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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.