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Morgan Jerkins
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New York Times bestselling author of four books. ZEAL is my latest.
I’m not saying ICE wouldn’t come to Revere, MA just because…

Actually that is what I’m saying.
November 26, 2025 at 4:31 AM
BULL’S EYE!
This reads like karoline's brother was mad at his ex and wanted full custody
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."

www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
November 26, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The end of 2025 is nothing short of series finale material.
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."

www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
November 26, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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yes. if not for my husband’s health insurance/salary + some money my family gave me while i built my business, it’s unlikely i would be where i am—something for which i’m all too aware, and all too grateful. success in writing = talent + perseverance + coverage of human necessities.
And the folks who are actually writing full-time generally only got there after years of day jobs, family support, or both.

The point of sharing this is not to demoralize anyone, but to let emerging writers know they're not failing if they can't make a living off writing alone. Almost no one can.
almost every novelist you read who's not from the airport fiction or bestseller sections is working a full on day job, including multi-award winners and absolute legends, or they have a spouse or trust that supports them. virtually across the board. just normalize in your mind that's how it works.
November 25, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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I left my job to write books full-time in January 2019, and there is no relaxing, because the wolf never leaves the door. I work very hard but it's mostly luck and privilege and I never ever forget that.
And the folks who are actually writing full-time generally only got there after years of day jobs, family support, or both.

The point of sharing this is not to demoralize anyone, but to let emerging writers know they're not failing if they can't make a living off writing alone. Almost no one can.
almost every novelist you read who's not from the airport fiction or bestseller sections is working a full on day job, including multi-award winners and absolute legends, or they have a spouse or trust that supports them. virtually across the board. just normalize in your mind that's how it works.
November 26, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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whenever anyone asks how I’ve “made it work” in journalism, i tell them the truth. I haven’t made it work—I have a wife.
And the folks who are actually writing full-time generally only got there after years of day jobs, family support, or both.

The point of sharing this is not to demoralize anyone, but to let emerging writers know they're not failing if they can't make a living off writing alone. Almost no one can.
almost every novelist you read who's not from the airport fiction or bestseller sections is working a full on day job, including multi-award winners and absolute legends, or they have a spouse or trust that supports them. virtually across the board. just normalize in your mind that's how it works.
November 26, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Hi, I'm a NY times bestseller and a multiple National Magazine Award-winning journalist.

I've had FT jobs or multiple gigs going ever since I moved to New York a decade ago.
almost every novelist you read who's not from the airport fiction or bestseller sections is working a full on day job, including multi-award winners and absolute legends, or they have a spouse or trust that supports them. virtually across the board. just normalize in your mind that's how it works.
I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books.
November 26, 2025 at 12:28 AM
LMAO
BREAKING

President Trump is considering removing Kash Patel as FBI director in the coming months, as he and his top aides have grown increasingly frustrated by the unflattering headlines Patel has recently generated.

Full Story: bit.ly/3Xk8ViZ
November 25, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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a Burberry button down in a glass
What’s a French 75?
November 25, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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the sleepiest sausage
November 25, 2025 at 8:33 PM
What should you do when your teenage niece wants to bring her boyfriend/groomer for dinner?

You gotta put hands and feet on ‘em. You move the furniture to the side and get to work.
November 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
You just need a few uncles. At least three. They gotta have some meat on em and wear socks with sandals. They also gotta be very territorial with the grill and know how to stay out of women business unless asked.

That man will never be seen again.
November 25, 2025 at 6:55 PM
So here’s what you do:

Don’t disinvite and isolate her.

Invite them.

When they cross the threshold of your door, distract her with food smell. Say you need help with something.

Isolate HIS ass with other men and elders.
My 16 year old niece is dating a 20 something year old and trying to bring him to my house for Thanksgiving

NO!

So I know she not gonna come which makes me sad AF

And I can't go too hard because you can't tell nobody how to raise they kids

BUT NO!
November 25, 2025 at 6:49 PM
"Stranger Things" season 5 comes back in a few days but ask me how much I remember from 2022.

And don't tell me to rewatch when these damn episodes are about 70-85 minutes long each.
November 25, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The spirit this morning had me considering buying a tambourine and I wasn't sure why until...
November 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Oh I blocked that from my memory, WOOF
Remember when Trump tried to schedule a superspreader rally in Tulsa on Juneteenth 2020? An offshoot of that was renewed focus on the Tulsa Race Massacre
November 25, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Pepe Le Pew
Big Bird
A ham sandwich
people who are more charismatic than Alan Dershowitz

• El Brendel
• Parkyakarkus
• the Ritz Brothers
• Celeste Holm
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 AM
true. alabama and footbaw go together
Sure, but Timmy Tuberville . . . coached footbaw
November 25, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I wonder if the documentary of John Chau's life is still on Hulu. If so, you should watch it.

Imagine spending your entire life to becoming a missionary and then that happens.
Shame they didn't follow the noble example of John Chau.
November 24, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Jack Schlossberg once called this man, his cousin mind you, a "rabid dog" and since we know Jack's sister Tatiana is dying from a terminal cancer while their own family member is defunding healthcare, I'd say Jack's description was quite mild.
Over many interviews, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Michael Scherer about how he plans to remake America’s public-health system. Can he lead the scientific establishment he’s spent much of his life crusading against?

Read more in our new cover story: theatln.tc/q9hXxlbM
November 24, 2025 at 11:45 PM
That's assuming that they are literate!
They could have read "The Black Jacobins", or "Haiti Fights Back", and known better, but they're from Texas so the odds that they read above a 3rd grade level are slim.
November 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM
They're just stupid. They're the children that should've been left behind.
Like what type of crack was they smoking!?🤣
There is a story about two white men from Texas who were plotting to invade a Haitian island, k**l all the men, and enslave all the women and children there.

On the one hand, I'm glad that they got booked. On the other hand, I would've loved to have seen what would've happened if they tried.
November 24, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I can't imagine someone in Texas, with all that good music and BBQ, wanting to enslave people in a different country.

That's a miserable life.
November 24, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Would've last 'bout as long as a Domino's commercial
They would have lasted 30 seconds max
November 24, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Hello!

Let 'em go! And hopefully there's something left of 'em to send to the families.
Shame they didn't follow the noble example of John Chau.
November 24, 2025 at 11:20 PM