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

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February 22nd, 2024

0:39

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Kagro in the Morning - March 28, 2024

March 28th, 2024

1:56:49

It’s Thursday! Maundy Thursday! Today David Waldman reintroduces the word “turpitude” to our colloquial lexicon, and it’s about time, there’s a lot …

Kagro in the Morning - March 27, 2024

March 27th, 2024

1:57:14

It's Wednesday! David Waldman and Greg Dworkin are still hanging in there, although Greg couldn’t croak through more than a half hour without …

Kagro in the Morning - March 26, 2024

March 26th, 2024

1:57:05

It’s Tuesday! David Waldman is back, Joan McCarter is not, and like Greg yesterday, Covid, and of course Donald Trump, is to blame. Get well …

Kagro in the Morning - March 25, 2024

March 25th, 2024

1:56:39

It’s Monday! David Waldman is back and sounds recovered from the cold. Greg Dworkin is back and not quite recovered from Covid. Get well Greg!

You …

Kagro in the Morning - March 22, 2024

March 22nd, 2024

1:56:39

It’s yet another Friday spent on the brink of a (partial) government shutdown, now with extra conservative “outrage!” By the time it was all over, …

Kagro in the Morning - March 21, 2024

March 21st, 2024

1:57:14

Those of you tuning in to hear David Waldman’s bracket picks might be disappointed today, but it is a good bet that Greg Dworkin will always be in KITM’s final four.

There’re big bargains in real estate starting this …

Kagro in the Morning - March 18, 2024

March 18th, 2024

1:57:24

KITM has proven to be an overwhelming viral success! (For the viruses.) Rhinoviruses and coronaviruses are still no match for our heroes, David Waldman and Greg Dworkin, bringing us the latest news from around the world …

Kagro in the Morning - March 15, 2024

March 15th, 2024

1:58:14

David Waldman guides us through the ides.

The big story today concerns Israel, which has been the big story over the lifetime of just about anyone

Kagro in the Morning - March 14, 2024

March 14th, 2024

1:56:26

Today David Waldman brings us the latest Pi news, which as it turns out, is constant.

Greg Dworkin remains on assignment, hopefully putting the …

Kagro in the Morning - March 13, 2024

March 13th, 2024

1:56:38

What’s happening today? Well, David Waldman does not use his fundie baby voice at all in today’s episode, but there is still much to recommend. Also, …

Kagro in the Morning - March 11, 2024

March 11th, 2024

1:57:06

It’s Monday, the day of the week David Waldman invites Greg Dworkin to tell him and us what just happened

A strong union town in California, …

Kagro in the Morning - March 7, 2024

March 7th, 2024

1:56:38

Against all odds, David Waldman made it to airtime at KITM World Headquarters this morning. We were all rooting for him. No worries, Greg Dworkin had …

Kagro in the Morning - March 6, 2024

March 6th, 2024

1:56:56

It’s… Wednesday. That’s the day David Waldman and Greg Dworkin usually reserve for discussing Tuesdays, and even “super” ones aren’t able to escape their scrutiny.

Donald Trump won again. So did Joe Biden, soundly …

Kagro in the Morning - March 4, 2024

March 4th, 2024

1:56:31

March fourth! David Waldman leads us into a new, hopefully better, month.

Yep, the polls aren’t “great”. Greg Dworkin reminds us that it is still …

Kagro in the Morning - March 1, 2024

March 1st, 2024

1:56:51

David Waldman ends the week, begins the month, concludes business and gets this party started.

The Senate passed a spending bill, pushing the shutdown down one week. After all, when Joan McCarter comes to KITM each …

Kagro in the Morning - February 28, 2024

February 28th, 2024

1:56:58

David Waldman and Greg Dworkin’s Wednesday Raft O’ Stories™ must have had some kind of boiler explosion. Bits of news are raining down everywhere:

A chemistry teacher in New Mexico passed out swords to students (who no …

Kagro in the Morning - February 27, 2024

February 27th, 2024

1:56:33

It’s Tuesday and David Waldman has some stuff to lay on us, KITM-wise.

Don Jr. received death threats and a suspicious powder in the mail, but who …

Kagro in the Morning - February 26, 2024

February 26th, 2024

1:57:16

Unfortunately, there is plenty for David Waldman and Greg Dworkin to talk about today, Fortunately, we get to hear them say it.

Today, if you find …

Kagro in the Morning - February 23, 2024

February 23rd, 2024

1:57:06

In a flash, David Waldman appears, vanishing again two hours later. Where does David come from? Where does he go? Some say… the living room couch. Nevertheless, with each visit Mr. Waldman will present to us a …

Kagro in the Morning - February 22, 2024

February 22nd, 2024

1:57:07

It’s Thursday and David Waldman and Greg Dworkin are back, with not just one, but two topics for today!

James Comer and Jim Jordan are having a tough time impeaching Joe Biden, as the President committed no impeachable …

Kagro in the Morning - February 21, 2024

February 21st, 2024

1:56:22

Hope you like the nitty-gritty. Today on KITM, David Waldman welcomes Greg Dworkin and Armando to really dig into it:

Boom goes Burisma! Joe’s …

Kagro in the Morning - February 20, 2024

February 20th, 2024

1:56:49

David Waldman marks the 20th day since, well, since February started, on today’s special KITM.

Here we are, counting down the days until another …

Kagro in the Morning - February 19, 2024

February 19th, 2024

1:56:16

There goes the neighborhood! Explosions get ever closer to KITM World Headquarters, yet David Waldman is undeterred, debuting Kagro’s Poetry Korner

Kagro in the Morning - February 16, 2024

February 16th, 2024

1:56:56

For the price of a cup of coffee… or just send him coffee, and David Waldman will deliver an endless (2 hours) supply of entertainment and information

Kagro in the Morning - February 15, 2024

February 15th, 2024

1:56:58

It’s Thursday and David Waldman and Greg Dworkin are here asking questions that you didn’t know you had, with answers that you didn’t know you …

Kagro in the Morning - February 14, 2024

February 14th, 2024

1:56:40

It’s Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day! If you thought those holidays would keep David Waldman and Greg Dworkin from the KITM microphone you’d be …

Kagro in the Morning - February 13, 2024

February 13th, 2024

1:56:56

David Waldman presents a special Mardi Gras KITM! Find the fève, win a prize! 

Jesus ChristSuper BowlHobby Lobby’s MAGA million mind control!

Kagro in the Morning - February 12, 2024

February 12th, 2024

1:56:21

It was a big weekend!

There was a big football game (and a cultural history of the league), which Joe Biden somehow won, plus just a hint at the

Kagro in the Morning - February 9, 2024

February 9th, 2024

1:56:54

David Waldman fortifies us for our weekend with an extra dose of vitamin KITM:

Yesterday was a good day for Donald Trump, and if it was a good day …

Kagro in the Morning - February 8, 2024

February 8th, 2024

1:56:25

It’s all falling apart for Republicans. They might even be in disarray! But since their voters don’t appear to want anything done, we’re not sure yet …

Kagro in the Morning - February 7, 2024

February 7th, 2024

1:57:18

David Waldman and Greg Dworkin haul in Wednesday’s raft o’stories almost overladen with wacky.

First, the thing driving Republicans crazy this …

Kagro in the Morning - February 6, 2024

February 6th, 2024

1:56:40

It’s Tuesday, so it’s David Waldman and Joan McCarter put a good half hour into figuring out Republican strategy this year, which is about double …

Kagro in the Morning - February 5, 2024

February 5th, 2024

1:56:52

Yes, for maybe a decade now we at KITM have been kind of obsessed. Our entire focus is, it would seem, one name, over and over. You’d think that name …

Kagro in the Morning - February 2, 2024

February 2nd, 2024

1:57:03

Okay, campers, rise and shine — and don't forget your booties 'cause it's coooooold out there today! Wait, it’s not so bad this year… Maybe that’s a …

Kagro in the Morning - February 1, 2024

February 1st, 2024

1:56:24

David Waldman and Greg Dworkin start the month off right, or more or less “left”, which is a pretty good place to start.

Our top news story for today: Taylor Swift, or as I call her, “Tay-Tay”, because of her

Kagro in the Morning - January 31, 2024

January 31st, 2024

1:56:45

It’s Wednesday! Not a post-primary Wednesday, but aren’t they all post-primary Wednesdays from now on? Not if Greg Dworkin has anything to say …

Kagro in the Morning - January 30, 2024

January 30th, 2024

1:56:36

I know we don’t really care about Lauren Boebert very much, but it’s funny that she moved from the 3rd district to the 4th district, and came in 5th. …

Kagro in the Morning - January 29, 2024

January 29th, 2024

1:57:10

Well, apparently there was no news this weekend other than Taylor Swift and the football guy. But Greg Dworkin was convinced that other things happened. Oh, here’s some news: Trump is terrible. I mean, just the worst

Kagro in the Morning - January 26, 2024

January 26th, 2024

1:56:56

Today, David Waldman reveals one weird trick that will shock you, or he will read and comment on the news. Find out which on this Friday KITM!

Kagro in the Morning - January 25, 2024

January 25th, 2024

1:56:41

David Waldman and Greg Dworkin deliver us to the weekend! Almost! Give us another day or two, we’ll get there!

Speed demon Donald Trump kicked into …

Kagro in the Morning - January 24, 2024

January 24th, 2024

1:56:29

David Waldman and Greg Dworkin returned to this morning’s KITM with the very latest in news and punditry. So, if you had that in the office pool, …

Kagro in the Morning - January 23, 2024

January 23rd, 2024

1:56:52

It’s Tuesday! Time for David Waldman to welcome Joan McCarter to talk of many things… but first the upcoming Gop primary, as tomorrow it’ll be outgoing and what’s the fun in that?

With Ron DeSantis out, where does the …

Kagro in the Morning - January 22, 2024

January 22nd, 2024

1:55:51

Monday, David Waldman, Greg Dworkin and KITM. Here we go again!

Oh, so close! Ron DeSantis called off his presidential run in second place! What did …

Kagro in the Morning - January 19, 2024

January 19th, 2024

1:56:56

It’s Friday, so David Waldman packs 5 days of punditry into our two hour sack:

Senate passed a short-term spending bill, Congress cleared it, by

Kagro in the Morning - January 18, 2024

January 18th, 2024

1:56:29

We are LIVE! We salute Justice Putnam, host of the West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy, following this show on Netroots Radio, for climbing the …

Kagro in the Morning - January 17, 2024

January 17th, 2024

1:56:27

Quit tapping your app, David Waldman was not streaming “live” today. He is “here”, though, and as yesterday recording so that you only need to defer your punditry gratification for a short while.

Now that Greg Dworkin …

Kagro in the Morning - January 16, 2024

January 16th, 2024

1:57:10

Hey, what in the Eastern Orthodox Boxing Day is this? Turns out it was nothing, just something in the intertubes that froze up, so no “live” show. However, David Waldman, cozily ensconced in KITM World Headquarters

Kagro in the Morning - January 15, 2024

January 15th, 2024

1:56:55

It’s Monday and David Waldman leads this morning’s charge with Operation “Kagro Morning”. The underinformed won’t know what hit them.

Martin Luther …

Kagro in the Morning - January 12, 2024

January 12th, 2024

1:57:17

Can you believe it? It’s David Waldman, KITM, and Friday, once again.

Circumstances are again forcing us to learn about some other country and some …

Kagro in the Morning - January 11, 2024

January 11th, 2024

1:56:30

David Waldman and Greg Dworkin will be allowed to speak on their own behalf today.

Annnd they’re rounding the bend! It’s Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis

Kagro in the Morning - January 10, 2024

January 10th, 2024

1:57:00

David Waldman and Greg Dworkin return for a LIVE Wednesday KITM.  We’re all getting the hang of it this year!

How embarrassing is it to be a …

Kagro in the Morning - January 9, 2024

January 9th, 2024

1:57:15

David Waldman is back, just like Tuesday! You can always rely on those two.

President Joe Biden reminds us that Donald Trump is the losingest loser …

Kagro in the Morning - January 8, 2024

January 8th, 2024

1:56:46

David Waldman and Greg Dworkin woke up bright and early to bring us our first Monday KITM of the year! They stayed awake too

Joe Biden delivered a …

Kagro in the Morning - January 5, 2024

January 5th, 2024

1:57:07

David Waldman posits a few questions on today’s show. Questions for which careful, or even casual listeners of KITM might know the answer.

For …

Kagro in the Morning - January 4, 2024

January 4th, 2024

1:56:26

Where’d we go? Sleepyhead David Waldman clocked in late yesterday and Greg Dworkin’s Raft O’ Stories went adrift. The good news is, David’s back …

Kagro in the Morning - January 3, 2024

January 3rd, 2024

1:14:14

Don’t anyone go accusing me of sleeping on the job! I do the job after I sleep! Even if I choose to do my sleeping during, you know, the time when most people anticipate that I’ll be doing my job.

So, that happened. But …

Kagro in the Morning - January 2, 2024

January 2nd, 2024

1:56:46

2024! Are you still writing “2023” on your checks? (btw, what is a “check”?) David Waldman, finally able to wear his two-button shorts on the air without copyright infringement, delivers possibly the least teeth-gnashing

Kagro in the Morning "Encore Performance" - January 2, 2023, airing January 1, 2024

January 1st, 2024

1:56:02

David Waldman and Greg Dworkin wish you all a happy LAST year! (Because we're re-running our Jan. 2, 2023 episode!) It’s not a prediction per se, …

Kagro in the Morning - December 28, 2023

December 28th, 2023

1:56:27

That’s it. We’ve officially run out of holidays to take off this year. David Waldman and Greg Dworkin have returned for the second day in a row.

Kagro in the Morning - December 27, 2023

December 27th, 2023

1:57:15
We’re back! Greg Dworkin was rarin’ to go, rounding up happenings from the extended holiday weekend. That included a reminder that while polling a …

Kagro in the Morning "Encore Performance" - December 27, 2022, airing December 26, 2023

December 26th, 2023

1:56:21

Travel day! We'll be back live for Eastern Orthodox Boxing Day. But for now, please enjoy this look back in our short-hop time machine!

Today, David Waldman presented a limited edition KITMoffered live only to a …

Kagro in the Morning "Encore Performance" - December 26, 2022, airing December 25, 2023

December 25th, 2023

1:56:31

Our Boxing Day '22 show fills in for VI Kal. Ianiuarius.

KITM gave the staff the whole day off for Christmas this year, allowing us to be here all …

Kagro in the Morning - December 22, 2023

December 22nd, 2023

1:57:36

Today might not be the holly-est nor jolliest, but it sure is beginning to feel a lot like the weekend. David Waldman helps us to constructively fill …

Kagro in the Morning - December 20, 2023

December 20th, 2023

1:56:48

Great news! Greg Dworkin floated by this morning on his raft o’ stories, and managed to regale us with the latest news until we lost sight of him …

Kagro in the Morning - December 19, 2023

December 19th, 2023

1:56:31

On the KITM Holiday Countdown we’re running out of holidays to count down. As it is Tuesday, we did count down the minutes till David Waldman …

Kagro in the Morning - December 18, 2023

December 18th, 2023

1:56:46

Some of you might be taking the holiday off today, but not David Waldman, and not us at KITM World Headquarters. Greg Dworkin might be lost in the …

Kagro in the Morning - December 14, 2023

December 14th, 2023

1:56:51

David Waldman welcomes us to this week’s Penultimate KITM Special, which features this week’s ultimate Greg Dworkin appearance, and you can’t beat …

Kagro in the Morning - December 13, 2023

December 13th, 2023

1:56:28

David Waldman and Greg Dworkin round up the election news, the court news, and everything in between

The Supreme Court will hear a challenge to an …

Kagro in the Morning - December 12, 2023

December 12th, 2023

1:08:57

David Waldman never does anything halfway. Except for today. Today David is “out”, but only halfway, leaving a brand-new, recorded live, special 1-hour KITM :

Donald Trump’s plan for the last 50 years has been …

Kagro in the Morning - December 11, 2023

December 11th, 2023

1:57:19

David Waldman and Greg Dworkin continue our KITM Holiday Countdown. We’re halfway through one, and have only a few more to go this year!

Remember

Kagro in the Morning - December 7, 2023

December 7th, 2023

1:56:41

David Waldman awoke from his long winter’s nap this Hanukkah Eve morning to activate the mighty KITM World Headquarters bank of computers. One of those slept in until about 9:02. Greg Dworkin, punctual as ever, actually …

Kagro in the Morning - December 6, 2023

December 6th, 2023

1:57:09

Against all odds, David Waldman and Greg Dworkin have returned for Wednesday’s KITM. (The odds were actually pretty good.)

Donald Trump doesn’t sound …

Kagro in the Morning - December 5, 2023

December 5th, 2023

1:56:33

David Waldman counts down the days… and doesn’t find a lot.

2015! That’s when I signed my million-dollar contract to write summaries for KITM. (It …

Kagro in the Morning - December 4, 2023

December 4th, 2023

1:57:05

A relative of David Waldman makes it out to 104! Congratulations! That is quite an achievement, Donald Trump won’t be 104 until the year 2050. Old …

Kagro in the Morning - December 1, 2023

December 1st, 2023

1:56:58

David Waldman picked up a new Advent calendar to help keep track of his Hallmark movies this season. We’ll make a secret Santanist out of him yet!

Speaking of Christians, Florida Gop Chair Christian Ziegler, and his …

Kagro in the Morning - November 30, 2023

November 30th, 2023

1:56:39

David Waldman and Greg Dworkin pay their respects to, well, they’ll think of something nice to say for two hours.

Donald Trump will be 100 years old …

Kagro in the Morning - November 29, 2023

November 29th, 2023

1:56:29

It is the middle of the week on KITM. David Waldman is just getting into his holiday cold. Greg Dworkin is just getting out of his.

George Santos …

Kagro in the Morning - November 27, 2023

November 27th, 2023

1:57:04

David Waldman and Greg Dworkin are back with a special post- and pre-holiday KITM Cybercast:

Why are we spending time figuring out what to do with …

Kagro in the Morning - November 24, 2023

November 24th, 2023

2:00:10

David Waldman isn’t about to let us go into this weekend uninformed, even if today is in the middle of that weekend.

When holiday shopping …

Kagro in the Morning - November 23, 2023

November 23rd, 2023

1:58:55

Happy T-Day! We did it live, despite it all, because we had to bring you the BREAKING NEWS… that wingnuts were freaked out about some people who went to a KISS concert and crashed their car!

Then, it was on to our …

Kagro in the Morning - November 21, 2023

November 21st, 2023

1:56:33

The crew here at KITM World Headquarters has been working hard to look busy as we head into our mid-week holiday. Good thing Joan McCarter is here …

Kagro in the Morning - November 20, 2023

November 20th, 2023

1:55:34

David Waldman and Greg Dworkin pull up a microphone and set a spell, thawing out their Butterballs and relating the latest in news and punditry. 

Kagro in the Morning - November 17, 2023

November 17th, 2023

1:56:34

As he did yesterday for today David Waldman preps us today for tomorrow. We’ll make do for Sunday.

TikTok influencer Osama Bin Laden went viral …

Kagro in the Morning - November 16, 2023

November 16th, 2023

1:56:53

David Waldman and Greg Dworkin are here with another KITM. No one can explain exactly why they do it, but it works really well for the rest of us. 

If you see ghost busses in your neighborhood, who you gonna call...Clay …

Kagro in the Morning - November 15, 2023

November 15th, 2023

1:56:28

Greg Dworkin was back today, and as usual, he had a whole slew of stories to share. There was, of course, TFG’s descent into the darkest fascistic …

Kagro in the Morning - November 14, 2023

November 14th, 2023

1:56:53

It’s Tuesday, time for David Waldman to welcome Joan McCarter to KITM. Also about time for a government shutdown, an almost as regular occurrence

Kagro in the Morning - November 13, 2023

November 13th, 2023

1:57:03

David Waldman has wanted to tell you so many things over this weekend! Luckily, he has a podcast. 

Greg Dworkin remains on assignment in an …

Kagro in the Morning - November 10, 2023

November 10th, 2023

1:57:01

We’ve been busy since Tuesday parsing the polls and combing over the data, but now it’s time to groove on the vibes of the election. And basically, …

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