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DEAR MAYOR FREY:

On June 12, The 508 had some unruly people causing trouble outside of our restaurant’s front door. Along with our neighboring restaurant, we called the police at the 1st precinct to help break up the group so that customers would be allowed to get past them and into our place of business.

In what I can only describe as utterly shocking, we were told by the police that there would be no police sent our way….and it was recommended that we simply close and lock our doors. Mind you, the 1st precinct is literally one block away from The 508. We had just been allowed to reopen our dining room two days prior, per the Governor’s reduced restrictions. Then, we’re told by City of Minneapolis police that they cannot help us and we should close up and lock our doors on that fateful Friday, June 12.

That was it for us. If the City is going to provide that level of “support” to its loyal downtown businesses then we simply cannot operate safely. It was the next day that we decided to close the business forever.

We know some nice cities in Texas with firm but fair police departments that would love another nice restaurant — come on down, pardner. (And I can personally recommend an excellent attorney to help with the relocation process.)

BIDEN: I Am ‘Prepared’ To ‘Shut’ The United States ‘Down’ To Stop The Coronavirus.

As Stephen Miller tweets, “The first shutdown wasn’t on presidential orders or authority (because it doesn’t exist). It was on governors. So the follow up here naturally of course was on what authority will President Biden ‘Shut down’ the country. Right? That was the follow up? … Right?“

Just think of the media as Democratic Party operatives with bylines, and the absence of that question makes perfect sense.

In April, the New York Times ran the headline, “Trump Insists He Has ‘Total’ Authority to Supersede Governors.” Googling a similar headline with Biden’s name this week doesn’t bring up an immediate response.

Related: “Biden has fought a pandemic before. It did not go smoothly.”

More: In Just 72 Hours, Joe Biden Might Have Paved the Way for the Democratic Party to be Totally Screwed in 2020.

Don’t get cocky, to coin an Insta-phrase.

Oh, and speaking of Biden shutting down the United States: Biden: “We Are Going To Get Rid of Fossil Fuels.”

JOANNE JACOBS: Say It Ain’t So, Joe. “The Democratic Party’s platform, based on a Biden-Sanders ‘unity’ task force’s recommendations, ‘steer Biden away from the coalition of Black and low-income voters who brought him the nomination,’ write Aldeman and Spurrier. ‘Maybe this shouldn’t come as a surprise — given that two of the eight members of the task force are the heads of the two major teachers unions.'”

SHOCKER: Joe Biden faces new plagiarism claim over DNC acceptance speech. “Canadian media quickly noted that the former veep’s words were uncannily similar to those of Jack Layton, the leader of Canada’s left-wing New Democratic Party, who issued a poignant open letter to his fellow citizens as he lay dying in 2011.”

OPEN THREAD: There’s pigeons down on Market Square.

CONGRATULATIONS TO JOHN TIERNEY, PART OF OUR INSTA-CREW, on his wedding.

TAMARA KEEL: THE EVOLUTION OF AR-15 ACCESSORIES.

I’D LIKE TO SAY THAT THIS PHOTO REPRESENTS PEAK 2020, BUT WE ALL KNOW THERE’S MORE CRAZINESS TO COME:

I USED TO CARRY A GLOCK 26 IN ONE OF THESE: Galco Ankle Glove Holster. The headline makes it sound like it’s new, but it’s only new for the P365. I liked it, it was easy to carry inconspicuously, and it kept the gun ready to hand while driving or sitting in a car.