Trinity Rodman and the USWNT’s Next Generation Seek Olympic Redemption After “Chaotic” World Cup

Investigating Gaetz • MAGA Meets the ’90s • Remembering Juneteenth [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair Hive logo image]( Trinity Rodman and the USWNT’s Next Generation Seek Olympic Redemption After “Chaotic” World Cup Good morning. After suffering a humbling defeat in last year’s World Cup, Trinity Rodman is ready to turn the tide. In an [interview]( with Tom Kludt, the 22-year-old rising star of the US women’s national team opens up about playing under the tutelage of a new coach, becoming the face of an Adidas cleat, and navigating the reputational hazards of the right-wing culture war. “I like to say social media is a great place, but a dangerous place,” Rodman says. “Having strong opinions is difficult, especially when you are looked at a lot and you have a platform to do so.” Elsewhere, writer John Ganz [chats]( with Jon Skolnik about the ’90s-era rise of David Duke as well as the ideological war between paleo- and neoconservatives, while Bess Levin [catches]( the House Ethics Committee expanding its probe of Matt Gaetz. Plus, in commemoration of Juneteenth, let’s revisit Jimmie Briggs’s [powerful essay]( from 2021 on the holiday’s corporatization and what we can take away from the right’s attacks on critical race theory. Thanks for reading. [Image may contain: Face, Head, Person, Happy, Smile, Adult, Body Part, and Neck]( [Trinity Rodman and the USWNT’s Next Generation Seek Olympic Redemption After “Chaotic” World Cup]( By [Tom Kludt]( [Ahead of the Paris Games, the women’s soccer rising star talks to Vanity Fair about last year’s tournament letdown, becoming the face of a new Adidas cleat, comparisons with her NBA legend father, and playing under the political spotlight.]( [Read more button](   [The ’90s-Era GOP Schism That Paved the Way for Trumpism]( By [Jon Skolnik]( [In an interview with Vanity Fair, John Ganz explains how paleoconservative Pat Buchanan waged an ideological war with the neocons that is still simmering in the GOP today. Plus, Ganz compares David Duke’s faux populism with that of Donald Trump.]( [Read more button](   [GOP-Led Ethics Committee Says It’s Still Probing Whether Matt Gaetz “Engaged in Sexual Misconduct”]( By [Bess Levin]( [The panel also says it’s looking into allegations that the Florida congressman “engaged in…illicit drug use, accepted improper gifts, dispensed special privileges and favors to individuals with whom he had a personal relationship, and sought to obstruct government investigations of his conduct.”]( [Read more button](   [Surprise: NC Gubernatorial Candidate Mark Robinson, Who Wants to “Go Back to the America Where Women Couldn’t Vote,” Has Said Some Shitty Things About Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault]( By [Bess Levin]( [Trump endorsed Robinson in March, calling him “better than Martin Luther King.”]( [Read more button](   [Juneteenth, Critical Race Theory, and the Winding Road Toward Reckoning]( By [Jimmie Briggs]( [The holiday is becoming corporatized, but the attack on critical race theory shows why commemorating our history is more important than ever.]( [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