Welcome back to The Best & The Brightest, and thanks to Teddy Schleifer for filling in yesterday with his scoop about Jeff Bezos circling the Washington Commanders.

In tonight’s edition, news and notes on the heartburn in DeSantis donor world amid the rising concerns that he should sit this primary out—and the counterintuitive case for Glenn Youngkin to step in.

But first…

• Some K Street Blues?: Democratic lobbyist and bundler Steve Elmendorf has been undergoing layoffs at his firm Subject Matter, a firm the Washington Examiner once dubbed an “all-star team of Democratic revolving-door lobbyists… including former top aides to Democratic floor leaders Harry Reid, Dick Gephardt, Steny Hoyer and Nancy Pelosi.” The changes may reflect the power shift occurring on the left atop Capitol Hill with Pelosi out and Hakeem Jeffries in charge. Elmendorf is keeping...

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