Will Trump join the debate later this month? Does he have a good reason to sit the first one out? If you are asking these questions, then join us for an early episode this week. We’re cooking up a forecast on first GOP Presidential debate, coverage John Fetterman, STEM in journalism and a serving a robust Facile File. Wretch on!

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1:38 Front Page
46:01 Obsessions
54:50 Reader Mail
1:00:32 Favorite Item of the Weeks


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Show Notes:
Mediaite: Fox & Friends Implores Trump Not to Snub Republican Debate
NYTimes: DeSantis Upends Campaign Leadership as Trump Looms and Urgency Grows
AP News:DeSantis is defending new slavery teachings. Civil rights leaders see a pattern of 'policy violence'
People: President Biden Speaks Out on Hunter's Daughter, 4, with Ark. Woman: 'Jill and I Only Want What's Best' (Exclusive) 
Politico:  Who at 1600 Penn is making bank?
Free Beacon: Biden Monkeypox Adviser Says White House Supports ‘Joy’ of ‘Risky’ Sex
Free Beacon: WATCH: Biden Monkeypox Adviser Makes Taxpayer-Funded Appearance in BDSM Harness 
NYTimes: John Fetterman, Hoodie and All, Is Adjusting to Life in the Senate - The New York Times 
WSJ: New York Times Earnings: Publisher Adds 180,000 Digital Subscribers
AP News: Residents are at a loss after newspaper that bound community together shuts in declining coal county
Poynter: A technical question: Should journalism be designated STEM?
The Guardian: Racism at heart of US failure to tackle deadly heatwaves, expert warns
LA Times: Remote work gave them a reprieve from racism. They don't want to go back
The Daily Beast: Lizzo Was Never as Progressive as We Wanted Her to Be 
The Athletic: Ghiroli: Orioles’ unforced error with announcer Kevin Brown dims team’s shine at wrong time
Bethenny Frankel on Instagram: “I spend money so you don’t have to”
Free Beacon: How MIT Helped Develop Tech for a Chinese Company That Surveils Uyghurs
NYT: How a U.S. Tech Mogul Used Nonprofits to Sow Chinese Propaganda
Reason: Studies Keep Finding That Social Media Algorithms Don't Increase Polarization. Why Is the Press So Skeptical? 
WSJ: A Nevada Town Where the West Is Still Wild
NYTimes: The Secret Hand Behind the Women Who Stood by Cuomo? His Sister.