*** REGIONAL IDEAS FOR SUMMER FUN ***

+ Joe DePinto for Mayor of Yelm: The Yelm Splash Pad now open and will stay open throughout summer from Tuesday thru Sunday, 11am to 7pm.

+ Yelm Farmers Market: Season opener May 29, then Saturdays through October 30!

+ Experience Olympia & Beyond: Best Outdoor Adventures Along the Thurston Bountiful Byway

+ Experience Olympia & Beyond: Top 8 Things to do in Yelm

+ Experience Olympia & Beyond: Olympia Area Events

+ Jolt News: Timberland libraries offer free books from their online summer program

+ The Olympian: Indian Summer Golf & Country Club in Olympia, previously a private golf course, is now open to the public

+ Airways Magazine: Alaska Airlines to begin service to Belize from LAX and Seattle

*** NATIONAL NEWS FROM FRIDAY ***

The Hill: Senate passes resolution urging probe into COVID-19 origins

The Hill: Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed an opposition to the Justice Department’s motion to stay a federal judge’s order to block release of Trump obstruction memo

USA Today: UFO filmmaker releases 46-second video allegedly showing swarm of objects hovering near Navy ship

The Hill: ‘DHS secretary: We’re taking a very close look at’ vaccine passports – “The White House has also said there would be no federal mandate for proof of COVID-19 vaccinations….a DHS Spokesperson clarified to The Hill that he was talking about making sure that Americans meet travel requirements for other countries.”

Truthout: U.S. Jews Are Increasingly Breaking With Israel to Support Palestinian Liberation – More American Jews are asserting that support for Palestinians is not incongruous with embracing a Jewish identity.

Salon: Arizona Republicans Move to Strip Powers From Democratic Secretary of State [Ed. note: This could be coming to a state near you!]

*** TRUMP’S MOUNTING ISSUES FROM FRIDAY ***

Politico: Manhattan DA could pursue racketeering charge in Trump Org probe, experts say

MSNBC’s The Beat with Ari Melber: Sprawling Trump Org. probe hits DC hotel: Report

The Hill: Importance of Trump grand jury probe cannot be overstated

MSNBC: Embattled Trump CFO now tied to inauguration scandal

The Wall Street Journal: Trump Case: New York Prosecutor Known for Aggressive Pursuit of Evidence

Business Insider: New York prosecutors are treating the Trump Organization like it’s the mob

Slate: Biden’s Justice Department Is Walking Into a Trap Set by Trump Appointees

Associated Press: Judge agrees to appoint ‘special master’ in Giuliani case

Washington Examiner: Trump issues rally call after judge cancels meeting to discuss Georgia ballot review

Washington Examiner: DOJ urges judge to dismiss lawsuits against Trump and Barr over clearing protesters in Lafayette Square

TPM (Talking Points Memo): ‘The Sickness Is Spreading’: MAGA’s 2020 Amateur Audit-Mania Is Sweeping The Nation

The Atlantic: Trump’s Supporters Are Getting the Lab-Leak Story Backwards

MSNBC: Jan. 6 defendants continue to struggle as Trump continues to lie – Trump didn’t do his most dangerous followers any favors on Jan. 6. Twenty weeks later, he’s still making their lives worse.

Tribune Content Agency: Jonah Goldberg: Anti-Trump sentiment fueled premature dismissal of Wuhan lab theory

Salon: Pollster Frank Luntz concealed his work for GOP in 2020 L.A. Times op-ed: Will media ever learn?