Colbert King
Columnist at The Washington Post
present: journalist; past: banker, public official, military officer
Articles
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1 week ago |
phillytrib.com | Colbert King
In my Independence Day column last year, I predicted this if Donald Trump got back in the White House: “Prosecutions will warp into persecutions. Political foes, real and imagined, in the press and online and in the politicians’ suites, will be subjected to Trump’s whims and power. Pardons and clemency will rain down like manna on Jan. 6, 2021, insurrectionists. Russian President Vladimir Putin will once again have a friend in the White House and an ally against NATO and the West.
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3 weeks ago |
washingtonpost.com | Colbert King
Don’t say you weren’t warned what Trump was going to do (washingtonpost.com) Don’t say you weren’t warned what Trump was going to do By Colbert I. King 2025060620022600 In my Independence Day column last year, I predicted this if Donald Trump got back in the White House: "Prosecutions will warp into persecutions. Political foes, real and imagined, in the press and online and in the politicians' suites, will be subjected to Trump's whims and power.
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4 weeks ago |
washingtonpost.com | Colbert King
D.C. leaders walk a tightrope through Trump’s storm of grievances (washingtonpost.com) D.C. leaders walk a tightrope through Trump’s storm of grievances By Colbert I. King 2025053018274100 D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) is certainly not alone.
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1 month ago |
jhnewsandguide.com | Colbert King
It’s hard not to think that many in Washington, D.C., live with death as their constant companion. In the evening of May 18, D.C. police responded to the sounds of gunshots on Benning Road SE and found 36-year-old Ryan Matthews unconscious and not breathing. D.C. Fire and EMS pronounced him dead. On the afternoon of May 20, police responded to reports of a shooting on 26th Street NE and, upon arriving, located 31-year-old Kian-Wayne Magruder suffering from apparent gunshot wounds.
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1 month ago |
washingtonpost.com | Colbert King
Another killing springs from an old well of hatred (washingtonpost.com) Another killing springs from an old well of hatred By Colbert I. King 2025052321290400 It's hard not to think that many in this city live with death as their constant companion. On Sunday evening, D.C. police responded to the sounds of gunshots on Benning Road SE and found 36-year-old Ryan Matthews unconscious and not breathing. D.C. Fire and EMS pronounced him dead.
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