“As majestic Mount Rainier looms in the background, crew on the tall ship Lady Washington work to drop a final sail during a training exercise on Tacoma’s Commencement Bay in 2019. The Lady Washington, launched in 1989, is a full-scale replica of a colonial era ship of the same name. It is the state’s official tall ship.. Credit: Drew Perine, The News Tribune (Tacoma)
*** REGIONAL NEWS FROM WEDNESDAY ***
+ Office of Gov. Jay Inslee: Statement on SCOTUS failure to pause Texas anti-abortion law
+ JOLT News: Fifth wave of COVID-19 declared by Thurston County Health Officer
+ South Sound Business: Washington State Fair Grants Free Admission If You Support Food Drive
+ JOLT News: How our local [property] taxes really work
+ NVN: New [Assistant] City Planner [Sara Williams] Joins Team in Yelm [Ed. note: Yelm’s Community Development and Economic Director Grant Beck retired, and Associate Planner Tami Merriman got a fine promotion to Tumwater. Yet those two were replaced by three new staff: Sara Williams, Assistant planner, Landon Hawes, Yelm’s new planning and building manager, and Savana Cervantes, Administrative Assistant. hmmm.]
+ NVN: Local Flooring Company Sees Supply Delays
*** VIRUS NEWS FROM WEDNESDAY ***
CNBC: WHO says it is monitoring a new Covid variant called ‘mu’
The Washington Post via MSN: A hospital refused to give ivermectin to a covid patient. Then a judge ordered doctors to administer it.
Business Insider: Fauci says US still planning for COVID-19 booster after 8 months. Biden said shots could be administered after 5.
Pittsburgh Business Times: Flu and Covid ‘twindemic’? Pitt simulations say it’s possible this winter
FOX Business: 2 Senior FDA officials to step down over disagreement with White House on booster shots
The British Medical Journal (BMJ): Covid-19: Regulators warn that rare Guillain-Barré cases may link to J&J and AstraZeneca vaccines
FOX-32 TV Chicago: 90 school bus drivers who don’t want vaccines quit, CPS offering $1,000 to students without rides
*** AFGHANISTAN NEWS FROM WEDNESDAY ***
The Star Tribune (Minneapolis) by Jeffrey D. Vold, retired U.S. Marine Corps colonel: Also hold military leaders accountable for the messy withdrawal from Afghanistan – The deathtrap nature of the Kabul airport should have been obvious.
MSNBC Opinions: Biden’s Afghanistan withdrawal could’ve gone so differently – The war in Afghanistan was far, far different from how it has been depicted in American media. [Ed. note: An exceptionally insightful piece!]
New book: The Afghan Papers – A Secret History of the War: The groundbreaking investigative story of how three successive presidents and their military commanders deceived the public year after year about America’s longest war
*** NATIONAL NEWS FROM WEDNESDAY ***
Associated Press: Texas 6-weeks abortion ban takes effect, with high court mum
CNN: Roe v. Wade: What the Supreme Court’s inaction means for the future of Roe
The Guardian (UK): ‘I guess I’m having a go at killing it’: Salman Rushdie to bypass print and publish next book on Substack – The author on why he’s chosen to release his next book on the online platform – and why he hopes digital won’t see off the medium he loves most
CNBC: TSA airport screenings drop to lowest since May as travel, fares fall
*** TRUMP NEWS FROM WEDNESDAY ***
The Wall St. Journal: Trump Organization Employees to Testify Before Manhattan Grand Jury – Senior finance official and director of security set to appear this week as criminal probe into Donald Trump’s business affairs continues [Ed. note: This means they have may have some sort of immunity, so another reason for Trump to be worried.]
MSNBC’s Opinions: Jim Jordan and Matt Gaetz tried to get Trump’s help on Jan. 6. He gave them none. Trump supporters attacked Congress — and Republicans are still scared of them.
Scott L. Cummings, professor of legal ethics at the UCLA School of Law via MSNBC: A scorching new Team Trump rebuke offers a masterclass in legal ethics
Daily Kos: Kevin McCarthy is terrified that the truth will come out about his Jan. 6 phone call to Trump
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