Kagro in the Morning - April 27, 2023

<p>Pull up a chair, bring out your bag of <a title="" href= "https://www.dailykos.com/blogs/dailykosradio" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Eastern Orthodox pretzels</a>, (Which are <a title="" href= "https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/activities/view.cfm?id=543" target="_blank" rel="noopener">kind of a thing</a>? <a title="" href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/pretzels-for-lent" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Maybe I shouldn’t</a> open with this gag? <a title="" href= "https://artandtheology.org/2016/02/29/praying-with-pretzels/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Oh well.</a>) and listen to today’s <em>Thursday KITM</em> with <strong>David Waldman</strong> and <strong>Greg Dworkin</strong>!</p> <p>Tucker Carlson’s prayer talk <a title="" href= "https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/04/tucker-carlson-fox-news-rupert-murdoch" target="_blank" rel="noopener">creeped Rupert Murdoch</a> out, but kind of turned on <a title="" href= "https://www.bizpacreview.com/2023/04/27/ruperts-ex-fiance-called-tucker-a-messenger-from-god-following-intimate-dinner-just-before-the-axe-report-1353919/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rupe’s soon-to-be ex-fiancé...</a> In retrospect, <a title="" href= "https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2023/04/25/why-did-fox-axe-tucker-carlson-these-are-the-most-likely-reasons/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">that could have been seen</a> as a “faux pas”, or maybe a “Fox pass” on Tucker’s part. Perhaps it was calling Fox senior executive the C-word, and <a title="" href= "https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/4/26/2166067/-Calling-Fox-CEO-a-C-word-was-apparently-the-last-straw-for-Tucker-Carlson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">refusing to apologize, or retract said word,</a> <a title="" href= "https://twitter.com/JohnJHarwood/status/1651202165778661379" target="_blank" rel="noopener">or that</a> he <a title="" href= "https://twitter.com/brianstelter/status/1651190219444563969" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was a racist</a> who <a title="" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?