SPOTTED IN MILWAUKEE — Team Trump wining and dining with a number of top reporters at a steakhouse called “Rare” — and passing out pudding snack packs (a swipe at RON DeSANTIS’ “pudding fingers” story) as well as debate bingo cards to troll the Florida governor. Squares included: “dismisses polls,” “wipes snot,” “red ears,” “Dee-Santis,” “Duh-Santis,” “flip flops on Social Security… again,” “woke” and “pudding mention.” See pictures here and here

Who was there: Reporters Dana Bash, Shane Goldmacher, Kristen Welker, Bob Costa, Fin Gomez, Dasha Burns, Rachel Scott, Rick Klein, Josh Dawsey, Rob Crilly, Mario Parker and David Chalian along with Chris LaCivita, Jason Miller and Steven Cheung. And across the restaurant, feet away: members of Team DeSantis.

[Well, that’s certainly curious. Since when do news outlets allow reporters to take gifts from political campaigns and/or PACs? Mediaite’s Isaac Schorr notes that other journalists — on both sides of the political aisle — are wondering the same thing. “How is this appropriate? one wonders. Good question. And don’t most of these reporters dislike Trump anyway? — Ed]

On the same team. https://t.co/gcnkzeWinp

— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) August 23, 2023