The 75th Ranger Regiment (United States Army Rangers) uses Sua Sponte as their regimental motto, referring to the Rangers' ability to accomplish tasks with little to no prompting and to recognize that a Ranger volunteers three times: for the U.S. Army, Airborne School, and service in the 75th Ranger Regiment.[14]

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The Ash Street Shootout of 1989.

Sgt. Bill Foulk was an Army Ranger at Fort Lewis, Washington, when he purchased a cheap house in a rough Tacoma neighborhood as an investment in 1989.

Foulk grew concerned that a house on Ash Street, his block, was infested with gang activity. He purchased his own house for $10,000 ($20,875 in 2019 dollars), with the idea that property values would rise.

He began to videotape the people who visited the suspected drug house. He wasn't wrong. The occupants were members of the Crips, the violent street gang that was spreading from California to Washington in search of new markets for drugs.

more at https://youtu.be/Z4iQxpwYhAg

1. He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.

2. He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.

3. He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.

4. He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.

5. He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.

6. He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.

7. He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.

8. He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.

9. He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.

10. He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people, and eat out their substance.

11. He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.

12. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.

13. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:

14. For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:

15. For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:

16. For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:

17. For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:

18. For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:

19. For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences

20. For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies:

21. For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:

22. For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.

23. He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.

24. He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.

25. He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.

26. He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.

27. He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.

Source: http://masonrytoday.com/index.php?new_month=03&new_day=03&new_year=2021

Today in Masonic History Forrest C. Donnell passed away in 1980.

Forrest C. Donnell was an American politician.

Donnell was born on August 20th, 1884 in Quitman, Missouri. He graduated from Maryville High School in 1900. He went on to the University of Missouri where he graduated in 1904. He received his law degree from the same institution in 1907.

After graduation, Donnell moved to St. Louis, Missouri where he opened a law practice. Between 1917 and 1920 he was very active in Republican politics in the the state. He was elected the city attorney for Webster Groves, Missouri a suburb of St. Louis.

In 1940, Donnell was elected Governor of Missouri as a Republican. This was a problem for the Democrat dominated politics of Missouri at the time. Donnell was the first Republican governor since the collapse of the political machine of boss Thomas Pendergast. After Donnell defeated his Democratic rival, the Democrats held a special meeting to figure out how they changed the results of the election. The plan which came from the meeting of high ranking Democrats in the state, had the Speaker of the House of Missouri's House of Representatives holding a special count of the ballots, which was technically legal. Then the Speaker of the House announced the winner, presumably declaring Donnell's opponent the winner. While the political maneuvering was going on, the Democrats refused to seat Donnell. Eventually the Missouri Supreme Court stepped in almost six weeks after Donnell should have been seated.

The same year Donnell was running for Governor, future President Harry S. Truman was running for the United States Senate. Despite the fact Truman was a Democrat and Donnell a Republican, Truman credited his 1940 Senate win to Donnell. Truman, in reference to his race against Manvel H. Davis, said:

I had a Catholic friend in St. Louis by the name of James E. Wade. He attended a meeting [where] Davis made his usual charges. Forrest Donnell, who afterwards became [Republican] Governor and Senator, was speaking from the same platform. Donnell was just behind me in the Grand Lodge line and would be Grand Master in a year or two. So Jim Wade went up to him . . . and asked him if I could be the low sort of fellow that Davis charged and still be Grand Master of Masons of Missouri. Mr. Donnell said: 'No, Jim, he could not.' That ruined Mr. Davis—I won by 276,000 votes.

In 1944, Donnell was elected to the United States Senate. He served only one term being defeated in his 1950 reelection bid. During his time in the Senate he supported the Taft-Hartley Act, other antilabor measures, and lower income taxes. He opposed an excess-profits tax and most foreign aid. After losing the 1950 election he returned to his law practice in Missouri.

Donnell passed away on March 3rd, 1980.

Donnell was a member of Tuscan Lodge No. 360 in St. Louis, Missouri. He served as the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Missouri. He served his term as Grand Master while he was the Governor of Missouri. He was Worshipful Master of the Missouri Lodge of Research, another position Truman held. Donnell was also a 33° member of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, Southern Masonic Jurisdiction.

Source: http://www.masonrytoday.com/

Dewitt Clinton was an American politician.

Clinton was born in New Windsor, Connecticut on March 2nd, 1769. He graduated from King's College, which is now Columbia University, in 1786.

Shortly after graduating, Clinton went to work for his uncle, George Clinton who was the Governor of New York.

In 1798, Clinton became a member of the New York State Assembly. He served twice in the New York State Senate, once from 1798 to 1802 and the second from 1806 to 1811.

In 1802, Clinton was elected to the United States Senate. He resigned in 1803 as the living conditions in the newly created Washington D.C. were making him unhappy.

After leaving the United States Senate he was appointed Mayor of New York City. He served as Mayor from 1803 to 1815. While he was Mayor he organized the Historical Society of New York and helped to re-organize the American Academy of Fine Arts.

From 1810 to 1824, Clinton served on the Erie Canal Commission and was part of the initial team surveying it's route.

In 1811 in a special election, Clinton was elected Lieutenant Governor of New York. The following year, Clinton ran for President of the United States, narrowly loosing to James Madison.

In 1817, the sitting Governor of New York, Tompkins, was elected Vice President and resigned as Governor of New York. Clinton won the special election to replace him. Clinton served as Governor until 1822.

In 1824, a group of political enemies wanted Clinton removed form the Erie Canal Commission. This angered the electorate and Clinton was nominated by the "People's Party". He won the election and become Governor of New York again, serving another two terms.

During his final term in office Clinton served as Governor during one of the more significant events in American Freemasonry and American politics. The Morgan Affair, which occurred in 1826 in Batavia, New York. It triggered anti-masonic sentiment in the United States. The events surrounding the Morgan Affair led to the creation of the first successful third party in United States politics, the Anti-Masonic party (sometimes called the Anti-Masonic Movement).

Clinton passed away in office on February 11th, 1828.

Clinton was raised in Holland Lodge No. 16 (now No. 8) on September 3, 1790. He became the Grand Master of New York in 1806 serving until 1819.

Clinton was also very active in York Rite in New York. He was Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons (R.A.M.). In 1798 he became the General Grand High Priest of the General Grand Chapter of the United States. He was knighted in 1792 and served as Eminent Grand Commander of New York Commandery from 1814 to 1828. He was Grand Master of the Grand Encampment of the United States from 1818 to 1828.

Source: http://www.masonrytoday.com/index.php

Today in Masonic History Victor Luitpold Berger is born in 1860.

Victor Luitpold Berger was an American politician and political leader.

Berger was born in Nieder-Rehbach, Austria-Hungary which is modern day Romania on February 28th, 1860. Prior to immigrating to the United States in 1878 with his parents, Berger attended major universities in Budapest and Vienna. Initially the family settled in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

In 1881, Berger moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. There he joined the Socialist Labor Party and became the editor of two newspapers, the Social Democratic Herald and the Milwaukee Leader. He also taught German in the local public schools.

In 1896, Berger was a delegate for the People's Party convention in St. Louis, Missouri. The following year he became the founding member of the Social Democracy of America organization. In 1898 the group split and the "political action" wing of the group became the Socialist Democratic Party of America (SDP).

In 1901, Berger became a founder of the Socialist Party of America. He was considered the party's leading revisionist Marxists.

Berger ran for Congress in 1904, unsuccessfully. He ran again in 1910 and was elected to the United States Congress. In Congress, he focused on issues relating to the District of Columbia. He also pushed several radical ideas including getting rid of the Presidential veto, abolishing the Senate and the social takeover of major industries. He gained national attention for his old-age pension bill. He also argued for the takeover of all radio-wireless systems. His proposal on radio-wireless systems came shortly after the sinking of the Titanic. He argued radio signals controlled by the government might have prevented the catastrophe. He served only one term until 1912.

During World War I the United States passed the Espionage Act of 1917. Berger, became a target because of his political views. He and 4 other socialists were convicted under the Espionage Act and sentenced to 20 years in Prison. Despite being convicted, Berger was elected to the United States Senate, although a special committee prevented him from being seated. In a new election, he won again and again they denied him his seat. The Senate declared his seat vacated. In 1921, Berger's conviction was overturned by Supreme Court.

From 1922 to 1926, Berger served in the United States Senate. He proposed an old-age pension bill, unemployment insurance and public housing. He also supported recognition of the Soviet Union.

Berger passed away when he was struck by a streetcar crossing the street on August 7th, 1929.

Berger was a member of Aurora Lodge No. 30 in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin.

Source: http://www.masonrytoday.com/index.php

Today in Masonic History Harry Cohn passes away in 1958.

Harry Cohn was an American film mogul.

Cohn was born in New York City, New York on July 23rd, 1891. As a young man Cohn worked as a street car conductor and as a promoter for a sheet music printer. He eventually joined his brother Jack working at Universal Studios.

In 1919, Cohn and his brother Jack left Universal and joined with Joe Brandt. The three men founded CBC Film Sales Corporation. The CBC stood for Cohn Brandt and Cohn. Because of the low budget nature of the films being turned out by the fledgling studio, movie industry insiders began referring to the studio as "Corn Beef and Cabbage." Cohn headed for Hollywood to manage the film production while his brother Jack stayed in New York City to handle the finances. Brandt eventually sold his third in the studio to Harry Cohn, in part because of the stress of dealing with the Cohn brothers who often fought, leaving Brandt in the middle. Shortly before the sale of the company to Cohn, it was renamed to Columbia Pictures Corporation.

After Cohn took over the studio most of the movies they produced were action fare starring Jack Holt. Unfortunately the studio was unable to shake its "poverty row" image until 1934, when the comedy It Happened One Night swept the Oscars. Movie theater owners were then willing to take a chance on Columbia Pictures' films. Although many of the films being churned out were of a low budget, appeal to the masses types of movies, there were one or two a year considered "class" productions. Cohn was very fond of what he called "those lousy little 'B' pictures." Probably because they often were relied upon to keep the studio afloat.

As a leader, Cohn was very autocratic in his style. He even remained the production chief when he took over the presidency of the studio. He also used intimidation as a common methodology when dealing with stars and directors alike. Up until the beginning of World War II Cohn had an autographed picture of Mussolini on his desk. Moe Howard of the Three Stooges described his a real "Jekyll and Hyde." He could spend the day yelling at a star in his office then greet them cordially at a dinner party.

Cohn also had ties to organized crime. In the 1972 film The Godfather the character of Jack Woltz is said to be based on Cohn.

At the time, stories circulated about Cohn and other Hollywood producers asking for sex in exchange for employment from female stars. As the story goes, Joan Crawford was the subject of some of Cohn's advances to which she replied, "Keep it in your pants, Harry. I'm having lunch with Joan and the boys tomorrow." The 'Joan and the boys' Crawford referred to was Cohn's then wife and there sons.

Cohn passed away on February 27th, 1958 from a heart attack. His funeral was well attended. Red Skelton was famously quoted about the funeral saying "It proves what Harry always said: give the public what they want and they'll come out for it." It is claimed many of the people at the funeral were actually there to get verification Cohn, had in fact, passed away.

Cohn was a member of Pacific Lodge No. 233 in New York City, New York.

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Company with Headquarters in WA by rank, source at bottom.

1Amazon.com

2Starbucks

3Costco Wholesale

4Providence Health Services

5Barrett Business Services

6Nordstrom

7Microsoft

8T-Mobile US

9The Hotel Group

10Avanade

11Fortive

12Paccar

13Expedia Group

14Alaska Airlines

15University of Washington

16Savers

17The Firs Camps Retreats

18Expeditors

19PeaceHealth

20Banfield Pet Hospital

21Teck American

22Esterline Technologies

23Recreational Equipment

24Carrix

25Washington State University

26Nash Holdings

27Swedish

28Fairfax Behavioral Health

29Weyerhaeuser

30Group Health Cooperative

31Trident Seafoods

32Eddie Bauer

33Chief Seattle Council

34Washington School for the Deaf

35Laird Norton Co

36Employment Standards Act

37Safeco

38SMG

39Itron

40TrueBlue

41Windermere Real Estate

42Nintendo

43Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories

44Gist

45Virginia Mason Hospital and Seattle Medical Center

46Key Tronic

47Saltchuk

48EmpRes Healthcare Management

49EvergreenHealth Hospice Care

50F5 Networks

51Tableau Software

52Restaurants Unlimited

53ATS Automation Tooling Systems

54Vancouver Public Schools

55SanMar

56Clearwater Paper

57URM Stores

58Jamco America

59Moss Adams

60Zillow

61Quincy Valley Medical Center

62Dow Hotel Co

63John L. Scott

64Edmonds Community College

65Snokist Growers

66JACK FROST FRUIT

67Milliman

68Yakima Regional Cancer Center

69Zulily

70MSN

71Prestige Care

72Simpson Investment Company

73Furuno

74Decatur High School

75Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

76Kadlec Regional Medical Center

77Coinstar Asset Holdings

78Northwest Hospital Medical Center

79Fluke

80Security Industry Specialists

81North Puget Sound Center for Sleep Disorders

82Valley Roz Orchards

83Ocean Beauty Seafoods

84Ram Restaurant Brewery

85Bellevue School District

86HomeStreet Bank

87Pyrotek

88Perkins Coie

89Kloeckner Metals

90Overlake Medical Center

91North Central High School

92Washington River Protection Solutions

93NAES

94Redfin

95Rosauers Supermarkets

96Broetje Orchards

97Milgard Manufacturing

98Papa Murphy’s

99AmericanWest Bancorporation

100Razorfish

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