While the emergence of Kamala Harris as the presumptive Democratic nominee for President has generated widespread enthusiasm among her party, some may be surprised to know that many CEOs I’ve spoken with are euphoric about Harris’ candidacy. In contrast, no Fortune 100 CEOs have come out in support of Trump (Elon Musk seems to have walked back his initial endorsement), and many were lukewarm about Biden’s re-election bid. Executives’ excitement for Harris is both stylistic and substantive—with her instinctive preference for centrist governance, constructive problem solving, and collaboration over vilification. Read More...
About a month ago, I made a Gmail address for a fictional woman in York, Pennsylvania named Diane, about two hours west of Philadelphia, and signed up for emails from every Democratic candidate for president. The idea was to compare how the candidates were field-testing different policy proposals and trying to distinguish themselves in a field of contenders that is more than half the size of everyone who has ever been President. Read More...
Two weeks before the 2023 Met Gala, the team behind the High Fashion Twitter Met Gala sent out a tweet that stated that they would not be holding their usual digital companion event to the annual Costume Institute Benefit, which is often referred to as “fashion’s biggest night.”
“As we approach the first Monday of May, the hf twitter met gala team would like to announce that we will not be celebrating this year’s met gala as our values don’t align with the selection of Karl Lagerfeld as the theme,” the team wrote on Twitter. Read More...
