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Welcome back to The Backstory, your weekend folio of the best new work from=
 Puck. It was another remarkably busy week: Matt Belloni and Julia Alexande=
r debated Netflix=E2=80=99s YouTube-envy pivot; Kim Masters chronicled Armi=
e Hammer=E2=80=99s desperate comeback gambit; Eriq Gardner clocked the U.K.=
 threat to the WarnerMount merger; Dylan Byers roamed the quaking aspens of=
 Sun Valley; Ian Krietzberg weighed Meta=E2=80=99s emerging compute glut; J=
ohn Ourand sized up the 2030 World Cup rights race; Bill Cohan dug into Bla=
ckstone=E2=80=99s latest entrant in this year=E2=80=99s I.P.O. canon; Laure=
n Sherman scrutinized Luca de Meo=E2=80=99s Kering turnaround progress =C2=
=A0

Jul 11, 2026

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Good morning,

Welcome back to The Backstory, your weekend folio of the best new work from
Puck.

It was another remarkably busy week: Matt Belloni and Julia Alexander debat=
ed Netflix=E2=80=99s YouTube-envy pivot; Kim Masters chronicled Armie Hamme=
r=E2=80=99s desperate comeback gambit; Eriq Gardner clocked the U.K. threat=
 to the WarnerMount merger; Dylan Byers roamed the quaking aspens of Sun Va=
lley; Ian Krietzberg weighed Meta=E2=80=99s emerging compute glut; John
Ourand sized up the 2030 World Cup rights race; Bill Cohan dug into Blackst=
one=E2=80=99s latest entrant in this year=E2=80=99s I.P.O. canon; Lauren Sh=
erman scrutinized Luca de Meo=E2=80=99s Kering turnaround progress; Malique=
 Morris assessed Spanx=E2=80=99s Skims-sized problem; and Marion Maneker ma=
de sense of London=E2=80=99s booming Old Masters sales.

Down in D.C., Julia Ioffe captured Nina
Khrushcheva=E2=80=99s portrait of a wartime Moscow; Peter Hamby examined th=
e Democratic blind spots behind Graham Platner=E2=80=99s implosion; and Lei=
gh Ann Caldwell surfaced the buyer=E2=80=99s remorse spreading through Trum=
p=E2=80=99s voter base while Marianna Sotomayor delved into Mitch McConnell=
=E2=80=99s health scandalette.

Check out these stories, and others, via the links below. And stick around =
for the backstory on
how it all came together.

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=E2=80=8A

FASHION
FASHION

Lauren Sherman
interrogates ( https://puck.news/is-luca-de-meo-turning-kering-around-or-ju=
st-acting-like-it/?pr=3De3456bc1f4d270f4a97933758645fdc21e39642b31ca343c181=
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_source=3Dpuck-cio&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ) Luca de Meo=E2=80=99s =
Kering turnaround andgrades ( https://puck.news/jonthan-andersons-dior-visi=
on-is-getting-clearer/?pr=3De3456bc1f4d270f4a97933758645fdc21e39642b31ca343=
c1818f7972ac27906&utm_campaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%287%2F11%2F26%29&ut=
m_content=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%287%2F11%2F26%29&utm_medium=3Dnewsletter=
&utm_source=3Dpuck-cio&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ) Jonathan Anderson=
=E2=80=99s clarifying Dior era.
and=E2=80=A6
Malique Morris
diagnoses ( https://puck.news/can-blackstone-save-spanx-from-skims/?pr=3De3=
456bc1f4d270f4a97933758645fdc21e39642b31ca343c1818f7972ac27906&utm_campaign=
=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%287%2F11%2F26%29&utm_content=3DThe+Backstory+-+LE=
ADS+%287%2F11%2F26%29&utm_medium=3Dnewsletter&utm_source=3Dpuck-cio&utm_ter=
m=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ) Spanx=E2=80=99s Skims-induced identity crisis.

=E2=80=8A

ART MARKET
ART MARKET

Marion Maneker
tallies ( https://puck.news/inside-londons-one-hundred-fifty-three-million-=
dollar-old-masters-auction-week/?pr=3De3456bc1f4d270f4a97933758645fdc21e396=
42b31ca343c1818f7972ac27906&utm_campaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%287%2F11%=
2F26%29&utm_content=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%287%2F11%2F26%29&utm_medium=3D=
newsletter&utm_source=3Dpuck-cio&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ) London=
=E2=80=99s $153 million Old Masters haul and checks in on ( https://puck.ne=
ws/willem-de-kooning-shows-put-artist-at-front-of-abstract-expressionism/?p=
r=3De3456bc1f4d270f4a97933758645fdc21e39642b31ca343c1818f7972ac27906&utm_ca=
mpaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%287%2F11%2F26%29&utm_content=3DThe+Backstor=
y+-+LEADS+%287%2F11%2F26%29&utm_medium=3Dnewsletter&utm_source=3Dpuck-cio&u=
tm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ) the Willem de Kooning revival.

=E2=80=8A

HOLLYWOOD
HOLLYWOOD

Matt Belloni and Julia Alexander
dissect ( https://puck.news/ted-sarandos-youtube-panic-inside-netflixs-chea=
p-content-pivot/?pr=3De3456bc1f4d270f4a97933758645fdc21e39642b31ca343c1818f=
7972ac27906&utm_campaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%287%2F11%2F26%29&utm_cont=
ent=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%287%2F11%2F26%29&utm_medium=3Dnewsletter&utm_s=
ource=3Dpuck-cio&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ) Netflix=E2=80=99s cheap-=
content pivot.
and=E2=80=A6
Eriq Gardner untangles ( https://puck.news/can-the-uk-block-the-warnermount=
-merger/?pr=3De3456bc1f4d270f4a97933758645fdc21e39642b31ca343c1818f7972ac27=
906&utm_campaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%287%2F11%2F26%29&utm_content=3DTh=
e+Backstory+-+LEADS+%287%2F11%2F26%29&utm_medium=3Dnewsletter&utm_source=3D=
puck-cio&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ) the U.K. review now casting a sh=
adow over the Paramount=E2=80=93WBD merger.
meanwhile=E2=80=A6
Kim Masters
tracks ( https://puck.news/citizen-armie-hammers-desperate-comeback-gamble/=
?pr=3De3456bc1f4d270f4a97933758645fdc21e39642b31ca343c1818f7972ac27906&utm_=
campaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%287%2F11%2F26%29&utm_content=3DThe+Backst=
ory+-+LEADS+%287%2F11%2F26%29&utm_medium=3Dnewsletter&utm_source=3Dpuck-cio=
&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ) Armie Hammer=E2=80=99s desperate, Elon-b=
oosted comeback gambit.

=E2=80=8A

A.I.
A.I.

Ian Krietzberg
probes ( https://puck.news/is-meta-sitting-on-an-ai-compute-glut/?pr=3De345=
6bc1f4d270f4a97933758645fdc21e39642b31ca343c1818f7972ac27906&utm_campaign=
=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%287%2F11%2F26%29&utm_content=3DThe+Backstory+-+LE=
ADS+%287%2F11%2F26%29&utm_medium=3Dnewsletter&utm_source=3Dpuck-cio&utm_ter=
m=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ) whether Meta is sitting on an A.I. compute glut =
and grills ( https://puck.news/abdul-el-sayeds-radical-ai-plan-for-michigan=
/?pr=3De3456bc1f4d270f4a97933758645fdc21e39642b31ca343c1818f7972ac27906&utm=
_campaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%287%2F11%2F26%29&utm_content=3DThe+Backs=
tory+-+LEADS+%287%2F11%2F26%29&utm_medium=3Dnewsletter&utm_source=3Dpuck-ci=
o&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ) Michigan=E2=80=99s Abdul El-Sayed on hi=
s plan to nationalize the real final frontier.

=E2=80=8A

AIR MAIL
AIR MAIL

Josh Karp
chronicles ( https://airmail.news/issues/2026-7-4/ferris-buellers-day-off-t=
urns-40?pr=3De3456bc1f4d270f4a97933758645fdc21e39642b31ca343c1818f7972ac279=
06&utm_campaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%287%2F11%2F26%29&utm_content=3DThe=
+Backstory+-+LEADS+%287%2F11%2F26%29&utm_medium=3Dnewsletter&utm_source=3Dp=
uck-cio&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ) the making of Ferris Bueller=E2=
=80=99s Day Off on its 40th anniversary.
and=E2=80=A6
Nathan King offers ( https://airmail.news/issues/2026-7-4/the-sweet-life-of=
-tom-carvel?pr=3De3456bc1f4d270f4a97933758645fdc21e39642b31ca343c1818f7972a=
c27906&utm_campaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%287%2F11%2F26%29&utm_content=
=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%287%2F11%2F26%29&utm_medium=3Dnewsletter&utm_sour=
ce=3Dpuck-cio&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ) a Carvel bildungsroman.

=E2=80=8A

MEDIA
MEDIA

Dylan Byers
surveys ( https://puck.news/inside-sun-valley-bezos-pitches-data-centers-in=
-space/?pr=3De3456bc1f4d270f4a97933758645fdc21e39642b31ca343c1818f7972ac279=
06&utm_campaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%287%2F11%2F26%29&utm_content=3DThe=
+Backstory+-+LEADS+%287%2F11%2F26%29&utm_medium=3Dnewsletter&utm_source=3Dp=
uck-cio&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ) the Sun Valley scene and decipher=
s ( https://puck.news/comcasts-spinoffs-chart-a-blueprint-for-survival/?pr=
=3De3456bc1f4d270f4a97933758645fdc21e39642b31ca343c1818f7972ac27906&utm_cam=
paign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%287%2F11%2F26%29&utm_content=3DThe+Backstory=
+-+LEADS+%287%2F11%2F26%29&utm_medium=3Dnewsletter&utm_source=3Dpuck-cio&ut=
m_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ) Comcast=E2=80=99s post-spinoff survival blu=
eprint.
and=E2=80=A6
Julia Alexander
evaluates ( https://puck.news/inside-the-new-york-times-bet-on-a-video-firs=
t-future/?pr=3De3456bc1f4d270f4a97933758645fdc21e39642b31ca343c1818f7972ac2=
7906&utm_campaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%287%2F11%2F26%29&utm_content=3DT=
he+Backstory+-+LEADS+%287%2F11%2F26%29&utm_medium=3Dnewsletter&utm_source=
=3Dpuck-cio&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ) the Times=E2=80=99s real pivo=
t to video.

=E2=80=8A

SPORTS
SPORTS

John Ourand
handicaps ( https://puck.news/inside-fifas-coming-rights-bonanza/?pr=3De345=
6bc1f4d270f4a97933758645fdc21e39642b31ca343c1818f7972ac27906&utm_campaign=
=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%287%2F11%2F26%29&utm_content=3DThe+Backstory+-+LE=
ADS+%287%2F11%2F26%29&utm_medium=3Dnewsletter&utm_source=3Dpuck-cio&utm_ter=
m=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ) the coming FIFA rights bonanza and consults ( ht=
tps://puck.news/analyst-steven-cahall-on-nfl-rights-fox-roku-nbc-spinoff/?p=
r=3De3456bc1f4d270f4a97933758645fdc21e39642b31ca343c1818f7972ac27906&utm_ca=
mpaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%287%2F11%2F26%29&utm_content=3DThe+Backstor=
y+-+LEADS+%287%2F11%2F26%29&utm_medium=3Dnewsletter&utm_source=3Dpuck-cio&u=
tm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ) analyst Steven Cahall on the NFL, Fox=E2=
=80=93Roku, and the NBCU spinoff.
and=E2=80=A6
Eriq Gardner
spotlights ( https://puck.news/fifas-ghost-ticket-problem-just-became-a-law=
suit/?pr=3De3456bc1f4d270f4a97933758645fdc21e39642b31ca343c1818f7972ac27906=
&utm_campaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%287%2F11%2F26%29&utm_content=3DThe+B=
ackstory+-+LEADS+%287%2F11%2F26%29&utm_medium=3Dnewsletter&utm_source=3Dpuc=
k-cio&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ) the ghost-ticket suit haunting Stub=
Hub and FIFA.

=E2=80=8A

WALL STREET
WALL STREET

Bill Cohan
profiles ( https://puck.news/the-year-of-the-ipo-extends-beyond-spacex-and-=
anthropic/?pr=3De3456bc1f4d270f4a97933758645fdc21e39642b31ca343c1818f7972ac=
27906&utm_campaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%287%2F11%2F26%29&utm_content=3D=
The+Backstory+-+LEADS+%287%2F11%2F26%29&utm_medium=3Dnewsletter&utm_source=
=3Dpuck-cio&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ) the latest entrants in the =
=E2=80=9CYear of the I.P.O.=E2=80=9D

=E2=80=8A

WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON

Julia Ioffe
rings up ( https://puck.news/nina-khruscheva-on-russias-wartime-despair/?pr=
=3De3456bc1f4d270f4a97933758645fdc21e39642b31ca343c1818f7972ac27906&utm_cam=
paign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%287%2F11%2F26%29&utm_content=3DThe+Backstory=
+-+LEADS+%287%2F11%2F26%29&utm_medium=3Dnewsletter&utm_source=3Dpuck-cio&ut=
m_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ) Nina Khrushcheva as Putin=E2=80=99s war cur=
dles the mood in Moscow.
and=E2=80=A6
Peter Hamby autopsies ( https://puck.news/inside-democrats-platner-double-s=
tandard/?pr=3De3456bc1f4d270f4a97933758645fdc21e39642b31ca343c1818f7972ac27=
906&utm_campaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%287%2F11%2F26%29&utm_content=3DTh=
e+Backstory+-+LEADS+%287%2F11%2F26%29&utm_medium=3Dnewsletter&utm_source=3D=
puck-cio&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ) Graham Platner=E2=80=99s campaig=
n implosion and the blind spots that
enabled the mess in the first place.
meanwhile=E2=80=A6
Leigh Ann Caldwell canvasses ( https://puck.news/the-voters-who-regret-back=
ing-trump/?pr=3De3456bc1f4d270f4a97933758645fdc21e39642b31ca343c1818f7972ac=
27906&utm_campaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%287%2F11%2F26%29&utm_content=3D=
The+Backstory+-+LEADS+%287%2F11%2F26%29&utm_medium=3Dnewsletter&utm_source=
=3Dpuck-cio&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ) the buyer=E2=80=99s remorse p=
ercolating through Trump=E2=80=99s base.

=E2=80=8A

PODCASTS
PODCASTS

The Times=E2=80=99s Maggie Haberman and Jonathan
Swan discuss their hyper-bestseller, Regime Change, with Dylan on The Grill=
 Room ( https://puck.news/podcast_episode/trump-fatigue-meets-its-match/?pr=
=3De3456bc1f4d270f4a97933758645fdc21e39642b31ca343c1818f7972ac27906&utm_cam=
paign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%287%2F11%2F26%29&utm_content=3DThe+Backstory=
+-+LEADS+%287%2F11%2F26%29&utm_medium=3Dnewsletter&utm_source=3Dpuck-cio&ut=
m_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ).
and=E2=80=A6
Ourand and Sports Illustrated=E2=80=99s Jon Wertheim serve up the state of =
tennis on The
Varsity ( https://puck.news/podcast_episode/wimbledons-grass-is-always-gree=
ner/?pr=3De3456bc1f4d270f4a97933758645fdc21e39642b31ca343c1818f7972ac27906&=
utm_campaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%287%2F11%2F26%29&utm_content=3DThe+Ba=
ckstory+-+LEADS+%287%2F11%2F26%29&utm_medium=3Dnewsletter&utm_source=3Dpuck=
-cio&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ).
and=E2=80=A6
Fundamentalco=E2=80=99s Jenna Lyons (the designer and former Housewife) and=
 Jonny Bauer philosophize with Lauren about brand-building on Fashion Peopl=
e ( https://puck.news/podcast_episode/new-brand-gospel/?pr=3De3456bc1f4d270=
f4a97933758645fdc21e39642b31ca343c1818f7972ac27906&utm_campaign=3DThe+Backs=
tory+-+LEADS+%287%2F11%2F26%29&utm_content=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%287%2F1=
1%2F26%29&utm_medium=3Dnewsletter&utm_source=3Dpuck-cio&utm_term=3Df6c60615=
e3d301d48d28 ).
and=E2=80=A6
Matt and producer Scott Glassgold chew over Hollywood=E2=80=99s internet-I.=
P. gold rush on
The Town ( https://puck.news/podcast_episode/inside-the-internet-ip-gold-ru=
sh-sweeping-hollywood/?pr=3De3456bc1f4d270f4a97933758645fdc21e39642b31ca343=
c1818f7972ac27906&utm_campaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%287%2F11%2F26%29&ut=
m_content=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%287%2F11%2F26%29&utm_medium=3Dnewsletter=
&utm_source=3Dpuck-cio&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ).
meanwhile=E2=80=A6
Peter and Ourand get into the World Cup bonanza and MLB=E2=80=99s labor sto=
rm clouds on The Powers That Be ( https://puck.news/podcast_episode/mlss-ne=
w-goals-mlbs-labor-curveball/?pr=3De3456bc1f4d270f4a97933758645fdc21e39642b=
31ca343c1818f7972ac27906&utm_campaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%287%2F11%2F2=
6%29&utm_content=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%287%2F11%2F26%29&utm_medium=3Dnew=
sletter&utm_source=3Dpuck-cio&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ).

=E2=80=8A

Platner
Fasciitis
---------

Rarely do political scandals result only from the misdeeds of the candidate=
s themselves, and such
was the case with Graham Platner=E2=80=94the too-good-to-be-true Mainer oys=
ter farmer and Marine vet, who turned out to be a scam. Platner emerged out=
 of nowhere, with almost Mamdani-esque verve and velocity, to capture the i=
magination of the Berniecrats and others who quixotically viewed him as a n=
ew candidate ideal on the left. Superficially, Platner appeared to represen=
t the Democrats=E2=80=99 answer to the manosphere and a MAGA left=E2=80=94a=
 bearded tough guy who spoke the lingua
franca of affordability and vulnerability, and had a viable shot at a U.S. =
Senate seat in Maine that might tip the upper chamber for the Democrats thi=
s November. What wasn=E2=80=99t to love?

Well, in retrospect, everything from his Nazi tattoo to all the allegations=
 of sexual misconduct that have emerged in recent weeks and led the candida=
te to finally drop out on Wednesday. (Platner has denied the accusations ag=
ainst him.) The Platner discourse has understandably seized Washington and =
the
broader political zeitgeist. Naturally, it was also the subject of some ext=
raordinary work this week at Puck.

In the Graham Platner Hostage Crisis ( https://puck.news/inside-democrats-p=
latner-double-standard/?pr=3De3456bc1f4d270f4a97933758645fdc21e39642b31ca34=
3c1818f7972ac27906&utm_campaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%287%2F11%2F26%29&u=
tm_content=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%287%2F11%2F26%29&utm_medium=3Dnewslette=
r&utm_source=3Dpuck-cio&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ), published at nea=
rly the moment that he suspended his candidacy, Peter Hamby argued that the=
 main culprit in this fiasco was the Democrats=E2=80=99 own blind spots. =
=E2=80=9CMaine=E2=80=99s population is almost 94
percent white, with a voting base that=E2=80=99s older and more educated th=
an other states, making it an ideal launchpad for a candidate in the mold o=
f Sanders, who struggled in two presidential campaigns to appeal to voters =
of color,=E2=80=9D Peter wrote. =E2=80=9CBakari Sellers, the CNN analyst an=
d former South Carolina state legislator, rolled his eyes at the notion of =
Platner winning a race anywhere outside of New England. =E2=80=98There is s=
ome level of irony in the purity politics of the
Bernie left, or the far left, when it comes to policy points but not necess=
arily character,=E2=80=99 Sellers said. =E2=80=98In Platner=E2=80=99s case,=
 there is this push to appeal to this fetished version of a white male vote=
r above all else. Can you imagine if Raphael Warnock or Wes Moore were faci=
ng the same kind of issues? I guarantee you they would not get the benefit =
of the doubt from that corner of the party.=E2=80=99=E2=80=9D No doubt.

And given the size of this political nightmare,
there was still ample blame to distribute. As my partner Marianna Sotomayor=
 noted this week, heaping recriminations landed upon Platner=E2=80=99s yout=
hful advisor Morris Katz, who made his name as a consiglieri to Mamdani. Ka=
tz, a viral video artist and esteemed online provocateur, not only helped r=
ecruit Platner, he also goaded the media=E2=80=94Gary Hart=E2=80=93style=E2=
=80=94to deliver the sort of journalistic knockout punch that could defenes=
trate his grassroots
campaign.

In June, after the Journal and Times published detailed creepy stories of P=
latner=E2=80=99s intimate life, Katz reposted a Bulwark piece arguing that =
=E2=80=9Cthe knives are out=E2=80=9D for him. =E2=80=9CBest not miss,=E2=80=
=9D Katz posted on X, essentially sealing his own fate as reportage from Po=
litico and CNN followed with chilling new allegations. =E2=80=9CSure, Katz =
possesses genuine talent as a video storyteller, but that can only take a c=
ampaign so far,=E2=80=9D Marianna wrote in
Post-Platner Blame Games ( https://puck.news/post-platner-blame-games-and-m=
ike-collins-staffing-headaches/?pr=3De3456bc1f4d270f4a97933758645fdc21e3964=
2b31ca343c1818f7972ac27906&utm_campaign=3DThe+Backstory+-+LEADS+%287%2F11%2=
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ewsletter&utm_source=3Dpuck-cio&utm_term=3Df6c60615e3d301d48d28 ). =E2=80=
=9CAs Tr=C3=A9 Easton, the vice president for public affairs at Searchlight=
 Institute, told me, =E2=80=98If you just want to be right and you don=E2=
=80=99t want to actually win elections, you=E2=80=99re going to get into tr=
ouble, like we=E2=80=99re seeing with Platner.=E2=80=99=E2=80=9D

She continued: =E2=80=9CIn his first post since Platner
dropped out, Katz wrote on X: =E2=80=98Like so many of his supporters, I=E2=
=80=99m deeply disappointed.=E2=80=99 But that isn=E2=80=99t cutting it for=
 some: An online petition has garnered more than 120 signatures from democr=
atic socialists calling on =E2=80=98D.S.A. candidates and elected officials=
 to no longer contract or work with Morris Katz or Fight Agency, his politi=
cal consulting firm.=E2=80=99=E2=80=9D

Alas, the cyclical and interminable and deeply cynical nature of politics s=
uggests that we haven=E2=80=99t heard the last of either
Platner or Katz. But the lesson from this whole quagmire is both lucid and =
unmistakable. Voters may be frustrated with their representatives in Washin=
gton, but government matters and we need to remember that picking a candida=
te can=E2=80=99t just be an exercise in vibes=E2=80=94it=E2=80=99s about mo=
re than a deep scroll or a like. And as much as the Democrats want to blame=
 the D.S.A. or Katz, this one is also on the party, its oppo research hench=
men, and those voters in Maine who never bothered to stress-test
a story that seemed too good to be true=E2=80=94which, as it turned out, it=
 was. Indeed, even Platner=E2=80=99s tale about how he bought his house was=
 baloney: His dad paid the $200,000 mortgage, not the V.A.

If you have any time this weekend, I=E2=80=99d behoove you to curl up to th=
ese pieces. A week after we celebrated all that is great about America, it=
=E2=80=99s worth remembering that we all get a say in fixing its imperfecti=
ons, too.

=E2=80=8A

Have a great weekend,

Jon

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bV9jb250ZW50PVRoZStCYWNrc3RvcnkrLStMRUFEUyslMjg3JTJGMTElMkYyNiUyOVx1MDAyNnV=
0bV9tZWRpdW09bmV3c2xldHRlclx1MDAyNnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9cHVjay1jaW9cdTAwMjZ1dG1fdG=
VybT1mNmM2MDYxNWUzZDMwMWQ0OGQyOCIsImludGVybmFsIjoiZjZjNjA2MTVlM2QzMDFkNDhkM=
jgiLCJsaW5rX2lkIjoyODQ4Njg0fQ/abd00d4d344a96f49df19e0311c4272ae3f6589b73cd8=
2907ebfcb2f63a88639" style=3D"text-decoration:underline;color:#d40000;">dia=
gnoses</a> Spanx=E2=80=99s Skims-induced identity crisis.</p></div>
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<table border=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" role=3D"presentatio=
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dy><tr><td style=3D"font-size:1px;line-height:1px;border-top:1px solid #000=
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=3D"presentation" style=3D"mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;text-a=
lign:left;line-height:0;"><tbody><tr><td class=3D"r" style=3D"vertical-alig=
n:middle;color:#000;font-family:'PuckSerifDisplay','Georgia';font-size:20px=
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align:left;line-height:normal;">ART MARKET
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=3D"presentation" style=3D"mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;word-b=
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ing-bottom:16px;"><div style=3D"color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-family:'In=
ter','Arial';font-size:17px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0px;line-height:=
1.5;text-align:left;mso-line-height-alt:26px;"><p style=3D"margin:0;"><stro=
ng>Marion Maneker</strong>
<a href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktO=
T05LQUdmVVVUNGctRmFZdUpJMVVuZDV6TT0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3MvaW5=
zaWRlLWxvbmRvbnMtb25lLWh1bmRyZWQtZmlmdHktdGhyZWUtbWlsbGlvbi1kb2xsYXItb2xkLW=
1hc3RlcnMtYXVjdGlvbi13ZWVrLz9wcj1lMzQ1NmJjMWY0ZDI3MGY0YTk3OTMzNzU4NjQ1ZmRjM=
jFlMzk2NDJiMzFjYTM0M2MxODE4Zjc5NzJhYzI3OTA2XHUwMDI2dXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPVRoZStC=
YWNrc3RvcnkrLStMRUFEUyslMjg3JTJGMTElMkYyNiUyOVx1MDAyNnV0bV9jb250ZW50PVRoZSt=
CYWNrc3RvcnkrLStMRUFEUyslMjg3JTJGMTElMkYyNiUyOVx1MDAyNnV0bV9tZWRpdW09bmV3c2=
xldHRlclx1MDAyNnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9cHVjay1jaW9cdTAwMjZ1dG1fdGVybT1mNmM2MDYxNWUzZ=
DMwMWQ0OGQyOCIsImludGVybmFsIjoiZjZjNjA2MTVlM2QzMDFkNDhkMjgiLCJsaW5rX2lkIjoy=
ODUwMjIwfQ/2c569c1f42a91a4b5cf3223b02cab22a1cf1683e01e61f49ca53e2b605cffff7=
" style=3D"text-decoration:underline;color:#d40000;">tallies</a> London=E2=
=80=99s $153 million Old Masters haul and <a href=3D"https://email.puck.new=
s/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT05LQUdmVVVUNGctRmFZdUpJMVVuZDV6T=
T0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3Mvd2lsbGVtLWRlLWtvb25pbmctc2hvd3MtcHV0=
LWFydGlzdC1hdC1mcm9udC1vZi1hYnN0cmFjdC1leHByZXNzaW9uaXNtLz9wcj1lMzQ1NmJjMWY=
0ZDI3MGY0YTk3OTMzNzU4NjQ1ZmRjMjFlMzk2NDJiMzFjYTM0M2MxODE4Zjc5NzJhYzI3OTA2XH=
UwMDI2dXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPVRoZStCYWNrc3RvcnkrLStMRUFEUyslMjg3JTJGMTElMkYyNiUyO=
Vx1MDAyNnV0bV9jb250ZW50PVRoZStCYWNrc3RvcnkrLStMRUFEUyslMjg3JTJGMTElMkYyNiUy=
OVx1MDAyNnV0bV9tZWRpdW09bmV3c2xldHRlclx1MDAyNnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9cHVjay1jaW9cdTA=
wMjZ1dG1fdGVybT1mNmM2MDYxNWUzZDMwMWQ0OGQyOCIsImludGVybmFsIjoiZjZjNjA2MTVlM2=
QzMDFkNDhkMjgiLCJsaW5rX2lkIjoyODUwMDIyfQ/ca8f1008e9a1283654e17675ab70edbc1c=
b90ec9a52637b4fef2c8732934b226" style=3D"text-decoration:underline;color:#d=
40000;">checks in on</a> the <strong>Willem de Kooning</strong> revival.</p=
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dy><tr><td style=3D"font-size:1px;line-height:1px;border-top:1px solid #000=
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=3D"presentation" style=3D"mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;text-a=
lign:left;line-height:0;"><tbody><tr><td class=3D"r" style=3D"vertical-alig=
n:middle;color:#000;font-family:'PuckSerifDisplay','Georgia';font-size:20px=
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nter;padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:12px=
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T4JVP2FGA.png" height=3D"auto" width=3D"48" align=3D"center" style=3D"displ=
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ont-weight:700;color:#000;vertical-align:middle;letter-spacing:normal;text-=
align:left;line-height:normal;">HOLLYWOOD
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=3D"presentation" style=3D"mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;word-b=
reak:break-word;"><tbody><tr><td class=3D"r" style=3D"padding-top:16px;padd=
ing-bottom:16px;"><div style=3D"color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-family:'In=
ter','Arial';font-size:17px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0px;line-height:=
1.5;text-align:left;mso-line-height-alt:26px;"><p style=3D"margin:0;"><stro=
ng>Matt Belloni</strong> and <strong>Julia Alexander</strong>
<a href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktO=
T05LQUdmVVVUNGctRmFZdUpJMVVuZDV6TT0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3MvdGV=
kLXNhcmFuZG9zLXlvdXR1YmUtcGFuaWMtaW5zaWRlLW5ldGZsaXhzLWNoZWFwLWNvbnRlbnQtcG=
l2b3QvP3ByPWUzNDU2YmMxZjRkMjcwZjRhOTc5MzM3NTg2NDVmZGMyMWUzOTY0MmIzMWNhMzQzY=
zE4MThmNzk3MmFjMjc5MDZcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249VGhlK0JhY2tzdG9yeSstK0xFQURT=
KyUyODclMkYxMSUyRjI2JTI5XHUwMDI2dXRtX2NvbnRlbnQ9VGhlK0JhY2tzdG9yeSstK0xFQUR=
TKyUyODclMkYxMSUyRjI2JTI5XHUwMDI2dXRtX21lZGl1bT1uZXdzbGV0dGVyXHUwMDI2dXRtX3=
NvdXJjZT1wdWNrLWNpb1x1MDAyNnV0bV90ZXJtPWY2YzYwNjE1ZTNkMzAxZDQ4ZDI4IiwiaW50Z=
XJuYWwiOiJmNmM2MDYxNWUzZDMwMWQ0OGQyOCIsImxpbmtfaWQiOjI4NTUzNTJ9/3766314d764=
bb6f04b62490bd457fe63969a2ffb46347fb6288d94725bb94233" style=3D"text-decora=
tion:underline;color:#d40000;">dissect</a> Netflix=E2=80=99s cheap-content =
pivot.<br/><em>and=E2=80=A6</em><br/><strong>Eriq Gardner</strong> <a href=
=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT05LQUd=
mVVVUNGctRmFZdUpJMVVuZDV6TT0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3MvY2FuLXRoZS=
11ay1ibG9jay10aGUtd2FybmVybW91bnQtbWVyZ2VyLz9wcj1lMzQ1NmJjMWY0ZDI3MGY0YTk3O=
TMzNzU4NjQ1ZmRjMjFlMzk2NDJiMzFjYTM0M2MxODE4Zjc5NzJhYzI3OTA2XHUwMDI2dXRtX2Nh=
bXBhaWduPVRoZStCYWNrc3RvcnkrLStMRUFEUyslMjg3JTJGMTElMkYyNiUyOVx1MDAyNnV0bV9=
jb250ZW50PVRoZStCYWNrc3RvcnkrLStMRUFEUyslMjg3JTJGMTElMkYyNiUyOVx1MDAyNnV0bV=
9tZWRpdW09bmV3c2xldHRlclx1MDAyNnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9cHVjay1jaW9cdTAwMjZ1dG1fdGVyb=
T1mNmM2MDYxNWUzZDMwMWQ0OGQyOCIsImludGVybmFsIjoiZjZjNjA2MTVlM2QzMDFkNDhkMjgi=
LCJsaW5rX2lkIjoyODQ4OTE5fQ/79fb95845e10410be56477aab851fedbfd7f869032ed64a7=
6ea88fe670493acf" style=3D"text-decoration:underline;color:#d40000;">untang=
les</a> the U.K. review now casting a shadow over the Paramount=E2=80=93WBD=
 merger.<br/><em>meanwhile=E2=80=A6</em><br/><strong>Kim Masters</strong>
<a href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktO=
T05LQUdmVVVUNGctRmFZdUpJMVVuZDV6TT0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3MvY2l=
0aXplbi1hcm1pZS1oYW1tZXJzLWRlc3BlcmF0ZS1jb21lYmFjay1nYW1ibGUvP3ByPWUzNDU2Ym=
MxZjRkMjcwZjRhOTc5MzM3NTg2NDVmZGMyMWUzOTY0MmIzMWNhMzQzYzE4MThmNzk3MmFjMjc5M=
DZcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249VGhlK0JhY2tzdG9yeSstK0xFQURTKyUyODclMkYxMSUyRjI2=
JTI5XHUwMDI2dXRtX2NvbnRlbnQ9VGhlK0JhY2tzdG9yeSstK0xFQURTKyUyODclMkYxMSUyRjI=
2JTI5XHUwMDI2dXRtX21lZGl1bT1uZXdzbGV0dGVyXHUwMDI2dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1wdWNrLWNpb1=
x1MDAyNnV0bV90ZXJtPWY2YzYwNjE1ZTNkMzAxZDQ4ZDI4IiwiaW50ZXJuYWwiOiJmNmM2MDYxN=
WUzZDMwMWQ0OGQyOCIsImxpbmtfaWQiOjI4NDU0NzZ9/92be9821a1c295c154e0c159aefb067=
0e75f065904562e1d82d4b5709dbcb202" style=3D"text-decoration:underline;color=
:#d40000;">tracks</a> <strong>Armie Hammer</strong>=E2=80=99s desperate, <s=
trong>Elon</strong>-boosted comeback gambit.</p></div>
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ing-bottom:16px;"><div style=3D"color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-family:'In=
ter','Arial';font-size:17px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0px;line-height:=
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ng>Ian Krietzberg</strong>
<a href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktO=
T05LQUdmVVVUNGctRmFZdUpJMVVuZDV6TT0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3MvaXM=
tbWV0YS1zaXR0aW5nLW9uLWFuLWFpLWNvbXB1dGUtZ2x1dC8_cHI9ZTM0NTZiYzFmNGQyNzBmNG=
E5NzkzMzc1ODY0NWZkYzIxZTM5NjQyYjMxY2EzNDNjMTgxOGY3OTcyYWMyNzkwNlx1MDAyNnV0b=
V9jYW1wYWlnbj1UaGUrQmFja3N0b3J5Ky0rTEVBRFMrJTI4NyUyRjExJTJGMjYlMjlcdTAwMjZ1=
dG1fY29udGVudD1UaGUrQmFja3N0b3J5Ky0rTEVBRFMrJTI4NyUyRjExJTJGMjYlMjlcdTAwMjZ=
1dG1fbWVkaXVtPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXJcdTAwMjZ1dG1fc291cmNlPXB1Y2stY2lvXHUwMDI2dXRtX3=
Rlcm09ZjZjNjA2MTVlM2QzMDFkNDhkMjgiLCJpbnRlcm5hbCI6ImY2YzYwNjE1ZTNkMzAxZDQ4Z=
DI4IiwibGlua19pZCI6Mjg1MzcxNX0/236377b033434577bf4c14ccb17086fb3b3e7939b29f=
80b52986ab858dac703b" style=3D"text-decoration:underline;color:#d40000;">pr=
obes</a> whether Meta is sitting on an A.I. compute glut and <a href=3D"htt=
ps://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT05LQUdmVVVUNG=
ctRmFZdUpJMVVuZDV6TT0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3MvYWJkdWwtZWwtc2F5Z=
WRzLXJhZGljYWwtYWktcGxhbi1mb3ItbWljaGlnYW4vP3ByPWUzNDU2YmMxZjRkMjcwZjRhOTc5=
MzM3NTg2NDVmZGMyMWUzOTY0MmIzMWNhMzQzYzE4MThmNzk3MmFjMjc5MDZcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY2F=
tcGFpZ249VGhlK0JhY2tzdG9yeSstK0xFQURTKyUyODclMkYxMSUyRjI2JTI5XHUwMDI2dXRtX2=
NvbnRlbnQ9VGhlK0JhY2tzdG9yeSstK0xFQURTKyUyODclMkYxMSUyRjI2JTI5XHUwMDI2dXRtX=
21lZGl1bT1uZXdzbGV0dGVyXHUwMDI2dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1wdWNrLWNpb1x1MDAyNnV0bV90ZXJt=
PWY2YzYwNjE1ZTNkMzAxZDQ4ZDI4IiwiaW50ZXJuYWwiOiJmNmM2MDYxNWUzZDMwMWQ0OGQyOCI=
sImxpbmtfaWQiOjI4NDc0NzB9/2fb9ddbd384e0c1fdb328388d7faceb4a3a447dc864e1e8e1=
a2842471656e0b1" style=3D"text-decoration:underline;color:#d40000;">grills<=
/a> Michigan=E2=80=99s <strong>Abdul El-Sayed</strong> on his plan to natio=
nalize the real final frontier.</p></div>
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dy><tr><td style=3D"font-size:1px;line-height:1px;border-top:1px solid #000=
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ing-bottom:16px;"><div style=3D"color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-family:'In=
ter','Arial';font-size:17px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0px;line-height:=
1.5;text-align:left;mso-line-height-alt:26px;"><p style=3D"margin:0;"><stro=
ng>Josh Karp
</strong><a href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1l=
EQU5TTktOT05LQUdmVVVUNGctRmFZdUpJMVVuZDV6TT0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9haXJtYW=
lsLm5ld3MvaXNzdWVzLzIwMjYtNy00L2ZlcnJpcy1idWVsbGVycy1kYXktb2ZmLXR1cm5zLTQwP=
3ByPWUzNDU2YmMxZjRkMjcwZjRhOTc5MzM3NTg2NDVmZGMyMWUzOTY0MmIzMWNhMzQzYzE4MThm=
Nzk3MmFjMjc5MDZcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249VGhlK0JhY2tzdG9yeSstK0xFQURTKyUyODc=
lMkYxMSUyRjI2JTI5XHUwMDI2dXRtX2NvbnRlbnQ9VGhlK0JhY2tzdG9yeSstK0xFQURTKyUyOD=
clMkYxMSUyRjI2JTI5XHUwMDI2dXRtX21lZGl1bT1uZXdzbGV0dGVyXHUwMDI2dXRtX3NvdXJjZ=
T1wdWNrLWNpb1x1MDAyNnV0bV90ZXJtPWY2YzYwNjE1ZTNkMzAxZDQ4ZDI4IiwiaW50ZXJuYWwi=
OiJmNmM2MDYxNWUzZDMwMWQ0OGQyOCIsImxpbmtfaWQiOjI4NTYzNjR9/b6b81d6ff80c9ff513=
6defe90ac710866ae4d695388a51bd0bd01f0c7882697f" style=3D"text-decoration:un=
derline;color:#d40000;">chronicles</a> the making of <em>Ferris Bueller=E2=
=80=99s Day Off </em>on its 40th anniversary.<br/><em>and=E2=80=A6</em><br/=
><strong>Nathan King </strong><a href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbW=
FpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT05LQUdmVVVUNGctRmFZdUpJMVVuZDV6TT0iLCJocmVmI=
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LXRvbS1jYXJ2ZWw_cHI9ZTM0NTZiYzFmNGQyNzBmNGE5NzkzMzc1ODY0NWZkYzIxZTM5NjQyYjM=
xY2EzNDNjMTgxOGY3OTcyYWMyNzkwNlx1MDAyNnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1UaGUrQmFja3N0b3J5Ky=
0rTEVBRFMrJTI4NyUyRjExJTJGMjYlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY29udGVudD1UaGUrQmFja3N0b3J5K=
y0rTEVBRFMrJTI4NyUyRjExJTJGMjYlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXJcdTAw=
MjZ1dG1fc291cmNlPXB1Y2stY2lvXHUwMDI2dXRtX3Rlcm09ZjZjNjA2MTVlM2QzMDFkNDhkMjg=
iLCJpbnRlcm5hbCI6ImY2YzYwNjE1ZTNkMzAxZDQ4ZDI4IiwibGlua19pZCI6Mjg1NjM2NX0/d5=
c14582fc06887951facb2f56a3bbe481f77c146bbf3c7efcb7c58edaad024a" style=3D"te=
xt-decoration:underline;color:#d40000;">offers</a> a Carvel bildungsroman.<=
/p></div>
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ont-weight:700;color:#000;vertical-align:middle;letter-spacing:normal;text-=
align:left;line-height:normal;">MEDIA
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<table width=3D"100%" border=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" cellspacing=3D"0" role=
=3D"presentation" style=3D"mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;word-b=
reak:break-word;"><tbody><tr><td class=3D"r" style=3D"padding-top:16px;padd=
ing-bottom:16px;"><div style=3D"color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-family:'In=
ter','Arial';font-size:17px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0px;line-height:=
1.5;text-align:left;mso-line-height-alt:26px;"><p style=3D"margin:0;"><stro=
ng>Dylan Byers</strong>
<a href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktO=
T05LQUdmVVVUNGctRmFZdUpJMVVuZDV6TT0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3MvaW5=
zaWRlLXN1bi12YWxsZXktYmV6b3MtcGl0Y2hlcy1kYXRhLWNlbnRlcnMtaW4tc3BhY2UvP3ByPW=
UzNDU2YmMxZjRkMjcwZjRhOTc5MzM3NTg2NDVmZGMyMWUzOTY0MmIzMWNhMzQzYzE4MThmNzk3M=
mFjMjc5MDZcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249VGhlK0JhY2tzdG9yeSstK0xFQURTKyUyODclMkYx=
MSUyRjI2JTI5XHUwMDI2dXRtX2NvbnRlbnQ9VGhlK0JhY2tzdG9yeSstK0xFQURTKyUyODclMkY=
xMSUyRjI2JTI5XHUwMDI2dXRtX21lZGl1bT1uZXdzbGV0dGVyXHUwMDI2dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1wdW=
NrLWNpb1x1MDAyNnV0bV90ZXJtPWY2YzYwNjE1ZTNkMzAxZDQ4ZDI4IiwiaW50ZXJuYWwiOiJmN=
mM2MDYxNWUzZDMwMWQ0OGQyOCIsImxpbmtfaWQiOjI4NTI5NzJ9/6e4c4593cea8176d7ca4161=
0afcb0f1148fc201b81bb517d4be8b0f72271651c" style=3D"text-decoration:underli=
ne;color:#d40000;">surveys</a> the Sun Valley scene and <a href=3D"https://=
email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT05LQUdmVVVUNGctRmF=
ZdUpJMVVuZDV6TT0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3MvY29tY2FzdHMtc3Bpbm9mZn=
MtY2hhcnQtYS1ibHVlcHJpbnQtZm9yLXN1cnZpdmFsLz9wcj1lMzQ1NmJjMWY0ZDI3MGY0YTk3O=
TMzNzU4NjQ1ZmRjMjFlMzk2NDJiMzFjYTM0M2MxODE4Zjc5NzJhYzI3OTA2XHUwMDI2dXRtX2Nh=
bXBhaWduPVRoZStCYWNrc3RvcnkrLStMRUFEUyslMjg3JTJGMTElMkYyNiUyOVx1MDAyNnV0bV9=
jb250ZW50PVRoZStCYWNrc3RvcnkrLStMRUFEUyslMjg3JTJGMTElMkYyNiUyOVx1MDAyNnV0bV=
9tZWRpdW09bmV3c2xldHRlclx1MDAyNnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9cHVjay1jaW9cdTAwMjZ1dG1fdGVyb=
T1mNmM2MDYxNWUzZDMwMWQ0OGQyOCIsImludGVybmFsIjoiZjZjNjA2MTVlM2QzMDFkNDhkMjgi=
LCJsaW5rX2lkIjoyODQ1MzI4fQ/40650d446ef8ba8809b2057ff8e3ffd509ab4b59f40218dd=
48a5f4ff3fb4541f" style=3D"text-decoration:underline;color:#d40000;">deciph=
ers</a> Comcast=E2=80=99s post-spinoff survival blueprint.<br/><em>and=E2=
=80=A6</em><br/><strong>Julia Alexander
</strong><a href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1l=
EQU5TTktOT05LQUdmVVVUNGctRmFZdUpJMVVuZDV6TT0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm=
5ld3MvaW5zaWRlLXRoZS1uZXcteW9yay10aW1lcy1iZXQtb24tYS12aWRlby1maXJzdC1mdXR1c=
mUvP3ByPWUzNDU2YmMxZjRkMjcwZjRhOTc5MzM3NTg2NDVmZGMyMWUzOTY0MmIzMWNhMzQzYzE4=
MThmNzk3MmFjMjc5MDZcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249VGhlK0JhY2tzdG9yeSstK0xFQURTKyU=
yODclMkYxMSUyRjI2JTI5XHUwMDI2dXRtX2NvbnRlbnQ9VGhlK0JhY2tzdG9yeSstK0xFQURTKy=
UyODclMkYxMSUyRjI2JTI5XHUwMDI2dXRtX21lZGl1bT1uZXdzbGV0dGVyXHUwMDI2dXRtX3Nvd=
XJjZT1wdWNrLWNpb1x1MDAyNnV0bV90ZXJtPWY2YzYwNjE1ZTNkMzAxZDQ4ZDI4IiwiaW50ZXJu=
YWwiOiJmNmM2MDYxNWUzZDMwMWQ0OGQyOCIsImxpbmtfaWQiOjI4NTYxNjR9/4bf8952a8e3c4e=
ffcbd6b9b6a48b8e3eba5ce54a00d5b3a1950783e55bdbf2de" style=3D"text-decoratio=
n:underline;color:#d40000;">evaluates</a> the <em>Times</em>=E2=80=99s real=
 pivot to video.</p></div>
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dy><tr><td style=3D"font-size:1px;line-height:1px;border-top:1px solid #000=
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=3D"presentation" style=3D"mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;word-b=
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ing-bottom:16px;"><div style=3D"color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-family:'In=
ter','Arial';font-size:17px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0px;line-height:=
1.5;text-align:left;mso-line-height-alt:26px;"><p style=3D"margin:0;"><stro=
ng>John Ourand</strong>
<a href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktO=
T05LQUdmVVVUNGctRmFZdUpJMVVuZDV6TT0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3MvaW5=
zaWRlLWZpZmFzLWNvbWluZy1yaWdodHMtYm9uYW56YS8_cHI9ZTM0NTZiYzFmNGQyNzBmNGE5Nz=
kzMzc1ODY0NWZkYzIxZTM5NjQyYjMxY2EzNDNjMTgxOGY3OTcyYWMyNzkwNlx1MDAyNnV0bV9jY=
W1wYWlnbj1UaGUrQmFja3N0b3J5Ky0rTEVBRFMrJTI4NyUyRjExJTJGMjYlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG1f=
Y29udGVudD1UaGUrQmFja3N0b3J5Ky0rTEVBRFMrJTI4NyUyRjExJTJGMjYlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG1=
fbWVkaXVtPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXJcdTAwMjZ1dG1fc291cmNlPXB1Y2stY2lvXHUwMDI2dXRtX3Rlcm=
09ZjZjNjA2MTVlM2QzMDFkNDhkMjgiLCJpbnRlcm5hbCI6ImY2YzYwNjE1ZTNkMzAxZDQ4ZDI4I=
iwibGlua19pZCI6Mjg1NDk1M30/5fa136e32298c1fb87a3778fd642f36afa9d385c79617fed=
d2b713787d5b57e0" style=3D"text-decoration:underline;color:#d40000;">handic=
aps</a> the coming FIFA rights bonanza and <a href=3D"https://email.puck.ne=
ws/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT05LQUdmVVVUNGctRmFZdUpJMVVuZDV6=
TT0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3MvYW5hbHlzdC1zdGV2ZW4tY2FoYWxsLW9uLW5=
mbC1yaWdodHMtZm94LXJva3UtbmJjLXNwaW5vZmYvP3ByPWUzNDU2YmMxZjRkMjcwZjRhOTc5Mz=
M3NTg2NDVmZGMyMWUzOTY0MmIzMWNhMzQzYzE4MThmNzk3MmFjMjc5MDZcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY2Ftc=
GFpZ249VGhlK0JhY2tzdG9yeSstK0xFQURTKyUyODclMkYxMSUyRjI2JTI5XHUwMDI2dXRtX2Nv=
bnRlbnQ9VGhlK0JhY2tzdG9yeSstK0xFQURTKyUyODclMkYxMSUyRjI2JTI5XHUwMDI2dXRtX21=
lZGl1bT1uZXdzbGV0dGVyXHUwMDI2dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1wdWNrLWNpb1x1MDAyNnV0bV90ZXJtPW=
Y2YzYwNjE1ZTNkMzAxZDQ4ZDI4IiwiaW50ZXJuYWwiOiJmNmM2MDYxNWUzZDMwMWQ0OGQyOCIsI=
mxpbmtfaWQiOjI4NDk0NDR9/57ac66b7ddf7201b6933ff7e3a2f342db84eaba259044384921=
ba759bad45c83" style=3D"text-decoration:underline;color:#d40000;">consults<=
/a> analyst <strong>Steven Cahall</strong> on the NFL, Fox=E2=80=93Roku, an=
d the NBCU spinoff.<br/><em>and=E2=80=A6</em><br/>Eriq Gardner
<a href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktO=
T05LQUdmVVVUNGctRmFZdUpJMVVuZDV6TT0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3MvZml=
mYXMtZ2hvc3QtdGlja2V0LXByb2JsZW0tanVzdC1iZWNhbWUtYS1sYXdzdWl0Lz9wcj1lMzQ1Nm=
JjMWY0ZDI3MGY0YTk3OTMzNzU4NjQ1ZmRjMjFlMzk2NDJiMzFjYTM0M2MxODE4Zjc5NzJhYzI3O=
TA2XHUwMDI2dXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPVRoZStCYWNrc3RvcnkrLStMRUFEUyslMjg3JTJGMTElMkYy=
NiUyOVx1MDAyNnV0bV9jb250ZW50PVRoZStCYWNrc3RvcnkrLStMRUFEUyslMjg3JTJGMTElMkY=
yNiUyOVx1MDAyNnV0bV9tZWRpdW09bmV3c2xldHRlclx1MDAyNnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9cHVjay1jaW=
9cdTAwMjZ1dG1fdGVybT1mNmM2MDYxNWUzZDMwMWQ0OGQyOCIsImludGVybmFsIjoiZjZjNjA2M=
TVlM2QzMDFkNDhkMjgiLCJsaW5rX2lkIjoyODQ1MzA1fQ/f536301084816ce850378b34372a4=
18e6c921bd0e677efdb4f9b78aa28c6441d" style=3D"text-decoration:underline;col=
or:#d40000;">spotlights</a> the ghost-ticket suit haunting StubHub and FIFA=
=2E</p></div>
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dy><tr><td style=3D"font-size:1px;line-height:1px;border-top:1px solid #000=
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lign:left;line-height:0;"><tbody><tr><td class=3D"r" style=3D"vertical-alig=
n:middle;color:#000;font-family:'PuckSerifDisplay','Georgia';font-size:20px=
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ing-bottom:16px;"><div style=3D"color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-family:'In=
ter','Arial';font-size:17px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0px;line-height:=
1.5;text-align:left;mso-line-height-alt:26px;"><p style=3D"margin:0;"><stro=
ng>Bill Cohan
</strong><a href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1l=
EQU5TTktOT05LQUdmVVVUNGctRmFZdUpJMVVuZDV6TT0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm=
5ld3MvdGhlLXllYXItb2YtdGhlLWlwby1leHRlbmRzLWJleW9uZC1zcGFjZXgtYW5kLWFudGhyb=
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MTgxOGY3OTcyYWMyNzkwNlx1MDAyNnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1UaGUrQmFja3N0b3J5Ky0rTEVBRFM=
rJTI4NyUyRjExJTJGMjYlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY29udGVudD1UaGUrQmFja3N0b3J5Ky0rTEVBRF=
MrJTI4NyUyRjExJTJGMjYlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXJcdTAwMjZ1dG1fc=
291cmNlPXB1Y2stY2lvXHUwMDI2dXRtX3Rlcm09ZjZjNjA2MTVlM2QzMDFkNDhkMjgiLCJpbnRl=
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c4006956d48523055fc985773c1016410be8e38710bb02166cd27" style=3D"text-decora=
tion:underline;color:#d40000;">profiles</a> the latest entrants in the =E2=
=80=9CYear of the I.P.O.=E2=80=9D</p></div>
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align:left;line-height:normal;">WASHINGTON
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=3D"presentation" style=3D"mso-table-lspace:0pt;mso-table-rspace:0pt;word-b=
reak:break-word;"><tbody><tr><td class=3D"r" style=3D"padding-top:16px;padd=
ing-bottom:16px;"><div style=3D"color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-family:'In=
ter','Arial';font-size:17px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0px;line-height:=
1.5;text-align:left;mso-line-height-alt:26px;"><p style=3D"margin:0;"><stro=
ng>Julia Ioffe
</strong><a href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1l=
EQU5TTktOT05LQUdmVVVUNGctRmFZdUpJMVVuZDV6TT0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm=
5ld3MvbmluYS1raHJ1c2NoZXZhLW9uLXJ1c3NpYXMtd2FydGltZS1kZXNwYWlyLz9wcj1lMzQ1N=
mJjMWY0ZDI3MGY0YTk3OTMzNzU4NjQ1ZmRjMjFlMzk2NDJiMzFjYTM0M2MxODE4Zjc5NzJhYzI3=
OTA2XHUwMDI2dXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPVRoZStCYWNrc3RvcnkrLStMRUFEUyslMjg3JTJGMTElMkY=
yNiUyOVx1MDAyNnV0bV9jb250ZW50PVRoZStCYWNrc3RvcnkrLStMRUFEUyslMjg3JTJGMTElMk=
YyNiUyOVx1MDAyNnV0bV9tZWRpdW09bmV3c2xldHRlclx1MDAyNnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9cHVjay1ja=
W9cdTAwMjZ1dG1fdGVybT1mNmM2MDYxNWUzZDMwMWQ0OGQyOCIsImludGVybmFsIjoiZjZjNjA2=
MTVlM2QzMDFkNDhkMjgiLCJsaW5rX2lkIjoyODU0MzU5fQ/9bb6ec639be312e1251204b9986d=
54949ac68359da0f96f93f9c0fe74b7d4961" style=3D"text-decoration:underline;co=
lor:#d40000;">rings up</a> <strong>Nina Khrushcheva</strong> as <strong>Put=
in</strong>=E2=80=99s war curdles the mood in Moscow.<br/><em>and=E2=80=A6<=
/em><br/><strong>Peter Hamby</strong> <a href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/=
c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT05LQUdmVVVUNGctRmFZdUpJMVVuZDV6TT0iL=
CJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3MvaW5zaWRlLWRlbW9jcmF0cy1wbGF0bmVyLWRvdWJs=
ZS1zdGFuZGFyZC8_cHI9ZTM0NTZiYzFmNGQyNzBmNGE5NzkzMzc1ODY0NWZkYzIxZTM5NjQyYjM=
xY2EzNDNjMTgxOGY3OTcyYWMyNzkwNlx1MDAyNnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1UaGUrQmFja3N0b3J5Ky=
0rTEVBRFMrJTI4NyUyRjExJTJGMjYlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY29udGVudD1UaGUrQmFja3N0b3J5K=
y0rTEVBRFMrJTI4NyUyRjExJTJGMjYlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPW5ld3NsZXR0ZXJcdTAw=
MjZ1dG1fc291cmNlPXB1Y2stY2lvXHUwMDI2dXRtX3Rlcm09ZjZjNjA2MTVlM2QzMDFkNDhkMjg=
iLCJpbnRlcm5hbCI6ImY2YzYwNjE1ZTNkMzAxZDQ4ZDI4IiwibGlua19pZCI6Mjg1MjkxMH0/82=
3e13417312b35f213a36ac2734b5941bb9fc9d30ed3a0b90120260434a46db" style=3D"te=
xt-decoration:underline;color:#d40000;">autopsies</a> <strong>Graham Platne=
r</strong>=E2=80=99s campaign implosion and the blind spots that
enabled the mess in the first place.<br/><em>meanwhile=E2=80=A6</em><br/><s=
trong>Leigh Ann Caldwell</strong> <a href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/ey=
JlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT05LQUdmVVVUNGctRmFZdUpJMVVuZDV6TT0iLCJoc=
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ter','Arial';font-size:17px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0px;line-height:=
1.5;text-align:left;mso-line-height-alt:26px;"><p style=3D"margin:0;">The <=
em>Times</em>=E2=80=99s <strong>Maggie Haberman</strong> and <strong>Jonath=
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Swan</strong> discuss their hyper-bestseller, <em>Regime Change</em>, with =
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0ed6cb3f2bf4e37483d7ca27359f30f1fc54043a" style=3D"text-decoration:underlin=
e;color:#d40000;"><em>The Grill Room</em></a>.<br/><em>and=E2=80=A6</em><br=
/>Ourand and <em>Sports Illustrated</em>=E2=80=99s <strong>Jon Wertheim</st=
rong> serve up the state of tennis on <a href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/=
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Varsity</em></a>.<br/><em>and=E2=80=A6</em><br/>Fundamentalco=E2=80=99s <st=
rong>Jenna Lyons </strong>(the designer and former <em>Housewife</em>) and =
<strong>Jonny Bauer</strong> philosophize with Lauren about brand-building =
on <a href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TT=
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584664c126f04119" style=3D"text-decoration:underline;color:#d40000;"> <em>F=
ashion People</em></a>.<br/><em>and=E2=80=A6</em><br/>Matt and producer <st=
rong>Scott Glassgold</strong> chew over Hollywood=E2=80=99s internet-I.P. g=
old rush on
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b022c2020c6ff127c541dd7039e3c11b146b1faa3ef747b2638a8d8c51d4" style=3D"text=
-decoration:underline;color:#d40000;"><em>The Town</em></a>.<br/><em>meanwh=
ile=E2=80=A6</em><br/>Peter and Ourand get into the World Cup bonanza and M=
LB=E2=80=99s labor storm clouds on <a href=3D"https://email.puck.news/e/c/e=
yJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVDJ4Z1lEQU5TTktOT05LQUdmVVVUNGctRmFZdUpJMVVuZDV6TT0iLCJo=
cmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3MvcG9kY2FzdF9lcGlzb2RlL21sc3MtbmV3LWdvYWxzLW1=
sYnMtbGFib3ItY3VydmViYWxsLz9wcj1lMzQ1NmJjMWY0ZDI3MGY0YTk3OTMzNzU4NjQ1ZmRjMj=
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WNrc3RvcnkrLStMRUFEUyslMjg3JTJGMTElMkYyNiUyOVx1MDAyNnV0bV9jb250ZW50PVRoZStC=
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ldHRlclx1MDAyNnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9cHVjay1jaW9cdTAwMjZ1dG1fdGVybT1mNmM2MDYxNWUzZD=
MwMWQ0OGQyOCIsImludGVybmFsIjoiZjZjNjA2MTVlM2QzMDFkNDhkMjgiLCJsaW5rX2lkIjoyO=
DUzNTI1fQ/84dff9485fec77d9aed850998bf51c908d5c5cb639c14386034e75b71bf63bb4"=
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/em></a>.</p></div>
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font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:1.2;text-align:center;mar=
gin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;mso-line-height-alt:29px;"><strong>Platner
Fasciitis</strong></h3>
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><div style=3D"color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-family:'Inter','Arial';font=
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ft;mso-line-height-alt:26px;"><p style=3D"margin:0;">Rarely do political sc=
andals result only from the misdeeds of the candidates themselves, and such
was the case with <strong>Graham Platner</strong>=E2=80=94the too-good-to-b=
e-true Mainer oyster farmer and Marine vet, who turned out to be a scam. Pl=
atner emerged out of nowhere, with almost <strong>Mamdani</strong>-esque ve=
rve and velocity, to capture the imagination of the Berniecrats and others =
who quixotically viewed him as a new candidate ideal on the left. Superfici=
ally, Platner appeared to represent the Democrats=E2=80=99 answer to the ma=
nosphere and a MAGA left=E2=80=94a bearded tough guy who spoke the lingua
franca of affordability and vulnerability, and had a viable shot at a U.S. =
Senate seat in Maine that might tip the upper chamber for the Democrats thi=
s November. What wasn=E2=80=99t to love?<br/><br/>Well, in retrospect, <em>=
everything</em> from his Nazi tattoo to all the allegations of sexual misco=
nduct that have emerged in recent weeks and led the candidate to finally dr=
op out on Wednesday. (Platner has denied the accusations against him.) The =
Platner discourse has understandably seized Washington and the
broader political zeitgeist. Naturally, it was also the subject of some ext=
raordinary work this week at Puck.<br/><br/>In the <a href=3D"https://email=
=2Epuck.news/e/c/eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnVD=
J4Z1lEQU5TTktOT05LQUdmVVVUNGctRmFZdUpJ=
MVVuZDV6TT0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3MvaW5zaWRlLWRlbW9jcmF0cy1wbGF=
0bmVyLWRvdWJsZS1zdGFuZGFyZC8_cHI9ZTM0NTZiYzFmNGQyNzBmNGE5NzkzMzc1ODY0NWZkYz=
IxZTM5NjQyYjMxY2EzNDNjMTgxOGY3OTcyYWMyNzkwNlx1MDAyNnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj1UaGUrQ=
mFja3N0b3J5Ky0rTEVBRFMrJTI4NyUyRjExJTJGMjYlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY29udGVudD1UaGUr=
QmFja3N0b3J5Ky0rTEVBRFMrJTI4NyUyRjExJTJGMjYlMjlcdTAwMjZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPW5ld3N=
sZXR0ZXJcdTAwMjZ1dG1fc291cmNlPXB1Y2stY2lvXHUwMDI2dXRtX3Rlcm09ZjZjNjA2MTVlM2=
QzMDFkNDhkMjgiLCJpbnRlcm5hbCI6ImY2YzYwNjE1ZTNkMzAxZDQ4ZDI4IiwibGlua19pZCI6M=
jg1MjkxMH0/823e13417312b35f213a36ac2734b5941bb9fc9d30ed3a0b90120260434a46db=
" style=3D"text-decoration:underline;color:#d40000;"><em>Graham Platner Hos=
tage Crisis</em></a>, published at nearly the moment that he suspended his =
candidacy, <strong>Peter Hamby</strong> argued that the main culprit in thi=
s fiasco was the Democrats=E2=80=99 own blind spots. =E2=80=9CMaine=E2=80=
=99s population is almost 94
percent white, with a voting base that=E2=80=99s older and more educated th=
an other states, making it an ideal launchpad for a candidate in the mold o=
f <strong>Sanders</strong>, who struggled in two presidential campaigns to =
appeal to voters of color,=E2=80=9D Peter wrote. =E2=80=9C<strong>Bakari Se=
llers</strong>, the CNN analyst and former South Carolina state legislator,=
 rolled his eyes at the notion of Platner winning a race anywhere outside o=
f New England. =E2=80=98There is some level of irony in the purity politics=
 of the
Bernie left, or the far left, when it comes to policy points but not necess=
arily character,=E2=80=99 Sellers said. =E2=80=98In Platner=E2=80=99s case,=
 there is this push to appeal to this fetished version of a white male vote=
r above all else. Can you imagine if <strong>Raphael Warnock </strong>or <s=
trong>Wes Moore </strong>were facing the same kind of issues? I guarantee y=
ou they would not get the benefit of the doubt from that corner of the part=
y.=E2=80=99=E2=80=9D No doubt.<br/><br/>And given the size of this politica=
l nightmare,
there was still ample blame to distribute. As my partner <strong>Marianna S=
otomayor </strong>noted this week, heaping recriminations landed upon Platn=
er=E2=80=99s youthful advisor <strong>Morris Katz</strong>, who made his na=
me as a consiglieri to Mamdani. Katz, a viral video artist and esteemed onl=
ine provocateur, not only helped recruit Platner, he also goaded the media=
=E2=80=94<strong>Gary Hart</strong>=E2=80=93style=E2=80=94to deliver the so=
rt of journalistic knockout punch that could defenestrate his grassroots
campaign.<br/><br/>In June, after the <em>Journal </em>and <em>Times</em> p=
ublished detailed creepy stories of Platner=E2=80=99s intimate life, Katz r=
eposted a Bulwark piece arguing that =E2=80=9Cthe knives are out=E2=80=9D f=
or him. =E2=80=9CBest not miss,=E2=80=9D Katz posted on X, essentially seal=
ing his own fate as reportage from Politico and CNN followed with chilling =
new allegations. =E2=80=9CSure, Katz possesses genuine talent as a video st=
oryteller, but that can only take a campaign so far,=E2=80=9D Marianna wrot=
e in
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T05LQUdmVVVUNGctRmFZdUpJMVVuZDV6TT0iLCJocmVmIjoiaHR0cHM6Ly9wdWNrLm5ld3MvcG9=
zdC1wbGF0bmVyLWJsYW1lLWdhbWVzLWFuZC1taWtlLWNvbGxpbnMtc3RhZmZpbmctaGVhZGFjaG=
VzLz9wcj1lMzQ1NmJjMWY0ZDI3MGY0YTk3OTMzNzU4NjQ1ZmRjMjFlMzk2NDJiMzFjYTM0M2MxO=
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on:underline;color:#d40000;"><em>Post-Platner Blame Games</em></a>. =E2=80=
=9CAs <strong>Tr=C3=A9 Easton</strong>, the vice president for public affai=
rs at Searchlight Institute, told me, =E2=80=98If you just want to be right=
 and you don=E2=80=99t want to actually <em>win</em> <em>elections</em>, yo=
u=E2=80=99re going to get into trouble, like we=E2=80=99re seeing with Plat=
ner.=E2=80=99=E2=80=9D<br/><br/>She continued: =E2=80=9CIn his first post s=
ince Platner
dropped out, Katz wrote on X: =E2=80=98Like so many of his supporters, I=E2=
=80=99m deeply disappointed.=E2=80=99 But that isn=E2=80=99t cutting it for=
 some: An online petition has garnered more than 120 signatures from democr=
atic socialists calling on =E2=80=98D.S.A. candidates and elected officials=
 to no longer contract or work with Morris Katz or Fight Agency, his politi=
cal consulting firm.=E2=80=99=E2=80=9D<br/><br/>Alas, the cyclical and inte=
rminable and <em>deeply cynical </em>nature of politics suggests that we ha=
ven=E2=80=99t heard the last of either
Platner or Katz. But the lesson from this whole quagmire is both lucid and =
unmistakable. Voters may be frustrated with their representatives in Washin=
gton, but government <em>matters </em>and we need to remember that picking =
a candidate can=E2=80=99t just be an exercise in vibes=E2=80=94it=E2=80=99s=
 about more than a deep scroll or a like. And as much as the Democrats want=
 to blame the D.S.A. or Katz, this one is also on the party, its oppo resea=
rch henchmen, and those voters in Maine who never bothered to stress-test
a story that seemed too good to be true=E2=80=94which, as it turned out, it=
 was. Indeed, even Platner=E2=80=99s tale about how he bought his house was=
 baloney: His dad paid the $200,000 mortgage, not the V.A.<br/><br/>If you =
have any time this weekend, I=E2=80=99d behoove you to curl up to these pie=
ces. A week after we celebrated all that is great about America, it=E2=80=
=99s worth remembering that we all get a say in fixing its imperfections, t=
oo.</p></div>
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