Hollywood Strike Damage, Kamala Agonistes, Gingrich’s Smoking Gun

Welcome back to The Daily Courant, your afternoon roundup of the best new work at Puck.

First up today, Peter Hamby deconstructs the Democratic hyperventilating over Kamala Harris and calls for Biden to pick a new V.P.—an obsession of bored journalists and political hobbyists, alas, that’s never going to happen.

Plus, below the fold: Lauren Sherman gets her hand on the deal terms for Khaite, the high-end fashion business hoping to become a multi-billion dollar brand. Eriq Gardner deciphers S.B.F.’s emerging defense: blaming everything on his lawyers. Abby Livingston joins Peter for an in-depth dishfest on what’s really playing out under the Dome. Tara Palmeri talks to Newt Gingrich about the G.O.P.’s impeachment strategy. And on The Town, Matt Belloni and Lucas Shaw debate the biggest losers of Hollywood’s strike summer.

PETER HAMBY

Calls to drop Harris from the 2024 ticket are without modern precedent, fraught with risk, and run counter to every impulse that Biden holds dear. It’s fanfic for political hobbyists and it’s as predictable as it is pointless.

LAUREN SHERMAN

I finally got my hands on Stripes' deal terms for Khaite. Did they get a good deal? Overpay? Or make an ingenious investment in the next multi-billion dollar brand?

ERIQ GARDNER

Bankman-Fried is relying, in part, on a complicated and risky advice-of-counsel strategy. It might lead to one of the more dramatic courtroom moments in recent legal history.

PETER HAMBY & ABBY LIVINGSTON

Abby joins Peter for an in-depth dishfest on what's really playing out in the legislative and executive branches: the “ditch Kamala” rumors; McCarthy’s deepening crisis; and many more subplots.