I’m becoming more aware of the loophole in the 13th Amendment banning slavery.
«Dozens of unmarked graves were found at a construction site earlier this year.
The remains are believed to be black prisoners, including former slaves, forced to work on plantations and railroads back in the late 1800s and early 1900s.»
Hmm.
Endless 😱 Bummer (@LasagnaGarden) Tweeted:
so weird how nobody ever asks how we pay for the endless wars, or the billions in tax breaks we give to the richest people on earthbut the second someone mentions policies to vastly improve millions of lives, grandpa breaks out the fuckin abacus
Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg (@TheRaDR) Tweeted:
Source: https://t.co/6AUSaamg7R https://t.co/LJKUVXuUWV
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1023958869381443587.html
Interesting. Racial animus ==> economic anxiety, not the other way around, according to this.
A story off another story, which was also good:
erinspace (@erinscafe) Tweeted:
I’m absolutely no expert here, but in case it helps anyone else: we asked his mom’s local clergy to write a letter offering to counsel him during his parole. We submitted his proposed community college schedule. We lined up a part-time job, and had the employer submit a letter.
«It took more than a generation for Americans to reject the temptations of communist authoritarianism; it will take more than a generation before we have defeated kleptocratic authoritarianism too — if we still can.»
Jeff with a J. (@DrRiley_Writes) Tweeted:
To be clear: They didn’t steal any money. They hacked a system that charges inmates money to use mobile devices and added time to their accounts. They “stole” arcade tokens, not money, from a morally bankrupt company.
He’s replying to:
Kimberlee Kruesi (@kkruesi) Tweeted:
ALSO BREAKING:BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho prison officials say 364 inmates hacked the JPay tablets they use for email, music and games and collectively transferred nearly a quarter million dollars into their own accounts. #idpol https://twitter.com/kkruesi/status/1022599941246472192?s=17
A story off another story, which was also good:
erinspace (@erinscafe) Tweeted:
I’m absolutely no expert here, but in case it helps anyone else: we asked his mom’s local clergy to write a letter offering to counsel him during his parole. We submitted his proposed community college schedule. We lined up a part-time job, and had the employer submit a letter.
http://tracking.feedpress.it/link/9499/9871510
Here’s a super-unhappy read. Excerpt:
«Psychologists who’ve worked with immigrant youth said the records likely undercount the problems because many kids might not report abuse for fear of affecting their immigration cases.»
I’m putting the whole thing here because I’m some trouble with the link.
“Immigrant Youth Shelters: “If You’re a Predator, It’s a Gold Mine””
by Michael Grabell and Topher Sanders
Just five days after he reached the United States, the 15-year-old Honduran boy awoke in his Tucson, Arizona, immigrant shelter one morning in 2015 to find a youth care worker in his room, tickling his chest and stomach.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/07/27/upshot/white-voters-precinct-analysis.html
This seems like a biggish deal. I guess the question is: is it because of a true change of heart or just because Trump is clearly a loon?
Here, Read This 