Comment on Judge Puts Rudy Giuliani’s Property Into Receivership

On Monday's CNN Late Night, Trump supporter Scott Jennings turned nasty against Catherine Rampell, CNN's economic advisor. Jennings called Rampell clueless and then whined that she had no reason for being on CNN except to trash Trump going to McDonald's. The long segment discussed Trump going to McDonald's and how that relates to the working class economy.

Gov. Tim Walz joined former President Obama at a campaign rally for Vice President Harris on Tuesday afternoon in Wisconsin, and they both brought the fire we needed to hear with them. Here at C&L, MAGA billionaire Elon Musk is described as that stupid fuck, but Walz went there, calling him a "dipshit." Fact check: He is indeed a dipshit and a stupid fuck. "Elon's on that stage jumping around, skipping like a dipshit," Walz said.

Just a reminder that, while it is hard to overestimate the massive damage done by Hurricane Helene, climate disasters aren't always that dramatic. Like what just happened in New Mexico with a severe, record-breaking rainstorm. Officials continue to survey the damage in Chaves County after deadly flash floods ripped through Roswell this weekend, washing away cars, submerging buildings and leaving much of the city under a layer of silt.

This article is part of The D. C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. The second and final debate for an open U. S. Senate seat had just finished on Oct. 16 when Rep. Elissa Slotkin recalls making a half-joking plea to her rival.

Reduced to "playing the hits," Trump, at a rally in Concord, North Carolina, pretends he's saving Christmas again. Before Halloween. The so-called "war on Christmas" isn't even a thing for the MAGA GOP or Fox News anymore, but Trump's brain freezes up at times. WTF is going on with his face paint?

The brilliant (and satirical) compilation of boundaries and expectations remind us that this is a toxic union.