Kagro in the Morning

David Waldman

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

  1. 5h ago

    Kagro in the Morning - November 3, 2026

    It's the last day of voting! Because you have, in all likelihood, already made your decision, we will defy Greg's designation of this election as a persuasion election, and just talk about the various ways in which Donald Trump is a total dumbass. First, he made a total dumbass speech yesterday. And he chose as a setting the site of his totally dumbass "renovation" of the Reflecting Pool. What a total dumbass! And he did it from inside a totally dumbass-looking glass box, probably to keep the stink of his total dumbass farts from singing the hats of the U.S. Park Rangers he ordered to sit there and huff his total dumbass-ness. While total dumbass Trump may be taking the day off from his National Ass Barnstorming Tour, he's still finding ways to be a total dumbass. Like doing his best Duff Man impression and offhandedly saying he's ending U.S. military aid to Israel at the end of the year, because he spoke to Bibi and he said he wanted to. But, you know, maybe this time he's for real. It being election day, when we freely voice our preferences for self-governance, the "Justice" Department is just letting us know that they'll be peering over our shoulders while we do it. Especially if your shoulders are black or brown. Meanwhile, in the courtroom setting, they're up to their usual total dumbassery. Even Trump's babysitters at the SCOTUS were having none of it with this California "list" case. And I mean none of it! They didn't even wait for California to file pleadings before laughing his totally dumb ass out of court! Trump was also thrown out on his totally dumb ass from a Florida federal court! And just for fun, this case was all about Trump's total dumbass connection to Jeffrey Epstein. Get this: Trump was claiming he never sent that perverted birthday letter to Epstein, and the "proof" was that his total dumbass pubic hair signature didn't look anything like his signature. What a total dumbass! Nothing was ever more obvious! (Keep in mind that some time next week, he'll probably be claiming to be a handwriting expert that can tell when signatures on a ballot don't match.) In total dumbass time travel news: Trump's head is so far up his own totally dumb ass on the non-issue of Daylight Savings Time versus Standard Time that he's hoping to push the lame duck Congress to abolish DST, meaning he'd have us all risking our necks on very strongly tall clock towers for a second time this month! If today ends up being the last day of the Before Times, don't forget who was telling you what these total dumbasses could try to do, and who was telling you they couldn't do it. We'll know soon enough how totally dumbass they think they can get. But the step-by-step process of how we get from Election Day to functioning New Congress, both public-facing and inside baseball, is full of places 'twixt cup and lip. Finally, from the Global Total Dumbassery files: Old Congress or new, Pete *Hic*seth's probably in trouble. Not least for lying his totally dumb ass off about how much damage our bases have taken during the totally dumbass Iran war.

    Kagro in the Morning - November 3, 2026
  2. 5h ago ·  Bonus

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  3. 5d ago

    Kagro in the Morning - October 29, 2026

    David Waldman returns to straighten out this mess, two hours at a time. Normally astute, eminently sagacious Greg Dworkin can't shake that Elon monkey on his back. A sad, dirty habit, not to mention that it took me 20 minutes to find substitute links. Sorry, but a couple of those roaches still did skitter through. And there's the polls. Even Nate Silver would rather talk about vibes. Democrats in polls look fantastic. Republicans in polls look terrible. Reality is due to arrive next week. Dems are flooding the early vote… but did we use up all of our allotment? Are we now out of Dems? Can the Gops catch up? Oh no! Were two Dans Sullivan more than a mere coincidence of demographics? Eh, could be… those things do happen. Ranked-choice voting allows as many Dans as you want. In California, there's money to be made in suppressing votes, but the gold rush might be over for Gop lawyer Bill Essayli. No jail can hold James O'Keefe, who keeps discovering new reasons to be imprisoned. ICE are thugs, but MAGA is angry that they aren't their thugs. Gops were all set to be sick of winning right about now but were shocked to discover that they elected a dim-witted, racist, psychopath. It could only be worse if Donald turned out to be some sort of pedo rapist. The founder of Arab Americans for Trump is as surprised as you are. Illegal alien Flavio Bolsonaro must have some of those bad genes that Donald K. Trump warned us about. Flavio is in Miami and thinks he's Napoleon in Elba. Barack Obama wants to clear up any misunderstanding that his Cheesecake Factory quip might have caused.

    Kagro in the Morning - October 29, 2026
  4. 6d ago

    Kagro in the Morning - October 28, 2026

    David Waldman and Greg Dworkin deliver a KITM with only a week to go before the election denying begins! in the meantime, we have polls, early voting, and other bone throwing to parse. Things are bad, so that's good. Dems are voting like there's no tomorrow. If Gops don't vote tomorrow, Democrats could win, or maybe make Republicans win by less, which is kind of nice. At least Bottoms is up in the Peach State. Political commercial buffs out there (anyone? anyone?) have only a few more days to enjoy this cycle. Lawn sign burglar Tammy Williams was caught pilfering endorsements. Vivek Ramaswamy's anti-Amy ad is an incredible success… well, actually a pretty credible one. Susan Collins new ad is concerning. Many of her voters were already concerned. Barack Obama scorned Saddam Hussein and Donald K. Trump. MAGA heard "Cheesecake Factory". As if anyone needed a reminder of just how much Donald loves the meat. Everyone really does need a reminder, whether they want one or not. Todd Blanche needs to join Ghislaine Maxwell in a real prison. When Jeremy Lewin goes on trial for the murder of over a million people, he'll hopefully put the finger on any trillionaire crime bosses he might have evidence on. Illegal immigrant Flávio Bolsonaro's caravan crossed through a wide-open border into Florida on a visa fast track. Brazil should extradite him and his coconspirator JD Vance. A grand jury declined to indict Cassidy Hutchinson in one of the million cases the Trump administration is presently losing. Jeanine Pirro is out there losing them as fast as she can when not distracted by throwing Kash Patel under buses.

    Kagro in the Morning - October 28, 2026
  5. Oct 26

    Kagro in the Morning - October 26, 2026

    Election day is next week! David Waldman reviews the weekend and previews the week, and finally Greg Dworkin returns hauling another Raft O' Stories dropping only a few tips into the mega-MAGA donor's tip jar. Polls. You shouldn't rely on them, even when they aren't fake. Early voting results, neither. Lawn signs… maybe. In fact, if you are a candidate caught stealing your opponent's signs, it might actually work against you. That said… Early voting seems promising for Dems, if you like to believe in that sort of thing. The good news is, even if polling, early voting, and even lawn signs aren't your thing, there's plenty of evidence that maybe, just maybe, this could work out well. Amy ACTION! Acton had a pleasant weekend. Ohio's biggest newspaper, The Plain Dealer, reversed their no-endorsement policy to endorse Acton, and condemn her contemptable opponent, Vivek Ramaswamy. Vivek has always been deplorable yet has become even more Trumpy lately. Venues don't want to get any of him on them. Donald K. Trump's weekend was less pleasant. Trump hates all non-whites, with perhaps the exception of Nicki Minaj, who he just might have discovered a use for... Trump is delighted to take everyone's money for himself, as they'd probably just waste it at the Cheesecake Factory anyhow. Trumplettes crumble around the world, such as Brazil's Flávio Bolsonaro, son of convict Jair Bolsonaro, and Serbian Aleksandar Vučić, who lost to the local student council. Trump will need to find some jobs for them once he hooks up Viktor Orbán and Bibi. Maybe they can all go work for Lorne Doerkson in British Columbia. Trump wants to rig the Senate election of Dan Sullivan, but only if Dan loses. Of course, that's not "legal" but since when has poisoning a well ever been legal? Anyhow, Alaskans are pretty used to folks having the name Dan.

    Kagro in the Morning - October 26, 2026

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