*** REGIONAL NEWS FROM FRIDAY ***

+ JOLT News: Thurston County kids 5 to 11 are getting vaccinated faster than the statewide average

+ The Olympian: Thurston’s public health director Schelli Slaughter resigns, exits county job by Jan. 3

+ The Seattle Times: Digital COVID vaccine verification tool officially launched in Washington state

+ JOLT News: Two-year forecasts reveal more tough news for housing affordability

+ KING-5 TV News: Explosion rattles Islamic Center of Olympia in apparent act of intimidation

+ The Olympian: WA Supreme Court declines to draw new redistricting plan

+ The Chronicle: Centralia City Light’s hydroelectric project in Yelm generated about 5% less energy during 2020 when compared with previous years, according to an annual report out Thursday from the department.

*** NATIONAL/WORLD NEWS FROM FRIDAY ***

MSNBC’s Morning Joe: Germany locks down unvaccinated people – Germany has announced tough new restrictions exclude unvaccinated people from much of public life as a way to help curb a wave of infections in the country.

CNBC: Germany steps closer to making Covid vaccines mandatory, imposes strict curbs on unvaccinated

FOX News: Oklahoma attorney general sues Biden admin over federal workforce vaccine mandate

National Vaccine Information Center: VAERS data released Dec. 3rd show a 5-year-old girl died 4 days after Pfizer shot

Associated Press: New data suggests 1 in 44 US children affected by autism

*** NATIONAL NEWS FROM FRIDAY ***

Truthout: For the First Time, Supreme Court Is Poised to Retract a Fundamental Right

Associated Press: Thousands of Air Guard, Reserves don’t meet vaccine deadline

Common Dreams: Dark Money From the U.S. Christian Right Fuels War on Abortion Rights Worldwide

Associated Press: New data suggests 1 in 44 US children affected by autism

*** TRUMP NEWS FROM FRIDAY ***

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow: Jeffrey Clark’s letter to Georgia officials appears to have been written by the Trump White House, not Clark [Ed. note: Is this the smoking gun that The White House officials were involved in meeting to subvert election results?]

MSNBC’s Maddow Blog: For the second time this week, a lawyer close to Donald Trump has told the Jan. 6 committee that he will plead the Fifth.

Business Insider: Kayleigh McEnany says she didn’t lie in the White House briefing room because she went to Oxford, Harvard, and Georgetown and is a Christian [Ed. note: Let her tell this to the Jan 6th Committee under oath and see where the chips may fall. I am certain she will not perjure herself under oath, because she is “not deceptive because she’s a Christian and a mother!” haha…]

The NY Daily News: Trump upset with ex-aide Mark Meadows for spilling the beans on positive COVID-19 test before debate with Biden: report