*** REGIONAL NEWS FROM FRIDAY ***

+ JOLT News: Regional police agencies issue “Joint Statement on Legislation for Law Enforcement” today – New police-tactics law takes effect this Sun., July 25

+ The Washington Post: How to cool your home without relying on air conditioning

+ Thurston County Public Health Officer Dr. Dimyana Abdelmalek: Comments on what to do if you’re fully vaccinated

+ The Bellingham Herald: The National Parks Service and U.S. Forest Service have banned campfires at Olympic National Park and National Forest

+ Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler (WA-03): Successfully Advanced Provisions to Withhold Taxpayer Dollars from Wuhan Lab, Investigate NIH Deletion of COVID Data

+ The Bellingham Herald: Washington sees 5th wave of COVID. This is what the state now recommends on masking

+ The Seattle Times: Alaska Air Climbs Out of the Red Thanks to Improving Travel and Federal Aid

*** NATIONAL NEWS FROM FRIDAY ***

Science Alert via MSN: Scientists Are Terrified That Earth’s Coral Reefs Are Doomed. Only We Can Save Them [Ed. note: There is not enough collective will to do so.]

The Washington Post: Climate change is forcing us indoors — and childhood will never be the same. ‘Go out and play’ was once the norm.

CNBC: Delta variant is one of the most infectious respiratory diseases known, CDC director says

CNN: Fact checking Rep. Jim Jordan’s claim that Speaker Nancy Pelosi was responsible for Capitol security on January 6 – The Speaker of the House is not in charge of Capitol security.

The Washington Post Opinions: Did Biden just commit an impeachable offense in Ukraine?

Truthout: Biden Upholds Last-Minute Trump Memo That Would Send 4,000 People Back to Prison [Ed. note: Oh sure, just as the Delta variant sweeps the country. Why?]

Truthout: FBI Admits It Got 4,500 Tips on Kavanaugh But Didn’t Investigate Them — The FBI’s investigation into sexual assault allegations against Kavanaugh wasn’t designed to uncover the truth.

*** TRUMP NEWS FROM FRIDAY ***

MSNBC’s Morning Joe: Trump’s interview with Washington Post reporters – ‘A complete and wholesale distortion of the truth’

MSNBC’s The Rachel Maddow Show: Trump’s PAC raised money to fight election fraud. Instead it’s being spent on travel and staff.

MSNBC’s The Beat with Ari Melber: Mystal: Trump either has bad taste in friends — or he’s the criminal

The Washington Post: Trump’s PAC collected $75 million this year, but so far the group has not put money into pushing for the 2020 ballot reviews he touts

Truthout: Trump Foreign Business Dealings Draw Scrutiny as New York Probe Ramps Up