*** REGIONAL NEWS FROM MONDAY ***

+ The Washington Post via MSN: Atmospheric river blasts Pacific Northwest bringing avalanche and flood danger

+ The Olympian: Olympia area sees record rainfall totals as Thurston County goes under flood warning – the area already beat its daily rainfall record of 1.69 inches, set in 1972 with 1.71 inches Monday from from midnight to 10 a.m.

+ Thurston County Emergency Management: NWS has issued a flood warning for the Deschutes River now until 3/1/2022

*** NATIONAL NEWS FROM MONDAY ***

Common Dreams: California “Freedom Convoy” Cancels Trip to D.C., Citing Low Participation

ABC News: DOJ preparing extensive evidence, witnesses for 1st trial of alleged Jan. 6 rioter

Benziga via MSN: Edward Snowden Sends Out First Tweet Since Russia’s Ukraine Invasion — Says This Is Why He Has Been Silent

CNBC: ‘Fossil fuels are choking humanity’: Major UN report sounds the alarm on climate impacts

The Washington Post: Humanity has a ‘brief and rapidly closing window’ to avoid a hotter, deadly future, U.N. climate report says

Truthout: Irreversible Impacts on the Climate Are Getting Locked In, IPCC Warns

NBC News: New York City to lift vaccination mandate for businesses, events

*** INTERNATIONAL NEWS FROM MONDAY ***

SBS News (Australia): Russia’s ‘aggression’ in Ukraine condemned during rare UN General Assembly session

Common Dreams: Russian Climate Delegate Apologizes for Assault on Ukraine

NBC News: IOC’s executive board recommends banning Russia, Belarus, from Games

Bloomberg News: Russians Rush for Dollars as Sanctions Threaten Ruble Collapse

The Los Angeles Times: Putin’s Fears of a Unified, Stronger Europe Are Fast Becoming a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

Daily Kos: As GOP blames Biden for Russia-Ukraine, remember these words: ‘I would like you to do us a favor’

The Washington Post: U.S., European allies freeze ‘Putin’s war chest’ as Russia careens toward economic crisis

Airliner Watch: Lessors to repatriate hundreds of leased aircraft from Russia after sanctions

Daily Kos: Bitter, isolated — Putin may have lost the plot. The Russian president’s determination to defy all reason and wage war on Ukraine is raising doubt about his mental health

*** VIRUS NEWS FROM MONDAY ***

The Rio Times: New study from Sweden says, Pfizer mRNA does indeed integrate into our DNA – For over a year, we’ve been told that mRNA vaccines, including Pfizer and Moderna, don’t integrate with human cell DNA. However, a new study from Sweden published in the Current Issues of Molecular Biology says otherwise. Click here for the study.