@peterjholley.bsky.social
Senior writer at TX Monthly. Formerly WAPO. Texan. Explorer. Excessive asker of questions.
CiCi and Will Steward's beloved daughter, Cile, died at Camp Mystic. Since then, they say, the camp has ignored them and failed to acknowledge their devastating loss despite newly-announced plans to reopen next summer. My latest for
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Their Daughter Is Still Missing. They Say Plans to Reopen Camp Mystic Are “Unthinkable.”
"You are preparing to invite children to swim in the very river that may still hold our daughter’s body when you plan to ‘open your gates,’” the new statement from CiCi and Will Steward reads.
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September 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
CiCi and Will Steward's beloved daughter, Cile, died at Camp Mystic. Since then, they say, the camp has ignored them and failed to acknowledge their devastating loss despite newly-announced plans to reopen next summer. My latest for
@texasmonthly.bsky.social
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If you’re doing a ‘double tap’ strike on a hospital, you’re a war criminal and a terrorist.
#GAZA: Multiple journalists killed by Israeli strikes on Nasser Hospital, including a freelance journalist who worked for @apnews.com.
At least 8 people were killed in a double-tap strike on the 4th floor, Gaza's Health Ministry said, the second attack came as rescue crews arrived.
At least 8 people were killed in a double-tap strike on the 4th floor, Gaza's Health Ministry said, the second attack came as rescue crews arrived.
August 25, 2025 at 1:20 PM
If you’re doing a ‘double tap’ strike on a hospital, you’re a war criminal and a terrorist.
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"Though I didn’t know it at the time, I would soon learn that there was something about Jason’s case that transcended the lurid intrigue that tends to drive interest in viral crimes." —Peter Holley for @texasmonthly.bsky.social
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June 25, 2025 at 9:42 PM
"Though I didn’t know it at the time, I would soon learn that there was something about Jason’s case that transcended the lurid intrigue that tends to drive interest in viral crimes." —Peter Holley for @texasmonthly.bsky.social
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My latest story is about Jason Landry, who vanished after striping naked and walking into the Texas wilderness.
What I found was a world unto itself –– w/a mysterious figure at the center who seemed to know more about Jason’s disappearance than anyone else.
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What I found was a world unto itself –– w/a mysterious figure at the center who seemed to know more about Jason’s disappearance than anyone else.
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A Missing Student, a Suburban Mom, a Mysterious Facebook Profile: Inside the Jason Landry Disappearance
The Texas State University student’s disappearance confounded investigators. When thousands of online sleuths got involved, intrigue turned into obsession.
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June 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
My latest story is about Jason Landry, who vanished after striping naked and walking into the Texas wilderness.
What I found was a world unto itself –– w/a mysterious figure at the center who seemed to know more about Jason’s disappearance than anyone else.
www.texasmonthly.com/true-crime/j...
What I found was a world unto itself –– w/a mysterious figure at the center who seemed to know more about Jason’s disappearance than anyone else.
www.texasmonthly.com/true-crime/j...
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THREAD: We recently heard that the Trump administration was leaning on the government of Gambia to help Elon Musk. For weeks, our team made phone calls, wrote letters and knocked on folks’ doors to try to confirm it. But we were stuck.
So our reporters got on a plane to Banjul. 1/
So our reporters got on a plane to Banjul. 1/
May 16, 2025 at 1:03 AM
THREAD: We recently heard that the Trump administration was leaning on the government of Gambia to help Elon Musk. For weeks, our team made phone calls, wrote letters and knocked on folks’ doors to try to confirm it. But we were stuck.
So our reporters got on a plane to Banjul. 1/
So our reporters got on a plane to Banjul. 1/
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“I knew buying a Cybertruck would turn heads, but I never expected it to turn people against me.”
At the Cybertruck Rodeo, in Texas, Cybertruck owners said they’re confused the public doesn’t separate Elon Musk’s divisive politics from his company’s products.
“I knew buying a Cybertruck would turn heads, but I never expected it to turn people against me.”
At the Cybertruck Rodeo, in Texas, Cybertruck owners said they’re confused the public doesn’t separate Elon Musk’s divisive politics from his company’s products.
Cybertruck Drivers Don’t Understand the Hate
At the second annual Cybertruck Rodeo, in Central Texas, the EV owners said they’re confused that the public doesn’t appear to separate Elon Musk’s divisive politics from his company’s products.
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April 14, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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“I knew buying a Cybertruck would turn heads, but I never expected it to turn people against me.”
At the Cybertruck Rodeo, in Texas, Cybertruck owners said they’re confused the public doesn’t separate Elon Musk’s divisive politics from his company’s products.
“I knew buying a Cybertruck would turn heads, but I never expected it to turn people against me.”
At the Cybertruck Rodeo, in Texas, Cybertruck owners said they’re confused the public doesn’t separate Elon Musk’s divisive politics from his company’s products.
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60 Minutes could find no criminal records for 75% of the Venezuelans the U.S. sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4clubLP
Trump administration deports gay makeup artist to prison in El Salvador
A gay man with no known criminal record sought asylum in the U.S. He's since become one of 238 Venezuelan migrants deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration.
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April 7, 2025 at 12:34 AM
60 Minutes could find no criminal records for 75% of the Venezuelans the U.S. sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4clubLP
My first opinion piece for @washingtonpost.com is about the performative absurdity of moving Facebook's safety and content moderations teams to Texas of all places––a place that is waging war of free expression. "This is pandering,” as one expert told me.
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Opinion | Meta will move staff to Texas to counter bias. Good luck in Austin.
Mark Zuckerberg’s recent announcement seems largely performative.
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January 14, 2025 at 10:57 PM
My first opinion piece for @washingtonpost.com is about the performative absurdity of moving Facebook's safety and content moderations teams to Texas of all places––a place that is waging war of free expression. "This is pandering,” as one expert told me.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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The California wildfires have created chaos for the dogs, cats and other animals that consider Los Angeles home. While some owners fled with their pets in tow, animal shelters in the Los Angeles area are straining to care for the hundreds of animals that were left behind.
Los Angeles Animal Shelters Struggle With Influx of Displaced Pets
Some owners fled with their pets, but a network of facilities in the Los Angeles area is straining to care for the hundreds of animals left behind.
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January 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The California wildfires have created chaos for the dogs, cats and other animals that consider Los Angeles home. While some owners fled with their pets in tow, animal shelters in the Los Angeles area are straining to care for the hundreds of animals that were left behind.
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What a phenomenal and terrifying piece of journalism.
A Mole Infiltrated the Highest Ranks of American Militias. This Is What He Found.
Outraged by the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a wilderness survival trainer spent years undercover climbing the ranks of right-wing militias. He didn’t tell police or the FBI. He didn’t tell family or friends....
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January 8, 2025 at 12:47 AM
What a phenomenal and terrifying piece of journalism.
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Texas--with one of the country's strictest abortion bans, highest maternal mortality rates, and the most women without health insurance--faces an "epidemic" of abandoned babies, some being found in ditches and dumpsters wapo.st/3ZXDbks
‘Baby in a dumpster.’ A spate of abandoned newborns unsettles Texas.
Critics say these cases are no coincidence in a state with one of the nation’s most restrictive abortion bans and near-bottom rankings on women’s health care.
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December 28, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Texas--with one of the country's strictest abortion bans, highest maternal mortality rates, and the most women without health insurance--faces an "epidemic" of abandoned babies, some being found in ditches and dumpsters wapo.st/3ZXDbks
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“Can the C.E.O. class drop its indifference to the suffering and death of ordinary people? Is it possible to do so while achieving record quarterly profits for your stakeholders, in perpetuity?” Jia Tolentino writes about Brian Thompson’s murder.
A Man Was Murdered in Cold Blood and You’re Laughing?
What the death of a health-insurance C.E.O. means to America.
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December 7, 2024 at 9:43 PM
“Can the C.E.O. class drop its indifference to the suffering and death of ordinary people? Is it possible to do so while achieving record quarterly profits for your stakeholders, in perpetuity?” Jia Tolentino writes about Brian Thompson’s murder.