Kagro in the Morning - December 7, 2022

David Waldman and Greg Dworkin bring us another Happy Wednesday KITM FunTime!

Well, isn’t that nice? Raphael Warnock won election 5 times in a row, which in Georgia qualifies him for a 6-year term in the Senate. That means Herschel Walker and Donald Trump lose, a relief to everyone, probably especially Republicans.

Perhaps not all Republicans. Kevin McCarthy kind of needed that win. Andy Biggs and others are running against McCarthy, not to win the speakership, but to see Kevin lose. For his part McCarthy is attempting to act as deranged as possible, but those lunatics are a notoriously fickle bunch. They are free to nominate anyone, so they could go with Lee Zeldin, Fred Upton or someone else better fitting to their personality and needs.

Warnock's win is also sort of a Joe Manchin/Kyrsten Sinema loss, also a win.  Chuck Schumer knows how to celebrate. 

Who's afraid of Donald Trump? Not Democratic governors.

Meanwhile, Donald Trump says maybe he got coffee a few times for the Trump Organization, but did anyone also notice those are 17 guilty counts, and that Q is the 17th letter of the alphabet?  Special counsel Jack Smith keeps the ball rolling, sending grand jury subpoenas to Arizona, Michigan and Wisconsin. 

A Republican candidate in Georgia believes the election in 2020 was stolen. You can see his point, as he has already voted illegally 9 times.

The Trump Supreme Court doesn’t care about your opinion of them, they are too busy legislating from the bench. They won’t even let their own decisions slow them down.

Republicans did not want medals given to Capitol police for their heroic actions on January 6 and yet showed up at the medal ceremony, where everyone was given due respect.

Who would guess that Germany would have a problematic far-right? Reichsbürgers are like Confederate flag carrying, Q-following, sovereign citizens except they don’t speak American.

Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff plans to utilize his newfound clout to speak out against rising antisemitism.