Condé Micro-Scandals, The Hill’s Rubicon, Spulu Ulterior Motives

Welcome back to The Daily Courant, your afternoon catalog of Puck’s latest reporting.

Today, we lead with Julia Ioffe’s searing remembrance of murdered Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny—and how his wife, Yulia, has boldly taken up his political legacy.

Plus, below the fold: Lauren Sherman documents the murmurs and micro-controversies emanating from Condé Nast and The Cut. Eriq Gardner rings up rainmaker Ted Boutrous to game out Trump’s myriad legal doomsday scenarios. John Ourand chronicles the ulterior motives behind the Spulu sports streamer. And on The Powers That Be, Abby Livingston and Peter Hamby discuss the latest dysfunction on the Hill, while Lauren regales Ben Landy with her NYFW reflections and inside observations on Zac Posen’s perplexing appointment at Gap.

JULIA IOFFE

Alexey Navalny wasn’t simply a powerful oppositional leader or visionary. For many Russians, he was the future leader of a post-Putin Russia—a cosmopolitan democracy that espoused freedom and equality. Now that he is gone, his widow Yulia is taking up the fight.

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LAUREN SHERMAN

News and notes on the recent murmurs and micro-controversies emanating from the print, and print-adjacent, salt mines.

ERIQ GARDNER

Gaming out Trump’s various legal nightmares, and the second-order effects, with rainmaker Ted Boutrous.

JOHN OURAND

Spulu wasn’t just a way for frenemies Disney, Fox, and WBD to join forces to solve a consumer problem. It was also a warning shot at Paramount and Comcast.