Laphonza Butler on “Fighting” for Kamala Harris, Serving With JD Vance, and the Threat of a Second Trump Term

RFK’s Transition Role • Trump Cards • Girardi Guilty Verdict [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair Hive logo image]( Laphonza Butler on “Fighting” for Kamala Harris, Serving With JD Vance, and the Threat of a Second Trump Term Good morning! Since Kamala Harris emerged as the Democratic nominee, those in her inner circle, like Laphonza Butler, have been in great demand. Chris Smith [catches up]( with Butler on the heels of a busy convention week to talk about Harris’s surging campaign—“You can save democracy and have joy,” she says—why she doesn’t want to run for a full Senate term, and and what it’s been like serving with JD Vance. Meanwhile, Bess Levin [finds]( Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claiming that he’s been asked to join Donald Trump’s transition team “to help pick the people who will be running the government,” while the former president [is hawking]( trading cards, including some that’ll include a piece of the “knockout suit” he wore debating Joe Biden. Plus, Dan Adler [reports]( on Tom Girardi being found guilty of embezzlement. Thanks for reading. [Image may contain: Crowd, Person, Adult, Head, Face, Happy, Accessories, Jewelry, Necklace, People, and Audience]( [Laphonza Butler on “Fighting” for Kamala Harris, Serving With JD Vance, and the Threat of a Second Trump Term]( By [Chris Smith]( [In an interview with Vanity Fair, the senator highlighted the strategic clarity of Harris’s vision—“you can save democracy and have joy”—while taking her GOP opponents to task for putting on “political theater.”]( [Read more button](   [RFK Jr., Who Thinks Chemicals in the Environment Can Make Children Gay, Will Help Trump “Pick the People Who Will Be Running the Government”]( By [Bess Levin]( [He told Tucker Carlson he’s “looking forward” to the task.]( [Read more button](   [Tom Girardi Found Guilty of Embezzling More Than $15 Million]( By [Dan Adler]( [A criminal conviction is the latest installment of the Los Angeles lawyer’s downfall, accented throughout by its adjacency to The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.]( [Read more button](   [“You Just Need an Email Address and Credit Card”: Trump Pauses Work on Campaign to Film Infomercial for Digital Trading Cards, Scrap of Debate Suit]( By [Bess Levin]( [“We’ll be talking about it for a long time.”]( [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