Washington Secretary of State Kim Wyman, seen Sept. 15, 2020, in Olympia, reportedly has been offered a position in the Biden administration related to voter security, according to CNN. Photo: Ted S. Warren, AP
*** REGIONAL NEWS FROM MONDAY ***
+ The Seattle Times: Report: Washington Secretary of State Kim Wyman will be named to Biden administration election-security post [Ed. Note: Wyman served as Thurston County Elections Director for nearly a decade and served three terms as the elected Thurston County Auditor (2001-2013).]
+ South Sound Business: Study: State Unemployment Claims 18 Percent Lower Than Pre-COVID Levels
+ The Seattle Times via The Washington Post: CDC director encourages kids to go outside on Halloween and ‘enjoy your trick-or-treating’
+ KING-5 TV (NBC Seattle): The National Weather Service (NWS) said the pressure hit a low of 942.5 millibars Sunday, which is the lowest pressure ever recorded off the Washington coast. The previous lowest pressure off our coast was in 1981 at 950 millibars.
+ The Center Square: Washington State Legislators Locked Out of Offices Over Vaccine Rule
+ McClatchy News: Ken Griffey Jr. purchases shares in Mariners franchise
*** NATIONAL NEWS FROM MONDAY ***
McClatchy News: Democrats to Biden: Start pushing back more aggressively against Trump
CNBC: Tesla shares rise after Hertz says it will buy 100,000 electric vehicles
KING-5 TV: United Nations says 2020 Greenhouse gas concentrations at new record
McClatchy News: Some American workers are deciding to quit their jobs in defiance of what they consider intrusive vaccine mandates.
CNBC: Business groups ask White House to delay Biden Covid vaccine mandate until after the holidays
*** TRUMP NEWS FROM MONDAY ***
Rolling Stone: EXCLUSIVE – Jan. 6 Protest Organizers Say They Participated in ‘Dozens’ of Planning Meetings With Members of Congress and White House Staff (included Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.), Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.), Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.), Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), and Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas). [Daily Kos: Two Jan. 6 rally organizers are talking, and congressional Republicans should be nervous]
Daily Kos: Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez Calls to Expel Members Who Aided January 6 Plot After Fiery Report
Daily Kos: ‘We are determined to make the fraud of 2020 the issue of the election,’ Michigan county GOP pledges
Daily Kos: Cowboys For Trump Founder Cuoy Griffin Turns on Trump. Griffin Is Mad He Was Arrested For Jan 6th.
MSNBC’s The Mehdi Hasan Show: As Dems focus on Manchin, GOP ensures coup that failed doesn’t in 2024
CNN Politics: First on CNN: Biden White House rejects more executive privilege claims by Trump
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Jan. 6 Protest Organizers Say They Participated – If true and the evidence proves, then “hang ’em high.”
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