Tonight on The Readout, I don't have a lot of advice for my house colleagues other than

this. Follow your heart, but take your brain with you. I'd also advise all of my house colleagues

to be sure and take their meds.

Senator John Kennedy, Republican from Louisiana, with some good advice, following Kevin McCarthy's

historic and humiliating ouster, meaning even some Republicans realize their party is a mess,

an utterly incapable of governing. Also tonight on day three of his fraud trial, Donald Trump,

high tails it back to Florida, and New York Attorney General Latisha James says she's

had enough of his attacks and lies declaring that the Donald Trump show is over. And we begin

tonight with a crisis of governance and the house of representatives at a time when the

nation and the world are facing some very serious problems. Today, 75,000 U.S. health professionals

went on strike over work conditions and pay. Ottawa was the striking and awaiting their

fair pay. Student loan repayments are no longer on hold. The climate crisis is flooding

major cities. Gun violence rages on, including just last night in Baltimore as a shooter wounded

four students at Morgan State University. And Ukraine is facing a possible cutoff in U.S.

funding as it fights to keep from being swallowed whole by Russia. On top of all that, there

is another very real threat of a government shutdown. This time on November 17, leaving Congress

with 31 working days to figure out an actual long-term budget, not just a temporary extension

like the one that we got let this week. But instead of addressing any of those issues,

the Republican chaos caucus in the house decided to fire their speaker to punish him for getting

the extension and then to recess for the rest of the week. And that really shouldn't surprise

you because Republicans have been focused on the bigger issues like bidding books, targeting

the LGBTQ community, restricting abortion access, and ginning up a manufactured impeachment inquiry

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