In today’s Status Report, a quick look into what led up to the historic and pivotal Ukraine aid vote, and where things may go from here for Speaker Johnson. open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/…

That’s week’s Just for Xeets and Giggles is out! Have a great weekend. open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/…

It’s time for a lightning round! It’s Israel vs. Iran, Speaker Johnson vs. the MAGA right, and Trump vs. himself, all in digestible form for your Friday viewing pleasure. open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/…

Speaker Johnson appears determined to move ahead with Ukraine aid, even as the far-right threatens to oust him and Democrats weigh whether to offer support. It’s a tough road ahead, but as I explain, there’s finally a chance of the aid getting through. open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/…

There was a buffoonery to yesterday’s first day of trial, led by the chief orange-utan himself. As many who were present in the room noted, Trump seemed much diminished, a development with big implications for our fraught politics. More in today’s piece. open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/…

Trump is on trial, and you’ve got questions. I answer some one the most common ones in today’s piece as we begin the Season One of the Trump Trials. open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/…

The news yesterday of Iran’s direct attack upon Israel—the first ever of its kind—is deeply worrisome. It’s helpful to know what led up to it, where things stand now, and where they might go from here. Today’s Status Report covers all three. open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/…

This week’s Just for Xeets and Giggles is out! Have a great weekend. open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/…

I have a fun thought experiment today that turns the tables and asks where’d we be “if.” Bottom line is, for Trump the court of public opinion may be skewed, but in a court of law he may be screwed. I discuss why in today’s piece! open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/…

The GOP is deeply wedged on major issues, from abortion to foreign policy to the very rule of law itself. But there’s one common denominator here: Donald Trump himself. In today’s piece, I explore this yuge wedgie and how it could sink the GOP. open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/…

The news out of Arizona yesterday was horrific for women and abortion rights. But if ever there was a silver lining, it’s in what that ruling will do politically—not just to Arizona, but to the whole national election landscape. I explain in today’s piece. open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/…

Don Hankey, Jr. is the billionaire behind the $175 mil bond filed in Trump’s appeal from the NY civil fraud judgment. Not only is that bond and the company that issued it now under serious doubt, a bank tied to Hankey is already knee-deep in Trump debt. open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/…

Russian propaganda—and the useful idiots, disinformation mules, and well-placed, compromised assets who serve it up—is in the news, this time in three separate stories over the weekend. My analysis and a warning, in today’s piece. open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/…

Today’s Status Kuo report is on the two campaigns’ fundraising efforts, with a focus on that mega-donor event Trump held last night at Mar-a-Lago. Who are the billionaires who are bankrolling Trump? My summary, in today’s piece. open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/…

Today’s Status Kuo report is on the two campaigns’ fundraising efforts, with a focus on that mega-donor event Trump held last night at Mar-a-Lago. Who are the billionaires who are bankrolling Trump? My summary, in today’s piece. open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/…

Tonight, Donald Trump is holding a billionaire fundraiser to pay his mounting legal bills.

Here are some of the scammers, racists, and extremists funding Trump’s failing campaign.

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Trump says if sent to jail for contempt of court, it would make him a “modern day Nelson Mandela.”

Nelson Mandela served 18 years, out of a total of 27, on Robben Island as a political prisoner opposing apartheid. He was sentenced to hard labor, sleeping in a cell too small for

This week’s Just for Xeets and Giggles is out! Have a great weekend—and a better week than Tim Pool had! open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/…