Credit: UNDP – United Nations Development Programme
- Editor’s note: Andrew Cuomo charged with forcible touching, a misdemeanor sex crime, from NBC News.
- “We hope that all men who abuse their power by abusing women will see this and understand that there will be real consequences to their profoundly damaging behavior,” quoting Mariann Wang, a lawyer representing two other harassment victims.
- My hope is that at Yelm City Hall, “men who abuse their power by abusing women will see this and understand that there will be real consequences to their profoundly damaging behavior,” too!
- Though innocent until proven otherwise, if an independent, third party investigation concludes that City Administrator Grayum abused his power by harassing and intimating women and men, there should be consequences for him, as well, including and not limited to censure from the council. This is the way this behavior can not be hidden from his next potential employer or executive search firm.
*** REGIONAL NEWS FROM THURSDAY ***
+ The Olympian: Gov. Inslee defends Climate Commitment Act veto, vows to continue this work with Tribes – “The success of the Tribal communities is the success of the broader non-Tribal communities,” Inslee said.
+ McClatchy News: Gov. Inslee defends Climate Commitment Act veto, vows to continue this work with Tribes
+ NVN: Washington GOP Presses Inslee to Appoint a Republican Secretary of State
+ CNBC via MSN: Boeing posts loss as Dreamliner flaws drive up costs, but airplane sales rise
+ Airways Magazine: Alaska Air Group Collaborating with ZeroAvia to Develop Hydrogen Powertrain for 76-Seat Zero-Emission Aircraft
*** NATIONAL NEWS FROM THURSDAY ***
United Nations: In breach of diplomatic protocol; ‘don’t choose extinction’ dinosaur urges world leaders
Truthout: 26 States Are Primed to Effectively Ban Abortion If Roe v. Wade Is Overturned
MSNBC’s Opinions by Joyce Vance: Democracy is dying a slow death in America. At least we have the filibuster! Fewer days for early voting? No Sundays? Strict, expensive identification requirements in order to vote? Who cares?
CNBC: Tesla is setting the bar for electric vehicles, VW CEO admits
CNBC: Facebook changes company name to Meta
*** TRUMP NEWS FROM THURSDAY ***
MSNBC’s Zerlina: Trump threatened protesters, Facebook did nothing
Truthout: Reporters Blast Wall Street Journal for Publishing Misleading Trump Op-Ed [Ed. note: Consider the source – Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal.]
Politico: Former lawmakers urge court to reject Trump effort to stymie Jan. 6 committee
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