Trump Tapes Redux, Lindell’s $5M Lesson, McCarthy Regrets

Welcome back to The Daily Courant, your afternoon index of Puck’s latest reporting.

First up today, Lauren Sherman taps into the Condé Nast whisper network to discover if C.E.O. Roger Lynch, facing internal pressure to grow the business after an era of relentless cutting (and in the wake of a handful of micro scandals), is actually in trouble or just the target of more media player hating.

Plus, below the fold: Peter Hamby triangulates the tensions between Biden, Gen Z, and a rising tide of “illiberal leftism.” Eriq Gardner considers the odds that Trump’s trials are televised. On Somebody’s Gotta Win, Tara Palmeri and Adrian Carrasquillo chew over the Democrats’ flawed messaging to Hispanic voters and if the bloc could decide the next election. And on The Powers That Be, Abby Livingston and Peter Hamby discuss the ongoing House Speaker circus, while Ben Landy and Tina Nguyen illuminate a G.O.P. swamp plot to draft a Trump government in exile.

LAUREN SHERMAN

Four years into his job as a turnaround artist at Condé Nast, Roger Lynch is under pressure to grow the business after an era of relentless cutting. Now, amid a couple micro scandals, his employees are getting restless. But do they deserve to be mad at him, or simply at a future less glamorous than the past?

PETER HAMBY

The uncompromising politics and tortured jargon of campus activists are no longer confined to college campuses. Democrats in Congress say they’re worried that young progressives attacking Israel are providing ammo for right-wing opponents and hurting their own cause.

ERIQ GARDNER

NBC and other media companies are petitioning the court to allow cameras inside the courtroom, a move that could turn Trump’s criminal trial in D.C. into the O.J. Simpson circus on steroids.

TARA PALMERI

Tara begins the show with an update on the as-yet-unresolved turmoil within the G.O.P. as they continue their search for a new House Speaker. Then, she’s joined by Adrian Carrasquillo from The Messenger to discuss the Democrats' flawed messaging to Hispanic voters in southwest swing states.