*** REGIONAL NEWS ON FRIDAY ***

+ The Bellingham Herald: ‘Red Road to D.C.’ calls for tribal consultation on projects that impact Native resources

+ The Chronicle (Centralia): Mayor Max: Councilor Max Vogt Appointed as Centralia Council Leader [Ed. note: Many Yelm old-timers will remember Max.]

+ KING-5 TV: ‘Best meteor shower of the year’ | When to see the Perseids

+ South Sound Business: The area’s lumber industry has dealt with large-scale changes over the decades, but still stands as a mighty economic player in the South Sound and beyond. In Thurston County, the 82 percent of the forestland acres are working forests, according to the Washington Forest Protection Association (WFPA).

*** NATIONAL NEWS ON FRIDAY ***

MSNBC celebrates their 25th anniversary: Mine was the second voice ever heard on MSNBC. 25 years later, our future is limitless. By Brian Williams

MSNBC’s The Beat with Ari Melber: The new ‘Poll Tax’: See 82-year-old Texas Dem crush GOP voting bill on TV

Truthout: Despite January 6 Pledges, Companies Begin Donating to Republicans Again

CBS News: A federal judge in Texas ordered the U.S. government on Friday to close the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program to new applicants, saying the Obama administration did not have the legal authority to grant deportation relief and work permits to undocumented immigrants brought to the U.S. as children. U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Hanen granted a request by Texas and other Republican-led states. [Ed. note: Of course this occurred in Texas under Republican requests!]

*** TRUMP NEWS ON FRIDAY ***

MSNBC’s The Beat with Ari Melber: Weisselberg’s daughter-in-law reportedly told prosecutors Trump was involved in tax scheme

Business Insider: A Trump supporter who stormed the Capitol told book author the rioters weren’t there to ‘steal things’ or ‘do damage’: ‘We were just there to overthrow the government’

MSNBC’s Deadline White House: Michigan AG: Election workers are resigning en masse to avoid threats

MSNBC Opinions: New Trump books are great gossip — but publishing too late to help – We needed to know these details about Trump’s coup attempt months ago

MSNBC’s The Reidout: Former Trump admin. official Miles Taylor: GOP is biggest threat to America’s national security

MSNBC’s Morning Joe: Book details former AG Barr’s realization that Trump would lose the 2020 election

MSNBC’s The Last Word: How Donald Trump corrupted the Republican Senate – Former Senator Bob Kerrey (D-NE) joins Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss what happened to the Senate and Mitch McConnell in the last 25 years: “It’s like watching a different human being.”