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Jay Kuo

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Donald Trump’s Legal Problems Are Mounting…So Naturally He’s Blabbing to the Press
08 Apr 2022 • 70 6
Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images The former president is back in the news due to more legal troubles, including a motion for sanctions in New York, renewed investigations by the Manhattan DA, an FBI in...
A Trump-Appointed Judge Has Cut the Legs out from under Steve Bannon’s Only Real Defense
07 Apr 2022 • 123 6
Photo Credit: Jose Luis Magana/AP Trump advisor Steve Bannon is facing two counts of contempt of Congress in his upcoming criminal trial for his refusal to appear before the January 6 Committee to tes...
Did Ivanka Just Throw Her Father Under the Bus?
06 Apr 2022 • 148 15
Photo Credit: Alex Wong / Getty Images It’s truly Shakespearean in its scope and drama. Or perhaps more like a really mind-blowing episode of Succession. Beloved eldest daughter of the man-who-would-b...
A Wily Russia Has Managed To Prop Up the Ruble. But Can the Illusion Last?
05 Apr 2022 • 80 3
Photo via Getty Images When the war began and sanctions were announced, the ruble collapsed overnight by some forty percent. But with some very clever moves, and using the power of its petroleum, Russ...
NATO’s Borders Are Likely To Change, and Soon.
04 Apr 2022 • 128 6
One clear by-product of Russia’s unprovoked war in Ukraine is a sharp rise in interest by bordering nations to join the NATO alliance and enjoy “Article 5” protection—by which member states, including...
Where Now, Vladimir?
01 Apr 2022 • 58 2
I got back to NYC after 2 a.m. last night so today’s piece is a republication of my Ukraine update from my Facebook page. It discusses the impending decision Putin must make on whether to seek peace o...
The Justice Department Just Answered its Critics with a Grand Jury Investigation of Jan. 6
31 Mar 2022 • 201 26
Photo courtesy of Getty Images For the past two months, and beneath public and press radar, a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C. quietly has been issuing subpoena requests to officials including s...
Sen. Ted Cruz Is Getting Pretty Uncomfortable over His Alleged Ties to the January 6 Coup Attempt
30 Mar 2022 • 114 4
Photo: Stringer/Reuters Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) is the latest GOP official and sometime Trump ally to experience scrutiny over his role in the attempted overturning of the 2020 presidential election. ...
Two Big Stories Just Broke Over January 6. And Donald Trump Can’t Be Happy About Either.
29 Mar 2022 • 165 10
Audra Melton for The New York Times There are two major developments in the investigation of the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021. Both are bad news for the former president and his aides. The...
Our Families Are Under Attack
28 Mar 2022 • 104 14
Today is my birthday, and in lieu of messages and gifts, I’m hoping to inspire you to give to the Human Rights Campaign, which is working to protect LGBTQ+ kids and families against relentless assault...
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