*** SELECT REGIONAL NEWS FROM LAST WEEKEND ***

The Mountain News: Mass Vax Rollout in Eatonville a Success

The Olympian: Bill with relief for Washington businesses, unemployed workers heads to governor’s desk

KING-5 TV: Washington state accused of widespread failure to house foster children

Seattle Times: Mayor’s embrace of QAnon roils the politics of Sequim, Washington

The Points Guy: Canada will keep its border closed to the US through at least Feb. 21 — here’s what you need to know

Airways Magazine: Qatar Airways began the first nonstop passenger flights from Sea-Tac to Doha

Mercola: Big Tech Is Controlling What You See Online [Ed. note: Western Washington is home to many these Big Tech firms.]

*** SELECT CORONAVIRUS NEWS FROM LAST WEEKEND ***

The Olympian: More vaccine clinics are on the way for seniors, but the wait may be long

CNBC: CDC orders sweeping U.S. transportation mask mandate effective today as Covid rages – a CDC push to mandate masks in transit was blocked by Donald Trump.

Undark: Little-Known Federal Volunteer Unit Remains Underutilized for Mass Vaccinations

Mercola: 6-Month Neurological and Psychiatric Outcomes in COVID Survivors

*** SELECT POLITICAL NEWS FROM LAST WEEKEND ***

NYT: Trump Names Two Members of Impeachment Defense Team, after CNN: Trump’s 5 impeachment defense attorneys resign over Trump wanting them to argue massive election fraud

The Conversation: Congress Has a Constitutional Path to Bar Trump From Office If the Trial Fails

Propublica: Texts Reveal Trump Campaign Adviser Helped Plan Rally Leading to Capitol Breach

MSNBC: Rachel Maddow points out that the many members of the mob that stormed the Capitol on January 6th were acting in service to Donald Trump, and they’re saying so in court.

WaPo: GameStop signals a new, destabilizing collision between social media and the real world

MSNBC’s Deadline White House: Axios national political reporter Jonathan Swan interviewed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and speaks to how the events of January 6th echoed ‘well beyond American shores’

CNN: Putin signs law extending nuclear arms treaty between US and Russia January 29, 2021 [Ed. note: Biden put Putin on notice in a phone call the day prior to the signing. If Trump were still President, the treaty probably would have lapsed on the February 5 expiration date.]

WaPo: Biden brother’s law firm touts his connection to the president, creating an early headache for administration [Ed. Note: I hope we do not have a problem similar to Jimmy Carter’s brother Billy!]

KING-5 TV: GOP lawmakers seek tougher voting rules after record turnout [Ed .note: The same old voter suppression methods by the GOP re-emerge ever stronger!]

Daily Kos: Members are abandoning Mar-a-Lago now that Trump is no longer of use to anybody

KING-5 TV: Black Lives Matter has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize

Daily Kos: PBS Frontline’s ‘Trump’s American Carnage’ is a portrait of a monster—and those who enabled him

Daily Kos: Please send this video to your favorite Trump supporter. They will agree. Click here for the list of The 14 Characteristics of Fascism