Kagro in the Morning podcast (AUDIO): Thursday, October 3, 2024

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Thursday October 03, 2024 · 12:44 PM PDT

2024/10/03 · 12:44

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It’s Rosh Hashanah!

I’m supposed to be off!

And another major news event has once again highlighted my habit of picking the very worst timing possible!

There was only one thing to do: sit right down and read the extraordinary narrative laid out in Special Counsel Jack Smith’s motion in opposition to Trump’s claims of presidential immunity in the January 6th case.

Well, two things to do: the second one being to hit the record button.

So that’s what I did. Two hours of cramming in as much of the motion as I could, so that you could work, putter around the house, or whatever it is you do, and still go word-for-word through the first 60 pages or so of this stem-winder!

There’s still more, of course. And there’s still Friday!

But then, another troublesome thought occurred to me: how could I ask Scott Anderson to summarize the show, when only one thing happened, and only one source was used?

And this post is the only answer I could come up with. Maybe he’ll have a better idea if we do it again tomorrow.

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Thursday October 03, 2024 · 5:45 AM PDT

2024/10/03 · 05:45

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Good morning! Today is the nineteenth Thursday that Donald Trump has been a convicted felon.

It’s now 55 days until Trump’s re-re-scheduled sentencing.

And 79 days until the government next runs out of funding.

So… what does it mean for the show to be “down but not out,” exactly?

Well, we were slated for a scheduled absence today. But once again, a scheduled absence coincides with a major news event!

So, pretty much right in the middle of putting together a pre-recorded episode for you, the Special Counsel’s extraordinary narrative motion opposing the Trump immunity claims in the January 6th case dropped… and I had no choice but to drop everything myself, and start reading it.

And then, I hit record.

So if you’ve been wishing you had the time to pore over the report yourself, and you also had two hours to burn anyway, listening to this show… now you can do both at once! The first 59 pages of the narrative, all the way up to where Trump starts leaning on Pence to do his bidding. All the false allegations of fraud. All the pressure on the state legislators. And all the fake elector shenanigans.

It’s wild!

And there’s still Friday yet to come!

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Wednesday October 02, 2024 · 1:27 PM PDT

2024/10/02 · 13:27

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It’s post-debate Wednesday! Kudos to the campaigns for agreeing to a date that allows us to depend on Greg Dworkin pulling debate duty and calling in the next morning! First on the list: an “undecided voter” panel in MI reacts to Vance ducking the January 6th question. Over in PA, they defied the punditry and declared Walz the winner. And the normies have spoken! They just seem to react better to Walz. Which of course, must mean the weirdos do not.

Meanwhile, in polling world, things are swinging Harris’ way, even in some of those swingy states.

Maybe that’s because Trump continues to speak, dismissing for a second time the injuries American troops suffered on his watch, and blaming… something on “people from the Congo,” just to add to the pile of previous outrages, like accusing Kamala Harris of murder.

Somehow, though, Trump’s a lot more cautious in court, and urges others to be, too!

And hey, remember Project 2025? If you thought its overwhelming unpopularity was slowing the “Heritage Foundation” down, it’s not! They’re proceeding with Schedule F, anyway, win or lose.

Speaking of that quote-unquote “think tank,” they’ve got a small gay porn hypocrisy scandal on their hands now, too. If, you know, that matters at all.

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Wednesday October 02, 2024 · 5:45 AM PDT

2024/10/02 · 05:45

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Good morning! Today is the eighteenth Wednesday that Donald Trump has been a convicted felon.

It’s now 56 days until Trump’s re-re-scheduled sentencing.

And 80 days until the government next runs out of funding.

And it’s one day since I didn’t watch the debate. But you knew I wasn’t going to do that.

Greg Dworkin will likely fill us in. Although there’s something so dreadfully boring about most Vice Presidential debates that it’s possible even Greg couldn’t bring himself to watch.

But maybe his professionalism got the better of him.

I mean, we’re just faking the professionalism. But we’re very convincing actors!

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Tuesday October 01, 2024 · 5:45 AM PDT

2024/10/01 · 05:45

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Good morning! Today is the eighteenth Tuesday that Donald Trump has been a convicted felon.

It’s now 57 days until Trump’s re-re-scheduled sentencing.

And 81 days until the government next runs out of funding.

It’s just a couple of hours, now, until the VP debate. I think they know the KITM schedule, and didn’t dare have it on an evening after which Greg would not be on. Glad they’re waiting until tonight! But I’m also pretty sure I won’t be able to stand to watch.

Thankfully, you don’t have to actually watch to see what happens. You just have to be willing to see it no more than two minutes at a time.

Should be plenty for me!

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Monday September 30, 2024 · 1:03 PM PDT

2024/09/30 · 13:03

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It’s Monday. And the last day of September. No better time to have Greg Dworkin drop by to sum up happenings. If it was a relatively quiet weekend for you, perhaps that was because you weren’t getting any phone calls from Western North Carolina, and other storm and flood-stricken areas of the country, where there was no power, no cell service, and no clean water. And consequently, still no clear picture of exactly how bad it is.

On the upside, there was the opportunity to remind people that: 1) yes, there are large numbers of climate change-believing, tolerant and inclusive Democrats in the area, and; that real Americans help.

The political world went kind of topsy-turvy over the weekend, too, with this Harris ad featuring ex-Trump voters renouncing the orange guy. Which of course, leads to death threats. On the other hand, some people know full well how wrong and bad Trump is, but can’t quite bring themselves to the right conclusion. Even though Trump spent the weekend promising that The Purge would become a part of his platform. Other (sadly) influential voices were being similarly dumb, if not similarly scary.

On the domestic policy front, Harris policy proposals are winners over Trump’s. But sometimes, scary lies win out over hopeful truth.

Is it funny that TikTok users are reportedly using AI to translate Hitler speeches? Well, it can be.

What won’t be funny is how many more nails this badly unbalanced Supreme Court could put in our coffin, starting next week. Held up next to this weekend’s reminder of the real world stakes, just for transgender Americans alone, it’s appropriately worrisome.

Trump’s got a new rip-off up and running, this one more naked than most.

By the way, just as a reminder: Joe Biden actually knew what he was doing, had international allies, and could make amazing things happen, internationally and with dozens of moving parts.

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Monday September 30, 2024 · 5:45 AM PDT

2024/09/30 · 05:45

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Good morning! Today is the eighteenth Monday that Donald Trump has been a convicted felon.

It’s now 58 days until Trump’s re-re-scheduled sentencing.

And 82 days until the government next runs out of funding.

I’d say it’s about 25 minutes until we hear from Greg Dworkin, on whom we’ll depend for a recap of the weekend’s top stories. Because I don’t know what any of them were. I think I only know about the dumbest ones. That’s my beat.

Then again, we’re ten years into the Trump era. The top stories are all dumb.

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Friday September 27, 2024 · 5:45 AM PDT

2024/09/27 · 05:45

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Good morning! Today is the eighteenth Friday that Donald Trump has been a convicted felon.

It’s now 61 days until Trump’s re-re-scheduled sentencing.

And 85 days until the government next runs out of funding.

That pretty much sums it up, counting-wise.

Oh, only one show left this week. This one! Which means it’s time to sweep out whatever we can from the Pocket™ full of stories we just haven’t gotten to.

Though we always anticipate a few interruptions from Trump World, where we might “learn” at any minute that drug dealer extraterrestrials are trying to kill him, for bringing back the buggy whip industry, like no one has ever seen before. Or whatever it turns out to be this time.

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Thursday September 26, 2024 · 4:08 PM PDT

2024/09/26 · 16:08

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Hey, they passed the CR! And ~~you’ll never guess~~ you’ve already guessed how: in exactly the same way that last year cost Kevin McCarthy his job. So, that’s news.

Oh, and in addition to asking Mike Johnson about that, reporters have also been asking him whether he’ll commit to “regular order” when it comes time to tally the Electoral College votes in January. (Not that it’ll necessarily be his decision, mind you.) But guess what? He’s hedging! Because he’s a Republican. So that’s news, too.

And that’s when Greg Dworkin came in, to remind me that there was other news, too. Namely, that the Mayor of New York City (New York City?!) had been indicted. Oh, yeah! (In the “I forgot!” sense, not the celebratory, “Hey, Kool-Aid!™” sense.) So of course, this sets off a tidal wave of calls for him to resign. Greg was at the ready with the answer to the obvious question, “What if he doesn’t?”

Well, of course there’s an answer. Because of course New York City has run into this before.

And then… there were polls. For whatever they’re worth.

National polling averages? Of course! National polling no more than a week old? Naturally! State polls by Marist? OK, fine. YouGov/Economist? Sure, if you want it. Monmouth in PA? Say no more! Texas? If you insist. Virginia? So you can see if the vest guy is really still a thing? My pleasure. Just Jews? Uh… ok. But watch it, buddy! Swing states? Well, isn’t it enough to just tell you that it’s close in all of them? (That’s why they’re swing states.)

Polling poetry, you say? That’s not even a… oh, wait! Hold on!

Today in Republican Racism: Clay Higgins. He’s no Professor Henry Higgins, that’s for sure. By the way, he’s kind of always been like this.

Today in voting: Uh… people are voting. I guess? Not really sure what to make of this one.

Today in furniture: Uh… many people are saying… something about furniture, allegedly? Trump also says people want to kill him. I think he’s probably right about that, which is a new concept.

So… we may or may not have “regular order” in counting the Electoral College vote. We can improve the chances of that happening by electing a Democratic majority in the House. But we’ll also need some plans for governing around any obstructionist Republicans who manage to hang around.

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Thursday September 26, 2024 · 5:45 AM PDT

2024/09/26 · 05:45

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Good morning! Today is the eighteenth Thursday that Donald Trump has been a convicted felon.

It’s now 62 days until Trump’s re-re-scheduled sentencing.

And, I guess, about 90 days, now, until the federal government runs out of funding again.

Yes, that’s right! The 3-month CR passed under suspension of the rules in the House, and then by an overwhelming margin in the Senate later in the day.

Greg Dworkin will help us wind up the week, if you’ll just bear with him. Bear with him! Ha ha!

Man, I hope that bear stays outside, so that this joke can stay funny.

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Wednesday September 25, 2024 · 4:24 PM PDT

2024/09/25 · 16:24

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It’s a day that ends in a “y,” so it’s time for a Republican sex pest story! Also, again, these are Republicans we’re talking about. So it’ll never be just one.

First up: Johnny McEntee! Whether he’s stuck reliving his college glory days, or whatever it is, McEntee seems intent on leveraging it for his sex pestery. When he’s not compulsively gambling or passing counterfeit notes, that is.

Next: Rep. Anthony D'Esposito, who at least had the courtesy to engage in a truly conservative sex scandal, putting both his fiancée's daughter and his mistress on his official House payroll. That’s old school! Maybe that’s why even George Santos finds this one so embarrassing for the Gop. (Of course, the other reason could be that D’Esposito led the charge to expel Santos as a “stain on the institution.”)

Kamala Harris has now endorsed a carve-out from filibuster “rules” to pass legislation codifying Roe, and Schumer’s on board. But not Manchin. On the other hand, Manchin’s not actually on board the Senate train, anymore.

Oh, is that a policy position? I was told that people don’t know what her policy positions are, so they “can’t” vote for her, or something. But that’s not stopping these folks, parading for Harris/Walz in their “golf cars” through The Villages, once considered territory too hostile for such displays.

As usual, Greg Dworkin delivered a thorough round-up of the latest polling, leading off with the Harvard Youth Poll from the Harvard Kennedy School Harvard Institute of Politics Harvard Harvard-y Harvard. Also, Harvard. Anyway, the kids are alright, even if Harvard isn’t. Into the “cross-tabs?” Plenty of data available on Latino and Asian-American voters, too.

“Dems have to win the popular vote by 4% in order to win the Electoral College” may be the new “everything in the Senate requires 60 votes!”

In the “confirming our priors” department, the UK’s Foreign Secretary is on board with describing Russia as a mob-ocracy.

And if you’re old enough to remember when floating impeachment for the use of torture, indefinite detention and/or warrantless domestic surveillance was really just “partisan tit-for-tat,” then you’ll be annoyed and/or amused to find that “partisan tit-for-tat” IOKIYAR.

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Wednesday September 25, 2024 · 5:45 AM PDT

2024/09/25 · 05:45

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Good morning! Today is the seventeenth Wednesday that Donald Trump has been a convicted felon.

It’s now 63 days until Trump’s re-re-scheduled sentencing.

And 6 days until the federal government runs out of funding.

The House just might dig itself out of this mess today. The CR is on today’s floor schedule under suspension of the rules. That doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll actually get to the vote, but it’s in their plans, anyway. Which is just as well, as time is running out.

Greg Dworkin returns, just in time for today’s CR action, and to bask in the glow of having figured out how the bill would actually get to the floor.

Perhaps we’ll all celebrate by saying “Nude Africa” a couple times, just for the hell of it.

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