas felt like living a Hunter S. Thompson dispatch narrated by Anthony Bourdain My first week in West Texas felt like living a Hunter S.

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📍ojr ranch—marfa, tx

picture in front of valentine bar

land art next to OJR Marfa

Pic of Anthony Bourdain at Marfa Burrito

Pic at lost horse saloon in marfa

west tx best tx

Half the Answer #18: Execution in America Trent and Caitlin talk to their old friend Clay Jackson, a former litigator and current licensed attorney in Texas. They discuss his plans to embrace a life in his new home on the range, recent develo...

Half the Answer #18: Trent and Caitlin talk to Clay Jackson, a former litigator and current licensed attorney in Texas, about the death penalty in the US. They discuss its history, assess justifications of its practice, and highlight stories of some Texas men who are wrongfully convicted.

@clayjak.substack.com returns for a SECOND ep with Caitlin and Trent. As a reminder, Clay was intimidated by some unidentified ICE thugs a couple of months back for having given some basic information about rights to some local immigrants.

Innocence Project We work to free the innocent, prevent wrongful convictions, and create fair, compassionate, and equitable systems of justice for everyone.

we asked @clayjak.substack.com what listeners could do. one good action would be to support innocenceproject.org or themarshallproject.org

proud to partner with TCRP

KSTP eyewitness news Sources have told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS' Tom Hauser that two Minnesota Lawmakers have been shot. Minnesota state senator John Hoffman in Champlin and Minnesota state representative Melissa Hortman in Brooklyn Park were reportedly shot in their homes by a gunman impersonating a police officer. A manhunt is currently underway in Brooklyn Park for a man pretending to be a police officer. The suspect, according to the alert, is a white man with brown hair wearing black body armor over a blue shirt and blue pants. Authorities are asking residents not to approach the suspect if spotted.

when we talked to attorney @clayjak.substack.com on our podcast, he warned that the practice of federal enforcement agents entering areas and attacking people without any identification would inspire and enable this exact thing

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Designed as a sanctuary for both travelers and creators, the project offers uniquely styled rentals curated by artists-with original works for sale-and commits a portion of profits to nonprofit initiatives rooted in justice, inclusion, and access.

excited to announce OJR Ranch—a visionary 60-acre short-term rental development just outside Marfa, Texas, where immersive desert living intersects with creative collaboration and social good. Each stay at OJR directly supports working artists, immigrant rights, and LGBTQ+ advocacy.

Padilla: If this is how DHS responds to a senator with a question you can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California.

bear witness

With Musk gone, it’s time to start irritating Trump with “Stephen Miller is the person actually running the country.” Miller has survived longer than anyone in Trump’s orbit, so he’s clearly learned how to stroke Trump’s ego. But it can’t hurt to try.

It also appears to be true. Terrifyingly so.

Well, this is terrifying

The administration gets closer to using the military to crush civilian dissent. Expect deaths, disappearances, and lawless detentions.

My hunch is that, as we saw with Lafayette Park, National Guard troops are not going to be as compliant as this administration thinks. It’s one thing to unleash cops consumed by warrior cop culture on neighborhoods. Quite another to send reservists who are also accountants, barbers, and teachers.

LAPD denies assistance to ICE to leave area. Sheriff also denies assistance to ICE. ICE is trapped by the people of Paramount.

Live streamer : “They’re gonna have to call their daddies to come get them”