
Credit: Yelm Food Co-op’s May 8th Newsletter
*** REGIONAL NEWS FROM THE WEEKEND ***
+ KING-5 TV: Statewide poll suggests Democratic Sen. Patty Murray should not seek re-election
+ FOX Business: Boeing risks missing Air Force One 2024 deadline due to legal, production issues
+ The Seattle Times: Southern resident orcas celebrate 3 healthy calves as researchers find J pod in best overall condition in a decade
*** NATIONAL NEWS FROM THE WEEKEND ***
Business Insider: 4 years after a man’s rushed execution, new tests find someone else’s DNA on the murder weapon [Ed. note: Executions by the state must cease, for our judicial system is fallible and executing far too many innocent people, as we learn after the fact!]
The Washington Post: GOP governors slash jobless aid to try to force more Americans to return to work
The Washington Post: Maryland governor grants posthumous pardons for 34 Black lynching victims
HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher: New Rule: Crypto Mania!
The Daily Kos: Norwegian Cruise Lines will pull ships out of Florida if required by Gov. DeSantis to take unvaccinated passengers
The Washington Post: It’s not a ‘labor shortage.’ It’s a great reassessment of work in America.
NBC News Opinions: American plane behavior is out of control. Flight attendants like me are sick of it.
MSNBC’s Morning Joe: ‘You wanted to be just like him’: MLB’s oldest living Hall of Famer, Willie Mays turned 90 May 6 [Ed. note: Willie Mays captured the imagination of so many young Baby Boomers, like me!]
*** PANDEMIC NEWS FROM THE WEEKEND ***
The Washington Post: Congress is finally investigating the lab accident covid-19 origin theory
*** TRUMP NEWS FROM THE WEEKEND ***
The Wall Street Journal: Trump 2020 Election Lawsuits Lead to Requests to Discipline Lawyers
George Conway in The Washington Post: What Trump has to fear from Rudy Giuliani
Yahoo! News: House GOP campaign wing reportedly withheld bad Trump polling from lawmakers at retreat
NBC News: Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan: GOP turning into ‘circular firing squad’ over Trump loyalty
Associated Press: Trump’s ‘Big Lie’ imperils Republicans who don’t embrace it
ProPublica: Trump Spawned a New Group of Mega-Donors Who Now Hold Sway Over the GOP’s Future
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