Inslee looks at dam breaching, Weekly Standard dies, and other morning headlines

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IN OTHER NEWS...

Polish-ed speaker
Shawn Vestal notes that Matt Shea is willing to chat at length to Polish video bloggers, but not to media outlets in his own district. He also snarks that "he wants to create a 51st state in Eastern Washington, outside the pernicious influence of West Side leftists, though it’s a preposterous idea that exists primarily to prompt credulous stories in the media." (Spokesman-Review)

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Inslee looks at breaching dams
And burnishes his cred as an environmentalist as well. (Spokesman-Review)

The limits of warming centers
Will the new homeless warming centers be enough? (Spokesman-Review)

The other, other, other, other, other Trump scandal.
Did Trump get illegal campaign donations from the Saudis?

Lowered Standard
The Weekly Standard, one of the few conservative magazines to consistently oppose Trump, is ending. And it wasn't a natural death. (Politico)