Hello!

Welcome to OUT OF SCOPE, the C-Suite cheat sheet for the week ahead.

We're writing to you from a world where Rory McIlroy has— finally, mercifully— won the Masters. Golf fans are emotional. Everyone else is just vaguely aware that some cosmic balance has been restored. The vibes, for once, are correct. We are so back.

**THE CHEAT SHEET

Three things to bring up in your meetings this week:

1. Berniechella. Sen. Bernie Sanders made an unannounced appearance at Coachella on Saturday night, delivering a fiery speech about economic justice to thousands of festival-goers before introducing indie music artist Clairo. The 83-year-old progressive icon seized the moment to rally young Americans against the Trump administration’s policies, building on momentum from his cross-country tour with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez. The two have been drawing tens of thousands at their events and are making some real noise even as the Trump administration draws attention elsewhere.

2. Cuomo GPT. This just in from one of our favorite outlets, Hell Gate: Andrew Cuomo’s housing proposal for New York City includes garbled sentences, a typo in the header (“Bbjectively”), and a citation linking back to ChatGPT— raising questions about how much of the 29-page document was written by human policy experts. While Cuomo’s team claims the AI tool was merely used for research (comparing it to Google), the botched copy suggests some lax editing or outright reliance on LLMs to draft high-visibility content.

3. Doctor’s orders. The White House released a glowing health report for President Trump over the weekend following his annual physical at Walter Reed, with physician Dr. Sean Barbabella declaring the 78-year-old in "excellent cognitive and physical health" and fully fit to execute presidential duties. His reported perfect 30/30 on a cognitive test and 20-pound weight loss since 2020 offer convenient counterprogramming to voter concerns about aging leaders, especially as young Democrats across the aisle mount challenges to senior, senior leadership.

**OUT OF OFFICE

one weekend news story in-depth: TAKING UP SPACE

Blue Origin’s all-female spaceflight this morning made history. The 10-minute joyride carried six women, including singer Katy Perry and journalist Gayle King, past the edge of space, marking the first all-woman crew to touch the stars since 1963. Perry sang “What a Wonderful World” mid-flight, King knelt to kiss the ground afterward, and Jeff Bezos (whose fiancée, Lauren Sánchez, organized the trip) greeted them like victors returning from the fields of battle. It was undeniably a spectacle— but why?

It’s, admittedly, one small step for women. Today’s mission marked 62 years since Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space during the 1963 Vostok 6 mission. Blue Origin teed up this historic all-female spaceflight back in 2023, with Lauren Sánchez announcing the mission in a profile with Vogue. The New Shepard rocket's 10-minute suborbital flight reached the Kármán line at 100km altitude before returning to Earth and landing in West Texas.

The mission launched with some sky-high expectations. Blue Origin got some headlines out of it, but between Perry’s space serenade and the Kardashians (?) cheering from the sidelines, the message seems to have gotten lost in the upper stratosphere. Was this about women in STEM? Space tourism? Or just a vanity project for Bezos? Even the crew seemed confused— Nguyen spoke movingly about her NASA dreams while King awkwardly dodged questions about Amazon’s labor practices.

So, who was this for? Space tourism remains a billionaire’s game, and sending celebrities up for 10 minutes of weightlessness doesn’t change that. If the goal was inspiration, it’s undercut by the fact that no ordinary person could ever afford this "opportunity." If it was a PR win, the jokes about Katy Perry floating in zero-G drowned it out. Either way, the mission felt less earth-shattering and more like a very expensive, very confusing stunt.

**POWER LUNCH

five quick consumption recs for the time between meetings:

1. CHICKEN JOCKEY! Rolling Stone chronicled the Minecraft movie insanity and its dedicated adolescent fanbase.

2. Gary to 100. Gary Player gave some all-timer life wisdom during the Master’s broadcast.

3. Emotional support LLM. HBR updated its summary of how we’re using AI in our day-to-day lives with some surprising results.

4. Cannes 2025. The festival announced its lineup for this year, featuring films from directors Wes Anderson, Spike Lee, and Richard Linklater.

5. Skip gets in the game. Skip Bayless gets in on a Jubilee video debating 25 NBA/NFL fans.

We’ll see you online and on LinkedIn. Thanks for reading!

HL