A Thiel Protégé’s Threat

Trump’s Four Lost Phones • The Perps Wrote, “Please” • U.S. COVID Response in Limbo [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair Hive logo image]( A Thiel Protégé’s Threat Good morning from the Hive newsroom! “For Blake Masters, a Peter Thiel protégé running in Arizona’s GOP Senate primary, the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree,” Caleb Ecarma [writes](. Masters has threatened to sue the Arizona Mirror and its senior reporter, Dillon Rosenblatt, suggesting he would deploy the same legal tactics that his backer Thiel used to bankrupt Gawker Media in 2016 (a story of [revenge](, featuring Hulk Hogan.) Elsewhere, Eric Lutz [reports]( on President Joe Biden giving Congress the green light to move forward with Ukraine aid even if it doesn’t include funding to fight COVID at home. Bess Levin [gives us]( an update on why Donald Trump says he’s ignoring New York attorney general Letitia James’s subpoena: He claims to be missing some phones. Finally, Levin [tells us]( about [self-described]( pro-choice senator Susan Collins calling the cops over a chalk message asking her to “please” codify abortion rights. Thanks for reading! [Image may contain: Tie, Accessories, Accessory, Peter Thiel, Face, Human, Person, Suit, Coat, Clothing, Overcoat, and Apparel]( [Peter Thiel’s Protégé Threatens an Arizona News Outlet With the Gawker Treatment]( By [Caleb Ecarma]( [Arizona Republican Senate candidate Blake Masters’s lawyer sends a threatening letter to the Arizona Mirror.]( [Read more button]( [Joe Biden, Congress Leave the Country’s Future COVID-19 Response in Limbo]( By [Eric Lutz]( [The president told Congress it can move forward with Ukraine aid even if it doesn’t include funding to fight COVID-19 at home. Where does that leave the push to combat the pandemic’s anticipated surges?]( [Read more button]( [Trump Claims He’s Not Ignoring N.Y. Attorney General Subpoena, He Just Lost His Phone]( By [Bess Levin]( [According to the ex-president, he is simply “not currently in possession” of the electronic devices prosecutors say contain crucial documents concerning his Trump Organization work.]( [Read more button]( [Terrified Susan Collins Calls Cops After Chalk Vigilantes Politely Ask Her to Protect Women’s Rights]( By [Bess Levin]( [Yes, according to the Maine lawmaker, she was the victim of a drive-by chalking.]( [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