Kagro in the Morning
Kagro in the Morning

Kagro in the Morning

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 - December 10, 2025
DEC 10, 2025
Kagro in the Morning - December 10, 2025

Greg Dworkin told you Monday that there'd be elections Tuesday. David Waldman told you Tuesday that Greg would tell you about those elections on Wednesday. It's Wednesday, and I don't need to tell you what the topic is, do I?

Democrat Eileen Higgins beat Trump pick Emilio González in the runoff for Miami mayor, the first Dem win in 30 years, while Rolando Escalona ended the Carollo dynasty with nearly 60% of the vote. The Democratic party ponders whether to clone Higgins or Mamdani this year... But that's not all! Georgia Democrats flipped a Republican state House seat that Gops dummymandered. Thanks Donald! Sadly, most of this is happening because of the economy. Even more sadly, most of this is not happening because of the war crimes, rampant corruption, collapse of democracy, etc.

Donald K. Trump kicked off his "affordability hoax" hoax tour, which could be over quick if someone doesn't start handing him some peace prizes. Trump might let the woman who won the Nobel lead his upcoming bombing runs.

The Trump doctrine is to pardon and reward those who Biden dislikes and love him and blow up the rest. So simple a lackey can handle that while he naps. Political union with Russia, to own the globalists! ™ is more than a slogan, it is official US policy, with Russia leading the way.

Meanwhile, Tennessee Gop Andy Ogles declares civil war on liberal judges.

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Kagro in the Morning - December 9, 2025
DEC 9, 2025
Kagro in the Morning - December 9, 2025

David Waldman bridges the gap between pre- and post-election analysis days to devote today's KITM to the consequences of bad voting decisions.

The Trump Supreme Court is set to overturn the 20th century, and probably a chunk of the 19th. We were pre-wrong on whether Trump could do no wrong, and soon we'll be pre-wrong thinking that he can't eliminate those who won't do wrong for him.

Paramount, with Saudis', Qataris' and Emiratis' money, wants to buy Warner Bros Discovery and CNN and Time Warner and etc... So does Netflix. Of course, now, the president picks the winner... so who will he be choosing? In case you care to place a bet, SIL Jared Kushner has taken time off from his measuring the drapes in Gaza to pop out of Mohammed bin Salman's bisht pocket on behalf of Paramount. Even if Jared loses, he can sue daddy, so it's win-win all around.

Trump is giving corporate farmers $12 billion in taxpayer money, but actual rural residents will have to go to the big city for a doctor.

Nobody does anything for free, at least in Trump world, and it never matters what you did to get in jail, it's what you do when you get out that concerns Donald. Trump does not owe Marjorie Taylor Greene nor CBS. Today, as always, they owe him.

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Kagro in the Morning - December 8, 2025
DEC 8, 2025
Kagro in the Morning - December 8, 2025

David Waldman is back to the KITM World Headquarters Microphone after a weekend of less doofus behavior by Donald K. Trump. Of course, all things being relative. Greg Dworkin is here to offer his pre-election foresight ahead of his post-election hindsight this Wednesday.

Republicans in rupture! If Republicans want to learn things the hard way, why turn them down? A tsunami is building, and not the scary kind that shows up in Japan, but the kind that has Gops stacking sandbags.

Miami hasn't had a Democratic mayor in almost 30 years, but that is looking to change. It might be a change in the US political "mood", or it could be that Gop voters are tired of seeing friends and family being shipped out of town.

Latino Trump voters are having some sense pounded into them by ICE agents. Zohran Mamdanimentum might carry some NYC immigrants out of danger, but elsewhere immigrants are being plucked out of line by the nation to which they were just about to pledge allegiance. Trump hopes to ship half of Europe down to El Salvador soon.

Trump can't sell Americans on his "affordability is a hoax" hoax, probably because people aren't dumb, and they'd have to be pretty dumb to not notice their health care and homes disappearing. Donald will slip farmers $12 billion in taxpayer money to look the other way. Even Steven KG Bannon can see the Trump reserve of stupid people becoming depleted.

Trump's own mortgages match his description of mortgage fraud. That's just him being smart.

Tom Cotton envies those that can hang out on their boat in the middle of a beautiful Caribbean night, just looking up at the stars and drones, not a care in the world except for funding/fighting their narcoterrorist overthrow of the United States. That's the life!

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Kagro in the Morning - December 5, 2025
DEC 5, 2025
Kagro in the Morning - December 5, 2025

David Waldman presses the kinks out of the chaos one more time this week before we briefly part company.

The newly released "Donald K Trump National Security Strategy" breaks the news to NATO and others that all of those "treaties", "alliances" and "pacts" we share are beginning to feel a bit restrictive lately and perhaps we should all start seeing some more racially, theocratically pure, and profitable dictatorships for a while. We certainly still desire a committed relationship of course, but the kind in which others should never trust us.

Trump is the youngest president who ever lived. He's the most president the US has ever had. Mean people won't let him have everything. They are nasty people. Nice people give him things. They are great people.

You can bet that CNN will report on how you can bet on anything CNN reports.

Military officials showed lawmakers video of the two shipwreck survivors who sat out in the water 40 minutes before anyone had realized the danger presented by the piece of boat that they were floating on and vaporized it, and subsequently, them.

Gop Cory Mills might be an awful congressman, an awful tenant, and an awful human being, but he turns out to be an awful bad guy as well. On the other hand, Kash Patel manages to do all of his stupid things ineptly.

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Kagro in the Morning - December 4, 2025
DEC 4, 2025
Kagro in the Morning - December 4, 2025

David Waldman and Greg Dworkin did it again! For a couple of hours today.

The U.S. Institute of Peace has been renamed as the U.S. Institute of Irony. The Department of Defense is now Pete Hic! Hegseth's House of Murders. Hungover from the fog of war, Hegseth immediately initiated a strategic inverted retrograde disengagement maneuver, tossing Admiral Alvin Holsey overboard. Admiral Frank "Mitch" Bradley is next in line and is scheduled to fall on his sword at approximately 14:00 today. Palantir is scheduled to make more money at that time.

Republicans in Revolt! Gops brandishing torches, pitchforks and discharge petitions seek to topple Mike Johnson. Well, they really want Trump, but he scares them and no one is scared of Mike. Gop women feel the most rage, but don't want to come off sounding woke, or... feminist. No, Elise Stefanik will NOT lower her voice.

Henry Cuellar shows that it's so easy to play Trump into a pardon, even a Democrat can do it.

In the ACA debate, Gops propose Obamacare, but bad. Dems counterproposal is Obamacare, but longer.

The pendulum is swinging back, right on time for the midterms. Except that no other president has been this disliked. The economy has rarely hit this many, especially against those constituents of the party in power. And that party in power has probably has never sucked this hard, nor have they promised to learn so little from their mistakes.

Vladimir Putin continues to humiliate Donald K. Trump, but that's only because Trump demands to be humiliated.

They finally arrested some guy for placing pipe bombs ahead of January 6, and the guy that they arrested is not Marge, sadly lowering the chance that she might go to prison, on that charge.

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