Bob King
@bkingdc.bsky.social
Deputy managing editor at POLITICO, interested in climate change, energy, transportation, technology and cybersecurity. Pennsylvania native and displaced Floridian. https://www.politico.com
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President Trump's lawyers have told a court he shouldn't have to respond to lawsuits because it would distract him from running the government.
But he's found time to bring lawsuits of his own, against the New York Times and even against his own administration.
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But he's found time to bring lawsuits of his own, against the New York Times and even against his own administration.
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February 14, 2026 at 12:17 PM
President Trump's lawyers have told a court he shouldn't have to respond to lawsuits because it would distract him from running the government.
But he's found time to bring lawsuits of his own, against the New York Times and even against his own administration.
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But he's found time to bring lawsuits of his own, against the New York Times and even against his own administration.
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Apparently the White House thinks Priuses have the hated stop-start feature (hybrids and EVs don't), or that they lack air conditioning, or that the Generation 3 Prius from 2012 is the current model, or that sports cars have been illegal in the US since Obama.
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February 14, 2026 at 6:07 AM
Apparently the White House thinks Priuses have the hated stop-start feature (hybrids and EVs don't), or that they lack air conditioning, or that the Generation 3 Prius from 2012 is the current model, or that sports cars have been illegal in the US since Obama.
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New story up on the Homeland Security Department’s new tactic: flood social media companies with subpoenas to unmask anonymous accounts that criticize ICE or monitor the movements of ICE agents.
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Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
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February 13, 2026 at 11:23 PM
New story up on the Homeland Security Department’s new tactic: flood social media companies with subpoenas to unmask anonymous accounts that criticize ICE or monitor the movements of ICE agents.
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Far-right activists spent years urging Trump to attack the overwhelming scientific consensus that climate change is real, humans are causing it and it's already causing harm.
But when his Energy Department tried to oblige, the effort quickly ran off the rails.
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But when his Energy Department tried to oblige, the effort quickly ran off the rails.
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Trump sidelines climate contrarians in science rollback
The president has mocked global warming as a “hoax,” but his administration avoided testing that claim in court as it targeted the endangerment finding.
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February 13, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Far-right activists spent years urging Trump to attack the overwhelming scientific consensus that climate change is real, humans are causing it and it's already causing harm.
But when his Energy Department tried to oblige, the effort quickly ran off the rails.
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
But when his Energy Department tried to oblige, the effort quickly ran off the rails.
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Meta's plan for launching glasses that people can use to secretly identify strangers on the street is to do it "during a dynamic political environment" when people who care about why that's bad are "focused on other concerns."
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Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses
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February 13, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Meta's plan for launching glasses that people can use to secretly identify strangers on the street is to do it "during a dynamic political environment" when people who care about why that's bad are "focused on other concerns."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
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How Trump's attempt to overturn decades of universally accepted climate science fizzled: www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
Trump sidelines climate contrarians in science rollback
The president has mocked global warming as a “hoax,” but his administration avoided testing that claim in court as it targeted the endangerment finding.
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February 13, 2026 at 4:01 PM
How Trump's attempt to overturn decades of universally accepted climate science fizzled: www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
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Trump promised to rein in corporate power. The woman he picked to do it just left.
Trump promised to rein in corporate power. The woman he picked to do it just left.
Some of the president’s own supporters fear corporate influence is destroying a movement that helped propel him to a second term.
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February 13, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Trump promised to rein in corporate power. The woman he picked to do it just left.
Greenhouse gases stopped being harmful at 1:30 pm EST on Thursday, February 12, 2026.
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EPA repeals endangerment finding
The move discards a scientific determination that empowered the government to limit climate pollution.
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February 12, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Greenhouse gases stopped being harmful at 1:30 pm EST on Thursday, February 12, 2026.
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The Hill Republican who could get a deal on AI — if his leadership lets him
The Hill Republican who could get a deal on AI — if his leadership lets him
Rep. Jay Obernolte’s compromise approach to AI regulation is seen by many in the tech industry as their best hope to block state AI laws. But do GOP leaders want what he’s selling?
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February 5, 2026 at 9:46 AM
The Hill Republican who could get a deal on AI — if his leadership lets him
This is good advice for everyone, not just journalists. Police can hold your phone up to your face or force you to touch a fingerprint reader, but in general they can't force you to give them a password or PIN because that violates your right to remain silent.
No journalist should use biometric locks.
The FBI was able to access Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson's Signal messages because she used Signal on her work laptop. The laptop accepted Touch ID for authentication, meaning the agents were allowed to require her to unlock it. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 1, 2026 at 2:58 AM
This is good advice for everyone, not just journalists. Police can hold your phone up to your face or force you to touch a fingerprint reader, but in general they can't force you to give them a password or PIN because that violates your right to remain silent.
"He was over 50. And they were girls."
Some were clear 20 yrs ago about who Epstein was, what he did and why he was being protected. Elisa Cramer wrote this for the Palm Beach Post in 2006 when local prosecutors gave him a plea deal for sex crimes against kids
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Some were clear 20 yrs ago about who Epstein was, what he did and why he was being protected. Elisa Cramer wrote this for the Palm Beach Post in 2006 when local prosecutors gave him a plea deal for sex crimes against kids
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Opinion: He was over 50. And they were girls.
( EDITOR'S NOTE: This is an opinion column by former Post editorial writer Eliza Cramer that published in The Palm Beach Post on Aug. 4, 2006)
If the women whom Palm Beach police say a part-time…
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February 1, 2026 at 2:05 AM
"He was over 50. And they were girls."
Some were clear 20 yrs ago about who Epstein was, what he did and why he was being protected. Elisa Cramer wrote this for the Palm Beach Post in 2006 when local prosecutors gave him a plea deal for sex crimes against kids
www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/2...
Some were clear 20 yrs ago about who Epstein was, what he did and why he was being protected. Elisa Cramer wrote this for the Palm Beach Post in 2006 when local prosecutors gave him a plea deal for sex crimes against kids
www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/2...
The pivot still seems to be going well.
"MPR News has learned that the police chief in the small southern Minnesota city of St. Peter intervened Thursday afternoon to prevent federal immigration agents from arresting a local resident" who had been observing federal agents. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
St. Peter police chief intervenes, prevents federal agents from arresting resident
The police chief of St. Peter intervened to prevent federal agents from taking a local resident who was observing ICE enforcement actions into custody. It is believed to the first time local police in...
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January 31, 2026 at 8:19 PM
The pivot still seems to be going well.
The pivot toward moderation is going well, I see.
Scoop: Federal agents were told this week that they have broader power to arrest people without a warrant, according to an internal Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo reviewed by The New York Times.
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ICE Expands Power of Agents to Arrest People Without Warrants
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January 31, 2026 at 3:40 AM
The pivot toward moderation is going well, I see.
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Judges across the country are rebuking ICE for defying court orders.
Judges across the country rebuke ICE for defying court orders
They are increasingly castigating what they say are systematic legal and constitutional abuses by the administration.
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January 30, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Judges across the country are rebuking ICE for defying court orders.
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Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
January 30, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
I was sent this video of agents at her door:
Dems are sounding the alarm at the prospect that ICE agents will be swarming blue cities near the polls on Election Day, frightening would-be voters into staying home.
"Trump is trying to create a pretext to rig the election," said Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.).
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"Trump is trying to create a pretext to rig the election," said Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.).
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‘A pretext to rig the election’: Democrats scramble to block ICE crackdowns near polling sites
Election officials are preparing for the possibility of immigration enforcement activity at or near polling sites in November.
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January 30, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Dems are sounding the alarm at the prospect that ICE agents will be swarming blue cities near the polls on Election Day, frightening would-be voters into staying home.
"Trump is trying to create a pretext to rig the election," said Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.).
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"Trump is trying to create a pretext to rig the election," said Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.).
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This is such sad news. I always enjoyed reading Dan's writing in Philly Weekly years ago.
Dan was the go-to for any Philly question. When I was putting the Fraud Street Run together a few years ago, he was the first guy I texted about the course. He texted back right away, telling me where to avoid, what underpass was sketchy, a better route, and good pizza in the area. He was the best.
January 29, 2026 at 2:49 AM
This is such sad news. I always enjoyed reading Dan's writing in Philly Weekly years ago.
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Trump is speaking in Iowa now, starting with a claim that cold weather means global warming is not real. @adamaton.bsky.social and I wrote about how Iowa, which receives 2/3 of its power from wind and has low utility bills, is a powerful argument for clean energy. www.eenews.net/articles/tru...
Trump opposes wind energy. That could be a tough sell in Iowa.
The president takes his affordability message Tuesday to the state where turbine farms have helped keep electricity prices low.
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January 27, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Trump is speaking in Iowa now, starting with a claim that cold weather means global warming is not real. @adamaton.bsky.social and I wrote about how Iowa, which receives 2/3 of its power from wind and has low utility bills, is a powerful argument for clean energy. www.eenews.net/articles/tru...
Global climate pollution may be about to peak, despite the United States' determination to drill, baby, drill.
As @karlmathiesen.bsky.social writes, climate activists call this evidence that countries like China are now driving the climate train — and the Trump is betting on the wrong horse.
As @karlmathiesen.bsky.social writes, climate activists call this evidence that countries like China are now driving the climate train — and the Trump is betting on the wrong horse.
After two and a half centuries of relentless increase, global climate pollution is very close to tipping permanently downward.
Why some climate advocates are cautiously optimistic in today’s Forecast newsletter 👇
Why some climate advocates are cautiously optimistic in today’s Forecast newsletter 👇
The key climate tipping point you haven’t heard about
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January 27, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Global climate pollution may be about to peak, despite the United States' determination to drill, baby, drill.
As @karlmathiesen.bsky.social writes, climate activists call this evidence that countries like China are now driving the climate train — and the Trump is betting on the wrong horse.
As @karlmathiesen.bsky.social writes, climate activists call this evidence that countries like China are now driving the climate train — and the Trump is betting on the wrong horse.
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After two and a half centuries of relentless increase, global climate pollution is very close to tipping permanently downward.
Why some climate advocates are cautiously optimistic in today’s Forecast newsletter 👇
Why some climate advocates are cautiously optimistic in today’s Forecast newsletter 👇
The key climate tipping point you haven’t heard about
www.politico.com
January 27, 2026 at 10:04 PM
After two and a half centuries of relentless increase, global climate pollution is very close to tipping permanently downward.
Why some climate advocates are cautiously optimistic in today’s Forecast newsletter 👇
Why some climate advocates are cautiously optimistic in today’s Forecast newsletter 👇
Perhaps never to return, since Trump has also pulled out of the 1992 United Nations climate treaty that underlies the whole global climate regime. And rejoining the 1992 pact may or may not require finding 67 Senate yes votes.
So long, Paris: US officially leaves landmark climate pact
So long, Paris: US officially leaves landmark climate pact
President Donald Trump has formally removed the U.S. from the historic agreement that aims to limit global warming.
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January 27, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Perhaps never to return, since Trump has also pulled out of the 1992 United Nations climate treaty that underlies the whole global climate regime. And rejoining the 1992 pact may or may not require finding 67 Senate yes votes.
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So long, Paris: US officially leaves landmark climate pact
So long, Paris: US officially leaves landmark climate pact
President Donald Trump has formally removed the U.S. from the historic agreement that aims to limit global warming.
dlvr.it
January 27, 2026 at 3:08 PM
So long, Paris: US officially leaves landmark climate pact
The Trump administration raised alarms last year when then-FEMA acting chief Cameron Hamilton suggested cutting off aid for snowstorms.
State officials are "preparing for the worst," said a former senior FEMA official. "They’re preparing for no grants, no money."
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State officials are "preparing for the worst," said a former senior FEMA official. "They’re preparing for no grants, no money."
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Massive snowstorm will test Trump’s strategy on disaster aid
Presidents have routinely approved federal assistance after major storms, but state officials worry President Donald Trump won't do that.
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January 24, 2026 at 3:39 AM
The Trump administration raised alarms last year when then-FEMA acting chief Cameron Hamilton suggested cutting off aid for snowstorms.
State officials are "preparing for the worst," said a former senior FEMA official. "They’re preparing for no grants, no money."
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
State officials are "preparing for the worst," said a former senior FEMA official. "They’re preparing for no grants, no money."
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
So when should we prepare?
Prepare now. Prepare now. Prepare now. Prepare now. Prepare now. Prepare now. Prepare now. Prepare now.
⚠️~132 million: Number of people under alerts for snow, sleet, & freezing rain.
A large, long-duration winter storm is expected to bring widespread heavy snow, sleet, & freezing rain from the Southern Rockies & Plains beginning Friday (Jan. 23), spreading eastward toward New England this weekend.
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A large, long-duration winter storm is expected to bring widespread heavy snow, sleet, & freezing rain from the Southern Rockies & Plains beginning Friday (Jan. 23), spreading eastward toward New England this weekend.
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January 23, 2026 at 2:39 PM
So when should we prepare?