THE PORT ANGELES GLOBE: 10/15/20

Editorial note: If this was about Trump, these platforms would go out of their way to make sure there's no censorship! Yet, because it's Biden in the hot seat, they censor stories.

Smoking-gun email reveals how Hunter Biden introduced Ukrainian businessman to VP dad.---NY POST

" Hunter Biden introduced his father, then-Vice President Joe Biden, to a top executive at a Ukrainian energy firm less than a year before the elder Biden pressured government officials in Ukraine into firing a prosecutor who was investigating the company, according to emails obtained by The Post."

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Twitter, Facebook censor Post over Hunter Biden exposé--NY POST

Both Twitter and Facebook took extraordinary censorship measures against The Post on Wednesday over its exposés about Hunter Biden’s emails — with Twitter baselessly charging that “hacked materials” were used.

WH press secretary locked out of Twitter for sharing Post’s Hunter Biden story--NY POST

White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Wednesday was locked out of her personal Twitter account for sharing The Post’s bombshell cover story on Hunter Biden’s alleged hard drive and an email linking Joe Biden to his son’s job at a Ukrainian energy company.

Facebook Exec ADMITS Throttling NYP Story About Biden Burisma Corruption, While Twitter Blocks Access--PJ Media

Facebook Slows Spread of NY Post Biden Story to Fact-Check--News MAX

Facebook Inc. said it will reduce distribution of a story from the New York Post about Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, seeking to slow the pace of its spread before the social network’s fact-checkers have a chance to evaluate its authenticity.

‘Use your influence’: Hunter Biden report undercuts father, upends campaign---Washington Times

Twitter blocks New York Post Hunter Biden story, citing it as 'potentially harmful'--Washington Examiner

Bombshell Email Shows Hunter Biden Introduced Joe Biden to Burisma Exec Before Controversial Firing---WJ

UN-AMERICAN: GOP Lawmaker Demands Investigation, Accuse Big Tech of Election Interference--Todd Starnes

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Cantwell Announces $10.6 Million Federal Grant for Northwest Seaport Alliance

Grant will support infrastructure improvements at Port of Seattle’s Terminal 5.

Press release issued 10/13/20

https://www.cantwell.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cantwell-announces-106-million-federal-grant-for-northwest-seaport-alliance

EDMONDS, WA – Today, U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), the Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, announced the Northwest Seaport Alliance will receive $10,687,333 from the United States Maritime Administration’s (MARAD) Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP) for infrastructure modernization and access improvements at the Port of Seattle’s Terminal 5. Cantwell wrote a letter of support for the grant and co-authored the legislation that reauthorized the grant program in 2019.

Terminal 5 is one of the largest marine terminals on the West Coast and provides rail connections via Union Pacific and BNSF as far inland as the Ohio River Valley. Yet Terminal 5 has been mostly dormant since 2014, when ocean carriers abandoned the terminal due to its inability to serve larger container vessels that are now standard in the global shipping industry. The funding from the PIDP program will help fund modernizations that will allow international container operations to resume and improve the efficiency, safety, and resiliency of terminal operations.

“According to NWSA, the project will double the terminal’s capacity for refrigerated agricultural exports to more than 170,000 containers per year, and repairs to on-dock class 1 rail tracks will restore full capacity to the terminal’s intermodal yard,” Cantwell wrote in her letter of support for the project. “Terminal 5 will also be able to simultaneously serve 18,000-TEU ships, some of the world’s largest container vessels. These new capabilities will enable the NWSA to reduce shipping costs and speed time to market for U.S. agricultural producers and manufacturers.”

“NWSA projects these improvements will add 6,600 new direct jobs to the over 20,000 jobs already directly supported by cargo activity at the two seaports,” Cantwell wrote. “Exporters from Washington state and surrounding states including Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Minnesota, the Dakotas, and Iowa depend on the Northwest Seaport Alliance as their fastest and most cost-effective option for shipping price-sensitive agricultural products. Expanding capacity at NWSA will increase access to international markets for U.S. farmers, manufacturers, and consumers.”

Port of Seattle Commission President and NWSA Co-Chair Peter Steinbrueck said: “We are grateful to Senator Cantwell for leading the effort in the Senate to reauthorize the PIDP so that ports will have access to the federal support that is needed to modernize US ports. This is another example of her leadership on freight issues and how it benefits all of us in Washington State, especially as we look to economic recovery during the COVID health crisis.”

Port of Tacoma Commission President and NWSA Co-Chair John McCarthy said: “The Northwest Seaport Alliance thanks Senator Cantwell for her support of this award, which will help to make Terminal 5 a reality. When complete, Terminal 5 will offer tremendous advantages to U.S. agricultural producers and manufacturers seeking access to global markets.”

Senator Cantwell coauthored the 2019 legislation that reauthorized MARAD and the PIDP grant program.

TODAY'S HEADLINE NEWS...

WORLD NEWS:

Corruption represents ‘ultimate betrayal’ of public trust: Guterres

Corruption is not only a crime but immoral and the “ultimate betrayal” of public trust, the UN Secretary-General has said, calling on everyone to work together and stamp out the global scourge, in all its forms.

Rape is wrong but death penalty, castration, not the answer: UN rights chief.

While perpetrators of rape and other forms of sexual violence must be held accountable, capital punishment and torture are not the answer, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Thursday.

Myanmar: ‘Shocking’ killing of children allegedly used as human shields.

UN agencies in Myanmar have expressed ‘sadness’ and ‘shock’ over the killing of two boys, allegedly used as human shields by security forces in the country’s northern Rakhine province, earlier this month.

NATIONAL HEADLINES:

Twenty-Four Defendants, Including Alleged Aryan Circle Gang Members and Associates Indicted on Racketeering, Firearms, and Drug Charges in Multiple States

Five indictments in three different states were unsealed today indicting a total of twenty-four defendants, including alleged Aryan Circle (AC) gang members and associates, on charges of racketeering conspiracy, violent crimes in aid of racketeering, drug conspiracy, and unlawful firearms trafficking. --DOJ

FBI Warns of Potential Charity Fraud Associated with the COVID-19 Pandemic

Many Americans want to help during the COVID-19 pandemic by contributing to charities, but the FBI is warning that scammers also want to help—they want to help themselves to your money.--FBI

HHS Awards Nearly $500 million to Support Primary Health Care Workforce Nationwide

Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announced nearly $500 million in awards to support, recruit and retain qualified health professionals and students through its National Health Service Corps (NHSC), Nurse Corps and other workforce development loan repayment and scholarship programs.

BUSINESS & FINANCE HEADLINE NEWS:

A Push for Unemployment Tax Relief--US CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

Remarks by Commerce Secretary Wilbur L. Ross at the Scaling Pandemic Resilience through Innovation and Technology (SPRINT) Challenge Announcement in St. Petersburg, Florida---US COMMERCE DEPT.

Remarks at the Hoover Institution

Vice Chair for Supervision Randal K. Quarles

At the Hoover Institution, Stanford, California, via webcast.--THE FED

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