*** SELECT REGIONAL NEWS FROM MONDAY ***

KING-5 TV: Washington to consider proposal to make Juneteenth an official state holiday – commemorates the end of slavery in the United States

Seattle Times: ‘Powerhouse duo’ of Washington Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell gain clout as Biden era begins

Washington Examiner: WA. GOP Representative Jaime Herrera Beutler who voted for Trump impeachment faces backlash and possible primary challenges [Ed. note: Herrera Beutler’s District 3 encompasses rural Yelm, Rainier, Tenino]

JOLT News: Amid heightened security, calm on the Capitol Campus in Olympia

KING-5 TV: Washington starts COVID-19 vaccine Phase 1B with lower age threshold and adds more mass vaccine sites

Airliner Watch: Emirates president says Boeing 777X entry to service may slip to 2023 ‘or even longer’ [Ed. note: This aircraft is to be assembled in Everett and any delay affects Puget Sound’s workforce.]

*** SELECT NATIONAL NEWS FROM MONDAY ***

WaPo: QAnon adherents discussed posing as National Guard to try to infiltrate inauguration, according to FBI intelligence briefing

Common Dreams: Feds Are Vetting 25,000 National Guard Troops Ahead of Biden Inauguration

Law&Crime: FBI Charges Woman Believed to Have Stolen Nancy Pelosi’s Laptop During Capitol Riot, Saying She May Have Tried to Sell Device to Russian Intelligence

WaPo: Proud Boys, other fringe groups find refuge – and money – on Christian fundraising website

NBC News: New Jersey reservist, with Navy base clearance, charged in connection to deadly Capitol riot

The Daily Kos: Trump team orders installation of notorious pro-Trump saboteur into top NSA position [Ed. Note: to be sworn in with one day left in the Trump Administration.]

CNN: Pelosi demands acting Pentagon chief halt his order to NSA to install Trump loyalist as general counsel

Common Dreams: Biden Plans to Rescind Keystone XL in “Huge Victory” for Indigenous-Led Movement

*** CORONAVIRUS NEWS ***

WaPo: 400,000: The invisible deaths of covid-19 [Ed. note: Trump leaves office with 400,000 COVID-19 deaths on his watch!]

NY Daily News: ‘Dark weeks ahead’: Incoming CDC director expects 500,000 COVID deaths by mid-February

Mercola: Could Most COVID-19 Deaths Have Been Prevented? [by optimizing Vit. D]

Zero-Hedge: Peer-Reviewed Stanford University Study “Did Not Find Evidence” Lockdowns Were Effective In Stopping COVID Spread

Wall St. Journal: Does Getting the Covid-19 Vaccine Stop You Spreading It? Scientists Don’t Know Yet.

*** TRUMP NEWS FROM MONDAY ***

WaPo: Misinformation dropped dramatically the week after Twitter banned Trump – Zignal Labs charts 73 percent decline on Twitter and beyond following historic action against the president

Business Insider: Capitol rioters say Trump told them to do it, which some legal experts say could open him to criminal charges

WaPo: Attorney Roberta Kaplan is about to make Trump’s life extremely difficult [represents clients in high-profile cases against Trump]

The Hill: Scarborough says he’s considering legal action against Trump over conspiracy tweets [targeting him falsely]

Snopes: American Thinker joined the likes of Newsmax in issuing a correction to various claims it spread during the 2020 election. [their voter fraud claims were false]

NBC News: Capitol riot exposed flaws of Trump’s DHS, focused on immigration and not extremists, say ex-officials

ABC News: The Trump letter his lawyers said should never see ‘light of day’

Deadline: Donald Trump Faces Possible Expulsion From SAG-AFTRA As Union’s Board Sets Special Session

WaPo: The Trump presidency was marked by battles over truth itself. Those aren’t over.