Will Democrats’ Counteroffensive Be Enough?; Inside Steve McQueen’s New Anthology; and More

[Plus: A Very Goldman White House]( [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair's Cocktail Hour]( A daily digest of things to discuss over drinks September 16, 2020 [Image may contain: Clothing, Apparel, Suit, Coat, Overcoat, Human, Person, Jacket, Blazer, and Tuxedo]( [How Democrats Are Strategizing for All-Out 2020 Warfare]( [Joe Biden’s campaign is lawyering up and working with Stacey Abrams, and allies are in talks with media executives about calling the race. Still, they’re up against the master of asymmetrical warfare.]( [R E A D M O R E »]( [Image may contain: Clothing, Apparel, Human, Person, Sleeve, and Finger]( [Review: The Devil All the Time Is a Starry Mess]( [Antonio Campos’s adaptation of the best-selling book is a lurid, pointless parade of horror.]( [R E A D M O R E »]( [Image may contain: Human, Person, Anthony Montgomery, and Hair]( [Steve McQueen on the Power of Small Axe]( [The Oscar-winning director talks his Amazon Studios anthology, John Boyega’s outspoken politics, and the Academy’s new inclusion requirements.]( [R E A D M O R E »]( [Image may contain: Gary Cohn, Human, Person, Suit, Coat, Clothing, Overcoat, Apparel, and Sitting]( [Gary Cohn Is All Aboard Wall Street’s Latest Gravy Train]( [Trump’s former top economic adviser, and his partner, have raised more than $800 million. But as other luminaries crowd into the SPAC game, it’s only going to get harder to cash in.]( [R E A D M O R E »]( [Image may contain: Human, Person, Tie, Accessories, Accessory, and Fashion]( [Why Cardi B Filed for Divorce]( [Offset reportedly cheated on the rapper “pretty much the entire time,” but she wanted to keep the marriage together for their daughter, Kulture.]( [R E A D M O R E »]( [From the Archive: A Very Goldman White House]( [Despite Donald Trump’s vilification of Goldman Sachs during the campaign—and the firm’s disdain for him—at one point three former Goldman partners held top White House posts: Gary Cohn as chief economic adviser, Steve Mnuchin as Treasury secretary, and Dina Powell as deputy national-security adviser, alongside a less admired Goldman alum, Steve Bannon. In 2017, William D. Cohan asked whether they would temper the administration’s dysfunction, or be consumed by it.]( [R E A D M O R E »]( Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. [Sign Up Now]( [(image) Condé Nast Spotlight | The breaking news and top stories everyone is talking about. All in one place. The most popular stories from Vogue, GQ, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Wired, Architectural Digest and more. STAY INFORMED]( [Vanity Fair Logo](www.vanityfair.com) [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( This e-mail was sent to you by VANITY FAIR. 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]( Copyright © Condé Nast 2020. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.