Liz Cheney’s Winning the War

Trump: McConnell’s a “Broken Down Hack” • Stelter’s CNN Sign Off • Kushner: Enemies “Over-Pursue” Trump [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair Hive logo image]( Liz Cheney’s Winning the War Good morning from the Hive newsroom! Liz Cheney has been a “one-woman battering ram for exposing the truth about the January 6 insurrection and the 2020 election,” Mark McKinnon [writes](. The Wyoming representative’s message seems to be resonating: According to a new NBC News survey, voters now rank “threats to democracy” as the most important issue facing the country. Eric Lutz [explores]( how this shift will play out in the midterms. Elsewhere, Charlotte Klein [finds]( CNN anchor Brian Stelter’s sign off to be a veiled critique of a mandate to move away from perceived partisanship at CNN. After Mitch McConnell made a prediction that Republicans are unlikely to flip the Senate in the midterm elections, Donald Trump [called]( the Senate minority leader a “broken down hack” with a “crazy wife.” Finally, without “the option of riding out this latest scandal zipped into a garment bag in the back of Ivanka’s closet,” Jared Kushner went on Fox News on Sunday and commented on the Mar-a-Lago raid, Bess Levin [writes](. Thanks for reading! [Image may contain: Human, Person, Crowd, and Audience]( [Liz Cheney’s Winning the War]( By [Mark McKinnon]( [She’s helped persuade voters that America’s gravest peril is the threat to democracy, which outranked cost of living, jobs, and the economy in a new poll. If she runs, her endgame will be simple: to stick it to Trump.]( [Read more button]( [The Future of Democracy Is Now at the Top of Midterm Voters’ Minds]( By [Eric Lutz]( [According to a new poll, “threats to democracy” have overtaken the cost of living as the chief issue facing American voters, most of whom believe that Donald Trump should remain under legal investigation over his failed plot to subvert the election.]( [Read more button]( [“It’s Not Partisan to Stand Up to Demagogues”: Brian Stelter’s Sign Off Hints at CNN’s Uncertain Future]( By [Charlotte Klein]( [CNN staffers are bracing for more changes as the network’s longest-running program, a show focused on the press, was canceled—a move seen as just the tip of the iceberg under its new leaders, who are reportedly interested in making the network more centrist.]( [Read more button]( [Donald Trump, a Sane and Measured Man, Calls Mitch McConnell a “Broken Down Hack” With a “Crazy Wife”]( By [Bess Levin]( [Well, this is definitely out of character!]( [Read more button]( [Jared Kushner Insists Trump, Who Helped Himself to Top Secret Government Documents, Is an Innocent Man Being “Over-Pursued” by Haters]( By [Bess Levin]( [The former first son-in-law, who played golf with Trump a few days ago, claims the FBI raid is not about the ex-president keeping classified documents at Mar-a-Lago, but his “enemies” coming after him.]( [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