*** REGIONAL NEWS FROM THURSDAY ***

The Olympian: Port of Olympia in need of marine terminal director after Faucher accepts new job [Ed. note: This with 2 new Port Commissioners soon beginning their jobs.]

Office of Gov. Jay Inslee: Inslee announces FEMA mobile COVID-19 vaccination unit coming to Western Washington

*** NATIONAL NEWS FROM THURSDAY ***

Commemorative Air Force: Three Decades After Closing Pan Am Lives On at the Pan Am Museum – December 4, 2021, Commemorates 30 Years Since the Iconic Airline Ceased Operations

KING-5 TV News: US to extend mask mandate for travelers through mid-March

KING-5 TV News: China clears Boeing 737 MAX to fly again

AARP: December Activities with AARP Washington

MSNBC Morning Joe: Maya Wiley: Justice Roberts is the one to watch in abortion case

The Points Guy: US tightens pre-travel testing windows, extends mask mandates for travelers to fight omicron variant

The Points Guy: What to do if you test positive for COVID-19 overseas

Netflix: Lead Me Home documentary of America’s homelessness

MSNBC Opinion: This Amy Coney Barrett question probably doomed abortion in America

MSNBC: Justice Sotomayor: ‘When does the life of a woman and putting her at risk enter the calculus?’

*** VIRUS NEWS FROM THURSDAY ***

Politico: Austria becomes first Western country to resort to mandatory, compulsory coronavirus vaccination

Common Dreams: Celebrities Urge Hollywood to End Support for Big Pharma’s Vaccine Monopoly

The Hill: Scientists find ‘trigger’ for rare blood clots in patients after AstraZeneca vaccine

*** TRUMP NEWS FROM THURSDAY ***

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Two Georgia election workers sue St. Louis-based Gateway Pundit website over false fraud claims

Politico: Judge: Trump and allies ‘stoked the flames of fear’ that led to Jan. 6 violence

The Washington Post via The Seattle Times: Trump could pocket $100 million in deal for money-losing D.C. hotel

The New York Times: Trump Tested Positive for Virus Days Before Debate, 2 Ex-Officials Say

MSNBC’s MaddowBlog: Mark Meadows is describing a story from his own book as ‘fake news’ – that Trump had tested positive for covid before a Biden debate

The Washington Post: The bombshell about Trump testing positive also implicates the Trump family

The Washington Post via MSN: House Jan. 6 committee votes to hold former Trump DOJ official in criminal contempt

Bloomberg via MSN: Sidney Powell, L. Lin Wood among attorneys ordered to pay $175,000 over Michigan ‘Kraken’ suit