Kagro in the Morning - May 30, 2023

<p>Longtime listeners know that it’s the daily rhythms of <em>KITM</em> World Headquarters that dominate the first few minutes of most shows. And today, it’s the end of an era, as we call a wrap on secondary education for the auxiliary production staff!</p> <p>But some cycles of life (and death) continue unabated. For instance, the ever-present <a href= "https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/29/us/hollywood-florida-shooting-monday/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cke-saved-href= "https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/29/us/hollywood-florida-shooting-monday/index.html"> Cloud of a Mass Shooting</a>.™ And, of course, developments in Ukraine. Or more specifically, in Russia, as the <a href= "https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-kyiv-6e50b9485a0608bbcf9420db7a6b6e3a" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cke-saved-href= "https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-kyiv-6e50b9485a0608bbcf9420db7a6b6e3a"> battlefield is expanded</a>, if <a title="" href= "https://mastodon.social/@ChrisO_wiki/110435692923599878" target= "_blank" rel="noopener" data-cke-saved-href= "https://mastodon.social/@ChrisO_wiki/110435692923599878" data-original-title="">not the battle</a> itself.</p> <p>And we lean heavily on <a title="" href= "https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/5/30/2172059/-Abbreviated-Pundit-Roundup-Republicans-in-disarray-Turkey-s-future-and-the-eternal-war" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cke-saved-href= "https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/5/30/2172059/-Abbreviated-Pundit-Roundup-Republicans-in-disarray-Turkey-s-future-and-the-eternal-war" data-original-title="">the <em>APR</em> today</a>, even though Greg wasn’t here, and Greg didn’t even write Tuesday’s <em>APR</em> — so thanks to Chitown Kev for his unwitting contribution to the show! Naturally, the <a href= "https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/29/mccarthy-debt-deal-biden-00099175" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-cke-saved-href= "https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/29/mccarthy-debt-deal-biden-00099175"> debt ceiling deal</a>, including <a title="" hr