Notices by Jay Kuo (jaykuo@universeodon.com), page 7

The WGA strike, which ground film and television production to a halt for some 5 months, forced a breakthru with the studios last night. What concessions did the WGA score, and what does this mean for the industry and the nation? All in today’s piece. https://open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/p/the-summer-of-strikes-yields-another?r=1zr8b&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

My look to the week ahead is out! Have a great Sunday. https://open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/p/the-week-ahead-92e?r=1zr8b&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

The week’s Just for Xeets and Giggles is up! Have a great weekend. https://open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/p/just-for-xeets-and-giggles-c93?r=1zr8b&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

It’s Schadenfriday! And the House GOP is serving up a great deal of it as they “burn the whole place down.” Not my words, Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s! All in today’s piece. https://open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/p/burn-the-whole-place-down?r=1zr8b&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

The GOP crisis has been growing and widening for some time, and now it is coming to a head. McCarthy lost a basic procedural vote, then had to pull another bill. Some are calling for his head, and there’s still no deal. Whither the withering GOP now? https://open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/p/puberty-for-grownups?r=1zr8b&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Today’s story reads like a Hollywood script, so I decided to style the beginning of it that way. The incredible story of the former executive assistant to the president, Molly Michael, and why she may hold the key to his conviction in the Mar-a-Lago case. https://open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/p/the-devil-wears-depends?r=1zr8b&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Kevin McCarthy and the GOP are getting a raw lesson in how difficult it really is to govern. So far there’s no budget, and the stop-gap that the factions have agreed to already looks DOA as far-right members revolt. Welp.

https://open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/p/its-hard-to-pass-anything-in-this?r=1zr8b&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Welp. Trump really opened that big orange trap badly this time. In what was otherwise a weak sauce interview, NBC’s Kristen Welker did manage to nail him on a critical admission that blows up one of his main defense. I explain in today’s piece. https://open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/p/so-much-for-that-defense-donald?r=1zr8b&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

My look to the week ahead is out! Have a great Sunday. https://open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/p/the-week-ahead-065?r=1zr8b&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

This week’s Just for Xeets and Giggles is out. Enjoy your weekend! And don’t do this in a theatre, please! https://open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/p/just-for-xeets-and-giggles-e5d?r=1zr8b&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

There are at least three big stories I’m following today, so let’s do a political-legal lightning round! Have a great Friday and a wonderful weekend! https://open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/p/political-legal-lightning-round?r=1zr8b&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Sen. Mitt Romney has had it. With his senate seat and his party. And he dropped two big bombs yesterday, including a literal Burn Book, that have his colleagues scurrying to avoid him in the cafeteria. More in my piece today. https://open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/p/mitt-romney-calls-it-quits-and-his?r=1zr8b&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

There was another big Trumpland hearing on Monday, besides the federal removal hearing in Atlanta where Meadows testified. Presiding was Judge Tanya Chutkan, and we all know that she set a trial date. But in so doing, she signaled other things, too. I explain in today’s piece! https://open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/p/all-rise-for-judge-tanya-chutkan?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Mark Meadows, what a risky and possibly very dumb thing you have done. Yesterday, in a bid to remove the whole case to federal court, Meadows decided it was worth it to waive the 5th and take the stand. And wow. My write up of what followed, in today’s piece. https://open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/p/stop-it-mark-meadows-actually-took?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

It’s Monday, so we all could use a little pick-me up. How about several? Today I dive into the Trump defense game plan, at least as it is playing out pre-trial, and outline four reasons why it’s pretty much a disaster and sinking fast. Enjoy! https://open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/p/the-trump-game-plan-sure-feels-shaky?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

My look to the week ahead is out. It’s looking like Monday will be a huge day with at least three big hearings in Trumpworld. Read my summary here: https://open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/p/the-week-ahead-b4b?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

My week in Xeets and Giggles is up! Have a great weekend. https://open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/p/just-for-xeets-and-giggles-820?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Today, I want to tell you a story of a once promising lawyer with incredible gifts, who was lured by riches and ultimately used those powers for great evil. Attend the cautionary tale of Kenneth Chesebro, who chose the Dark Side, in today’s piece. https://open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/p/kenneth-chesebro-chose-the-dark-side?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

I love a great strategic move. And when it’s in a high stakes game like the GA case, and executed by DA Fani Willis, it’s even more rewarding. Read about how she answered, possibly definitively, Meadows’s opening “removal” gambit, in today’s piece. https://open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/p/fani-willis-lays-a-trap-for-mark?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Everything in Trumpworld has a price. If you accept representation from Trump attorneys, be ready to be thrown under the bus. Jack Smith understands this and has been playing a masterful game, breaking worker bees off from the hive. I explain in today’s piece. https://open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/p/free-lawyers-but-big-strings-attached?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web