Kagro in the Morning - September 1, 2023

09/01/23 • 117 min

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Fridays often cast a wide net for KITM content. And this one’s no exception.

First, we return to and finish up the story of Russia’s disinformation “active measures” in Africa, where people are increasingly turning off old school Western media and turning to online sources.

The other Judge Starr isn’t exactly slamming on the brakes with his order for “religious-liberty training” for Southwest Airlines’ lawyers.

Clarence Thomas claims he was clearing things up with a revised financial disclosure. But, ah... no. In fact, it only raises more questions, including why he’s such a vicious Gimmetarian.TM

The #GunFAIL story that getting all the eyes: a Tennessee woman, claiming she was conducing “firearms safety training” — for a 4-year-old — shot her point blank in the chest and killed her. Why any of the things that happened happened is anybody’s guess. Life is complicated. Now, so is death.

Fridays often cast a wide net for KITM content. And this one’s no exception.

The other Judge Starr isn’t exactly slamming on the brakes with his order for “religious-liberty training” for Southwest Airlines’ lawyers.

Clarence Thomas claims he was clearing things up with a revised financial disclosure. But, ah... no. In fact, it only raises more questions, including why he’s such a vicious Gimmetarian.TM

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Kagro in the Morning - August 31, 2023

What? Is it already National Eat Outside-Diatomaceous Earth Day? Time for another KITM, featuring David Waldman and Greg Dworkin!

The Gop is primed for another charismatic phony. So, will it be Vivek Ramaswamy? Billy McFarland? Viktor Orbán? Andrew Tate? No, that guy is way too much the real deal. For $8,000 Tate helped lonely boys find dates, subjugate them to their will through physical and mental assault, then pimp them out for cash, you know, guy stuff.

Hey, but Donald Trump’s still out there, working hard to hold the title. His election lies might have broken some in the Republican party, but TFFG continues to maintain history’s most powerful innocence... as do a lot of people it seems. John Eastman reasons that he’s so guilty, he must be innocent while Peter Navarro pins the blame on that sign behind him. Could it be... Fani Willis who is actually Satan? (BTW, Greg and Brad are on Threads.) Every Republican accusation is a confession. (Even Patrick is on Threads. Alas, Kagro X... is not.)

Why not the 14th Amendment? Some states are looking into it, and some Republicans are getting nervous. Around January 6th justice, some insurrectionists are

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Kagro in the Morning "Encore Performance" - September 2, 2022, airing September 4, 2023

Taking the day off is the only sensible approach to Labor Day. Not that we've always done it. But we're doing it now, so that's what matters.

It also gives us a chance to reflect on the fact that we're marking a full year since Biden's "Battle for the Soul of the Nation" speech. And while it's gratifying to see a few people FO what happens when they FA, we're a long way from done.

And I don't feel like I've just lived through a year of battle for the soul of the nation. Do you?

That either means we haven't done nearly enough yet, or... it means we've done plenty, even if there's more to do, and this might be easier than we think.

Here's how it felt a year ago, at the outset:

David Waldman annotates our reading assignments for the weekend:

President Joe Biden appeared before our entire nation last night to address the Soul of our Nation. Well, most of our nation. If all you have are rabbit ears on your TV you might have missed out. Joe believes in the goodness of Americans, including most Republicans. Biden did single out that deplorable sub-group of “MAGA Republicans”, pro-insurrection, anti-democratic, anti-American and a danger to everyone. Republicans respond angrily. MAGA Republicans respond angrily-er. Give the corporate media a minute to figure out what the real offenses might be.