Glossier Chronicles, Mike Moritzopolis, Disney-Charter Tea Leaves

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

Today, we lead with Peter Hamby’s clear-eyed exploration of Mitch McConnell’s upper chamber support following a pair of unsettling public “freeze ups." Then, a bonus conversation with Abby Livingston on the shadow jockeying to eventually succeed him.

Plus, below the fold: Lauren Sherman chats with Marisa Meltzer about Emily Weiss’s triumphs and travails growing Glossier. Teddy Schleifer reveals the backstory of a billionaire-backed Silicon Valley fever dream to erect a brand new Bay Area city. On The Powers That Be, Abby and Peter reconnect to debate how long, exactly, McConnell can hold his perch. And on The Town, Matt Belloni and Lucas Shaw trade barbs over the Disney-Charter fight, before noting the ripple effects of Taylor Swift’s disruptive deal with AMC Theaters.

PETER HAMBY

Analyzing the post-McConnell sweepstakes.

TEDDY SCHLEIFER

The legendary investor is knee-deep in an epic third act that combines being a modern Ron Conway, a civic-minded political organizer, mega-philanthropist, and the full-blown Robert Moses of Northern California.

LAUREN SHERMAN

A candid conversation with Glossier chronicler Marisa Meltzer about the rise and reinvention of V.C. fashion-tech girlboss feminism.

PETER HAMBY & ABBY LIVINGSTON

Abby Livingston joins Peter to dig into the chatter around Mitch McConnell’s second freeze up, the Three Johns, and how long McConnell can and will hold on to his perch.