Kagro in the Morning - June 2, 2023

<p>I missed you guys! I was only gone three days, but I’m not sure how anybody <a href="https://www.patreon.com/kagrox?ty=h" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">could take that</a>.</p> <p><strong>David Waldman</strong> is <a href= "https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/6/2/2172812/-Kagro-in-the-Morning-is-LIVE-at-9-AM-ET" target="_blank" rel="noopener">still here</a>, right where I left him, <a href="http://kagrointhemorning.blogspot.com/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">thankfully</a>. </p> <p>On Monday it looked as if <a title="" href= "https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/we-are-not-defaulting-5-takeaways-on-the-debt-ceiling-votes-in-house-senate-and-spending-fight/ar-AA1c1EO0?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=5eacb89585524a15c0eac0b6a29372c6&ei=48" target="_blank" rel="noopener">we might default</a> this week. Now <a title="" href= "https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/u-s-debt-ceiling-drama-ends-with-a-whimper-focus-on-u-s-jobs-and-fed/ar-AA1c20lu?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=6a1d83115ee548348fc7a93ed1e43b5f&ei=12" target="_blank" rel="noopener">it looks like</a> we <a title="" href= "https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/5/31/2172476/-Senate-nihilists-gear-up-to-make-debt-ceiling-deal-painful" target="_blank" rel="noopener">will instead </a>default in <a title="" href= "https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-to-deliver-oval-office-address-as-u-s-averts-default/ar-AA1c28IF?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=cf7ae19025f54c9cdf9c3147f3111af1&ei=40" target="_blank" rel="noopener">two years</a>, that is if the <a title="" href= "https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-freedom-caucus-fizzles/ar-AA1c0yeD?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=f9628fa9f4f742fba6555ddeb08d3d86&ei=80" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Freedom Caucus</a> is <a href= "https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/matt-gaetz-s-far-right-wing-just-lost-one-of-its-most-dangerous-weapons/ar-AA1c2rKI?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=5eacb89585524a15c0eac0b6a29372c6&ei=38" target="_blank" rel="noopener">still around then</a>.</p> <p>The US adds <a title="" href= "https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets