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WaPo “Clusterf--k” • Raiders of the Looted Assets • Billionaire Club’s Run on Cobalt [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair Hive logo image]( The Hive’s Most-Read Features Good morning from the Hive newsroom! On this July Fourth, we’re looking back at some of our most-read features of 2022 so far: James Pogue [mingled]( with the “‘dissidents,’ ‘neo-reactionaries,’ ‘post-leftists,’ [and] the ‘heterodox’ fringe—though they’re all often grouped for convenience under the heading of America’s New Right.” And Katherine Eban [drew upon]( 100,000 leaked documents in her investigation of the virus-hunting nonprofit at the center of the COVID lab-leak controversy. Meanwhile, Charlotte Klein [led us]( into the “clusterfuck” of The Washington Post’s social media meltdown. Adam Ciralsky [took us]( on the high-stakes race to recover the ill-gotten billions of the late Libyan kleptocrat, Muammar Qaddafi. Finally, Willem Marx [found]( the likes of Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates betting big on Greenland as the next big destination for cobalt. Thanks for reading! [Image may contain: Symbol]( [Inside the New Right, Where Peter Thiel Is Placing His Biggest Bets]( By [James Pogue]( [They’re not MAGA. They’re not QAnon. Curtis Yarvin and the rising right are crafting a different strain of conservative politics. (April 2022)]( [Read more button]( [“This Shouldn’t Happen”: Inside the Virus-Hunting Nonprofit at the Center of the Lab-Leak Controversy]( By [Katherine Eban]( [Chasing scientific renown, grant dollars, and approval from Dr. Anthony Fauci, Peter Daszak transformed the environmental nonprofit EcoHealth Alliance into a government-funded sponsor of risky, cutting-edge virus research in both the U.S. and Wuhan, China. Drawing on more than 100,000 leaked documents, a V.F. investigation shows how an organization dedicated to preventing the next pandemic found itself suspected of helping start one. (March 2022)]( [Read more button]( [“Clusterf--k”: Inside The Washington Post’s Social Media Meltdown]( By [Charlotte Klein]( [A flurry of Twitter flare-ups and Slack spats involving Post journalists, along with a controversial suspension, have upended the newsroom and are presenting a major test for executive editor Sally Buzbee, who urged staff Tuesday to “be constructive and collegial.” (June 2022)]( [Read more button]( [Raiders of the Looted Assets: Inside the High-Stakes Race to Recover Qaddafi’s Ill-Gotten Billions]( By [Adam Ciralsky]( [While spooks, treasure hunters, and lawyers search for cash, gold, and antiquities, Libya offers a lesson—and 1,001 cautionary tales—about how to recoup loot from kleptocrats. (June 2022)]( [Read more button]( [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. (April 2022)]( [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