🚨Cue alarm bells across downtown Seattle🚨 As COVID-19 hospitalizations in the area increase, Amazon is moving back its return-to-work date for its white-collar workers to January 2022, reports the Seattle Times. Previously, Amazon planned on bringing back its workers to offices by September 7 (eds. note—that's my birthday). "The delay affects the roughly 60,000 people working in Amazon’s offices in Seattle and Bellevue, as well as tens of thousands more corporate Amazon employees worldwide," notes.
Former Trump adviser and chairman of his inaugural committee arrested: According to the
Washington Post, businessman Thomas J. Barrack was arrested today in California on federal charges of violation of foreign lobbying laws, obstruction of justice, and making false statements. Barrack, along with two others, have been accused of acting and conspiring to act as agents of the United Arab Emirates between April 2016 and April 2018. Officials claim that Barrack used his relationship with Trump to lobby for the UAE without properly alerting the government of his position. A spokesman for Barrack says he will plead not guilty. Sponsored Celebrate Intiman’s move to Capitol Hill and the return of the live arts after COVID with three joyous productions!
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You have three choices for Pride festivities this year. Well, really four, but the fourth one is less an option and just pure unbridled chaos. Option one is corporate Seattle Pride, the big one, the one with all the money. Brought to you by Alaska Airlines, Facebook, T-Mobile, Comcast, with media partners KIRO, Movin 92.5, and The Stranger (Seattle’s only website). Seattle Pride is going to be all online this year, with free virtual events.