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Since Roger Stone’s commutation, this photo has been flying around, some just to get out the visual about this slimebag, some saying it’s a post commutation celebration. It’s a photo from 2018.

I dug around a bit because it’s Portland, lil’ bro is in Portland these days, and I’ve been continuing to learn about Portland’s racist history.

The Racist History of Portland, the Whitest City in America

Anyway, the photo above is from 2018, from an Alex Jones twit account that has since been suspended.

Going back, found this from February 7, 2019:

Portland’s six degrees of Robert Mueller

That (convoluted) article has this photo, attributed to Alex Jones’ account, taken at Bentley’s Grill in Salem, OR:

Following the Willamette Week link, March 7, 2018:

Right-Wing Provocateur Roger Stone Asked Proud Boys For Protection at Dorchester Conference Last Weekend

Which also references Alex Jones and directly links to Alex Jones’ suspended account:

“Photos of Stone drinking with a handful of Proud Boys circulated across social media over the weekend, outraging Democrats.”

And a dead end at Alex Jones’ account:

Hot off the press, the Supreme Court’s rulings on Trump’s financial information. One that the Grand Jury gets his info, another that the ruling on House subpoenas is vacated and remanded. Thomas and Alito dissented on both! Ya win some, ya lose some…

As if the “Monument” Executive Order 13933 wasn’t bad enough, now there’s this:

One of the points? Build a “National Garden” with statues…

The National Garden should be composed of statues, including statues of John Adams, Susan B. Anthony, Clara Barton, Daniel Boone, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, Henry Clay, Davy Crockett, Frederick Douglass, Amelia Earhart, Benjamin Franklin, Billy Graham, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, Martin Luther King, Jr., Abraham Lincoln, Douglas MacArthur, Dolley Madison, James Madison, Christa McAuliffe, Audie Murphy, George S. Patton, Jr., Ronald Reagan, Jackie Robinson, Betsy Ross, Antonin Scalia, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Harriet Tubman, Booker T. Washington, George Washington, and Orville and Wilbur Wright.

Here’s the scoop on E.O. 13933, issued just before:

More disinformation — tRump E.O. 13933 “Protecting Monuments…”

Back in 2015, after too many police shootings and killings, and too many reports of police misconduct, the Department of Justice was brought in to evaluate the Minneapolis Police Department. Police misconduct is again the subject of a lot of discussions, bytes, photos, videos, meetings, and this DoJ report from 5 years ago has come up frequently. Here it is so that it’s easily found:

What did they look at?

And the bottom line? The recommendations:

So that was 2015. What’s happened since then? Chief Arradondo was questioned about this at a press conference shortly after the murder of George Floyd. His response was essentially that yes, there has been some progress, some work on the recommendations, but not all have been implemented. When asked for specifics, he didn’t address the question. So the real bottom line is that there’s a lot of work to do and they’re behind and need to do some catch up. Some are saying that Arradondo hasn’t been chief for all that long, but it’s been three years since he was appointed, and he needs to get to it, particularly now.

I’d guess that these recommendations could be applicable to any police department. Which cities, which police departments, are going to do the work?

Meanwhile, in Minneapolis, the Charter Commission and City Council are ramming something through to be put on the ballot next election, and it’s my understanding that they did something similar in 2018 (nevermind they didn’t get it together to get the requisite vote on the U.S. Bank Stadium on the ballot, SHAME!). When I find the resolution and whatever else is before their Charter Commission and Council, I’ll post it.

Attention all you nuclear nerds. Hot off the press, article by Aaron M. Datesman, in Nature, Scientific Reports, and a concept, shot noise, which “should motivate a comprehensive re-evaluation of the conventional understanding of the 1979 accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power station, especially regarding its impact upon the population of the surrounding area.”

Check it out:

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