Kagro in the Morning - September 19, 2023

<p> </p> <p>Cap’n <strong>David Waldman</strong>, at the helm of the <em>Good Ship KITM,</em> sails us safely through another “<a href= "https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/9/19/2194133/-Kagro-in-the-Morning-is-LIVE-at-9-AM-ET" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Talk Like a Pirate Day</a>” … uhm, “Yar”? (For our <a href= "https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/piracy" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Canadian listeners</a>, that’s “<a href= "https://www.canadashistory.ca/explore/women/canada-s-pirate-queen" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Yar, eh?</a>”) Special Tuesday guest <strong>Joan McCarter</strong> isn’t feeling nautical today but can suggest <a href= "https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/house-republicans-mount-controversial-bid-to-halt-trump-investigations-sparks-government-shutdown-fears-amid-partisan-feud/ss-AA1gWE7P?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=8bee57af041a4891a75558dc7d6dfd75&ei=25" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a few members</a> of Congress to keelhaul. </p> <p>Republicans in DC have not been quite “<a href= "https://www.yahoo.com/news/tensions-flare-inside-house-gop-223621543.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">arrayed</a>” as of late. Republicans who <a href= "https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/9/14/2193141/-House-hardliners-brag-about-chaos-as-government-shutdown-looms" target="_blank" rel="noopener">always wanted to burn it down</a> are using their fellow Republicans <a href= "https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/9/18/2193989/-Republicans-in-the-middle-of-a-civil-war-as-shutdown-looms" target="_blank" rel="noopener">as kindling</a>. The House are <a href= "https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/9/15/2193482/-House-Freedom-Caucus-plans-to-shut-down-the-government-blame-it-on-the-Senate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">kneecapping</a> the Senate, but so is <a href= "https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/9/15/2193320/-Ron-Johnson-derails-months-of-bipartisan-Senate-work-on-spending-bills" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Senator Ron Johnson</a>. Matt Gaetz has <a href= "https://www.dailykos.com/s