*** ELECTION 2020 CHALLENGES ARE PURELY VOTER DISENFRANCHISEMENT ***

• Ed. note: The following 2 stories highlight why this has to stop, or we are swiftly headed to an autocracy where election officials results are overturned by state legislatures, ending democracy in America!

MSNBC’s All In With Chris Hayes: A judge in Georgia’s [majority Black] Fulton County has granted a motion allowing absentee ballots from 2020 to be unsealed and examined for fraud, clearing the way for another audit of the election results.

Newsweek: As Trump Plans Ohio Rallies, Ex-Campaign Staffers File New State Election Fraud Lawsuit

*** REGIONAL NEWS FROM THE WEEKEND ***

+ The Olympian: Thurston County businesses chart their course for the economy reopening on June 30 – “Yelm Cinemas has a detailed plan…to open all seats in its auditoriums”

+ The Points Guy: Canada extends border closure to the US through June 21

+ The Seattle Times: Washington tribal leaders, legislators slam Inslee over vetoes in climate bills

*** SELECT NATIONAL NEWS LAST WEEKEND ***

KING-5 TV: Coronavirus New US COVID-19 cases fall to lowest levels in 11 months

The Washington Post: ‘From Ferguson to Palestine’: How Black Lives Matter changed the U.S. debate on the Mideast

MSNBC’s The Beat with Ari Melber: GOP pushing bill to ban teaching history of slavery

KING-5 TV: The mob made me do it: Rioters claim Jan. 6 crowd at fault

CIDRAP – Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy: Study: 80% of hospital COVID-19 patients have neurologic complications

Reuters: U.S. CDC Finds More Clotting Cases After J&J Vaccine, Sees Causal Link

*** TRUMP NEWS LAST WEEKEND ***

The Daily Kos: Some Jan. 6 insurrectionists want to blame Trump for their actions, but others balk at that strategy

The Washington Post: Trump is sliding toward online irrelevance. His new blog isn’t helping.

CNN: Ex-Trump ambassador says former President ‘absolutely’ bears responsibility for January 6 riot

The Washington Post: Republicans struggle to define a new governing coalition as Trump closes grip on party

Business Insider: Former Trump advisor Michael Flynn claims the COVID-19 pandemic was fabricated to distract from the 2020 election [Ed. note: Yawn!]

The Wrap: Trump Releases Random Statement Praising Old Plane Used While Campaigning

Newsweek: As Trump Plans Ohio Rallies, Ex-Campaign Staffers File New State Election Fraud Lawsuit – over the purchase of Dominion Voting Systems machines.

Business Insider: A court ruled that a Trump spokesperson must pay $42,000 to Gizmodo Media Group for wrongfully claiming the outlet defamed him

She Knows: Ivanka Trump Is Taking a Move From Father Donald Trump’s Playbook in Inauguration Legal Case