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You’ve likely seen the video Zohran Mamdani posted about Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday; the clip has racked up nearly 200 million views across X, Instagram, and YouTube. But unless you’re Jack Holmes, you don’t have the inside story on how the sausage got made. According to his sources, Mamdani’s team has long known it would need to address the mayor’s campaign pledge to arrest Netanyahu if he ever set foot in New York. Such a move, they realized, would be impossible to execute in practice. The magic is that the mayor has now managed to admit he made a campaign promise he could not keep while somehow spinning that admission into a victory—or at least something with its own political momentum. It’s an inspiring story for well-meaning tall-tale-tellers everywhere.

Elsewhere, Chris Murphy says, “Sure, Jan” to Elon Musk, who has pledged to make his own Odyssey adaptation; Rebecca Ford and the Little Gold Men crew explore how Apple TV came to rule the Emmys; and Bill Maher tells Aidan McLaughlin that he might vote Republican in 2028. (I am shocked, shocked, by this fully unpredictable turn of events.) More tomorrow!

HILLARY BUSIS,
FEATURES EDITOR

Mamdani’s Netanyahu Video Was a Calculated Move. Insiders Explain His Strategy to VF.

BY JACK HOLMES

While it may have looked like Zohran Mamdani was forced to react in real time this week after a New York Times interview resurfaced his pledge to arrest the Israeli prime minister if he comes to New York City, the mayor’s team had long been planning for how to handle the fact that he couldn’t actually follow through on that promise—and even managed to turn it into an opportunity.

Culture Watch

FILM

What Elon Musk’s AI Version of The Odyssey Might Look Like

BY CHRIS MURPHY

The tech trillionaire has promised to have his AI model make a “historically accurate” version of The Odyssey and has expressed a willingness to give Mel Gibson $100 million for another kind of adaptation. Here’s how we think the Musk production might play out.

TELEVISION

How Apple TV Became an Emmy Darling

BY REBECCA FORD

The streaming service started out with a bumpy start when it launched in 2019. Now, thanks to a new strategy and hit shows like Widow’s Bay and Pluribus, the platform is winning over audiences and critics alike.

Party Animals

Bill Maher Doesn’t Like Trump, Fine. But the Democrats? He Might Actually Vote for a Republican.

BY AIDAN MCLAUGHLIN

Or so he says. Over eggs and bacon in Beverly Hills, the lifelong liberal explains to VF’s Aidan McLaughlin why his vote is in play—and why Israel may decide where he lands.