Credit: MSNBC‘s The 11th Hour with Brian Williams screenshot
** BREAKING NEWS **
+ MSN: Biden officially secures enough electors to become president [Ed. note: While Trump keeps attempting to overturn election results in a handful of states.]
+ NYT: U.S. Used Patriot Act to Gather Logs of Website Visitors [Ed. note: Trump’s appointed intelligence director John Ratcliffe now in the hot-seat.]
+ NYT: Judge Orders Government to Fully Reinstate DACA Program [by Monday] – Up to 300,000 additional undocumented immigrants could be allowed to apply for protection from deportation
+ WaPo: Pentagon blocks visits to military spy agencies by Biden transition team – “Christopher Miller was installed as acting secretary of defense last month after President Donald Trump fired Mark Esper, his Pentagon chief. Miller has presided over the removal of senior Pentagon officials, replacing them with perceived Trump loyalists.”
+ CNBC: The Pentagon dismissed nine Defense Business Board members and replaced them with 11 new appointments on Friday, the latest shakeup in the Pentagon aimed at installing Trump loyalists. Former Trump 2016 campaign officials Corey Lewandowski and David Bossie are among the 11 new members. [Ed. note: With little to no Pentagon experience, what are they up to?]
** SELECT REGIONAL, NATIONAL NEWS **
Watch Mayor Foster sing “I’ll be Home for Christmas”
Where to Find Holiday Light Displays in Thurston County [The City of Yelm and the Yelm Chamber of Commerce will collaborate to host Yelm Lights at Night]
Yelm’s Giorda E. has added candles, cashmere, lotion and more to the store’s product lines
JOLT News: Hot off the press: the definitive history of Thurston County
In Historic First, the House of Representatives votes to decriminalize marijuana
Federal judge reinstates DACA, orders Homeland Security to quickly accept new applicants
** CORONAVIRUS NEWS **
A hospital is the last place in America you want to be right now
With hospitals slammed by covid-19, doctors and nurses plead for action by governors
COVID surge followed a record low drop in social distancing in October, study finds
Risk of COVID-19 Brain Complications Increases for Those With Diabetes and Hypertension
UK Government: No Liability for Pfizer if Brits Are Harmed by COVID Vaccine [Ed. note: Expect the same here in the U.S.]
** TRUMP’S WORLD OF CHAOS **
D.C. prosecutor contradicts Ivanka on Inaugural Committee’s overpayment to Trump hotel
Courts hand Trump more losses as attempts to upend results collapse– additional blows dealt in Michigan, Nevada, Wisconsin and Arizona on Friday
Trump campaign files election lawsuit in Georgia, suffers more legal defeats
Harvard Professor Laurence Tribe: Any argument that Trump can pardon himself would be ‘incompatible’ with the Constitution
Former assistant director for counterintelligence at the FBI Frank Figliuzzi: Trump’s supposed pardon plans aren’t about righting injustices — they’re about obstructing it.
Georgia Says Sidney Powell’s Lawsuit Could Hinder Senate Runoff
Sidney Powell Amends Court Filing That Mistakenly Said Georgia Votes Were Flipped From Biden to Trump [Ed. note: This lawyer’s multiple filing errors are very telling – she is incompetent.]
Ex-US Attorney asks for investigation of Lindsey Graham call to Secretary of State
Arizona Republicans rebuff Trump’s claim of fraud, call for election audit of Maricopa County
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