Kagro in the Morning - June 9, 2023

<p>It’s already an unusual thing to do a Friday show that feels like a Thursday. After all, it’s not the first time that <a title= "" href= "https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/6/9/2174147/-Abbreviated-Pundit-Roundup-More-thoughts-on-having-a-weak-Speaker-in-charge" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-original-title="">circumstances have warranted</a> a special Friday appearance from <strong>Greg Dworkin</strong>. But this is, I think, our first Friday that felt like a Thursday that came following a Thursday that felt like a Friday.</p> <p class="">The top news of the day, of course, was that SCOTUS had <a title="" href= "https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-rules-jack-daniels-poop-themed-dog-toy-trademark-fight-rcna86030" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-original-title="">ruled in favor</a> of Jack Daniel’s, against its poop-themed dog toy-producing tormentors.</p> <p class="">No, wait. It was that the Austin real estate developer involved in the Ken Paxton bribery <a title="" href= "https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2023/06/08/man-at-center-of-texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton-impeachments-in-jail-on-fbi-detainer/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-original-title="">had been arrested</a>.</p> <p class="">No, wait. That’s just <a title="" href= "https://twitter.com/DemFromCT/status/1667131141583675393" target= "_blank" rel="noopener" data-original-title="">what the <em>Dallas Morning News</em> thought</a>.</p> <p class="">It was actually that TFG had been <a title="" href= "https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/09/us/politics/trump-indictment-charges-documents-justice-department.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-original-title="">indicted</a> — <a title="" href= "https://twitter.com/renato_mariotti/status/1666992210594652160" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-original-title="">under the Espionage Act</a>, among other statutes — <a title="" href= "https://twitter.com/gtconway3d/status/1667105177483059200" target= "_blank" rel="noopener" data-original-title="">just as expe