Kagro in the Morning - April 8, 2026

David Waldman notifies you Daily Kos immigrants out there better be ready to show the correct ID if you ever expect to get in. Greg Dworkin tells us that the rot comes from the top, then backs it up with links to the world's clearinghouse for mis- and dis- information. Two weeks. TACOs usually feel so good because we've just stopped hitting ourselves in the head with the hammer. This time, we've continued hitting ourselves in the head with a hammer after threatening to do much worse. Schrödinger's Deal promises nothing and everything, or everything and nothing, depending upon your perspective. The markets love that stuff. As for the rest of us, Donald K. Trump achieved his principal goal, war with Iran, and is on his way to his secondary goal of not having a war with Iran. (Pssst… the Vance '28 Campaign Headquarters would like you to know that the "not having a war with Iran" goal was all JD's idea.) At least the ceasefire has opened the Strait of Hormuz, bringing peace to the Middle East and around the world… Russian soldiers shoot themselves for the disability checks to pay their superiors to not send them to the front. Over here, the Blue Wave keeps rolling as Dems pull off their biggest shift yet. Republicans win MTG's old spot, duh, but not by a whole lot. Republicans just don't have the enthusiasms anymore. Libs pick up a seat in the Wisconsin Supreme Court. In Anchorage, the vote goes for the candidate not in support of castrating parents. Moms for Liberty keeps on earning losses. Do not cross the ProPublica picket lines today.