{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Kagro in the Morning - May 19, 2026","description":" I had such a lovely little summary all written for you! But WordPress frightened and confused me, and now it has been overwritten. Ah, well.  This is a list of the stories we used in today's show. If you don't know why we used them, you may never know, for I am not going to tell you, it seems.  I did try. But then I un-tried.  This is Trump's fault.  https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/rparloff.bsky.social\/post\/3mm7esvdyt223&amp;nbsp; (This is a rundown of why the &quot;settlement&quot; is bullshit.)  https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/chip.bsky.social\/post\/3mm7ef5w4e22i&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;(Is there a 14th Amendment problem with the &quot;settlement?&quot; Is there, indeed, a 14th Amendment?)  https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/paulwaldman.bsky.social\/post\/3mm6dd46yqc2b&amp;nbsp; (This is the story of one of several child molesters that it is supposed that Trump will pay with his &quot;settlement&quot; fund.)  https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/atrupar.com\/post\/3mm7kq6zxj723&amp;nbsp; (This is Todd Blanche saying he will go ahead and pay him.)   https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/san-diego-mosque-shooting-victims-islam-center-suspects-what-know-rcna345805 (The tragic news from out of San Diego.)  https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/proptermalone.bsky.social\/post\/3mm6dtafhkk22&amp;nbsp; (The tragic &quot;response&quot; from &quot;Homeland Security.&quot;)   https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/05\/16\/business\/media\/influencers-political-financing-disclosure.html?unlocked_article_code=1.jFA.g0Ia.o7Z55fKtu3Sy&amp;amp;smid=nytcore-ios-share (Influencer payola! &quot;Both sides!&quot; But twenty paragraphs before actually mentioning the main Republican example!)  https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/beyerstein.bsky.social\/post\/3mm5vszkuxk2h&amp;nbsp; (That Republican example's previous history of smear jobs that appear nowhere at all in the Times story, for some reason.)   https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2026\/05\/09\/ben-shapiro-daily-wire-maga-media\/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzc4Mjk5MjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzc5NjgxNTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3NzgyOTkyMDAsImp0aSI6ImUwYjNmMTZiLTFkMGUtNDc2Zi1iZGE3LWI1N2M3ZDE5OGVkYiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS90ZWNobm9s (The saga of Ben Shapiro's Daily Wire possibly collapsing under the weight of its own hubris, and also lots of other people's hubris.) ","author_name":"Kagro in the Morning","author_url":"http:\/\/kagrox.libsyn.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/41352770\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/202126455"}