NBC Put Itself in a No-Win Situation With Ronna McDaniel

Trump Bibles • Thomas and Alito • Finding Historical Authenticity [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair Hive logo image]( NBC Put Itself in a No-Win Situation With Ronna McDaniel Good morning from the Hive newsroom. It’s safe to say that NBC set itself up for [a mess]( the moment former Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel signed her contract with the news network. “Either it would get a MAGA shill on the platform,” Eric Lutz [writes](, “or it would get to complain after her firing that the mainstream media is silencing conservative voices.” Elsewhere, Bess Levin [updates]( us on Donald Trump’s financial outlook. His campaign reportedly has just $33.5 million. Meanwhile, the Biden campaign has $71 million on hand, which could explain why the presumptive GOP nominee is now hawking bibles for $59.99 a piece. Plus, Levin [explains]( how Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito have cleared the path for a future Republican president (i.e., Day One Dictator Trump) to effectively ban abortion nationwide. Thanks for reading. [Image may contain: Cup, Chair, Furniture, Adult, Person, Face, Happy, Head, and Smile]( [NBC Put Itself In a No-Win Situation With Ronna McDaniel]( By [Eric Lutz]( [The MAGA right won the second she signed her contract: They'd get a Trump shill on MSNBC or get more grist for their bad-faith attacks on the mainstream media.]( [Read more button](   [Biden Mocks Trump’s Money Woes as the Ex-President Hawks Bibles for $59.99]( By [Bess Levin]( [“Sorry, Donald, I can’t help you.”]( [Read more button](   [Experts Fear Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito Are Laying the Groundwork for a Nationwide Ban on Medication Abortions—And Maybe Even All Abortions]( By [Bess Levin]( [Their questions about the Comstock Act did not go unnoticed.]( [Read more button](   [Bryan Stevenson Says a Quest for “Historical Authenticity” Inspired the Freedom Monument Sculpture Park]( By [Kia D. Goosby]( [A powerful new landscape of art in Montgomery, Alabama, aims to re-center American history on the enslaved and Indigenous people who lived through its brutality.]( [Read more button](   [The Confessions of Inigo Philbrick, Art Fraudster Extraordinaire]( By [Mark Seal]( [The wunderkind dealer personified the art market’s wealth-generating potential and its unregulated excesses—until he pleaded guilty as part of the largest art fraud in US history. Now out of prison and “wearing the scarlet letter,” Philbrick is searching for a second act.]( [Read more button](   Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. [Sign Up Now](   [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn](   This e-mail was sent to you by The Hive. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe]( Sent from Condé Nast, 1 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007 Copyright © 2024 Condé Nast