Ad Fads, Wall Street Woes, S.B.F.’s Hail Mary

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

First up today, Dylan Byers returns to the scene of the crime with a final (for now) update on the “demure” R.F.K. Jr.-Olivia Nuzzi sexting saga that continues to enthrall the political-media elite (yes, you). Who did what? What did Ryan know? And what’s next for New York’s star political journalist?

Plus, below the fold: Tara Palmeri and Bakari Sellers conduct a fantasy draft for Kamala’s theoretical White House cabinet. Bill Cohan offers a close read of two amicus briefs supporting S.B.F.’s latest shot at freedom. Abby Livingston rolls the tape on the latest campaign-ad blitz. Rachel Strugatz uncovers the sales data for Blake Lively’s new haircare venture. On The Powers That Be, Bill and Peter Hamby debate the verisimilitude of HBO’s Industry. And on The Town, Matthew Belloni is joined by triple-threat Mark Duplass to discuss the high-risk, high-reward process of financing your own TV show.

DYLAN BYERS

The latest news and notes on the depressing media plot consuming the political-media class: the Olivia Nuzzi-R.F.K. Jr.-Ryan Lizza demure selfie lust triangle.

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TARA PALMERI

Tara joins forces with Bakari Sellers for an extra special Ringer jamboree to discuss the state of Kamala Harris’s campaign as she and her team head down the stretch toward the election. They scan the swing states to find her path to 270 electoral votes, debate the existence of undecided voters, and speculate on who Kamala might choose to be in her cabinet should she win the presidency in November.

WILLIAM D. COHAN

Two recently filed amicus briefs on behalf of S.B.F. may prove to be his best hope yet of reducing his sentence. At the very least, they offer a fascinating revisionist history of this chapter of the FTX saga.

ABBY LIVINGSTON

What’s the deal with all the cameos from lesser-known politicians in political ads this year?