*** REGIONAL NEWS FROM THE WEEKEND ***
+ The Olympian: Puget Sound salmon have no chance unless we push for a bigger investment [Ed. note: How can they have any chance in such warm waters?]
+ Port of Olympia: Profiles for the Port of Olympia candidates in the Aug. 3 primary race
+ The Washington Post: Experts express concerns for animal safety as heat waves continue to rip through the Pacific Northwest
*** NATIONAL NEWS FROM THE WEEKEND ***
The Washington Post: Wildfire smoke can drift across the country. Here’s how to protect yourself.
AARP: The Latest TSA Security Procedures During the COVID-19 Pandemic
UK’s The Telegraph: Letting children catch Covid may be safer than giving them vaccine, say experts – Rising wave of cases may be better way to build immunity in teenagers than exposing them to potential risks from a jab, says JCVI scientist
Sludge: Many Major Corporations Have Done Almost Nothing to Defend Voting Rights
Facing South: How Virginia Won the South’s Strongest Voting Rights Act
Worth Rises: Telecom Vendors Used End of Prison Visits During COVID to Profit Off Phone Calls [Ed. note: This is pathetic!]
The Guardian: Sweltering From Heat Waves, Baltimore Needs Climate-Focused Infrastructure [Ed. note: Life is unsustainable for the non-air-conditioned in Iran, Iraq, Syria, as their electrical grids cannot handle the demands in 122 degree record heat. America’s poor are in a similar same situation.]
The Washington Post: DOJ declines to investigate Cuomo’s handling of covid-19 in nursing homes
*** TRUMP NEWS FROM THE WEEKEND ***
MSNBC Opinions: Tom Barrack, Donald Trump and the (other) most corrupt White House in history
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