Credit: Courtesy of Southeast Thurston Fire Authority via The Olympian
*** REGIONAL NEWS FROM FRIDAY ***
+ The Olympian via MSN: Small plane makes emergency landing outside Yelm Thursday evening
+ JOLT News: Nisqually Middle School to create murals inspired by Nisqually tribal history
+ Thurston County Health Officer Dr. Dimyana Abdelmalek: Answers your questions – about herd immunity, booster shots and why numbers differ depending on where you find them.
+ Truthout: Picket Led by Palestinian Feminists Delays Israeli Ship From Docking in Seattle
*** NATIONAL NEWS FROM FRIDAY ***
USA Today: DOJ inspector general to review Trump Justice Department’s seizure of Democrats’ phone data
Reuters: Trump-inspired death threats are terrorizing election workers [Ed. note: How can we have a functioning democracy when election workers are getting death threats?]
NBC News: DOJ to expand voting rights team, will scrutinize GOP-led voting laws, Garland says
Business Insider: AG Merrick Garland rebukes dubious ballot reviews ‘based on disinformation’ and says the DOJ will double its voting rights staff
Salon: Supreme Court Case Could Set Back Fight for LGBTQ+ Anti-Discrimination Laws
NBC News: Lake Mead’s water level drops to lowest point in history
McClatchy News: Teen wins special Pulitzer award for ‘courageously recording’ George Floyd’s death
USA Today: Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson suspended for a week from YouTube for COVID misinformation
*** TRUMP NEWS FROM FRIDAY ***
NBC News Meet The Press: The new bombshell report about Trump’s DOJ is all part of a familiar pattern
ABC News: Biden administration returning $2 billion in Trump border wall funds to Pentagon
The Washington Post: Biden administration keeps long-sought Trump hotel documents under wraps
The Washington Post: Biden administration moves to restore road ban in Alaskan national forest, reversing Trump rollback
Politico: The Geophysicist Who Stormed the Capitol – How does someone cross the threshold from belief to action? [i.e. for Trump]
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