*** REGIONAL NEWS FROM FRIDAY ***

+ The Olympian: Olympia Farmers Market will return to a four-day weekly schedule in April – and continue to be open every Saturday in March from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

+ Airliner Watch: Delta to order up to 100 Boeing 737 MAX 10 jets, sources [Ed. note: This is a big deal for the Puget Sound-produced aircraft!]

+ JOLT News: Olympia restauranteur [owner of the Gyro Spot] headed to Poland, is volunteering to help feed Ukrainian refugees

*** NATIONAL NEWS FROM FRIDAY ***

McClatchy Newspapers: How would you describe America in one word? Poll finds some not-so-flattering answers [Ed. note: America can not be strong when the word description is “divided.”]

CNBC: Reduce speed limits and car-free Sundays: The IEA has a 10-point plan to cut oil use

*** UKRAINE NEWS FROM FRIDAY ***

YouTube: Tom Cruise meets Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy [in April 2019]

The New York Times: By labeling Putin a ‘war criminal,’ Biden personalizes the Ukraine conflict. President Biden’s visceral reaction to the horrifying images coming out of Ukraine also reflects a broader effort to isolate the Russian leader.

Daily Kos: Arnold Schwarzenegger’s viral video made dents in Putin’s propaganda machine

Truthout: Women Are Leading Russia’s Antiwar Protests — and They’re in Putin’s Crosshairs

The New York Daily News: Russian Journalist Arrested for Disrupting Live Broadcast Says it Was ‘Impossible to Stay Silent’

The Washington Post: Putin’s speech at staged patriotic rally was abruptly cut off. The Kremlin claims it was a glitch.

*** VIRUS NEWS FROM FRIDAY ***

FOX News: Fauci warns Americans could face more lockdowns amid spread of new COVID-19 variant – Fauci said Americans can’t just say, ‘We’re done. We’re going to move on’

The Defender: VAERS data released Friday [March 18] by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention included a total of 1,183,495 reports of adverse events from all age groups following COVID vaccines, including 25,641 deaths and 208,209 serious injuries between Dec. 14, 2020, and March 11, 2022.

The Defender: Dr. Gregory Poland, a vaccinologist at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, developed tinnitus after his second dose of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. He is raising questions about this side effect from the vaccine and suggesting more research is needed.

*** TRUMP NEWS FROM FRIDAY ***

Daily Kos: Voter fraud finally uncovered by GOP: Mark Meadows investigated in North Carolina

The New York Times: Trump Campaign Owes $300,000 in Legal Fees After Another Failed NDA Case

The Seattle Times: Oligarchs drop defamation lawsuit over Trump-Russia dossier