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Monday December 09, 2024 · 5:45 AM PST

2024/12/09 · 05:45

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Today is the 28th Monday that Trump has been a convicted felon.

And it’s now just 12 days until the government next runs out of funding.

Oh, and guess what? It’s 1,524 days (I think) until the Constitution calls for an end to Donald Trump’s next term in office.

That’s a lot of days to count down. But what else are we going to do? Document the atrocities?

Well, OK, sure. That’s one thing we’ll probably have to do along the way. But counting down towards big events gives us something to look forward to every day. And a good template with which to start each morning’s post!

For instance: It’s about 20 minutes until we hear from Greg Dworkin for the first time this week. How’s that for a good start?

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Friday December 06, 2024 · 5:45 AM PST

2024/12/06 · 05:45

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Today is the 28th Friday that Trump has been a convicted felon.

And it’s now just 15 days until the government next runs out of funding. In two weeks, we could be sweating this on Friday morning!

We’re really not hearing a great deal about that, are we? I can’t decide whether that’s because the incoming “administration” doesn’t care and might actually prefer a government shutdown, or because there’s general agreement in Congress to just let a clean-ish CR go through, and “fix it in post,” as it were, when Trump is in the White House and Republicans control the Senate.

I guess we’ll find out! And we won’t have to wait long to do it, either.

Meanwhile, I guess we should start counting down to the end—maybe—of Trump’s second term sometime soon.

Oh, well! Time to sort out the remnants of the week!

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Thursday December 05, 2024 · 5:45 AM PST

2024/12/05 · 05:45

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Today is the 28th Thursday that Trump has been a convicted felon. I feel like very little is coming of this, though.

And it’s now just 16 days until the government next runs out of funding.

Greg Dworkin returns, to wrap up This Stupid Week.

Oh, and as part of our Stupid Week, we have to issue a correction. That Charles Pierce article about Neil Bush getting a pardon? Totally not true!

For some reason, I still think the other stuff in that article, about what a jerk that guy was, is still true. But who knows? Maybe not! LOL YOLO, nothing matters!

But if anything does matter, Greg will find it and let us know. After that, we’re on our own!

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Wednesday December 04, 2024 · 5:45 AM PST

2024/12/04 · 05:45

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Today is the 27th Wednesday that Trump has been a convicted felon.

And it’s now just 17 days until the government next runs out of funding.

Sounds like Pete Hegseth’s in trouble! And he should be!

Greg Dworkin is here for it, as the kids say. Or perhaps once used to say. And now they’re all in their 30s and actual kids now say something that just literally does not make any sense.

The whole chaos thing has picked right back up where it left off, when Trump became The Former Guy. On Monday, Greg got us up to speed (for Americans, anyway) on Syria turning itself upside-down. Then, while he was away yesterday, South Korea turned itself upside-down.

And we never really did even catch up on Georgia, which turned itself upside-down last week.

There is perhaps no telling who’s next. Though I have been noticing an uptick lately in the number of international observers reminding us that when regime’s like Putin’s finally fall, it often happens seemingly overnight.

And we have seven nights scheduled for this week!

Of course, we could wake up one of these days and find out it was us that collapsed. But if that happens, we’ll just do a special collapsing episode and play all our sound effects.

Anyway, everything seems normal so far, this morning. Ha ha! *Gulp.*

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Tuesday December 03, 2024 · 5:45 AM PST

2024/12/03 · 05:45

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Today is the 27th Tuesday that Trump has been a convicted felon.

And it’s now just 18 days until the government next runs out of funding.

It’s the Tuesday after Thanksgiving, and work seems like… regular work, again. For another three weeks. During which time, the government runs out of funding!

You know that, because I keep saying it every day. But think about it! In the midst of all of this Trump chaos that has returned, and in the midst of “the holiday season!”

I guess with Republicans anticipating an incoming Trump administration, they might be content to trade a few more weeks of a “clean” CR for a Christmas break.

But just because they’ll technically be in the majority in both chambers and have a Republican president doesn’t mean they’ll find it all that easy to muster the majority they’ll need in the House for a CR that actually evidences any changes in priorities just yet.

Trump’s not gonna like being handed a House that can only operate under suspension of the rules. And I wouldn’t want to be the one to have to explain it to him!

I only like explaining it to you. You’re nice!

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Monday December 02, 2024 · 5:45 AM PST

2024/12/02 · 05:45

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Happy December!

Today is the 27th Monday that Trump has been a convicted felon.

And it’s now just 19 days until the government next runs out of funding.

It’s the Monday after Thanksgiving, now. And heading back into a work week feels kind of weird. How long until Christmas, again?

I didn’t even take Thursday or Friday off, and it still feels weird to be back! I guess that’s just what happens if you eat 11 pies over a single weekend.

Anyway, I believe Greg Dworkin should be free to rejoin us today, having been pardoned by President Biden. So we’re in for 45 minutes of top-notch roundup, then ten minutes of thinking he’s done but remembering another great story. And then the traditional five minute lament that his allotted half-hour has once again consumed sixty minutes.

A classic KITM tradition!

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Friday November 29, 2024 · 5:45 AM PST

2024/11/29 · 05:45

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Today is the 27th Friday that Trump has been a convicted felon.

And it’s now just 22 days until the government next runs out of funding.

It’s Friday of Thanksgiving week, the day it has felt like all week long. Ad crazy shopping Friday, if you’re into that sort of thing!

We don’t have doors for you to bust, but if we did, they’d be opening at 9:00.

If you’re a contact shopping enthusiast, you could listen while you’re on line to check out from somewhere terribly crowded. Because of how “terrible” the economy is, and all that.

If you’re relaxing at home, or maybe thinking about heading out to the movies or something, why not tune in with your coffee and breakfast pie?

And if you’re planning to have people over to help kill off the leftovers, we’ll supply you with the weekend’s finest conversation material.

The finest we could come up with on the final Friday of this week of Fridays, anyway.

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Thursday November 28, 2024 · 12:28 PM PST

2024/11/28 · 12:28

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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.

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Thursday November 28, 2024 · 5:45 AM PST

2024/11/28 · 05:45

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Today is the 27th Thursday that Trump has been a convicted felon.

And it’s now just 23 days until the government next runs out of funding.

It’s now Thursday of Thanksgiving week, when all time having stopped yesterday, time reverses itself around 5 or 6 o’clock, as the turkey puts you to sleep.

Yes, it’s actual Thanksgiving Day! Unless you’re Canadian, in which case it was last month, and will now cost you 25% more to import into the United States.

Unless the whole thing was bull$#*t, that is. And we have reason to believe it was.

With Trump, we always have reason to believe it was.

Anyway, why not let us keep you company while you’re cooking? Or driving? Or watching the parade? Or waiting for Alice’s Restaurant to come on the radio?

Your actual radio, I guess.

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Wednesday November 27, 2024 · 5:45 AM PST

2024/11/27 · 05:45

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Today is the 26th Wednesday that Trump has been a convicted felon. We can still say that, because it’s still true. There may yet come a time when it’s true, but we can’t say it.

And it’s now just 24 days until the government next runs out of funding. Unless we get it all from tariffs. Which is to say, from you.

It’s now Wednesday of Thanksgiving week, when all time stops. Especially if you’re still working, and waiting to clock out for the holiday.

The stories aren’t stopping, though. But we’re knockin’ ‘em out as fast as we can. And we’ll just try to keep on going, straight through whatever noise may come today.

Just pretend you’re in a diner, where the patrons are waiting to be interviewed about why they still support… I don’t know. Unicorns, I guess. Might as well be, since they’re never gonna interview us.

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Tuesday November 26, 2024 · 5:45 AM PST

2024/11/26 · 05:45

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Today is the 26th Tuesday that Trump has been a convicted felon. But now it looks like those will remain his only convictions for the foreseeable future.

And it’s now just 25 days until the government next runs out of funding. Though it might just stay without funding, if the billionaire guy can figure out a way to steal that money, too.

It’s Tuesday of Thanksgiving week, so if you’re not already on the road, you’re surely watching the clock. Even if you’re not going anywhere, like me.

You may be watching the clock, waiting for it to be quitting time. I’ll be racing the clock to get through the flurry of garbage news from the Trump dumpster.

That’s the reality of our lives for a while. But on the upside, we never run out of material.

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Monday November 25, 2024 · 5:45 AM PST

2024/11/25 · 05:45

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Today is the 26th Monday that Trump has been a convicted felon. That used to mean something. But now I guess Republican presidents get to do free crimes.

And it’s now just 26 days until the government next runs out of funding. If that’s even a thing, anymore.

It’s Thanksgiving week, which means it’s Friday every day, except for Thursday, which will feel like a Saturday.

Greg Dworkin will be here, to help remind us that it’s a Monday.

And Matt Gaetz will not be here, to help remind us that miracles do happen.

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