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News, politics and commentary from Daily Kos Contributing Editor David Waldman

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News, politics and commentary from Daily Kos Contributing Editor David Waldman

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Kagro in the Morning - November 29, 2024

11/29/2024
David Waldman brings us a Door-Busting Black Friday KITM! The D 2.0 post-truth post-satire post-irony administration has scored its first historically tremendous victory by imposing massive tariffs upon Mexico, who then unilaterally surrendered, finally closing their open border and ceasing all of their fentanyl shipments. You can believe or not believe that, or even present facts or logic to contradict it... Go ahead. If there is any “reality” left anymore, political reality could even stymie it for a while. Or... maybe the point of our new government isn’t to get anything done, but to villainize and foment hatred against all government, using the government mechanisms of public meetings and hearings to put names and faces to their enemies to keep the mad money flowing. Their enemy list will grow longer of course, but that leaves more power and money for the ones who remain. Happy holidays!

Duration:01:56:40

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Kagro in the Morning - November 28, 2024

11/28/2024
Happy Thanksgiving! We were live on the air for the holiday today, although by “we” I mean me, and by “on the air,” I mean streaming over the Internet. Also, by “live,” I mean except for the pre-recorded segment on Christian nationalists hiding behind their long-standing school privatization scheme, submitted by Michigan correspondent Rosalyn MacGregor. Trump’s threatened tariffs were put to their first test yesterday: the test of whether or not they’re fake, that is. Evidence strongly (very strongly strongly) suggests they are. “We” also take the opportunity to remind you that for some strange reason, Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) is considered Congress’ “crypto queen.” More importantly, we’re meant to understand that this is the root of the next round of crypto corruption. Speaking of the next round of corruption, you already know that Every Republican Accusation is a Confession.™ So here’s another confession: Don Jr. is now doing all the things they said Hunter Biden was doing with Burisma. You also already know that Trump’s flouting the norms on background checks. On top of that, he’s befouling the transition process by refusing to sign the routine ethics pledge, which he actually did sign last time (though to no avail). Is there anything to do about any of it? Well, there’s one suggestion: Biden can initiate background checks for them. Sort of as a favor, you know? That way, he can focus on the mandate he doesn’t have, for the agenda he denied having. Gaetz has been gotz. But Pete Hegseth is still skulking around. Reports are that there are Republicans who are genuinely unhappy about that, too. (And with good reason!) Still, there are some bizarre interpersonal nuances in Congress and party politics which mean the reaction to Hegseth and other abominable Cabi-nut picks could go either way. Rudy Giuliani’s best, last hope is that he thinks things could co either way for him, too. But it’s starting to look like there’s only way way to go: down. As in… the drain. Or toilet.

Duration:01:56:36

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Kagro in the Morning - November 27, 2024

11/27/2024

Duration:01:56:43

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Kagro in the Morning - November 26, 2024

11/26/2024
Hey kids, it’s Tuesday and David Waldman is here to lead our Camp KITM Sing-Along: Second verse, same as the first, a little bit louder and a whole lot worse! Upcoming confirmation hearings for Pam Bondi will reveal the intrinsic corruption, looming danger... etc. etc. Scales will fall from eyes that tune into… Spinco, or some such. Ok, so 25% tariffs go on Mexico and Canada if our drug and immigration problems aren’t fixed. Well, FAFO, as we used to say 2016-2020, in between posting “But Her Emails!” memes. Good times. Once again, a new group of backstabbing villains gather to loot as much as they can and yet find that they don’t get along. As usual, it’s all good as long as the boss gets the two scoops of ice cream. Boris Epshteyn is a double dipper. No one is sure how evil Brooke Rollins will be. Sometimes, you have to play your evil rookies off the evil bench. Citizens United is the funniest joke Elon Musk has ever heard, and one of the cheapest laughs he’ll ever buy. How does Natalie Harp do it? Sweetie 2.0 has a lock on the ear and rear of all that matters to her.

Duration:01:57:05

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Kagro in the Morning - November 25, 2024

11/25/2024
David Waldman and Greg Dworkin aren’t going to Mar-a-Lago, that SOB can come up here if he wants to apologize. MAGA doesn’t math. How many immigrants are there? How many illegal? How much voter fraud? What’s a “mandate”? How do tariffs work? What egg prices? Climate, crime, energy, pandemic… MATH! The numbers spin around their heads like birds. Education is their existential threat, although they still see some use in it for their kids, maybe. D still hasn’t signed the ethics agreement required for presidential transition because who wants to do all that math and figure out who’s pocketing what? Nobody on his side, that’s for sure. Over on the loser side, they can easily do the math on how many days they have left, because those happen to be some pretty small numbers. On the winning side, it’s a gold rush. Pam Bondi doesn’t have Matt Gaetz levels of cringe or cosmetic surgery, but don’t worry, she will. Kelly Loeffler may be the most corrupt in the upcoming cabinet (or the most temporary), Tulsi Gabbard could be the most dangerous, but who’s counting? Auditions are still ongoing for The Apprentice 2.0. Meanwhile, we’re winning on abortion rights so far. Let’s build on that.

Duration:01:56:44

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Kagro in the Morning - November 22, 2024

11/22/2024
David Waldman counts the days up from the future leader of the free world’s felony conviction as we count down the days until the words felony and conviction legally require quotation marks. In 29 days, there will be the first of several attempts to drown the government in a bathtub. However, there’s only hours until the weekend! Years before D lied to his voters, he just lied to people. Matt Gaetz was of course lied to, and of course part of a bigger lie. The truth will come out when Matt finally wears out his usefulness. Notorious dog rustler and foreclosure fraudster fluffer Pam Bondi will now find Gaetz’ cabinet member Botox and spray tan discounts, along with maybe a little something extra in her Christmas stocking, maybe a lot of something if she plays her cards right. Marjorie Taylor Greene has now stuck around long enough to become the doyenne of Congressional headcases and announced liaison to the super-geniuses at the Department of Purging Excellence. Sure, Marge is a moron, but how smart does one need to be, to be Elon’s federal rubber stamp and designated waterboarder of Anthony Fauci? Do you know how RFK Jr. falsely denied his connection to a deadly measles outbreak in Samoa? He lied. Get over it, like you’ll be getting over a lot of things soon. A Trump judge canceled the overtime pay for millions coming in for the millions calling in sick. Meanwhile, droves of Haitians flee their shithole country… to return to Haiti.

Duration:01:56:40

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Kagro in the Morning - November 21, 2024

11/21/2024
David Waldman and Greg Dworkin are here today, and that’s something, isn’t it? Think, what do Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris have in common? Well, they’re both women who… Whoa, whoa, whoa! It seems we Libs are already off on the wrong track! The answer is, as always, economic anxiety. Just ask any cornered last minute swing voter if bigotry or fear or economic anxiety swayed them, and of course they’ll tell you it was economic anxiety all along. After all, it is the singular topic that the trad wife and bro casters have been talking nonstop about… Right? (I don’t know, I have a life, so I don’t listen.) Your new administration, however, has listened to everyone’s concerns and will address all of your economic anxiety like nothing you've seen. Chock full o’ cabi-nuts are now standing by to make America everything it deserves to be... as soon as they score a piece. According to police reports, Pete Hegseth dry humped a Republican women's conference event before serving a Jason Miller cocktail to a Jane Doe who attempted to prevent him from doing his patriotic duty. Meanwhile, Linda McMahon is set to shatter the glass cellar floor, joining her husband and Jim Jordan in looking the other way while men and boys under her supervision were assaulted. And Matt Gaetz… everybody hates Matt Gaetz, including Matt Gaetz, who has decided that his own behavior is too reprehensible to describe in public. Non-sexual abuse solutions to economic anxiety include Tulsi Gabbard, who even gives Nikki Haley the ick, and … drum roll please… Dan Bongino, who will cut everything from the Secret Service, other than those first two initials. Marjorie Taylor Greene, now most seasoned, experienced, and wise compared to everyone else in this paragraph, will lead a subcommittee executing the whims of Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy’s Department of Purging Employees. By the way, the president does have unrestrained constitutional power to withhold funds, you just don’t understand how pre-wrong you’ve been on the subject yet.

Duration:01:56:33

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Kagro in the Morning - November 20, 2024

11/20/2024
Are you on Bluesky yet? That’s where all of the serious political players have been going lately. David Waldman came over on the Mayflower. Greg Dworkin looks as if he might hold onto the last bit of flotsam sinking into the ex-Twitter vortex, but even he is eyeing the Bluesky lifeboats. “Unpopular opinion” as the engagement farmers say at Threads, but I like Threads more… Engagement bait is sort of… engaging to me and Bluesky kind of felt like it had a stick up its collective butt. Popularity might change that exclusivity. Well, as I have been saying, Republicans have been exploiting an increasing technological and hardball gap, and it’s time to catch up. Cabinet appointments will be made to those who sound as if they can best destroy them, or at least further shake public opinion towards them. Linda McMahon will have Americans question the value of a good education. Pete Hegseth will erode people’s faith in our military, our country and in God. And Matt Gaetz will tackle our concept of innate humanity and intelligence. Liberals believe that there is nothing that can’t be cured with a good, thorough, explaining. The corollary to that belief is that ignorant people will be punished through their ignorance... eventually, somehow. No, those folks may be ignorant, but they’re not stupid. They’ve rebuilt all of their institutions to reinforce and congratulate themselves against any onslaught of reality. A couple of million of other people’s lives will hardly put a dent in that.

Duration:01:56:50

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Kagro in the Morning - November 19, 2024

11/19/2024
David Waldman delivers the Tuesday KITM. We’re still calling it “Tuesday”, right? It feels like we’ve already begun our 4-year long day of chaotic sludge. Perhaps if we didn’t make it all about him, but about what he’s doing, we would be able keep our head above the surface this time. Elon Musk also makes it all about himself, but no one needs two assholes, not even Alex Jones. This time the White House will be called “Mar-a-Lago North, Your Sex Party Headquarters”. Every cabinet meeting will be a toga party. Pete Hegseth believes that wives can’t be raped, nor the comatose. Matt Gaetz believes that age is just a number — Giggity! RFK Jr. will bring his legendary stamina to bear… but will be that guy at the orgy telling everybody what not to eat.

Duration:01:57:37

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Kagro in the Morning - November 18, 2024

11/18/2024
David Waldman is back, like Mondays, but more pleasant, except that it is still Monday, with him in it. Greg Dworkin floats in on his Big Raft O’MFG X links! Nope... I won’t. Blue Sky, Threads or Daily Kos. Somebody’s techwiz has to fix this, not me. You know who’s been smelling a little Vichy lately? Never Trumpers, reliable opiate to Dems until D’s Lame Duck in Perpetuity term… are now feeling like moving back with their ex... Bye, Felicias. As our country advances to a stage 4, it becomes a bit harder to laugh about it. So then, let’s avert our gaze and instead focus on the ridiculous cabinet nominees, brought to you by recess appointments, brought to you by our present, not even future Trump SCOTUS. Lowest hanging fruit in this regard might be considered Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth, although there is recent evidence mounting for hanging him higher. Drugging and raping allegations have surfaced, although Pete himself will tell you that if you drug them first, it isn’t rape, and if they were paid to forget, it didn’t happen. Pete is filled with Christian goodness; it says so right on his label. The difference between 2016 and 2024 is that this time, the Oval Office orgies will be LIT. Markwayne Mullin used to think Matt Gaetz was a sexual predator but has since evolved to see Matt as more of a sexual colleague. As Health Secretary, RFK Jr. will probably ban synthetics at future White House bacchanals. Bob is against unhealthiness and will be sending anyone he finds hopped up to labor camps.

Duration:01:56:41

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Kagro in the Morning - November 15, 2024

11/15/2024
David Waldman delivers us to the weekend, which is back to being just another day of chaos before the two days of chaos before he returns. Ever think about Donald Trump’s… future after politics? Following his election loss in 2020, D would have been lucky to get the plot next to Ivana. Now, he’ll be buried like a Pharoah, to better pwn the libs. America’s Greatest Hugest Traitor might still be considered Confederate President Jefferson Davis, but how much have you heard about Jeff lately? While visiting the Trump pyramids, be sure to check out the 200 ft. tall bronze Kevin Roberts shovel. At least all of this will occur long after we’re all gone, 2028 maybe. All of this will be paid for with the bitchange found between Elon Musk’s couch cushions. Newbie KITM Correspondent Brian Henry reports that the fate of the entire world hinges upon the Elon Musk-Peter Thiel pissing match, which is odd, as both agree that the world should be ended. Wait. Is the world’s richest man, also the world’s most powerful? Yes! No! FU! D has picked his criminal lawyers for key Justice Department posts which is appropriate, considering that they are also his criminal lawyers… Just don’t snitch to the FBI! President Caligula has selected Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head the department of health and human services, based on the same criteria that he selected his previous cabinet, that is who can destroy that particular department most effectively, along with who would be the best fit in the monthly White House orgy lineup.

Duration:01:56:49

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Kagro in the Morning - November 14, 2024

11/14/2024
The Onion outbid us for the rights to Alex Jones’ InfoWars. It would have been nice, but we’re not bothered. Everyone knows that Kagro in the Morning is a much better name. Anyhow, David Waldman and Greg Dworkin wanted to rechristen it InfoNuancedAnalysiswithDrollChiding. The Onion should save up though, as www.usa.gov could become quite the bargain in about a year. Dick Van Dyke is the only one who really has a solution to this administration, although MAGA will tell you that everything was solved when they inked in the bubble. When the day comes for you to be stood up against the wall, they’ll remind you that things would have been so much worse had Democrats been in control. That’s the motto that will be etched above the entrance of Agenda 47’s American Academy reeducation university. Pete Hegseth goes from war crime promoter to Fox News couch clown to Secretary of Defense to Dancing with the Stars to Fox News. Pete believes that he is a Crusader, old-school, and he has the tatts to prove it. Tulsi Gabbard goes from Bernie supporter to conspiracy theorist to… whatever you got, she’ll go there. Apparently Matt Gaetz’s plastic surgery paid off. Matt has shown himself Guilfoyle enough to qualify for Attorney General. If Gaetz gets the position, he will wreak havoc, and if he doesn’t, the process will wreak havoc. Either way, there’s plenty of revenge and destruction to go around. How does D benefit from these cabinet picks? Well, as long as he can do a little something each day to bring just a bit of pain, suffering and fear to everyone, he’ll be happy.

Duration:01:56:41

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Kagro in the Morning - November 13, 2024

11/13/2024
Well, at least another day brings us closer to finishing the vote counting. And that brings us closer to usable analyses. And because it’s Wednesday, Greg Dworkin can collect these analyses for us. There have been a sea of post-mortems, including several from blue island “survivors” adrift in red oceans, which are of varying levels of usefulness. Here’s one, though, from KY Governor Andy Beshear, which helpfully begins by letting us know who Andy Beshear is. And another, which posits that the youngest voters are… well… young. Like others before them! Speaking of usable analyses, how about the exact opposite of that? As in Trump’s cabinet picks and top appointments to date? They’re not useful, and they don’t do analyses. Take Pete “Pig Pen” Hegseth, for instance. (Please!) He says he doesn’t wash his hands, and he’d like to wash his hands of women in combat roles. As expected, most of the jobs are going to supplicants. And there are plenty of them out there! Although Speaker Johnson is beginning to hope (aloud) that no more of them come from House ranks. Oh, and speaking of House ranks, here’s a story that rankles: two Gop nutjobs conspired to try to sneak a play past during a pro forma session. So “WhyDontchaJust” do that all the time? Because if you haven’t got the juice, they’ll drag you back in by the collar and make you undo it. And how about that Elon Musk guy? He’s so annoying! How annoying is he? He’s so annoying, they write about it in India. His latest? The super-hilarious online meme joke, the “Department” of Government Efficiency. It’s not a department, and it’s so efficient, it has two bosses. They won’t be able to “efficiency” Jack Smith out of a job, though! He’s taking care of that himself. But at least he was still on hand to see the classified document thief go inside for 15 years! No, not that one. The other one!

Duration:01:56:29

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Kagro in the Morning - November 12, 2024

11/12/2024
David Waldman is back again plowing through another KITM cold bedraggled, and as all of us, undermedicated for the task at hand. David was out with this cold on Friday, and I wrote a summary to an imaginary KITM. The summary to that summary: Tech bros created Spanish language dialect sensitive AI chatbots algorithm linked to young male Latino social media accounts based on what countries they follow in soccer, or any other niche criteria. They then had disinformation and conspiracy theories tailored specifically to them, but with the ultimate goal being GOTV for Donald Trump. Or to sum up that summary, while we were door-knocking, they were TikTokking. So, President Donald Trump was… look, all that takes more typing than he’s worth. I’m going with D this term. D’s dictating his cabinet. No Hulk Hogan or Kid Rock, but he might be thinking SCOTUS with them. Susie Wiles will head up Apartheid when Elon’s busy and otherwise will be the focus of media fluff pieces on her grandmotherly charm. Elise Stefanik and Marco Rubio will… Wait, don’t they hate D? Doesn’t he hate them? Sure, they all hate each other. Never Trumpers are just Trumpers who haven’t been assigned a position yet. Which brings us to Jonathan V. Last and the Bulwark, who urge us to let the Reich be the Reich, those things historically burn themselves out in around 4 years or so, no worries. Kevin Roberts, chief architect of Project 2025, hasn’t found a Reichstag to burn, but does have an otherwise well-rounded list of incendiary targets. Roberts has named the Boy Scouts and Loudoun Schools, but conspicuously snubbed David Waldman for his pyre. Schools urge parents to be more sympathetic to the sexual harassing children. Black people are urged to pick cotton. Vladimir Putin is itching to take his new country out for a test drive, after all he was promised 24-hour delivery. The Russia-Ukraine war will be over in a day… that is, if no one else objects. Russian TV broadcast images of Melania Trump nude with the United States Seal behind her. If you want a picture of Melania with a Navy Seal behind her, it’ll cost you extra. Judge Juan Merchan delayed his immunity decision in the NY hush money case, because, why not? Phil Williams, who we needed 500 more of the last ten years, has joined Bluesky.

Duration:01:57:03

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Kagro in the Morning - November 11, 2024

11/11/2024
David Waldman, brought to you by Cold-EEZE®, brings us a Monday KITM. How have we failed? Here, let Greg Dworkin count the ways. Turns out that we were all kinds of stupid until a few days ago, but far too dumb for it to dawn on us until now. We were idiots, idiotic in myriads of interconnected ways that will require this program and others years to explore in full. First mistake, we elected Joe Biden. Then we tried to elect a Black woman. I mean, what were we thinking? We simply forgot to pretend we were what we are not, which is either a tried and true political technique, or the reason that people hate politicians… one of those. The news will explain which one it is to us soon, I hope. What do us dummies get for our lack of intelligence? A brand-new streamlined government that won’t ever need to slow down to get our opinions on everything. Heck, we won’t even need a president soon. President Musk… well, acting president Trump demands that the next Senate leader allow recess appointments, so that the next Senate leader can be the leader of nothing. Trump could skip the legislative branch to directly corrupt the judicial branch, thus more than doubling his available golfing hours... Elon already picked Rick Scott for Donald, so when is tee time? The only thing we have going for us is that they are even more stupid, if that’s possible. Rudy Giuliani got a handout of $200 thousand to keep him from starving to death or ever having to apply for a SNAP card.

Duration:01:56:44

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Kagro in the Morning "Encore Presentation" - November 8, 2023, airing November 8, 2024

11/8/2024
Not a great time to be stricken by a nasty cold, but that’s among the many unfortunate turns we’ve been dealt this week! But we haven’t been carted away in irons just yet. We’ll be back on Monday. But until then, it’s another time-travel episode. As usual, the theme is “this time last year.” Because “what it was like last time we did this” was just too much. A year ago today... The collective sigh of relief here at KITM World Headquarters probably delayed our first local snowfall by weeks. Host David Waldman and Guest Star Greg Dworkin are here today to do whatever the opposite is of “fret” … (We might not have a word for that.) We won. That is, we the people of the United States who care about democracy and what not. Dems romped, Gops flopped, pretty much everywhere, notably in Ohio, as voters knew Republican gaslighting by heart after seeing it being used to failure in state after state before them. Freedom and liberty continue to reign as the Buckeye State turns a new leaf. Ohio Republicans pledge to continue to fight freedom, liberty and the rights of individuals until their last breaths. Virginia won big by helping Glenn Youngkin lose big. Loudoun County of course did their state proud. Even Pennsylvania triumphed and extended their Democratic majority. Pundits wonder if all this winning should worry Joe Biden and embolden Donald Trump, and someone continues to pay them. Someone keeps paying House Republicans also, including even Marjorie Traitor Greene. At least Marge is out there proposing some staff cuts. Republicans understand that the biggest obstacle to their governing would be democracy, and no one is more behind that idea than Donald Trump. George Stephanopoulos would like to know where people stand on this before his interviews. Hey, now that you’re in a good mood, isn’t it a great time to consider donating to one or more grassroots campaigns as we head into the Big One next November?

Duration:01:56:48

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Kagro in the Morning - November 7, 2024

11/7/2024
Let’s see… We lost Tester and Brown. We kept Greene and Boebert. And soon both Biden and Trump will be spending more time brushing up on their golf. Why does it feel like the math isn’t right? David Waldman and Greg Dworkin try to help cypher it out. First things first, whose fault is it? Maybe anti-incumbent sentiment drove voters to the former President running for his third or fourth term, or it was the insidious far left media… or maybe a plurality of dumbass voters just like Trump. Young Latino males made a huge shift to Donald Trump. Was it economic anxiety? Racism? Sexism? Well, yes… but who motivated them to vote? Gops win elections through voters who don’t trust the government. Therefore, once elected they will strive to make it less trustable. People made poor then vote for people to make them poorer. Here in Ohio, there was a campaign to reduce gerrymandering, and a campaign to confuse voters about what they were voting for. I can tell you that an issue that takes up more than 2 pages of a ballot to describe is pretty tempting to skip over. David can tell you about how this trick has been used before. Will Trump go to jail? No. Will Trump be sentenced? No. Will anyone connected to Trump’s crime sprees go to jail? No… Other than Jack Smith, maybe.

Duration:01:56:34

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Kagro in the Morning - November 6, 2024

11/6/2024
The good news is that we won’t be reading all the Post and Times articles telling us it’s time to reach out to MAGA, across the aisle to Gops, pardon Trump to unite the country, etc. Otherwise, you know, it sucks. Our bubble was fun and all while it lasted, but theirs turned out to be a bit more accurate. Probably because theirs now speaks in many national, regional, and local Spanish dialects, and we use Google Translate. It was Hispanic vs. Women’s outreach, and the women won when it was something that didn’t involve men, like pregnancy. David Waldman showed up to work today, and Greg Dworkin had a Raft O’ Stories™, which we sunk in the harbor after we keelhauled the pollsters and fed them to sharks. Oh, a few items washed up on shore... Russian fake bomb threats, FBI impersonators, billionaire ratfuckers, bad cops, Supreme Court Justices with multiple allegiances… little things that used to feel kind of relevant but are simply microscopic compared to what’s next. Wait, don’t leave sad! There must be some good news around here… Ann Johnson Stewart won a special election which gave DFL control of the Minnesota Senate! And uhm, Democrats broke the Republican supermajority in the North Carolina General Assembly! Hooray!

Duration:01:56:40

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Kagro in the Morning - November 5, 2024

11/5/2024
Want to relax, and escape the stresses of today? Take some time out with KITM and listen to David Waldman talk about politics for a couple of hours! (Sort of a “hair of the dog” solution.) If 2 hours aren’t enough, check out our archives! (Probably skip October - November 2016, just saying.) This morning, Harris volunteers filled up six buses to head to Pennsylvania in order to… well, it depends on who you ask. Gop false electors returning after receiving their felony indictments probably suspect the worst, but all those people in line could be there for the dope drops. Donald defines voter suppression as not voting for him and an offence punishable by… you know. Tim Walz knows how to talk shop with voters, nice! What’s really nice is having Joan McCarter on to talk shop! If Joan knows who’ll be elected president, she’s not telling. She recommends checking in with the Center for Politics site. They don’t know either, but like Joan, they do know many things. So do the folks at Uncharted Blue. No matter how hardcore online you are, you might find some new voter day distractions at these places, and all the better to keep tabs on which states are protecting abortion rights. Joan also isn’t sure what has fallen out of Gop candidate Tim Sheehy lately, or at least, what it fell out of. Marge Lamp, one of the nuts trying to ban fluoride back in the 60’s, was Ginni Thomas’ mother! Must have been something in the water… You can’t say that Rudy Giuliani had learned nothing prosecuting the mob, but you can say that he hasn’t learned enough yet. Elon Musk revealed that his $1 million dollar giveaway trolling wasn’t as illegal as thought, but twice as disgusting. So, Trump Media outsourced jobs to Mexico, what are you going to do about it, impose tariffs? JD Vance’s key adviser gets fired, says he was only joking, things just seem a lot funnier while high AF. A Trump field director was fired for being a White Nationalist. Cut off his head, and two more will pop up… cut off those, and it would be a start.

Duration:01:56:58

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Kagro in the Morning - November 4, 2024

11/4/2024
David Waldman and Greg Dworkin are on the air today with a new KITM, instead of quietly slipping across the border, a development that can only be interpreted to portend positively. Have you heard? Pollsters actually receive paychecks for what they do! Now, now... Nates do work hard… to explain and rationalize their previous errors. But pollster Ann Selzer ain’t no Nate. Yesterday, Selzer startled the rest of her herd with the release of a poll showing a Kamala lead in Iowa! Perhaps Iowans woke up and decided to not be extremists, or perhaps it was women voters... Maybe it was the youth vote, or maybe the youths talking sense into the olds. The last-minute surge might signify some hard decisions, or some easy ones finally being made. Already, some of the polling herd is beginning to sidle up. Who knows the real why, but it does feel pretty good. It also could be that Gops and Trump are demented MFers and voters are tired of giving them any more chances, money, or pity. Elon Musk has been overestimated for the millionth time. Lucky for him, Elon does have a buffer of several billion more. Over on the same end of the spectrum, RFK Jr. is planning to safeguard the nation’s precious bodily fluids, including our two most precious: Mountain Dew and mayonnaise. Calgary turned off the fluoride and now will invest millions to turn it back on again. Donald Trump sure does look like he’s going down, however his troops might not have received the news. It’s not election day yet and they’re brandishing machetes, punching little old ladies, and blowing up drop boxes… not exactly unexpected. Donald has a few lawsuits cooking already with CBS and the Washington Post, which are heading to his first or second favorite judge, Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk. NBC, feeling good after landing a cameo by popular TikTok phenomenon Kamala Harris, is now throwing Donald a bone: TV King for 90 seconds. RIP to this election’s Harambe, Peanut the Squirrel.

Duration:01:56:45