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Michael King retweeted
There is now a 69% chance this El Niño reaches a strength that would exceed every previous El Niño event dating back to 1950.
That is a huge signal heading into fall and winter.
Michael King retweeted
U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff is seizing on one of the most combustible issues in national politics by targeting U.S. Rep. Mike Collins over the Jeffrey Epstein files, launching his first TV attack ad of the general election with a major statewide buy. #gapol ajc.com/politics/2026/07/jon…
Michael King retweeted
The. First. Ten. Words. Of. The. Bill. Of. Rights. You. Fucking. Moron.
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BREAKING: Emmy-winning reporter quits station owned by company that donated to Trump and GOP
He said the newsroom owed viewers “more than trends or sanitized news”
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Found an imaginary problem, said only they could fix it, didn’t listen to experts, hired buddies who grifted millions, failed miserably, bragged how great it went.
The entire Trump presidency in a nutshell.
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You gotta be a really sick fuck to put your own name on a memorial to a person who was assassinated
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ALERT: Appeals court says NO to Team Trump.
They will not delay DC judge's order to remove Trump's name from the Kennedy Center tonight.
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Significant damage from the tornado that struck the East side of Streator, IL #ILwxn
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This is a PDS Tornado Warning for east central La Salle and southern Grundy Counties in Illinois until 7 PM CDT. A confirmed large and extremely dangerous tornado is on the ground. Get to your safe place NOW. I'm live covering this right now: youtube.com/watch?v=XIdRMQXo…
Michael King retweeted
A federal lawsuit seeks to halt the upcoming UFC fight card on the White House South Lawn in a mixed martial arts show timed for President Donald Trump's 80th birthday and part of the celebration of the nation's 250th anniversary. abc7.la/g0g6jd
Michael King retweeted
Trump: "I didn't guarantee no war."
Trump guaranteeing no more wars:
Welker: "You insisted no new wars."
Trump: "First of all, I didn't guarantee no war."
Welker: "You said it over and over again."
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
During a speech, Trump stated "I'm Not Going To Start Wars, I'm Going To Stop Wars"
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Michael King retweeted
Donald had a temper tantrum on national television and walked out of an interview simply because Kristen Welker presented him with a basic fact.
Note to other journalists: now is the time to pile on. He won't be able to handle it.
The entire sequence shows just how much of a tantrum from Agent Orange this really is.
Here's the full chain of events that led to Trump storming out of his interview with Kristin Welker, beginning with her pressing him on the weaponization fund, continuing with her pointing out the baselessness of his "rigged election" lies, and concluding with him calling her "crooked or stupid" and leaving
Michael King retweeted
Trump has a meltdown and ends the interview
Welker: Just to be very clear, there's no evidence of what you're saying.
Trump: There’s a lot of evidence. There’s tremendous evidence. There’s nothing but evidence. The election was rigged. And it’s happening again in California. They’re cheating.
Welker: Do you have evidence?
Trump: All I have to do is look.
Welker: That’s not evidence. The local officials acknowledge they are slow
Trump: They’re crooked. Just like you’re crooked. You’re either crooked or stupid.
Michael King retweeted
Katie Phang on the murder of 60 Minutes: "What the Ellisons have done to CBS has now transcended just being a red flag — it is a huge honking warning sign of what is to come to CNN. And look, you may not be a fan of CNN, but we should always be rooting for the independence of our media. And yet we've seen time and time again, mainstream legacy media bending the knee and capitulating to the demands of a fucking toddler in the White House."