Credit: Bounty For Families
** SELECT REGIONAL, NATIONAL NEWS **
+ AP News: Voter turnout in Washington hit 84.1%, just shy of record, election to be certified Dec. 1st [Thurston County final votes tally on Nov. 24]
+ JOLT News: Thurston County officials reflect on complicated, successful election season
+ Bounty For Families: Yelm’s Gift of Gobble Feeds 150 Families in 2020 [Ed. note: A 50% increase over supporting an annual 100 fmailies.]
+ Air Force Magazine: The US is Out of the Open Skies Treaty [with Russia]. What’s Next?
+ South Sound Biz: New Marriott Tacoma Hotel (adjacent Convention Center) Signals Promising Future for South Sound Conventions/Tourism
+ The Olympian: State expands who’s eligible for $1.1 million still left in Thurston’s rent assistance fund
+ Yelm Chamber: $500 Grants Available to small Yelm Businesses
+ McClatchey News: Health workers join Gov. Inslee to warn that hospitals are approaching capacity
+ Common Dreams: ‘Go Big, and Stay Big’: Economists Call for $3 Trillion Covid Relief Package to Stop Nation’s Descent Into Ruin – “The Senate’s failure” to approve funding the cause+ McClatchey News:
+ McClatchey News: Looking to get outdoors after Thanksgiving? Washington, Oregon waive state park fees
+ CNBC: Pennsylvania and Nevada certify Biden wins over Trump
+ AP News: Michigan AG investigates threats against Wayne County Board of Canvassers
+ UK’s Daily Mail: Billionaire Charles Koch says he was ‘horrified’ by extreme immigration and foreign policy views of Republicans HE funded – said he ‘screwed up’ by being too partisan
** CORONAVIRUS NEWS **
Threshold for reopening WA schools could be lowered significantly, draft plan shows
4 in 10 Americans Plan to Defy CDC Guidelines on Thanksgiving
US Coronavirus: US sets record for Covid-19 hospitalizations amid fall surge
CDC to shorten quarantine for those exposed to Covid-19
Of all the people who died of the 1918-1919 flu in Seattle, more than half died after the holiday season [Ed. note: Will Puget Sound learn from history, or set a new record 2020-2021?]
Several Puget Sound hospitals postponing non-urgent procedures amid COVID surge
Washington cell phone and traffic data show slowdown in Thanksgiving travel amid COVID warnings
The Best and Worst Places to Be in the Coronavirus Era
** SELECT TRUMP NEWS **
+ The New York Times: Trump Is Said to Plan Pardon of Flynn, one of a string of pardons he plans to issue before leaving office[Ed. note: As if this is a surprise to anyone. Are pre-pardoning Jared, Ivanka, and Trump himself next?]
Former House speaker Paul Ryan calls on Trump to concede
Trump’s post-presidency will be cluttered with potentially serious legal battles
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Post presidency legal battles:
It will be interesting to see of Trump attempts to pardon himself. And interesting to witness the resulting legal machinations that will ensue
This was a wonderful pardon that Trump did.
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