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Billionaire Club’s Run on Cobalt • Michael Cohen to D.A.: Stop Pussyfooting Around • The Fight to Reinstate CDC Mask Mandate [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair Hive logo image]( CNN Minus Good morning from the Hive newsroom! “A swashbuckling half-trillionaire group that includes Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, and Michael Bloomberg has set its sights as far afield as Greenland,” Willem Marx [reports]( on Disko, an island off the remote west coast of Greenland that the “masters of the universe” are betting will be the next big destination for cobalt, as mining in the Congo gets too dirty for even Elon Musk. Elsewhere, Joe Pompeo [explains]( how CNN+, the streaming platform intended to bring the network into the digital age, folded just three weeks after its debut. Eric Lutz [illuminates]( the huge risk underlying the Biden administration’s legal fight to reinstate the CDC’s mask mandate. Charlotte Klein [lays out]( how Governor Ron DeSantis’s escalating war with Disney could increase taxes for Floridians. Finally, Bess Levin [crystallizes]( former Donald Trump attorney Michael Cohen’s message to the Manhattan district attorney: Stop pussyfooting around and indict Trump. Thanks for reading! [Image may contain: Ice, Outdoors, Nature, Mountain, Snow, Glacier, and Iceberg]( [Forget Gas Prices. The Billionaire Club’s Run on Cobalt Says Everything About Our Battery-Powered Future]( By [Willem Marx]( [Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, and other masters of the universe are betting big on Greenland as mining in the Congo gets too dirty for even Elon Musk.]( [Read more button]( [“Surprised at the Speed”: Behind the Scenes of CNN+’s Stunning Fall]( By [Joe Pompeo]( [Killed just three weeks after its launch, the streaming service is the first victim of the Discovery-WarnerMedia merger—and is spawning ill will inside CNN. Leaks about the platform’s numbers “caused anxiety and anger,” one source says, as the high-profile departures begin.]( [Read more button]( [The Huge Risk Underlying the Biden Administration’s Legal Fight to Reinstate the CDC’s Mask Mandate]( By [Eric Lutz]( [The Department of Justice is appealing Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle’s decision striking down the CDC’s mask requirements for public transportation. Losing could really hurt the CDC’s ability to fight public health crises down the line.]( [Read more button]( [Ron DeSantis Willing to Let Floridians’ Taxes Go Up to Own the Libs (And Disney)]( By [Charlotte Klein]( [Florida Republicans are moving to strip Disney of its special districting privileges which could leave local counties with more than $1 billion in liabilities and increase taxes on local residents.]( [Read more button]( [Michael Cohen to the Manhattan D.A.: Stop Pussyfooting Around and Indict Trump Now]( By [Bess Levin]( [If prosecutors don’t indict Trump in the next nine days, their case against him is probably doomed.]( [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](newsletter=vf) Sent from Condé Nast, 1 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007 Copyright © 2022 Condé Nast