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Welcome back to The Daily Courant, your afternoon medley of Puck’s best new reporting.

First up today, Peter Hamby reports live from Phoenix, where an exclusive Democratic summit to strategize for next year’s elections (and provide an unofficial testing ground for governors eyeing the White House) conspicuously lacked any kind of message on the most important tech issue of our time: artificial intelligence. Populists on both sides of the aisle argue that Washington is largely sleepwalking through what could become a key wedge issue for voters in ’28, and yet Democratic leadership risks ceding the debate to… Josh Hawley and Steve Bannon. Is it too late for the party to decide where it stands?

Plus, below the fold: Ian Krietzberg explores how A.I. is assisting neuroscientists’ brain-mapping efforts—and vice versa. Marion Maneker previews this week’s big design sales at Sotheby’s, Christie’s, and Phillips. Sarah Shapiro reveals how Substack became the promised land for fashion influencers. And for Inner Circle members, Julia Alexander foreshadows EA’s entrée into the sports rights wars.

Meanwhile, on the pods: John Ourand convenes with Puck superfriends Dylan Byers, Eriq Gardner, and Julia A. on The Varsity to rank the best sports media personalities of the year. And on The Powers That Be, Peter and John discuss the fate of WBD’s sports rights as the acquisition process comes to a head.

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What the Dems Talk About When They Talk About A.I.

What the Dems Talk About When They Talk About A.I.

With an A.I. profiteer in the White House and no congressional mojo, Democrats have been shockingly impotent on A.I., an issue that infuriates or scares the hell out of most Americans. Now, even as they muster some resistance, they risk being outflanked.

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When Will EA Get in the Game?
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When Will EA Get in the Game?

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Sports Media’s Winners (and Losers) of 2025

Puck superfriends Julia Alexander, Eriq Gardner, and Dylan Byers reunite with John to debate the sports media class of the year: David Ellison muscling into the rights wars, Pat McAfee cementing himself as the North Star for on-air talent, and the rest of the industry’s biggest winners of 2025.

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A Warner Bros. Time Bomb & Notre Dame Scandal

John Ourand joins Peter to reveal the sleeper issue in the WBD acquisition wars: the fate of the company’s high-value sports rights. What happens if Paramount wins and absorbs the WBD portfolio—or if Netflix prevails and the Discovery Global division is spun off? The twosome also dig into Notre Dame’s College Football Playoff snub, and why the school’s media-savvy athletic director is now waging a scorched-earth P.R. campaign against the ACC.

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