D.C. Summer Camp, Elon’s Unraveled Threads, Theroux’s Legal War

Welcome back to The Daily Courant, your afternoon gallery of Puck’s best new reporting.

Today, we lead with Peter Hamby’s incisive look at Chris Christie’s left-wing media romp and Hack-a-Trump strategy, before turning to the latest heartbreaking news for Elon haters and Threads fanatics.

Plus, below the fold: Lauren Sherman digs into the whispers that LVMH is seeking to juice New York fashion label Bode. Eriq Gardner chronicles a Greenwich Village celebrity neighbor squabble for the ages. Lauren scoops a surprise retro move in the Hollywood trade wars. And on The Powers That Be, Julia Ioffe joins Peter to dish about all the behind-the-scenes intrigue and intel from the Aspen Security Conference.

PETER HAMBY

News and notes on the ecstasies and anxieties of the political class: Chris Christie’s ambitions and Elon Musk’s sub-hype victory.

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LAUREN SHERMAN

Is Bode raising money from LVMH? Does Bode need the money? Is Bode really the next Ralph Lauren? Wait, is she actually a descendent of Mayflower lineage? Was she on the actual Mayflower?!? The mysteries behind a potential fashion power couple.

ERIQ GARDNER

The morality tale of a celebrity tenant, a pissed off lawyer jonesing for a final battle, and the bonds that tie us all: co-op boards.

LAUREN SHERMAN

A surprise and retro move in the Hollywood trade wars. Look out, Penske!