Jack Schlossberg’s campaign of antagonism against his cousin Bobby Jr. during the 2024 presidential election was a thing to behold: original, sustained, super troll-y. His actual campaign for the NY-12 congressional seat was something more quixotic, if still troll-y. Today, VF staff writer Dan Adler charts Schlossberg’s loss along with the other failed launches of influencer-politico hopefuls, like Spencer Pratt, and examines why social media prowess doesn’t necessarily translate at the ballot box.
Meanwhile, VF’s Clara Molot, who wrote our recent report on Alex Cooper’s unhappy Unwell employees, is back with a story about what we can infer from prediction markets about Taylor Swift’s wedding. (Does anyone ever call it Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding?) Plus, some exclusive photos from the extraordinary life and times of David Hockney.
