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[Fifty Shades of Whey @davenewworld_2]

On this day in 1793, the Fugitive Slave Act was passed and later signed into law by George Washington, who ended up invoking it TWICE to try and kidnap a young woman and her infant child who escaped from him. This law guaranteed that white, property-owning men in the US had a legal right to capture any runaway slaves, or their children, and acquire them as property.

The fact that Washington used the Fugitive Slave Act multiple times has eluded American education for centuries because it shatters the mythological image of our nation's founders as these "benevolent champions" of freedom. In reality, America's forefathers were the wealthiest men of their time, and they embodied the same greedy, rapacious views as the wealthiest men of our time.

When they taught us about Washington's precedents in school, they were sure to mention his use of term limits, or his use of a Cabinet, but they conveniently left out his enthusiasm for state-sanctioned terrorism in the name of economic exploitation because they don't want us to draw parallels to the grim reality that today's American ruling class is still in favor of state-sanctioned terrorism in the name of economic exploitation.

As far as they're concerned, the only education you need is that there is no form of human economic organization better than the one they've foisted onto us. American capitalism is good. American capitalism is great. And American capitalism is the best. They don't want us connecting the dots that the economic system they brag about so much required hundreds of years of slavery accompanied with fascist legal instruments to keep their depraved system alive.

The final thing I want to say is that the name of the young woman that Washington tried to recapture was Oney Judge. She's the American hero that all of us should be paying attention to 230+ years later. The courage and resilience it takes to flee from a president's bondage is a level of bravery worth celebrating. Americans like her paved the road for the rest of us to have rights and it's a damn shame people don't even know who she is.

[(((DeanObeidallah))) @DeanObeidallah]

Dear corporate media: Please stop calling Trump's criminal case in NY where he's facing 34 felonies the "hush money" case. As Manhattan DA Bragg says: this is an ELECTION INTERFERENCE case. Trump committed these crimes to conceal vital info from voters right before 2016 election

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

In 1989, the super-rich held $472 billion in unrealized capital gains.

In 2022, that figure was $8.5 trillion.

While these individuals can live off this wealth as if it were income, none of it is taxed.

When I say our tax code is rigged for the rich, this is what I mean.

[Rep. Gloria Johnson @VoteGloriaJ]

Then why did you protect and re-elect a man who was credibly accused by 3 women he coached when they were 14. He is on tape for 18 minutes apologizing to one of his victims. You protected him, you have no credibility on this.

[IncarcerNation.com @IncarcerNation]

An off-duty Houston cop saw a man with a face mask walking around and fired a shot at him. Police cannot explain why the shot was fired except the cop found the face covering suspicious. Man fled, unknown if injured.

[Warren Gunnels @GunnelsWarren]

Mark Zuckerberg became $27.9 billion richer YESTERDAY. He's now worth $167.2 billion.

Jeff Bezos became $12.4 billion richer YESTERDAY. He's now worth $193.8 billion.

The $2.13/hour tipped minimum wage hasn't been raised in 33 years.

Welcome to the Divided States of Oligarchy.

[Fuck You I Quit @fuckyouiquit]

We can’t afford not to switch to 4 day work weeks

[Read Jackson Rising @JPHilllllll]

Tapping the sign.

[Rafael Shimunov @rafaelshimunov]

By criminalizing BDS free speech, working w those equating human rights w antisemitism, funding every bomb, chemical weapon & bullet on Palestinians, ignoring kids in military prison, settler death squads in West Bank annexing land & protecting Israel from war crimes prosecution?

[IncarcerNation.com @IncarcerNation]

The Sheriff's Office of Portage County, OH tickets black people 7x as often as white people, insisting they are "color-blind," positioning the familiar old insinuation that black people must be exceptionally dangerous drivers. His mostly white county elected him 3x, loves him.

[Extinction Rebellion Global @ExtinctionR]

There are better options than colluding with the far-right politicians rising to choke our governments and freedoms.

[Zephyr Teachout @ZephyrTeachout]

Meanwhile Netchoice, the lobbying and legal front for big tech, is arguing Instagram has a first amendment right to profit however it wants off children and we can’t do anything about this.

[The Debt Collective 🟥 @StrikeDebt]

We wrote this years ago: “To an American audience whose public goods, such as health care, housing, and education, are all individually debt-financed, privatized commodities, a rigged game in which debtors compete for financial freedom hits close to home.”
https://t.co/rC0MXm345j

[A Left-Wing Account ™️ @PushDemsLeft]

If you're wondering what Kamala's been up to, apparently she just teamed up with a mega-donor to kill an anti-discrimination bill...

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

"Tesla is non-unionized globally, but the Swedish workers are demanding that the carmaker sign a collective bargaining agreement, which most employees in Sweden have."

https://t.co/h3QLV5t7DE

[Don’t Boo…Revolt! @BreeNewsome]

100% Correct

[Jairo I. Fúnez-Flores @Jairo_I_Funez]

I don’t need to be a detective to know it was a hate crime.

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

Caes Gruesbeck, just 20 years-old, died on the job at Amazon distribution center in Fort Wayne, Indiana after he got trapped by the machinery.

He died of blunt force injuries.

Amazon was fined only $7,000.
https://t.co/Q7jOIrFm03

[Amazon Piss Jugs @JeremyWard33]

All of a sudden, NYT cares about inmate safety 🫠