Peacock’s Mess, Lockheed’s War, The Pelosi Test

Welcome back to The Daily Courant, your afternoon guide to the latest reporting from Puck.

Today, we lead with Julia Alexander’s inside look at how the World Cup has exposed the disconnect between streaming and live sports, and the behind-the-scenes, high-stakes scramble to figure out how to make the relationship work.

Plus, below the fold: Julia Ioffe details how Ukraine’s munitions deficit has the Pentagon rethinking its approach. Teddy Schleifer deciphers the emotional impact of Peter Thiel’s failed midterms gamble. Matt Belloni joins Peter Hamby on The Powers That Be to discuss the latest casualties and innuendos regarding the Iger succession plan. And Eriq Gardner and Ben Landy chew over a few surprising wrinkles of the FTX legal fallout.

JULIA ALEXANDER

The World Cup was supposed to promise soccer fans a plethora of streaming options. Instead, it demonstrates just how far the industry has to go to nail live sports.

JULIA IOFFE

Munitions are running low on both sides of the Ukraine conflict as military suppliers race to keep pace with Russia’s furious, WWI-like shelling. The artillery-heavy strategy is forcing the Pentagon to rethink its very notion of modern war.

THEODORE SCHLEIFER

News on Thiel’s Arizona “blackpilling” and Hakeem Jeffries’ first great Democracy Alliance donor gauntlet.

PETER HAMBY, MATTHEW BELLONI, ERIQ GARDNER, and BEN LANDY

Matt Belloni joins Peter to discuss the latest casualties and innuendo regarding the Iger succession plan. Then Eriq Gardner and Ben Landy chew over a few surprising wrinkles of the FTX legal fallout.