Kagro in the Morning - May 22, 2023

<p>On today’s <em>KITM</em>, <strong>David Waldman</strong> reveals that he’s almost finished <a href= "https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/5/22/2170645/-Kagro-in-the-Morning-is-LIVE-at-9-AM-ET" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pushing his babies out of the nest</a> and will soon be able to devote all of his time and energy into getting his own breakfast together.</p> <p><strong>Greg Dworkin</strong> is here to recoup the deficit in the <a title="" href= "https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/5/22/2170626/-Abbreviated-Pundit-Roundup-Media-coverage-failure-in-the-debt-ceiling-debacle" target="_blank" rel="noopener">media’s coverage of the debt ceiling fiasco.</a> Kevin McCarthy has been betting <a title="" href= "https://www.messageboxnews.com/p/debt-limit-update-mccarthys-very" target="_blank" rel="noopener">with a very weak hand</a>, but that <a title="" href= "https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-offers-fresh-thoughts-on-14th-amendment-as-gop-tosses-out-wild-new-demands/ar-AA1bwJ4z?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=8250304a84364b4aa62fdb8b41a83b66&ei=32" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hasn’t stopped him</a> on <a href= "https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2023/05/21/gop-ratchets-up-debt-ceiling-demands-00098053" target="_blank" rel="noopener">continuing to raise the stakes</a>. <a href= "https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/04/debt-ceiling-default-us-treasurys/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The outcome</a> will<a title="" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/04/debt-ceiling-default-us-treasurys/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> be disastrous</a>, if we <a title="" href= "https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/bonds/us-default-debt-ceiling-deal-june-15-treasury-secretary-yellen-2023-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">even approach default</a>. President Joe Biden is still trying “<a href= "https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/21/biden-debt-ceiling-negotiation-strategy/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJzdWJpZCI6IjE1MjUzNDgiLCJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0Iiwibm