Kagro in the Morning - November 10, 2022

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Post-election misinformation is flooding social media, plenty from Republicans of course, but a lot also from the mainstream media. The New York Post offered at least two crime victims front-page coverage if they’d say they were Dems voting for Republican Lee Zeldin. If “Democrat” control is such an immediate and existential threat to American values, would Herschel Walker really be your party’s avatar of change? No amount of misinformation will put evil Mr. Rogers, Glenn Youngkin in the White House.

Back in the real world, Dropbox votes give Democrats a chance of holding the Senate, and the House. Democrats won control of Michigan Legislature for the first time in almost 40 years, which is a way bigger deal than anything in Florida. Media narratives are dropping…  not exactly dropping “left and right” as that would imply media was ever interested in actual “left” narratives. Want a podcast to add to the KITM lineup that won’t piss you off or put you to sleep? There are a couple of them out there.