Kagro in the Morning - January 4, 2023

<p>Join <strong>David Waldman</strong>, <strong>Greg Dworkin</strong>, and <strong>Joan McCarter</strong> for today’s special <em>KITM </em><span style= "text-align: left;"><a href= "https://www.yahoo.com/news/explainer-expect-day-2-house-050809524.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Epic Epicaricacy</em></a> <em><a href= "https://www.yahoo.com/news/explainer-expect-day-2-house-050809524.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bash</a> </em>where <a href= "https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/1/4/2145263/-Kagro-in-the-Morning-is-LIVE-at-9-AM-ET" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the fun never ends</a>, at least <a href= "https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/house-speaker-leadership-vote-1-4-23/h_4650a96eedbfcbb1e59fa7bc11bc6c44" target="_blank" rel="noopener">certainly not today</a>. </span></p> <p>Congrats to Hakeem Jeffries on his <a href= "https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/who-is-hakeem-jeffries-democrats-united-behind-new-leader-while-gop-s-mccarthy-chaos-continues/ar-AA15Yk0e" target="_blank" rel="noopener">speaker of the House wins</a>, <s>3 for 3</s> <a href= "https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/1/4/2145306/-Live-coverage-Day-two-of-Kevin-McCarthy-s-public-humiliation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">4 for 4</a> in votes, the <a href= "https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/hakeem-jeffries-kevin-mccarthy/?custno=&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%201.4.2022&utm_term=daily" target="_blank" rel="noopener">only unity candidate in contention</a>, the only one <a href= "https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/1/4/2145117/-Abbreviated-pundit-roundup-Kevin-McCarthy-s-weakness-is-the-Republican-Party-s-weakness" target="_blank" rel="noopener">inspiring any loyalty at all</a>. Democrats and Republicans did unite to elect an independent as speaker … <a href= "https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/1/4/2145200/-Morning-Digest-Democrats-and-Republicans-unite-to-elect-an-independent-as-speaker-in-Pennsylvania" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in Pennsylvania</a>. In DC, <a href= "https://www.