Kagro in the Morning - June 26, 2025

It’s Thursday and David Waldman and Greg Dworkin are back to KITM and itching to analyze!

You don’t mess with the Zohran! “Ranked choice” voting defeats “hold your nose and just” voting. You got to hope it’s the beginning of the end of the political consultant era, but good luck with that. When Dems discover they can be elected by listening to constituents DC will become a ghost town. And if you think that Democrats are terrified of Zohran Mamdani, you should see Republicans! Donald K. Trump fears Zohran almost as much as he does AOC. Ted Cruz and Stephen Miller hate Mamdani almost as much as people hate Ted Cruz and Stephen Miller.  Libertarians don’t want Zohran, but always figure that fewer of anybody means more for them anyhow.

About the only people who like Zohran Mamdani are the majority of New York City, who especially like it when things work and don’t cost too much. Muslim youths love Mamdani and talked Muslim olds into voting for him. Not enough Black youths talked to the Black olds. Generally, the Democratic party needs more youths and fewer olds.

Kari Lake’s dream of Trump becoming the Marion Jones of Nobel prizes has been obliterated. Only 38% of Americans support Trump’s Iran War, so instead Pete Kegsbreath has declared war on Jennifer Griffin, and Trump has declared war on Natasha Bertrand.

The next lady on the White House bombing list is Elizabeth MacDonough, Senate Parliamentarian, who has compiled a big beautiful list of Byrd rule violations in the Gop budget bill.