FACEBOOK, TWITTER COVER UP STORY ABOUT HUNTER BIDEN BY CENSORSHIP.

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."

Related stories:

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

 

Today's top story...

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

STATE NEWS HEADLINES:

Proposal to apply biosolids at five Lewis County sites now open to public review--DOE

September 2020 Monthly Employment Report

OLYMPIA – Washington’s economy added 2,400 jobs in September and the state’s preliminary seasonally adjusted monthly unemployment rate for September decreased from 8.4 percent (adjusted) to 7.8 percent according to the Employment Security Department (ESD).

A Message to Washington Homeowners: When Mortgage Payment Forbearances End - Understand Your Options

Make sure you understand the length of the payment forbearance, whether you are eligible for an extension of the forbearance if you need it, and your lenders’ expectations of how you are going to make up the payments.--DFI

OTHER HEADLINE NEWS...

Unflappable: Amy Coney Barrett Sees Through Kamala Harris' Trap, Won't Take the Bait..PJ MEDIA

ACB Hearings Day Three: Smooth Sailing

Her unquestionable competence and pure likability are too big a hurdle for Democrats.--Patriot Post

Amy Coney Barrett Live Updates: ‘We Have the Votes.’ Republicans Block Democratic Move to Delay Confirmation

Over Democratic objections, Republicans set an Oct. 22 Senate Judiciary Committee vote to advance the nomination.---NYT

Giuliani to Newsmax TV: Biden Family 'Taking Money Illegally' for Years---NEWS MAX

Twitter Censors Again: Blocks Second New York Post Story On Hunter Biden Seeking Cash From Chinese Firm--The Federalist

Judiciary Committee sets vote on Barrett's Supreme Court nomination for next week--THE HILL

Ross: Holding out on COVID relief bill isn’t helping those in need--MY NORTHWEST

How the Washington governor’s race is shaping up with three weeks to go--The Olympian

Washington Supreme Court strikes down I-976 to reduce car-tab taxes---Seattle Times

Clallam aims to extend Social Distancing Center into spring--PDN

THERE'S VOTER TAMPERING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE POLITICAL FENCE...

Here's a few examples:

How to Secure Your Vote and Minimize the Impact of Zombie Voters--PJ MEDIA

Long Lines at Georgia Polling Place Prompt Hysterical Accusations of GOP ‘Voter Suppression’--National Review

Man Caught on Video Stealing Mail, Voting Ballots From California Mailboxes--Daily Signal

California Republican Party Admits It Placed Misleading Ballot Boxes Around State

Government officials say the receptacles are illegal and could lead to voter fraud, but the party says it will continue the practice.--NYT

Court Revives Texas Mail-In Ballot Safety Measure Targeted by Dems--WJ

Editorial: Voter beware. Fake ballot boxes are just the start of this election’s dirty tricks--LA TIMES/EDITORIAL

Hundreds of Thousands of Mailed Ballots Could Be Rejected--NEWS MAX

Editorial comment: These kinds of problems can happen if you have an all mail in ballot system. It is better to vote personally if you can. Mail in ballots should be for those who can't vote personally. 

Personally, I don't mail in my ballot, I put it in directly in the drop box, which is located in the County Auditor's office. That way I know my vote will be counted. This week we will get our ballots in the mail, vote early if you can.

Related press release from the Sec. of Washington State.

General Election ballots mailed to Washington voters this week

https://www.sos.wa.gov/office/news-releases.aspx#/news/1422

OLYMPIA – Registered voters in Washington state will soon receive their ballots for the General Election, Tuesday, Nov. 3. Ballots must be sent to registered voters no later than Friday, Oct. 16.

Voters have until 8 p.m. Nov. 3 to place their marked ballots in one of over 500 drop boxes statewide. Drop-box locations can be found at VoteWA.gov, Washington’s online voter portal.

People who choose to return their ballots by U.S. mail can use the provided postage-paid envelope. The U.S. Postal Service recommends that ballots should be returned by mail at least one week before Election Day. Registered voters can track their ballots at VoteWA.gov.

Any registered voter who does not receive a ballot within a week should log in to VoteWA.gov or contact a county elections office to request a replacement. Voters can also check their ballot status at VoteWA.gov.

“The General Election is here – time for Washingtonians to exercise their right to vote and make their voices heard,” said Lori Augino, elections director, Office of the Secretary of State. “We encourage the more than 4.7 million registered voters in Washington to start checking their mailboxes and get ready to mark their ballots. For people who want to vote but haven’t registered, there’s still time to sign up and take part in the General Election.”

People who want to register to vote, or update their registration, can go online at VoteWA.gov, or print and mail a registration form (available in 23 languages) at the Secretary of State’s Elections page. The deadline for county elections offices to receive registrations online or by mail, however, is Monday, Oct. 26. After Oct. 26, people can visit a county elections office and register in person.

More election information, including important dates and deadlines, an online voter guide, and elections data and statistics, is available at sos.wa.gov.

TODAY'S TOP STORY...

Senator Murray highlighted how Judge Barrett and Senate Republicans dodged questions about Judge Barrett’s extreme views on reproductive health, vital rights and protections, and more 

Press release issued 10/13/20

https://www.murray.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/newsreleases?ContentRecord_id=7BE5CE5E-8E5B-4B73-B6A6-45D397064581

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Patty Murray, the top Democrat on the Senate health committee, highlighted Trump Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett and Senate Republicans’ refusal to answer for her partisan judicial record during Judge Barrett’s first day of questioning by members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. On Twitter, Senator Murray livestreamed her reaction to the day’s events and Judge Barrett’s responses. In her remarks, Senator Murray expressed her alarm at Judge Barrett’s refusal to commit to uphold the precedent set by Roe v. Wade, or confirm that she would recuse herself—if confirmed—from any cases regarding the outcome of the election. Senator Murray also shared her deep concern about Judge Barrett’s remarks regarding systemic racism and sexual orientation, and the efforts throughout the hearing by Judge Barrett and Senate Republicans to obfuscate Judge Barrett’s troublesome record.  

“But what was perhaps most striking was how Judge Barrett—and Senate Republicans—have tried to distance themselves from her record, and what they know the consequences of appointing her to the Supreme Court would mean for the future of health care, safe and legal abortion, and more,” Senator Murray said. “Just because Judge Barrett refuses to answer questions doesn’t mean her record isn’t clear—that’s precisely why she was nominated, and why now Senate Republicans are dancing around the litmus tests they created.”

In response to Judge Barrett’s persistent dodging of questions about her previous statements opposing legal rulings that uphold vital health care protections—including her past remarks challenging the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act and the historic precedent in Roe v. Wade—Senator Murray also lifted up stories collected from Washingtonians laying out their concerns about how Judge Barrett would undermine affordable health care, protections for pre-existing health conditions, and access to safe, legal abortion if appointed to the nation’s highest court.

“Judge Barrett is all but guaranteed to be the deciding vote to push the Supreme Court to a 6-3 conservative majority and overturn the Affordable Care Act—which would eliminate pre-existing conditions protections and send health care expenses skyrocketing,” Senator Murray added after sharing stories from two Washington state constituents who are frightened by the impact Judge Barrett’s appointment to the Supreme Court would have on the future of affordable health care and other vital rights.

Senator Murray has been vocal in her strong opposition to Judge Barrett’s nomination and Senate Republicans’ rushed, brazen process to try and fill Justice Ginsburg’s Supreme Court seat in the middle of an election; recently, she reiterated her call for Senate Republicans to refocus on working with Democrats to pass much-needed federal pandemic relief that will help struggling families, students, small business, Tribes, and more weather the on-going public health and economic crises caused by the COVID-19 virus. In addition to fighting hard against Judge Barrett’s nomination, Senator Murray has continued to encourage people in Washington state and across the country to raising their voices against Judge Barrett’s extreme record, in order to push Senate Republicans to honor the will of the American people and allow the next president to replace Justice Ginsburg.

TODAY'S HEADLINE NEWS...

WORLD NEWS HEADLINES:

General Assembly Holds Tribute Honoring Amir of Kuwait, Also Elects 15 Member States to Human Rights Council, Adopts Fifth Committee Resolution

The General Assembly today elected 15 States to the Human Rights Council, the United Nations body responsible for promoting and protecting all human rights around the globe.  It also paid tribute to the late Amir of Kuwait, with speakers remembering him as a champion of peace, diplomacy and humanitarian action.--UN PRESS RELEASE

Secretary-General Unveils $2.99 Billion Budget Proposal to Fifth Committee for 2021, Stressing United Nations Functioning Effectively amid COVID-19 Pandemic

Delegates in the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today reacted to the Secretary-General’s proposed programme budget of $2.99 billion for 2021, a net reduction of 2.8 per cent over 2020.--UN PRESS RELEASE

Thousands displaced by fighting in southern Afghanistan.

Thousands of people have been displaced and critical health services interrupted, after fighting erupted last weekend between security forces and Taliban fighters in the southern Afghan province of Helmand, the UN humanitarian office has reported.---UN NEWS CENTER

NATIONAL HEADLINES:

Executive Order on Establishing the One Trillion Trees Interagency Council---WH

Section 1. Purpose. As I declared in Executive Order 13855 of December 21, 2018 (Promoting Active Management of America’s Forests, Rangelands, and Other Federal Lands To Improve Conditions and Reduce Wildfire Risk), it is the policy of the United States to promote healthy and resilient forests, rangelands, and other Federal lands by actively managing them through partnerships with States, tribes, communities, non‑profit organizations, and the private sector.

Department of Justice Forecasts an Increase in Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-UAS) Protection Activities and Criminal Enforcement Actions

The Department of Justice (DOJ) today announced the protection activities undertaken by the FBI to counter the threat posed by Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) at certain National Special Security Events (NSSEs), Special Events Assessment Rating (SEAR) events, and select mass gatherings throughout the country over the past fiscal year.  DOJ and the FBI are publicizing protection activities in an effort to deter careless and criminal UAS operators in light of an anticipated increase in enforcement activity in response to the misuse of UAS. --DOJ

EPA deletes 27 sites from Superfund National Priorities List in FY 2020, including eight in Region 5 States of Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin

CHICAGO (October 14, 2020) – Last week, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regional Administrator Kurt Thiede was joined by Mayor Mike Wellner, U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany and Wisconsin State Rep. James Edming at an event in Medford, Wis. to announce the delisting of the Scrap Processing Superfund Site from the National Priorities List (NPL). The Medford site is one of 27 nationwide – and among eight in EPA Region 5 -that were deleted -in whole or in part- from the NPL in the past fiscal year.

BUSINESS & FINANCE HEADLINES:

America’s Farmers: Resilient Throughout the COVID Pandemic.

The disruptive impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the U.S. agricultural system have been broad and varied. And they follow several years of trying production and market conditions for U.S. farmers. In 2017 and 2018, several hurricanes pummeled U.S. farms; 2019 brought historically poor planting conditions and retaliatory tariffs cut potential for our agricultural exports compared to 2017.---USDA

Federal Reserve requests public comment on technical, clarifying updates regarding the Federal Open Market Committee’s Rules Regarding Availability of Information, which describe its Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) procedures.--THE FED

Online seminars from 2020 IRS Nationwide Tax Forums now available.

WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today announced 18 new seminars from the 2020 Nationwide Tax Forums are now available on IRS Nationwide Tax Forums Online(link is external). The cost is $29 per seminar.

OTHER HEADLINE NEWS...

New film featuring WA medical professionals blasts Trump’s response to COVID-19 pandemic--Tacoma News Tribune

‘Straight to gunshots’: NYT breaks down killing of activist Michael Reinoehl near Lacey---The Olympian

King County moves forward with sales tax, scaled-down plan for homeless housing after several cities balk---Seattle Times

Washington Attorney General Ferguson and Burgerville reach settlement in cybersecurity breach--The Columbian 

Oregon’s unemployment rate keeps falling, but women are far more likely to be out of work--The Oregonian

Five counties move off Phase 1 as Spokane records 8,000 COVID-19 cases--The Spokesman Review

Should Washington state change its name?--MY NORTHWEST

George Washington owned slaves. Is that enough of a reason to change the name of our state? That’s the question posed by a Pacific Northwest Magazine writer, and answered by our hosts. I don’t want to spoil too much, but they all came up with similar answers with disparate reasons.

BACK ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL AGAIN!

President Trump held his first campaign rally in Sanford, FL, last night. Watch the video of the event from CSPAN.

 

President Trump Hosts Rally in Sanford, Florida

President Trump delivered remarks at a campaign rally in Sanford, Florida, his first public event outside of the White House since being diagnosed with COVID-19 earlier in October 2020. His remarks hit on a number of his signature campaign issues, including the economy, trade, immigration, and border security. --CSPAN

In case the video fails see the speech from Fox

Related stories: ‘Here we are!’: Trump swaggers back onto center stage--Washington Times

Trump Is Back: 'I Feel So Powerful ... I'll Kiss Everybody--NEWS MAX

Trump claims Biden’s ‘dementia’ is ‘getting worse’ after Romney flub--NY POST

Trump’s False Claims as He Resumes His Rallies After Hospitalization

In Florida, the president made a series of inaccurate claims about his election opponent, the coronavirus pandemic, the Nobel Peace Prize and Cuba, among other topics.--NYT

Trump says he feels ‘powerful’ and will ‘kiss’ supporters as infections surge in 17 states

At least 214,000 people have died of the coronavirus in the United States since February. More than 7,771,000 cases have been reported.--WP

Trump: 'Biden Had a Bad Day,' 'We Have Somebody Running Who’s Not 100%--CNSNEWS

TODAY'S TOP STORY...

Senator Murray Announces Major Federal Investments in Puget Sound Ports.

Press release issued 10/ 12/20

(Washington, D.C.) – U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), a senior member of the Senate subcommittee overseeing transportation and infrastructure appropriations, today announced two major federal awards to help rehabilitate and modernize the Port of Seattle and the Port of Bellingham. The grants were awarded through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s competitive Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP), with more than $10 million awarded to the Northwest Seaport Alliance (NWSA) for the Port of Seattle and nearly $7 million to the Port of Bellingham. The announcement follows Senator Murray’s conversations with Transportation Secretary Chao and advocacy to senior Department leaders about the importance of improving the Washington state ports, which are instrumental to the region’s agricultural and manufacturing sectors, global trading relations, and continued economic growth.

“We’re all doing the best we can to stay safe during this uncertain time, but we can’t ignore the priorities that we know are critical to keeping our vital ports updated and healthy, and our state economically-competitive,” Senator Murray said about the grants. “These awards are good news for future job-seekers, as well as growers and manufacturers from our state and across the nation who will benefit from upgraded port facilities and increased market access.”

“While I’m going to keep doing everything I can get families and communities in our state the support and relief they need to make it through this pandemic, I’m not going to stop pushing for the federal investments in infrastructure—and more—I know will be vital to our state’s recovery in the weeks, months and years ahead,” Senator Murray added.

The Port of Seattle will receive $10,687,333 to complete four major transportation infrastructure upgrades at the port’s Terminal 5, located at the southern end of the Seattle Harbor, as part of a larger modernization effort. Terminal 5, one of the largest marine terminals on the West Coast, has largely laid dormant since 2014, when larger ocean carriers that the terminal cannot currently accommodate became the global shipping industry standard. Once renovated, Terminal 5 will be capable of simultaneously serving two 18,000-TEU ships, some of the world’s largest container vessels. Additionally, the improvements will effectively double the terminal’s capacity for refrigerated agricultural exports to over 170,000 containers per year, most of which originate from rural America—allowing shipping costs to be reduced and shortening the time it takes for U.S. agricultural producers and manufacturers to get their goods to market. The renovated terminal will offer tremendous advantages to U.S. agricultural producers and manufacturers seeking access to global markets by making the movement of goods through the Pacific Northwest safer, more efficient, more reliable, more economically competitive, and more environmentally sustainable. In fact, the Puget Sound Gateway—facilitated by the Port of Seattle—handles exports from all 50 states, and 60% of its import cargo is distributed beyond the Pacific Northwest.

“The Northwest Seaport Alliance thanks Senator Murray for her work to secure funding for this project. This project will modernize Terminal 5 and ensure the NWSA the infrastructure we need to compete with ports in Canada,” said Port of Seattle Commission President and NWSA Co-Chair Peter Steinbrueck. “I am grateful to Senator Murray for her consistent focus on ensuring that the Northwest Seaport Alliance remains a premier gateway for Washington exports and international trade.” 

Added Port of Tacoma Commission President and NWSA Co-Chair John McCarthy: “Senator Murray’s support has been critical to the NWSA’s efforts to remain a top-tier trade gateway. We are grateful for her support for the Terminal 5 project and also for leading the charge in Congress to reform the Harbor Maintenance Tax. She is truly a champion of Washington state ports—critical infrastructure that will be necessary to lead economic recovery during the COVID health crisis.”

Additionally, another award of $6,854,770 will go to the Port of Bellingham to enhance the Port’s electrical and broadband infrastructure, as well as other repairs and upgrades that would allow the Port to accommodate larger ocean vessels with a wider variety of cargo and bolster its unloading capacity on dock. When completed, the upgrades to the Port’s shipping terminal are expected to help improve safety at the Port, create family-wage jobs and boost the regional economy through increased trade and commerce—directly benefitting local fabricating and logging facilities, and a number of other Port-dependent businesses. In addition to advocating for additional federal relief to support Washington state during on-going COVID-19 pandemic, including priorities critical to the state’s post-pandemic recovery, Senator Murray has long championed efforts to strengthen federal funding for vital transportation and infrastructure projects in Washington state—including most recently her successful efforts to push the Department of Transportation to award more than $17.5 billion in federal funding to construct a new cargo terminal at the Port of Everett.

TODAY'S HEADLINE NEWS...

WORLD NEWS HEADLINES:

IMF: ‘Less severe’ but ‘still deep’ recession predicted--UN News center

In the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic and its continuing impact, the global economy could see a “somewhat less severe, though still deep” recession through 2020, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected in its latest global economic outlook. 

Shift needed from what weather will be, to ‘what the weather will do’

Extreme weather and climate events have increased in frequency, intensity and severity as a result of climate change, hitting vulnerable communities disproportionately hard, a new UN report has revealed, calling for greater investment in effective early warning systems. --UN NEWS CENTER

Herd immunity, an ‘unethical’ COVID-19 strategy, Tedros warns policymakers.

Using the principle of so-called “herd immunity” to stem the COVID-19 pandemic is “unethical” and “not an option” countries should pursue to defeat the virus, the UN health agency chief warned on Monday.--UN NEWS CENTER

NATIONAL HEADLINE NEWS:

Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett Confirmation Hearing, Day 2 Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the second day of confirmation hearings.---CSPAN VIDEO

Department of Justice Forecasts an Increase in Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-UAS) Protection Activities and Criminal Enforcement Actions

The Department of Justice (DOJ) today announced the protection activities undertaken by the FBI to counter the threat posed by Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) at certain National Special Security Events (NSSEs), Special Events Assessment Rating (SEAR) events, and select mass gatherings throughout the country over the past fiscal year.  DOJ and the FBI are publicizing protection activities in an effort to deter careless and criminal UAS operators in light of an anticipated increase in enforcement activity in response to the misuse of UAS. --DOJ

Sports Heroes Who Served: Basketball Great, U.S. Senator Was Also in the Air Force--DOD

HUD IS MAKING MORE THAN $1.3 BILLION AVAILABLE TO FLORIDA FOR DISASTER RECOVERY

WASHINGTON - U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary, Dr. Ben Carson today is making more than $1.3 billion in funding available to the state of Florida, which will immediately help Floridians recover from Hurricane Michael and assist the investment in large scale disaster mitigation projects.--HUD

BUSINESS & FINANCE HEADLINES:

Owner of Food Service Firm Operating in Government Buildings Throughout the D.C. Area Sentenced to Prison for Payroll Tax Fraud--DOJ

U.S. SECRETARY OF LABOR SCALIA DELIVERS COLUMBUS DAY AND OUR AMERICAN HERITAGE SPEECH AT FRANCISCAN UNIVERSITY OF STEUBENVILLE--US LABOR DEPT.

Online seminars from 2020 IRS Nationwide Tax Forums now available--IRS

STATE HEADLINE NEWS:

AG FERGUSON: TWITTER TO PAY $100,000 TO WASHINGTON STATE FOR MULTIPLE CAMPAIGN FINANCE.

 SEATTLE — Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced today that Twitter will pay $100,000 to Washington’s Public Disclosure Transparency Account for violating the state’s campaign finance disclosure law, which Washingtonians adopted through initiative in 1972. Twitter unlawfully failed to maintain for public inspection records about Washington political ads that ran on its platform from 2012 until Nov. 22, 2019. On that date, Twitter implemented a ban on all political advertising.

Decades of Improving Pathways for Women: Justice Barbara Madsen Receives National Award---Washington State Courts

Little Spokane River cleanup plan ready for public review

The draft plan will address multiple pollution issues in the watershed--DOE

IN OTHER NEWS HEADLINES...

Judge denies Councilmember Kshama Sawant's appeal in recall effort

A King County Judge on Monday denied Seattle Councilmember Kshama Sawant's attempt to prevent a recall effort from moving forward.--MY NORTHWEST

Washington state is unable to provide COVID-19 case and death numbers Monday--The Olympian

Washington state again fails to live-track murder hornet---Seattle PI

Latest call for ‘direct action’ escalated Portland protest destruction, pushed for anonymity--The Oregonian

Protests vault Portland’s tight mayoral race into national spotlight---LA TIMES

World Health Organization Wrecks the Democrats' Narrative on COVID-19 Lockdowns---PJ MEDIA

Joe Biden Forgets What Office He’s Running For, Declares Senate Candidacy--The Federalist

TRUMP SIGNS SAVANNA ACT INTO LAW

Statement from the Press Secretary Regarding the Signing of Savanna’s Act and the Not Invisible Act.

President Donald J. Trump was the first president to formally recognize the tragedy of Missing and Murdered Native Americans, when he issued a Proclamation in May of 2019 drawing attention to this issue. Today, he proudly signed into law S. 227, Savanna’s Act, which directs the Department of Justice to develop law enforcement protocols to address the issue, and S. 982, the Not Invisible Act of 2019, which directs the Department of the Interior and the Department of Justice to establish a joint commission on violent crime within and against the Native American community. These two bills reinforce many actions the President has already undertaken to fulfill his promise that Missing and Murdered Native Americans are no longer forgotten.

Native American communities are facing a crisis of missing and murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives, in particular women and children. One study found that Native American women in certain tribal communities are ten times more likely to be murdered than the average American.

President Trump took decisive action to combat this tragedy. On November 26, 2019, he signed an Executive Order establishing the Operation Lady Justice Task Force on Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives, which developed an aggressive, government-wide strategy to combat the crisis of missing and murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives, specifically women and children.

Since its launch, in coordination with tribal communities, the Operation Lady Justice Task Force has opened six cold case offices across the country, conducted 12 regional consultations, and hosted numerous listening sessions, to ensure that the work of the Task Force is shaped by the voices and experiences of the Native American community. The Task Force established teams to investigate cold cases and a centralized website to provide resources and announcements for the public. It is currently working to develop model protocols for handling missing and murdered cases. The Task Force is also now preparing to integrate the directives in Savanna’s Act and the Not Invisible Act into its current work streams. The Department of Justice (DOJ) is supplementing the Task Force’s efforts by providing critical funding to improve public safety and serve victims of crimes in American Indian and Alaska Native communities. Just recently, DOJ announced $295.8 million in grants to tribal governments across the country.

The Trump Administration has made it a priority to address issues facing Indian Country. Earlier this year, President Trump signed into law the CARES Act, which provided $8 billion to address COVID-19 preparedness, response, and recovery needs and programming to support American Indians and Alaska Natives—the single largest programmatic investment in Indian Country in the history of our Nation. The President also executed an agreement with Finland to repatriate culturally important remains and artifacts to the Pueblos and tribes with heritage in the Mesa Verde region. Finally, the President launched the Presidential Task Force on Protecting Native American Children in the Indian Health System, which recently released a report examining systematic problems – and solutions – in the Indian Health System that resulted in failures to protect children.

President Trump looks forward to continuing this Administration’s partnership with Indian Country through implementation of these laws and the ongoing work being done by the Operation Lady Justice Task Force

Related press release..

Savanna’s Act Becomes Law – Cantwell-Championed Legislation Provides New Tools, Law Enforcement Coordination to Fight Violence Against Indigenous Women.

Press release issued 10/10/20

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, bipartisan legislation cosponsored and championed by U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA) to help federal, state, and Tribal law enforcement agencies better respond to cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG) was signed into law. Savanna’s Act will increase coordination among all levels of law enforcement, increase data collection and information sharing, and empower Tribal governments with the resources they need to respond to cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women. The legislation was passed unanimously by the Senate in March, and by the House of Representatives in September.

“Finally – FINALLY – Savanna’s Act is law, and much-needed help for Indigenous women and girls is on the way. New law enforcement tools, coordination, and data will help make sure our Native women and girls get the protection and justice they deserve. Thank you to my colleagues on both sides of the aisle for keeping up this fight with me, and thank you to the Seattle Indian Health Board for making sure this issue got the attention it needed.”

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, nearly half of all Native American women in the United States have been raped, beaten, or stalked by an intimate partner; one in three will be raped in their lifetime; and on some reservations, women are murdered at a rate 10 times higher than the national average. A 2018 report by the Seattle Indian Health Board (SIHB) found 506 unsolved cases of missing and murdered Native women and girls nationwide. The report also found that Washington state had the second-highest number of cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women of any state. Of 71 urban areas studied, Seattle had the highest number of murdered Native women, and Tacoma had the highest number of missing cases. “This report is the evidence that we need... the problem is more than real – it’s horrifying. And we need action,” Senator Cantwell said as she joined SHIB to release the report in November 2018.  

Another report on the crisis, released in 2019 by the Washington State Patrol, called for more coordination between Tribal, federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies. It found 56 cases of missing Native women in Washington state – 20 in Yakima County, and 12 in King County.  

Savanna’s Act would:

Provide training to law enforcement agencies on how to record Tribal enrollment for victims in federal databases.

Provide training and technical assistance to Tribes and law enforcement agencies for implementation of the developed guidelines.

Improve Tribal access to certain federal crime information databases and mandate that the Attorney General and the Secretary of the Interior consult with Indian Tribes on how to further develop these databases and increase access to them.

Require the U.S. Department of Justice, Department of the Interior, and Department of Health and Human Services to solicit recommendations from Tribes on enhancing the safety of Native women and improving access to crime information databases and criminal justice information systems during the annual consultations mandated under the Violence Against Women Act.

Require the creation of standardized guidelines for responding to cases of missing and murdered Native Americans and Alaska Natives, in consultations with Tribes, which will include guidance on inter-jurisdictional cooperation among Tribes and federal, state, and local law enforcement.

Require statistics on missing and murdered Native women and recommendations on how to improve data collection be included in an annual report to Congress.

"Senator Maria Cantwell made a promise to Native women the day we released a study that shed light on the MMIWG crisis nationwide, and we are grateful she has kept that promise,” said Abigail Echo-Hawk (Pawnee), chief research officer of Seattle Indian Health Board and director of its research division—Urban Indian Health Institute. “She has shown that she is dedicated to finding solutions to address the MMIWG crisis, which has devastated Native communities for centuries. I know that this is the first step in establishing policy that protects our Native women, and I look forward to her future actions that will build on this.” Echo-Hawk has co-authored two groundbreaking MMIWG reports that raised issues around the collection of data in urban Indian and tribal communities.

“Today’s enactment of Savannah’s Act is an important step in helping the Yakama Nation and tribes across the United States protect our loved ones. In part due to the varying entities that have a role in law enforcement in Indian county, coordination and the sharing of data has been lacking.  This has proven to be a hindrance in determining the status of missing and murdered Indigenous people, particularly our women and our girls.  This new law will ensure the federal government coordinates with tribes and tribal law enforcement agencies through the sharing of information and the establishment of protocols for all law enforcement agencies to use when responding to cases of missing and murdered Indian people. We greatly appreciate that Senator Cantwell was an original co-sponsor of this legislation and played a key role in its passage as did Congressman Newhouse.  Having Senator Murray also sponsor this bi-partisan bill is also appreciated.  The support from our Senators and Congressman is a great example of how the members of the Washington State Congressional Delegation can work together and with the state’s Indian tribes on important issues,” said Athena Sanchey-Yallup, Secretary of the Yakama Nation Tribal Council and Chair of the Yakama Nation Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Committee.

Addressing the epidemic of violence against Native women has long been a priority for Senator Cantwell. In 2018, Cantwell joined the Seattle Indian Health Board (SIHB) to release its first report on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls in 71 urban areas throughout the United States. Shortly after the release of that report, Cantwell and her colleagues on the Senate Indian Affairs Committee voted to advance Savanna’s Act, which Cantwell co-sponsored. Savanna’s Act first passed the Senate in December 2018, but was not passed by the U.S. House before the end of the legislative session.

In 2019, Cantwell re-introduced Savanna’s Act along with Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV). On National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Native Women and Girls in May 2019, Cantwell urged Congress to pass Savanna’s Act, and in November 2019, Savanna’s Act once again passed the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. Savanna’s Act passed the U.S. Senate for the second time this past March, and Cantwell applauded its passage, saying in a speech on the Senate floor, “Indigenous women deserve to have the same rights and same protections under the law. But they need to have people who are tracking these heinous crimes that are happening, because they are the victims of these crimes at a much higher rate than the general population… This is what better protocols, better statistics, and a better system is going to do with the passage of Savanna’s Act, is give us those tools that we need for Indigenous women.”

Savanna’s Act is named after Savanna LaFontaine-Greywind, a 22-year-old member of the Spirit Lake Tribe who disappeared on August 19, 2017, while eight months pregnant. Eight days later, her body was found in the Red River north of Fargo, North Dakota. Police determined her death to be caused by “homicidal violence.”

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Inslee extends proclamation providing assistance to families impacted by wildfires.

https://www.governor.wa.gov/news-media/inslee-extends-proclamation-providing-assistance-families-impacted-wildfires

WHEREAS, on August 19, 2020, I issued Proclamation 20-68, proclaiming a State of Emergency for all counties throughout the state of Washington as a result of the impacts on the people of Washington of multiple wildfires that have occurred throughout the state; and

WHEREAS, there were a large number of wildfires throughout Washington State this fire season, caused in part by unusually hot and dry conditions this summer and exacerbated by a historic wind event in early September that brought high winds from the east to the west, and elevated temperatures and windy conditions throughout the State that continued

through most of September; and

WHEREAS, in September alone, in excess of 640,000 acres of land burned, destroying hundreds of homes, businesses, agricultural interests, and public and private infrastructure; and

WHEREAS, the effect of these fires continues to impact the life and health of our citizens, as well as the property and transportation infrastructure of Washington State and is a public disaster that affects life, health, property, or the public peace; and

WHEREAS, under RCW 74.04.660(6), during a state of emergency, the Governor is authorized to extend eligibility for benefits under the Family Emergency Assistance Program to individuals and families without children; and

WHEREAS, the property damage caused by the wildfires has caused economic hardship on individuals and families without children who usually would not be eligible for the Family Emergency Assistance Program in RCW 70.04.660; and

WHEREAS, as a result of the economic impacts of the global COVID-19 pandemic on Washington State, many families have received benefits under the Family Emergency Assistance Program, established by the Department of Social and Health Services under

RCW 74.04.660; and WHEREAS, under RCW 74.04.660, households are only eligible for Family Emergency

Assistance Program once in a 12-month period and therefore, households who already received Family Emergency Assistance Program for COVID-19 related issues would not be eligible for aid related to wildfires in the same 12-month period unless that statutory provision is waived; and

WHEREAS, the provisions of RCW 74.04.660 have already been extended to families without children in proclamations related to the COVID-19 pandemic, specifically Proclamations 20-18, 20-52, 20-65 and 20-66; and

WHEREAS, on September 10, 2020, I issued Emergency Proclamation 20-72, which clarified that the statutory waiver in RCW 74.04.660 is applicable to families with or without children who are suffering economic impacts from Washington’s wildfires and also waived statutory language in RCW 74.04.660(2) limiting eligibility for aid to one period of time during a twelve-month period; and

WHEREAS, on October 2, 2020, in Emergency Proclamation 20-72.1, I extended the statewide wildfire state of emergency, 20-68, as well as the provisions of 20-72 through 11:59 p.m. on October 10, 2020; and

WHEREAS, although fire activity has diminished and there is no longer an emergency situation with respect to firefighting, the aftermath of the fires continues to impact the life and health of our citizens, as well as the property and transportation infrastructure of Washington State, and is a public disaster that affects life, health, property, or the public peace.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Jay R. Inslee, Governor of the state of Washington, as a result of the continuing impacts of the wildfires and under RCW 38.08, 38.52 and 43.06, do hereby proclaim that a state of emergency continues to exists in all 39 counties, and that the declaration of emergency in Proclamation 20-68 remains in effect as it relates to the continuing impacts of the wildfires, and that Proclamations 20-68 and 20-72 are hereby amended to extend them until 11:59 p.m. on November 9, 2020.

I again direct the plans and procedures of the Washington State Comprehensive Emergency

Management Plan be implemented. State agencies and departments are again directed to

utilize state resources and to do everything reasonably possible to assist affected political

subdivisions in an effort to respond to and recover from the event. My order into active

state service of the Washington State organized militia also remains in effect. The Washington State Emergency Operations Center is instructed to continue monitoring the

event and coordinating all event-related assistance to the affected areas.

Signed and sealed with the official seal of the state of Washington this 9th day of October,

A.D., Two Thousand and Twenty at Olympia, Washington.

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Cantwell, Murray, Colleagues Press EPA on Implementation of Trump Order to Withhold Federal Funding from Seattle, Portland, Major U.S. Cities.

Letter comes as EPA considers withholding funds for cleaning up contaminated land and drinking water in Seattle and Portland

Press release issued 10/ 7/20

WASHINGTON DC – U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA) and Patty Murray (D-WA) joined Oregon Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR), New York Senators Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), and Senator Tom Carper (D-DE), the top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, in a letter this week to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler requesting information about EPA’s implementation of the White House memorandum ordering federal agencies to withhold federal funds from cities that President Trump falsely claims are being run by “anarchists.”

“We have learned that EPA, in its internal meetings related to the policy, has begun to identify funding sources that could be subject to the directive, some of which are vital for the provision of safe drinking water and the remediation of contamination,” the senators wrote. “Setting aside the legally questionable and abhorrent nature of the President’s directive, EPA’s implementation thereof could endanger human health and the environment.”

More than $1 billion of recent EPA funds to Seattle, Portland, New York City, and Washington, D.C. could be at risk if EPA were to implement the White House memorandum. In their letter, the senators cited multiple examples of funding the EPA may seek to halt, deny, or rescind as a result of President Trump’s directive. These include a $192,200,000 Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loan that the city of Seattle received to reduce combined sewer overflows, and as well as $27,914,000 awarded to the state of Washington in FY 2020 for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund, and $24,598,000 for the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund.

“We strongly urge you not to take any action that could result in the collective loss of more than a billion dollars of funding intended to clean up contamination and drinking water in these American cities,” the senators continued. “To do so would be antithetical to EPA’s mission of protecting human health and the environment.”

The senators requested that EPA provide an initial response no later than October 9, 2020.

Editorial comment: Serves these cities right loosing funding after they allowed Marxist thugs to riot and destroy peoples lives. Serves them right for losing funding because they decided to defund the police.

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