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Trump gave two speeches during July 4 weekend, and <a href="https://twitter.com/bryancurtis?ref_src&#061;twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" rel="nofollow">Bryan Curtis</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/DavidShoemaker" rel="nofollow">David Shoemaker </a>discuss how Trump&#039;s reelection campaign and how Fox News is involved (2:10). Next, Curtis and Shoemaker take a look at what sports beat writing looks like in the age of COVID-19 (20:00). Ben Widdicombe, author and former writer for the New York Post’s Page Six and TMZ, joins to discuss his career as a gossip columnist (32:50). Plus: the Overworked Twitter Joke of the Week, and David Guesses the Strained-Pun Headline.

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Bryan Curtis is the editor-at-large of The Ringer and cohost of ‘The Press Box’ podcast. A native of Fort Worth, Texas, he's written for The New Republic, Slate, Play, and Grantland. He plays a deejay in a movie about the end of the world.

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David Shoemaker is the host of The Masked Man Show With Kaz and the author of ‘The Squared Circle: Life, Death, and Professional Wrestling.’

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