“The ’You’re on Native land’ statement is made for everyone to wear and comes from an Indigenous perspective and when you’re wearing it, you acknowledge that already.”
Credit: Urban Native Era Courtesy to McClatchy Newspapers
*** REGIONAL NEWS FROM THURSDAY ***
- Editor’s note: I received many solicitations from Yelm area readers to join in this campaign, yet upon reading the Board of Health agenda vs. the multiple e-mails of the seemingly misinformed, something was clearly amiss. The first three stories below described the facts:
+ USA Today: Fact check: No discussion of forced quarantine, vaccines from Washington health board
+ The Olympian: FACT FOCUS: Washington state isn’t changing quarantine rules – A Washington State Board of Health meeting on Wednesday became the topic of a nationwide misinformation campaign as social media users, political hopefuls and conservative pundits pushed false claims that the meeting would include a vote to force unvaccinated residents into COVID-19 quarantine camps.
+ The Seattle Times: Protesters descend on WA Board of Health after misinformation about vaccine plans goes viral
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- Ed. note: Other county jurisdictions are forced to take conflicts of interest seriously. When will Yelm’s council understand and acknowledge conflicts of interest here?
+ The News Tribune (Tacoma) via MSN: Washington hospitals describe ‘worst’ level of operational crisis since start of COVID
+ Office of the Governor: Inslee prioritizes poverty reduction efforts
+ Thurston Talk: Olympia is Third Pacific Northwest City to Prioritize Health and Clean Air by Cutting Climate Pollution From New Buildings
+ Thurston County Elections: Offering Observer Training ahead of February Special Election
*** NATIONAL NEWS FROM THURSDAY ***
The Washington Post: The past seven years have been the hottest in recorded history, new data shows
CNBC: Queen strips Prince Andrew of royal affiliations as he fights Epstein accuser case in the U.S.
*** POLITICAL NEWS FROM THURSDAY ***
CNBC: Supreme Court blocks Biden Covid vaccine mandate for businesses, allows health-care worker rule
CNBC: Oath Keepers leader, 10 others charged in seditious Jan. 6 plot to breach Capitol
Daily Kos: Who will receive a Jan. 6 committee subpoena next? Time will tell but the clues are mounting
CNBC: January 6 committee subpoenas Google, Facebook, Twitter and Reddit in probe of Capitol attack
Daily Kos: Carl Bernstein: (almost) all will be revealed, 1/6 is “in excess of anything we saw in Watergate”
*** VIRUS NEWS FROM THURSDAY ***
The Points Guy: ‘Worst may be behind us’: Delta sees demand hit from omicron, but thinks it won’t last long
Newsweek: Quebec to Impose ‘Significant’ Fines on Unvaccinated Residents
NBC News: Whether we’ll need yearly boosters remains an open question, Fauci says
*** TRUMP NEWS FROM THURSDAY ***
Truthout: Trump Is Still Casting Himself as the Victim to Keep Political Control
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