Lowest water levels in Lake Mead at the Hoover Dam since the 1930s this week.
Credit: Justin Lane/EPA, via Shutterstock and The New York Times Morning Report.
*** REGIONAL NEWS FROM THURSDAY ***
+ Office of Gov. Jay Inslee: Inslee announces eviction moratorium “bridge”
+ City of Yelm: Updated City of Yelm Organizational Chart as Community Development Director Beck leaves city in August
+ The Olympian: Hands on Children’s Museum in Olympia splashes into summer with new exhibits
+ AAA Washington: There is No Safe Amount of Time to Leave Children or Pets in a Car
*** SELECT NATIONAL NEWS FROM THURSDAY ***
The Washington Post via MSN: Defund the military? GOP’s anti-woke crusade dips into dicey territory.
NBC News: Pelosi announces select committee to investigate Jan. 6 Capitol riot
Truthout: Terrifying UN Draft Climate Report Urges Total Transformation of Our Way of Life – Beyond the dire warnings in the report, the assessment of current efforts to curtail climate disruption is damning.
CNN: US government seizes dozens of US website domains connected to Iran [Ed. note: Trevor Timm tweeted: “The US government unilaterally censoring websites on a global scale based on vague “disinformation” claims. Glad we can be assured this power definitely won’t be abused or copied, or backfire.”]
Common Dreams: Only U.S. and Israel Vote Against Resolution Demanding End to Blockade of Cuba [Ed. note: Hopefully, the Biden Administration will cease this Trump Admin. policy relic.]
McClatchy News: US life expectancy drops most since WWII, study says — COVID deaths aren’t only reason – Hispanic and Black people saw the largest drops in life expectancy in 2020 compared to white people.
*** TRUMP NEWS FROM THURSDAY ***
The Washington Post: Inside the extraordinary effort to save Trump from covid-19
MSNBC: ‘Dangerous game’: NY prosecutor says Trump Org execs in serious legal jeopardy
The Daily Kos: Jarvanka desperate to erase the memory of being Trump’s de facto “chiefs of staff”
Truthout: House Judiciary Committee Examining Who Ordered [Trump] DOJ Subpoenas on Democrat Lawmakers
Reuters: Biden backers sue ‘Trump Train’ members, police over campaign bus incident
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