A new philanthropic plan from Hillary Clinton, the latest on a shake-up at Thiel Capital, and a possible major speech in the offing from Gavin Newsom that will perk up ears at the White House…

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The Squad levitated to power in D.C. with unprecedented juice, aplomb, power, and media savvy. But what’s their purpose, or message, in a post-Trump, pre-possible-mini-red-wave world? And will they add new members?

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Democratic super PACs are jockeying for position to be the “blessed” group behind Joe Biden in 2024.

Historically, the blessed group has been Priorities USA. That might not be the case anymore.

The times are achangin’

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Catch up on the saga with William D. Cohan’s piece detailing how all Elon needs to do now is figure out how to prevent the banks from issuing the company’s distressed debt at a discount to loan-to-own sharks who can wipe him out: puck.news/the-elon-finan…

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Mark Shapiro, president of the multi-tentacled entertainment giant Endeavor, speaks with Matthew Belloni about the future of live sports, talent representation, the streaming economy, UFC, CAA, the company’s post-I.P.O. dip, Ari’s vision, and much more. puck.news/mark-shapiro-o…

Some Sunday news: Comcast is shutting down its G4TV unit. The gamer-focused network was re-launched last year and had suffered layoffs recently.

I’ve been processing the racist and corrupt mess out of the LA city council this week and wrote it down in a piece for Puck. Let me know what you think.

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The New York Times is stronger than ever…and yet a string of amicable high-profile journalistic departures has led some Media Cassandras to shriek. Big deal? No deal? Well, it’s the Times, after all, so it’s a thing.

New, from Dylan Byers puck.news/timesism-its-d…

News: Trevor Noah has set Dec 8 as his last Daily Show. The show will return from holidays Jan 17, presumably with new host (or rotating tryouts?).

“People forget that sometimes games of chicken end with neither car swerving—and the two vehicles crashing into one another, instead.”

Teddy Schleifer on the G.O.P.’s game of chicken in AZ, Pelosi succession drama, and the Phoenix Suns sweepstakes. puck.news/the-pelosi-suc…

BIG news: Warner Bros. is shutting down its Writers/Directors Workshop and Stage 13 unit. Both are major paths for underrepresented voices in television. Big setback for Hollywood's diversity movement.

Bill Murray’s inappropriate behavior led to the shutdown of Aziz Ansari’s directorial debut, ‘Being Mortal.’ Here, Eriq Gardner details the allegations and the terms of the settlement as Murray attempted to make things right. puck.news/the-secret-bil…

Some news here —

Yuri Milner, Silicon Valley's most prominent Russia-born investor — and whose VC firm once had significant financial support from Kremlin-connected sources — has renounced his Russian citizenship.

It may be a seemingly quiet Friday in the media business, but a number of latent storylines continue to bubble up. Dylan Byers on what’s going on behind the scenes at Semafor, the high-level programming decisions inside CNN and MSNBC, and some M&A chatter. puck.news/more-msnbc-mur…

And then Matthew Belloni just goes and drops a Harvard Business School case study in your inbox, shortly after midnight. Ridiculousness.

Little detail in my breakdown of yesterday’s Paramount TV shakeup: Trevor Noah is talking about a weekly John Oliver-style show, perhaps for Par+ or Showtime. puck.news/how-david-nevi…