
Credit: Boeing
- Editor’s note: This Friday story in The New York Times is chilling in the context of American history. Repercussions can be expected:
NYT: Republican Ties to Extremist Groups Are Under Scrutiny – A number of members of Congress have links to organizations and movements that played a role in the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol.
*** SELECT REGIONAL NEWS FROM FRIDAY ***
+ KING-5 TV: Indoor dining gets partial return to restaurants in 7 western Washington counties Monday
+ The Olympian: This historical building in Olympia could be sold [former county courthouse]
+ Tacoma’s News-Tribune: Washington National Guard asks Pentagon for more troops amid civil unrest, COVID-19
+ The Olympian: Thurston County still has illegal, discriminatory covenants on 100s of deeds and plats
+ Associated Press: State urges teachers to return to classrooms — shot or not
*** CORONAVIRUS NEWS ***
Seattle Times: New coronavirus variant detected in King County on Friday
JOLT News: Thurston County’s health officer answers top three questions in her letter to school district superintendents Returning kids to school
Mercola: Pfizer Admits Vaccine Does Not Prevent COVID
Delta Airlines News Hub: Delta earns hospital-grade ‘Diamond’ rating for cleanliness from Airline Passenger Experience Association (APEX) and SimpliFlying.
*** SELECT POLITICAL NEWS FROM FRIDAY ***
Business Insider: Russia has been cultivating Trump as an asset for 40 years, former KGB spy says
Bloomberg: World’s Most Vaccinated Nation [Israel] Struggles With Virus Variants
Daily Kos: New polling shows overwhelming support for Biden’s vision of unity, rejection of GOP obstruction
Truthout: Trump Chief of Staff [Mark Meadows] Liquidated as Much as $200,000 in Stock After Election
NYT: Body camera footage shows Capitol rioters trampling over woman [who died there]
Business Insider: Law enforcement veterans say the Capitol siege was just the tip of the iceberg of the ‘cult-like’ threat far-right extremists pose to the US
Newsweek: Donald Trump’s Return to Mar-a-Lago May Be Interrupted by Limited Stay Agreement
The Hill: Former House GOP leader: Fear of telling ‘truth’ to voters led to Capitol riot
The Hill: [Now 270] House staffers urge senators to convict Trump in impeachment trial
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