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* Fired Amtrak engineer opens up about 2017 DuPont crash,
* Arizona to execute prisoners with a lethal gas Nazis used, Zyklon B,
* Trump DOJ secretly pulled phone records for 4 reporters, against policy!

Fired Amtrak engineer opens up about 2017 DuPont crash, why he wants back in a locomotive
The 2017 DuPont crash site of Amtrak’s Cascades 2017 being rebuilt
Credit: The Olympian

+ The Seattle Times: Fired Amtrak engineer opens up about 2017 DuPont crash, why he wants back in a locomotive

+ The Cattleman Restaurant: Popular Yelm restaurant listed their business is for sale

+ NVN: Holly Smith is the newly appointed Yelm City Council member, sworn in May 25.

+ JOLT News: Commissioner Edwards spoke [Wednesday] about homelessness, housing, courts and crime

*** NATIONAL NEWS FROM WEDNESDAY ***

The Washington Post: Arizona plans to execute prisoners with a lethal gas the Nazis used at Auschwitz

Bloomberg News: Pope Francis Changes Vatican Law to Criminalize Priests’ Abuse of Adults

CNBC: Biden suspends oil leases in Alaska’s Arctic refuge, reversing a drilling program approved by the Trump administration [which would have destroyed this pristine environment.]

Brookings: Will births in the US rebound? Probably not. Births have been falling almost continuously for more than a decade.

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow: How Authoritarianism Spread And The U.S. Faltered As A Model For Democracy, discussion with Ben Rhodes, former deputy national security advisor to President Obama.

The Washington Post: Your ability to focus may be limited to 4 or 5 hours a day. Here’s how to make the most of them.

*** TRUMP NEWS FROM WEDNESDAY ***

Editor’s note: Trump’s hold on the Republican Party with his “insurrection” continuing with lies of election fraud, requires all Americans to be aware how tenuous our democracy is currently.

CNBC: Trump blog page shuts down for good – failed to garner a following

The Washington Post: Trump’s company puts D.C. hotel lease up for sale, again

Business Insider: Trump DOJ secretly pulled phone records for 4 New York Times reporters during an investigation into a leak

MSNBC: Trump is preparing to unleash his most powerful weapon again

MSNBC: He’s back: Trump’s return to rallies is half revenge tour, half sales pitch

The Washington Post: To build a crowd for a pro-Trump rally, Nevada GOP consultant sought help from Proud Boys

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow: FEC issues new punishment in Trump’s hush-money scandal – on the National Enquirer

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow: With anti-election crusade, Trump reportedly has an endgame in mind – Trump has reportedly told associates he hopes to be “reinstated” to the presidency by August. This entire line of thought is stark raving mad. [Ed. note: to shield himself from indictments, of course.]

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