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"I Called It Months Ago": Trump's Kennedy Center Rampage, Plans to Demolish the Entire Building

Michelle Kinney breaks down the Kennedy Center fiasco solo: the AI-generated mockup of the building reading "DEMOLISH" that a photographer caught Trump studying through the window of Air Force One, Rep. Joyce Beatty's blistering MSNBC and CNN interviews describing how Trump "threw a tantrum" and be…

Emmys (Matthew Rhys!) Recap, CBS Airs Pentagon Propaganda, Kushner's Secret Putin Deals Exposed, and Sydney Sweeney's New Ad 🥴

This week on Breaking the News, Julie Roginsky, Michelle Kinney, and Jeff Jarvis dig into a stacked week: a surprisingly solid Emmys night, AI's growing shadow over Hollywood and publishing, Sydney Sweeney's sports-betting ad and whether it's actually a shrewd business move, and the slow unraveling…

JD Vance: From 'America's Hitler' and Helping Hillary to Trump's VP - Next, Trump Will Destroy Him

JD Vance, Peter Thiel, and the Hillary Clinton backchannel nobody knew about — breaking down Chris Whipple's bombshell Vanity Fair piece "God and Vance at Yale." Michelle Kinney digs into the new reporting on JD Vance's Yale Law years, his relationship with mentor Amy Chua, how his wife Usha outsh…

Bari Weiss, Peter Thiel, and the Billionaire Media Tycoons Clearing the Runway for Authoritarianism

Recorded live Friday September 25, 2026 Julie Roginsky, Michelle Kinney, and Jeff Jarvis break down a brutal week for the free press. Axel Springer chief Matthias Döpfner publicly honored Trump megadonor Peter Thiel in Berlin — with Bari Weiss delivering the tribute — while dismissing his own Polit…

SCOTUS Just Greenlit Mass Voter Purges — Here's What You Do If They Try It On You

Breaking: the Supreme Court just sided with the Trump administration, reviving DHS's flawed SAVE database and letting states use it to challenge and purge voters — including naturalized citizens — right as early voting is already underway in contested Senate races across North Carolina, Georgia, Oh…

Democratic Pollster Ben Lazarus Breaks Down the 2026 Midterms With Some Reality-Based Hopium

Recorded live on Tuesday September 29, 2026 -- Julie Roginsky and Michelle Kinney are joined by Ben Lazarus, one of the best Democratic pollsters in the country, for real hopium about the midterms. Ben explains why a red wave is off the table, how a collapse in Republican turnout could make the bl…

TDWS: Every Woman You Know Is Reeling About The Cornell 7

News of “The Cornell 7” has torn through the internet at such breakneck speed this week, I invited the amazing Michelle Kinney from The Mayday Network to come deconstruct it all. I also published three (yes, three) stories already this week on this evolving story, which you can read here, in order …

Michelle Kinney

In July 2018, 53-year-old Michelle Kinney was living alone in Dubuque, Iowa. Known for her kindness and willingness to help people struggling, Michelle often opened her home to strangers who needed a place to stay. When concerned neighbors found her brutally murdered inside her apartment, investiga…

Michelle Kinney

In July 2018, 53-year-old Michelle Kinney was living alone in Dubuque, Iowa. Known for her kindness and willingness to help people struggling, Michelle often opened her home to strangers who needed a place to stay. When concerned neighbors found her brutally murdered inside her apartment, investiga…

"Cornell Won't, We Will" Student Journalists, CNN's New Owners, and Who Controls Our Stories

Student journalists at The Cornell Daily Sun did what far bigger newsrooms wouldn't. They stayed on the Cornell 7 story for two years, named the seven accused men, protected the woman who came forward, and refused to soften the details. Michelle Kinney, Julie Roginsky, and Jeff Jarvis open Breaking…