Daily Kos Radio - Kagro In The Morning

Hey, it's Labor Day, and you know what that means! Well, it might mean that Trump is dead, but probably not. It does, however, mean that you're getting less Greg Dworkin today. Also, less me! But because we're bringing you our September 3, 2024 episode to keep you company for the holiday, and because September 3, 2024 was a Tuesday, you'll get to hear good ol' Joan McCarter's voice again! If you're wondering why I started the summary so oddly, well, you'll get it once you see how the summary for the original show went. You see, it started like this... Hey, it’s the day after Labor Day, and you know what that means! For one, it means that it’s Tuesday, which means that not only is David Waldman back live, but so is Joan McCarter! Also, it’s the day that millions across the nation awake in the morning, crawl out of their burrows, see their shadows, and realize the need to figure out who they will vote for. Kamala Harris and Tim Walz have already risen to the challenge, while Donald Trump and JD Vance extended

David Waldman pines for the Virginia fjords around this time of year and can only deny his wanderlust two more hours before this three-day weekend.  Generalissimo Donald K. Trump will keep hosting military parades until everyone salutes. The Navy version should have better floats of course and will feature dancing Sea Cadets, escorting the beautiful new giant Ashli Babbitt balloon, along with musical guest Gloria Gaynor riding on the Robert E. Lee memorial float, brought to you by that “King of Beers”, Pete Hegseth. ICEISIS are icing themselves out. You can now spot them by looking for the “47” tattoo next to their “88”. You knew that with the Trump administration it’d be only a matter of time before there would be a Federal Boob Inspector. Speaking of Tatas, Anthony Tata, retired brigadier general, practicing racist Islamophobe, and acting Pentagon lacky, has been connected in a few ways to the internet’s most notorious astrologer, Amy Tripp. If New Jersey got rid of Alina Habba when they should have, they w

Ready or not, David Waldman and Greg Dworkin are here with the latest news for Thursday. Yep, another cloud of another mass shooting. More angels lost. More terror and tears. More calls for gun control. The anti-trans trans anti-Trump pro-Russian pro-second amendment mass murderer is simply a despicable person in a despicable world. Therefore, no flag burning, or something like that. No flags burnt, but Susan Collins was greeted with patriotism just yesterday. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Susan Monarez has been fired, followed by the resignation of CDC Chief Dr. Demetre Daskalakis and several other top CDC officials who recognize the existential threat of RFK Jr. and Donald Trump. Dr. Greg Dworkin shares the medical term he prefers for those who threaten the health of people for their own political and personal gain. The Supreme Court allows Donald K. Trump to act upon any of his deeply held whims, so he’s been having a lot of those lately. Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook is off

David Waldman and Greg Dworkin regroup here at the top of the week and help work out our next move. Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce got engaged on my birthday, thus making that date easier for everyone to remember. Pseudo-president Trump is crypto-president from now on. In happy news for crackers, the cracker barrel returns to Cracker Barrel. Could a one-week feint towards a clipart logo be a publicity stunt to replace their dying customer base with MAGA hardcore? If so, expect Red Lobster’s rebrand as “Red State”. Cops: DC is really cleaning up the town as the interdepartmental queue forms behind each potential jaywalking bust. Anyhow, it’s all the arresting that counts, not the crime. Maybe a nice train station to play with will keep them busy. OK, Doomer. ICEISIS may feel like it’s around every corner (because that’s the intent) but that doesn’t mean that you have to give up. Democrats lead the U.S. House generic by 8 points, and in real-life very-red Iowa, Catelin Drey won by 11, in a district Trump carried

Happy birthday to me!  And to David Waldman, yesterday. Remember, it’s never too late to send belated birthday greetings or cash! Donald K. Trump, in a move so indefensible that the New York Times can barely defend it, is “firing” Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook, which of course Trump “shouldn’t”, in fact, "can't" do, for something that he himself has done time and time again… Lisa Cook will fight back, although a public statement on her part regarding Donald’s not-tiny penis would clear her today. Satire has become standard diplomatic art of the deal nowadays. Kilmar Ábrego García unfortunately has found himself the measure of Trump’s manhood… and just as likely to disappear. Speaking of shrinkage, If Alina Habba’s appointment is held illegal, a lot more could be. Fulton County Georgia commissioners are standing against tyranny and aren’t yet in Uganda, and every federal judge in Maryland now can sleep easier tonight.

David Waldman is older than he used to be! By an entire year somehow! Congratulations! Also… Armando!  Greg Dworkin is completely different of course, and so is his Raft O’ Stories™, although they could all be a distraction from the real story. The Zohran Mamdanimentum keeps growing, because it’s fun and Zohran is having fun and New Yorkers are a fun-loving bunch. Similarly, Gavin Newsomentum is building, even though there are Dems out there whose anxiety builds when they see too much fun going on and would like to remind you here in August 2025 that you don’t “have to” vote for Gavin in November 2028 if you don’t want to. Expect Trump to drop the word “CUCK” into his posts soon in order to get ahead of Newsom comparisons. Or Trump could just have Gavin arrested. Time for some legal problems for Chris Christie. Time for some legal problems for every federal judge in Maryland. Gorsuch and Kavanaugh note that none of these people are either of them. Kilmar Abrego Garcia could inspire this administration to rein

David Waldman delivers us to Friday, where long reads and in-depth analysis are intended to be the order of the day… But first we need to address this whole Cracker Barrel thing. You’d think that a Cracker Barrel logo change would only upset some crackers, but it turns out to be a big money-losing deal. Or perhaps it was losing big money that led to the logo change. Maybe it was their peg game. Maybe it was the racism. Maybe it was the sexual harassment, the salmonella, and the racism. Cracker Barrel will need a really good logo to get out of this one, or a high White House loyalty rating. Otherwise, it will end up on the ash heap of history with the Smithsonian. Bad Boys, Bad Boys, whacha gonna do? Donald K. Trump guest stars on Cops: DC while across town the FBI raids John Bolton’s home and office. Fannie Mae’s Pulte/Palantir crime detection unit is powered by AI, DOGE and spite. A federal judge found that Alina Habba is unlawfully serving as US attorney for New Jersey before Alina was even halfway to the “

David Waldman and Greg Dworkin bring us the latest in news and opinion. By the way… Jeffrey Epstein! At least James Dobson is dead. Gavin C. Newsom (Gorgeous) has been hand selected (Some say RIGGED) by God to return AMERICA’s democracy and Democracy to the “USA”. Of course, in 2028, Gavin’s policy stands and personal aptitude for the presidency will be of utmost… Hello? You do remember 2015, right?  As do the people behind the Gavin Newsom Press Office, Camile Zapata and Izzy Gardon. That’s the long game. The short game sees the majority of Democrats backing California’s counter-gerrymandering of Texas as a good thing. California’s Supreme Court is stepping out of the way. So, what is Donald K. Trump really up to in Washington? Nothing, as usual, and no good, as usual. Who to better represent Trump than the three most hated stooges in American history, Stephen Miller, Pete Hegseth and JD Vance? DC’s criminals better watch out, the new gang means business. Elise Stefanik knows that she’s hated by most of her

David Waldman returns to Wednesday and finds Greg Dworkin there waiting for him. Greg knows Pi to five decimal places, so why don’t we elect him? Not enough people like Democrats, but enough do for them to beat Republicans. Donald K. Trump is helping pull down Gops in every way imaginable, in almost every place imaginable. Frank Serpico hopes to see a Zohran Mandani movie someday. The Mamdanimentum seems unstoppable. Elise Stefanik seems stoppable.  Trump’s no angel… yet... but the mainstream media would rather we all went to hell. Trump estimates that the US is the only country that uses mail-in voting. He figures that if his buddy Bibi is a war hero, he must be too.  Of course, his buddy Vlad is a war criminal…  If the National Guard can open carry in DC, Jeanine Pirro will allow regular citizens to carry shotguns and rifles as long as they carry them patriotically. A police officer in Maine could tell that he’s not Jeanine’s type. ICE denied a parking spot cooled off by kicking some Latinos. Dan Bongino is

Tuesday! David Waldman! KITM! Can you imagine anything more condescending or patronizing than telling a world leader that today his suit is more acceptable to you?  Maybe not you, but you aren’t Donald K. Trump. Yesterday, in between the times that Trump was waiting for European dignitaries to quit talking about him, he managed to work in something nasty for each person in the room. When he ran out of insults, he just left them there to call up BFF Vlad Putin and talk behind their back. Donald did learn a few things from the meeting, of course not the things people wanted him to. Gops used to support mail-in voting, back when they thought they had to support voting.  Trump wants 14-year-olds arrested. Married. Pregnant. Trump wants 14-year-olds… The Feds are taking control of everything in DC. They have no plans to give anything back. Many judges openly doubt this administration. Somehow, those judges aren’t the ones being assigned to his cases. A large houseplant has been taken from the White House, unfortun

As today’s KITM plays in a box in the corner of the screen, David Waldman watches and comments. This, in turn, plays in the corner of the screen that Greg Dworkin watches and comments upon, and they are in the corner of the screen that I watch and comment upon. Here’s where you come in. Greg dredges up another Raft O’ Stories™ out of the x-sewers. Good news! Through the alchemy of Blue Sky, I have magically changed each of those posts into gold. More good news! Donald K. Trump did not sell Alaska to Vlad! Well, he might have given it away to him, or just left the deed somewhere, but the whole point of this yak-fest was a strategy session to take on the leader of the free world and fashion king, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Their strategy seems to be bringing JD “Just Dance” Vance as his “muscle”. At this moment Trump is selling Zelensky on switching Ukraine to high-flush toilets. Meanwhile, members of ICE ISIS roam the streets of our capitol, pretty much finding criminals around every corner. Resta

David Waldman delivers us to another end of another week before Donald sells Vladimir Friday. Folks with oceanfront properties around Odessa and Juneau better start packing. Donald K. Trump is up north and in an Art of the Deal mood with some picky customers today, including Co-President Vlad Putin, and is itching to swap some land and lives for a Nobel prize. Donald loves free gold flattery, and he’s not too proud to beg for it. Hey, who does Trump have to blow up for a peace prize around here? After she wins one, Hillary Clinton will let Donald look at hers. (From a distance.) While various Trump screwballs hog the spotlight, Kari Lake has been quietly amassing criminal violations. Honest, officers, she IS the acting overseer of Voice of America! Paperwork, man! Former Trump lawyer Abbe Lowell brings experience to Letitia James and Hunter Biden. One way or another Letitia James is going to jail. Judge Jeb Boasberg will regret privately hinting that there might be a concern that something could ever be illeg

David Waldman and Greg Dworkin are together again, one more time until we’re all seeing Russia from our house. Donald K. Trump always wants a crisis, which is the only manufacturing job booming in the US, thanks to pansies like Tim Burchett, hiding in his DC office because his Tennessee office would be too dadgum dangerous, brother.  Spirit Halloween costume come to life, Markwayne Mullin, needs to really hydrate to pee his pants so constantly. (Speaking of shitty neighborhoods, get out of ExTwitter, and follow the Editorial Board on Blue Sky. They have the exact same posts, but they smell better.) Remember kids, when throwing a sandwich has the same penalty as throwing a brick, don’t waste your food! Trump’s choice to run the Bureau of Labor Statistics might look like he ties women to railroad tracks, but the White House swears he wasn’t a January 6th terrorist… not that there’s anything wrong with that. But, now we’re WINNING! At this moment. Famine or feast now might be irrelevant at election. Short-term t

David Waldman and Greg Dworkin take us over the wacko Wednesday hump. Winning! That will be the only conclusion you’ll ever be able to draw about the US, from any US source from now on. Everything that the government says henceforth will be consistently useless for every citizen. Stats, science, history, and art will first pass through Donald K. Trump, and those who don’t come back for seconds will regret it. (Speaking of crap, don’t go to that site. Ron Brownstein, Bruce Bartlett, and of course, Justin Wolfers are on Blue Sky. Heck, you can watch Justin Wolfers on MSNBC, on somebody else’s TV, on bsky.app!  Trump wants to know students’ race to make certain that the wrong ones don’t get extra. The NIH will pivot away from mRNA vaccines, not because they don’t work, but because of vibes. Their vibes. CDC projects and careers are shot down as bullets come through their windows. Skateboarders beware! A military presence in Washington DC won’t stop murders, car jackings or arson on any block where they aren’t st

David Waldman does his Tuesday KITM thing. As you are doing, right now. Donald K. Trump, that little ‘Gyna-tease, taco’d his China tariffs into Christmas buying season. As if he’d ever cross Xi Jinping, who’s quite a pussy-grabber himself. Trump’s off to Alaska, but he’s already given away his planned Putin bargaining chip. Meh, Trump is a bigger commie than the two of them put together, and a true innovator of corruption. Donald’s the Thomas Edison of Harold Hills, the Elon Musk of Elon Musks. He’s earned every cyberpenny he’s soaked from the rubes, no matter how many that may be. Who better, then, to crack down on crime? At least, the crime of being scary, young, brown, and/or homeless and in the line of sight of old, white, pussies, and/or tourists. It’s hard to fight back against fear, hate, bigotry... and cops. Republicans are getting used to being hated, maybe... a little turned on, maybe they’ll pass a couple more mega-bills and see how that feels. JD Vance must love being hated. Why else would he hang

Monday and David Waldman return to varying degrees of anticipation. Greg Dworkin hauls in his latest Raft O’ Stories™ out of the fetid morass of ExTwitter. Let’s say that place sucks and you don’t like it.  If so, you can follow Adam Carlson, Jacob Kornbluh, Lakshya Jain, Justin Wolfers, Scott Lincicome, Brian Rosenwald, John J. Harwood, and Jonathan Robinson on... BLUE SKY! You won’t find Andrew Cuomo there, but that’s not a bad thing. The Zohran Mamdanimentum seems unstoppable. If Andrew Cuomo wasn’t Andrew Cuomo he might have a chance, but the more people know about Andrew Cuomo, the more they want Zohran Mamdani. Donald K. Trump wants New Yorkers to think of Trump when they see Cuomo. The “think of Trump” strategy might work for Democrats in 2026, but not forever.  Good news! If the US goes post-apocalyptic in the next few months, the Dems will be shoe-ins! Trump promised you that other countries would pay the cost of Tariffs… but did you get that in writing? The only thing Donald ever gets in writing are

David Waldman is back! No wait, I was gone, he was here. At least it’s Friday, right? A good guy without a gun stopped a bad guy with a gun at a place with a lot of guns. It sounds as if Trump oversold his trade deals a bit. He does have a tendency to overstate things.  Trump showed reporters a poster with a line and numbers no one has ever seen before. Winning! Trump appointees sacked Judge James Boasberg’s contempt order against other Trump officials, prompting Senator Sheldon Whitehouse to explain the problem to Chief Justice John Roberts, who dropped the letter in the TLDR file, as he has some elections to rig.​​​​ DOJ senior advisor Jared Wise, called police “Nazi” and demanded their murder… but that was back when he was an impressionable youngster of four or so years ago. WNBA players aren’t paid what they are worth but certainly don’t need some incels’ hand-me-down dildos. Don Jr. gave his dad a dildo along with all the Skibidi rizz that, of course, entails.

It’s Thursday! That means Greg Dworkin is on his way out the door for the weekend! That’s OK. Congress is gone all month. Which might be why Democrats in that body aren’t doing what the latest “centrist” pundit says they ought to be doing… which is, of course, praising Trump. But under no circumstances must you hand it to Trump! The “idea,” we gather, stems from the Old School Media Playbook, which instructs that if a president says it and then it happens, it’s a “win.” Even if it’s an obvious disaster. But this particular “idea” also rests on multiple false assumptions. Like that Democrats have no electoral support. (They do.) Or that Trump is popular. (He’s not.) Or that his “policies” are wise and well-considered. (They’re not.) Or that members of his party benefit politically from his leadership. (They don’t.) Nope. He’s the same guy he’s always been. Plotting a coverup of his sex scandals. Firing people who won’t do his dirty work, or lie for his benefit. You know, the usual. Meanwhile, in Gotham… where

If we have to keep talking about Jeffrey Epstein, then at least let us hear more Tom Lehrer! Well, with Greg Dworkin on hand to round up the day’s news, that’s never a problem! Unless you’re Donald Trump, that is. Because people think that guy sucks! Though it may just be worse given his bad timing. Of course, it could also be, you know, his “policies.” Or his policy of firing people who report statistics indicating that his policies suck. Or pulling out all the stops to rig the system, all while crying loudly that it’s rigged against him. Or just maybe, the leopards he keeps sending to eat his voters’ faces. Or maybe lots of Republicans are going to “get Flooded” when the time comes, whomever or wherever they may be. Given how bad the landscape is for Trump and his Republicans, why would any Democrat or independent ever fall into the trap of praising him? Something happened to “Big Balls.” We’re just not sure exactly what. But we know it’s being used as an excuse for yet another moment of Trump extremism. Bu

It’s No Structure Tuesday, in the Second Trump Era! And a reality TV personality-turned-government official says they’re gonna put a nuclear reactor on the moon. And it wasn’t even the orange one! That’s the kind of day it’s been. Wait, here’s something more random and even dumber: Murdery Traitor Greene is lobbying Trump to commute George Santos’ sentence. At just 11 days into a 7+ year stretch. And if you believe that one, try imagining her leaving the Republican Party. Ha ha! Yeah. Sure, Jan. How could she ever leave when she’s still actively calling for Democrats to be investigated and arrested for… the 2020 election, Epstein, and… January 6th! Democrats! Pam Bondi, meanwhile, is back to investigating Democrats for… the 2016 election. Some grand jury, somewhere, is purportedly being convened by someone, to investigate… something. You know. Things! Returning to the lengthy profile of DOGE’s 23-year-old-in-charge-of-erasing-distinguished-careers, others are asking just how many people it can be said th