I’m not supposed to be laboring on this Labor Day, but I did want to address one question on a lot of people’s minds: WTF is up with Donald Trump?! open.substack.com/pub/statusku...
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I’m not supposed to be laboring on this Labor Day, but I did want to address one question on a lot of people’s minds: WTF is up with Donald Trump?! open.substack.com/pub/statusku...
This week’s Just for Skeets and Giggles is out! Have a great weekend. statuskuo.substack.com/p/just-for-s...
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Exactly. Let’s see both then.
I feel for this guy and for all scientists and experts these days.
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Texas is trying to screw with the rest of us again—this time with a new abortion law that seeks to stop the use of abortion medication in the state by putting out-of-state providers at risk. My write-up on the bill and what it could mean for abortion rights is in the replies.
He told her to go jump in a Lake.
Grand juries in Los Angeles are also not playing along with the feds. This is incredible.
2/ underlying conditions in order to get a COVID vaccine.”
Covid vaccines are now being limited by the nut job in charge of HHS. Per HuffPost’s Jennifer Bendery: “Hang onto this image of CDC's full list of underlying conditions tied to severe risk of COVID. If you're an adult aged 18-64, RFK Jr. is now making you show some proof of one of these
This you?
This is unsurprising but it’s important to hear it from ICE agents themselves.
My fury at the treatment of this young woman… I am channeling it into an iron clad resolve to defeat these monsters and hold them all accountable.
Thanks to the Miccosukee tribe and determined environmental activists who got this atrocity shut down. Litigation continues, but the facility apparently is being emptied out.
Astonishing cost of a pointless show.
All human beings are entitled to be treated with humanity, especially in times of shared tragedy.
Not that we needed proof that this is all just political prosecution of Trump’s enemies, but…
This will be tough, but the fight is in her and she has my full support to do all she can.
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I’d rather not.
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Set your calendars, but be prepared for a big Trump diversion. Ignore him, listen to them.
People should go to jail for this.
I can’t believe we have to resort to this. But perhaps they will listen to Elon’s AI.
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It’s not often that I have unquestionably good news to share these days in our politics. But the Iowa special election results are amazing! And yes, I see them as a sign of something big afoot, with some important takeaways to consider. My happy write-up in the replies!
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I’m sure they feel great about being separated from their families for weeks or months so they can do this.
You know where he would take this if given the chance.
I don’t even want to see his mug on a stamp.
Ooooh, burn!
Per Marcy Wheeler on Twitter: “Trump deployed the National Guard to DC to avenge Ed "Bill Balls" Coristine, and it turns out Big Balls may be the criminal after all.”
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The only truth he spoke during the whole press conference yesterday.
Whatever fear these poor snowflakes have lives completely in their heads and outside of the realm of reality.
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Trump has moved to fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook, causing shockwaves in the markets. I explain what’s behind his long quest to bend the Federal Reserve to his will, why he’s targeting Cook in this latest attack, and why he faces legal headwinds. My write-up in the replies.
2/ that vulnerability before starting the trade war.
I sadly understand Trump-speak after listening to him for years. He’s trying to talk about rare earth minerals. These are tiny magnetic resources that China has and refines in large volume, and on which many of our industries from autos to aeronautics are dependent. Trump should have thought about--
Trump is threatening blue enclaves again, this time with federalized National Guard soldiers sent by red state governors. It’s part of a bogus effort to quell an imaginary crime wave. Why Trump’s threat could be a paper tiger, in today’s write-up. open.substack.com/pub/statusku...
This week’s Just for Skeets and Giggles is out! Have a great weekend. open.substack.com/pub/statusku...
The most destructive administration enabled by the most corrupt Supreme Court.
Great news!!!
Hero. Democrats across the country, take note and follow in her footsteps!
One unexpected benefit from 10 years of hearing the Orange One babble incoherently yet often quite emotionally and angrily is that I can now easily handle my one-year-old Riley doing the same nonstop for hours.
The Trump regime is investigating tens of millions of visa holders, but misinformation is flying from the right. Let’s get the facts straight.
Keep in mind that Kash Patel is due to turn over Epstein files today, which is probably why he ordered the raid on Bolton’s home and office on the same day.
The crosswalk was painted rainbow to honor the 49 Pulse Nightclub shooting victims. That’s political?!?
Trump isn’t acting like a conservative. He’s acting like a tyrant, and conservative judges who aren’t justices on SCOTUS at least largely understand that.
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Much of the attention on redistricting has been on Texas and California. By all accounts, these two states will cancel each other out. But lurking around the corner are more maps from red states that Trump hopes will steal him the election. Can blue states hit back? My write-up in the replies.
The Colorado Attorney General responds to Trump’s demand to free Tina Peters with a big middle finger.
Stand strong, Colorado. Don’t listen to the bully.
Ha!! He’s gone rather Mehta with this take.
Oh, NYC politics. You never disappoint.
Running low on welps.
Let’s be clear. This was an intervention.
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Nice try, White House. The judge called the regime out on its attempt to distract with grand jury transcripts when it has far more relevant documentation it could release.
Notice anything about the people Trump is targeting with these phony, politicized “investigations”?
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Yes! This energy is what we need. Bite down and don’t let go till we have the full truth. So glad Rep. Garcia is now the ranking member on House Oversight.
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Pay attention to what just happened in Texas. A lone state rep decided the GOP’s demand that she sign a "permission slip’" allowing police surveillance was a step too far. She refused to leave the chamber—and her small act of defiance has lit up the state and the nation. My write-up in the replies.
Fox is garbage. Utter garbage.
If corporations are “people” then they are the most spineless one out there.
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I do love the sweet sound of Elise Stefanik facing her constituents.
It turns out treating decent people like animals forces the public to choose sides, and most are choosing the side of decent people who are immigrants to this country.
Interestingly, if Trump continues to falsely criticize mail-in voting as unsafe and unreliable, Republican voters might start to shy away from using it again, just like they did in the 2022 midterms. His brain is too far gone to remember that yuge self-own.
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This is exactly why Democrats can’t keep taking the high road.
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There’s a new villain in town and his name is Ed Martin. He’s actually an old villain that we thought we’d vanquished when the Senate rejected him as U.S. Attorney for D.C. But now he’s back and out to do Trump’s dirty work. My write-up in the replies.
The Epstein files are not going away. Once Congress reconvenes and witnesses get called in, it’s open season.
The road to hell is paved with the souls of men like Marco Rubio.
Started / Going Witkoff is a rube without any relevant diplomatic experience.
Voting rights lawyers will see him in court and block this illegal order.
Another warning sign. Gee, I wonder why no one wants to build new homes in this economic environment?
That’s gotta sting for a much smaller network than Fox.
This is what appeasement and capitulation to tyrants looks like. Rubio wants Ukraine to act just like all the cowardly U.S. companies and institutions that caved to Trump. It drives the regime crazy when strong leaders refuse to do so.
Trump is caving to Russia’s core demands without anything conceded by Putin. Absolute idiocy—and it’s clear whose side he is on.
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This week, Trump’s position on the war in Ukraine saw some of the most head-spinning reversals yet. Our allies are scrambling to contain the damage ahead of talks in Washington. I break down what happened, and where things stand in Trump’s dangerous game.. Write-up in the replies.
This week’s Just for Skeets and Giggles is out! Have a great weekend. open.substack.com/pub/statusku...
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Now the crime numbers are rigged?! Trump never met a number he didn’t like that wasn’t rigged in his opinion.
The federal authorities are already overstepping constitutional bounds with illegal checkpoint stops and improper porch front alcohol enforcement in D.C. Prof Steve Vladeck weighs in.
Art of the Deal!
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A legal showdown now looms in D.C., where the city has challenged the brazen, authoritarian takeover of its police department by the Trump regime. The stakes are incredibly high, and all eyes are on what happens next. My write-up in the replies.
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2/ People have been freed. Please don’t undercut those important victories! Every pushback matters. Every court victory matters. Let’s all support our judiciary, and amplify their heroic efforts!
