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* Man asks for gun inside Yelm gun shop – kills himself,
* West megadrought worsens to driest in at least 1,200 years
* Accounting Firm Drops Trump Org. Over Dubious Financial Docs!

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“Water drips from a faucet near boat docks sitting on dry land at the Browns Ravine Cove area of drought-stricken Folsom Lake in Folsom, Calif., on May 22, 2022. The American West’s megadrought deepened so much last year that it is now the driest it has been in at least 1200 years and a worst-case scenario playing out live, a new study finds.” Credit: AP Photo/Josh Edelson.

*** REGIONAL NEWS FROM MONDAY ***

+ The Olympian: Report: Man shoots himself inside Yelm gun shop – The man had asked for a gun, the Nisqually Valley News reports. [“he loaded it with one round of ammunition he had brought with him.”]

+ The Olympian: Confused by COVID guidance? Here’s what Thurston’s Health Officer recommends – Thurston County Health Officer says she expects mitigation measures to relax as virus cases fall.

+ The Olympian: Report: Man shoots himself inside Yelm gun shop – The man had asked for a gun, the Nisqually Valley News reports. [“he loaded it with one round of ammunition he had brought with him.”]

+ The Points Guy: Check out the new locomotives Amtrak just rolled out on the Empire Builder line: Seattle-Chicago

+ The Olympian: It may be the little things that determine whether whales and salmon survive – We need to continue to fund research into the smallest creatures and plants in the food web.

+ Airliner Watch: Boeing reaches record $2 Billion in e-Commerce sales

+ The Seattle Times via The Olympian: Puget Sound-based Microsoft, Expedia announce broad reopenings in moves that may signal a new phase in COVID pandemic

+ South Sound Business: Clark, Thurston, and Pierce Counties are among the top 10 most paycheck-friendly places in Washington State, according to a recent study from Smart Asset

*** NATIONAL NEWS FROM MONDAY ***

Truthout: Voters Want Alternatives to Biden and Trump in 2024 Election, Poll Shows

MSNBC Columnist Joyce Vance: Why Vindman’s Trump White House lawsuit is such a courageous moment – Sometimes it can be enough, or at least a start, to take the first step forward.

McClatchy Newspapers: West megadrought worsens to driest in at least 1,200 years

*** VIRUS NEWS FROM MONDAY ***

Cornell University: Study Confirms Ivermectin Outperforms Other Options – “showed the best result against Omicron”

Psychology Today: A “Striking” Link Between Vitamin D Levels and Omicron – Low levels are associated with the severity of Omicron and other variants

*** TRUMP NEWS FROM MONDAY ***

Daily Beast: Accounting Firm Drops Trump Organization Over Dubious Financial Docs – The Trump Organization’s longtime accounting firm Mazars said it no longer wants Trump’s business, as it doesn’t trust the financial documents the Trump Org has given them.

Law & Crime: Feds Hint at Possible Plea Deal with Steve Bannon’s Associate in Case of We Build the Wall, the Charity to Crowdfund a U.S.-Mexico Border Barrier

The Independent (UK): Coup memo author John Eastman tries to hide 11,000 documents from Capitol riot committee

MSNBC’s The Reidout Blog: Rep. Jim Jordan seems to back Trump’s comment about executing Clinton aides – The Ohio Republican seemed to agree with Trump’s assessment that former Hillary Clinton campaign aides deserve to be killed.

Politico: Gaetz ‘wingman’ granted another sentencing delay

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