*** REGIONAL TRUMP NEWS FROM FRIDAY ***

+ The Olympian: Sibling pairs highlight both Yelm boys and girls teams bound for state wrestling – Wrestling is a family affair at Yelm High School.

+ Yelm Dollars for Scholars: Purchase tickets now for our 27th Annual Auction

+ The Center Square: Republicans [Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia, and Rep. J.T. Wilcox, R-Yelm] question Inslee’s delay in ending mask mandate

+ The Seattle Times: Mysterious bubbles in Puget Sound: UW researchers track hundreds of seeping gas plumes

+ The Olympian: Best Buy is saying goodbye to Lacey, but not Olympia.

+ Airliner Watch: The head of the Federal Aviation Administration said Thursday the agency needs a “systemic fix” from Boeing to address 787 Dreamliner production issues

+ South Sound Business: Evergreen Faculty Member Receives Highest U.S. Award for Science and Math Teachers

+ KOMO-TV 4: 12 more laser strikes reported near Sea-Tac Airport, per FAA

*** NATIONAL NEWS FROM FRIDAY ***

The Washington Post: Pence defends RNC’s Jan. 6 resolution, avoids criticism of Trump in Stanford speech

Constitutional Scholar Laurence Tribe: Little is left of Sec. 2 of the Voting Rights Act now that the Supreme Court has gutted it; if this district court ruling is upheld, it’s curtains.

*** VIRUS NEWS FROM FRIDAY ***

CNBC: Bill Gates says Covid risks have ‘dramatically reduced’ but another pandemic is coming [Ed. note: Is he funding this one, too?]

The Defender: Why Aren’t We Investigating Surge in Sudden Deaths of Athletes?​​​​​​​

The Washington Post: The pandemic did what the anti-vax movement couldn’t: Powered skepticism of vaccine rules

The Defender: Nearly 24,000 Deaths After COVID Vaccines Reported to VAERS, Data Show​​​​​​​

The Defender: Autopsies of two teenage boys who died days after receiving Pfizer’s COVID vaccine prove the vaccine caused their deaths. Pathological findings suggest there may be a way to distinguish SARS-COV-2 infection-induced myo/pericarditis from vaccine-induced cardiac injury.

*** TRUMP NEWS FROM FRIDAY ***

NBC News: White House records taken by Trump contained classified information, National Archives confirms

CNBC: Trump loses fight to toss lawsuits accusing him of sparking Jan. 6 Capitol riot

Daily Kos: Hillary: Fox News is ‘getting awfully close to actual malice in their attacks’

Truthout: January 6 Committee Is Considering Subpoenaing Ivanka Trump

Business Insider: Trump claims all New York judges hate him after one ruled he and his kids can be deposed in investigation of business practices