Eat My Shorts . . . and My Hoodie

If you’re reading this on a plane, please do your best to mind your own business (you’ll understand why 15 seconds into today’s episode). After our etiquette lesson, we jump into our front page including Rupert Murdoch’s breaking news, the Shutdown the dress code followed by a full Facile File and much more. Wretch on!

Time Stamps:

02:56 Front Page

54:31 Obsessions 

1:01:05 Reader Mail 

1:04:45 Favorite Item 

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Time Stamps:

NYT: Rupert Murdoch to Retire From Fox and News Corporation Boards 

Daily Beast: Murdoch Called Hannity ‘Retarded’ and DeSantis ‘Kicked’ Tucker’s Dog, Wild New Book Claims 

Politico: Republicans resigned to being the villains in the inevitable government shutdown 

NYT: Lawmakers Give New Senate Dress Code a Dressing Down

WSJ: The Billionaire Keeping TikTok on Phones in the U.S.

WaPo: The food industry pays ‘influencer’ dietitians to shape your eating habits

CNN: US gas prices are unusually high. Here's why you shouldn't worry

Kite and Key Media: The Relationship Between Extreme Weather and Climate Change 

WaPo: Her students reported her for a lesson on race. Can she trust them again? 

NatGeo: Salted? Alkaline? Here’s what you actually need to hydrate. 

NYT: Jann Wenner’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Reign Ended in 20 Minutes

@ChrisVannini on Twitter: “Nick Saban's radio show is the purest thing left in college football. Makes $11 million annually, greatest coach of all time, and he comes here every Thursday to take offensive line criticism from a man named Peewee.”

@overhearddistrict on Instagram: “Spotted at the DMV”

TMZ: Sexy Woman in Bodysuit Kicked Off Plane, Claims She's IG Famous 

NYT: She Pioneered Internet Fame, He Helped Draft a Constitution. Now They're in Love.

Obsessions: 

WaPo: U.S. and Iran trade prisoners, signaling partial thaw in relations

Slate: An Unexpected Scandal Could Lose Democrats the Virginia Legislature

Favorite: 

The Atlantic: I Never Called Her Momma

The Atlantic: Nixon Between the Lines