August 14, 2023 by V Leigh

Businesses are now using the “labor shortage” as an excuse to bring back child labor. It’s part of a horrifying trend: Since 2015, child labor violations have risen nearly 300%. Are profits really more important than the safety of children?

Question: should middle schoolers be bartenders? Wisconsin Republicans say yes. pic.twitter.com/2bFadX7lZf
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) August 1, 2023

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Child labor is making a comeback in America. Shameful. https://t.co/wDymgainmG
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) July 31, 2023

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Businesses are now using the “labor shortage” as an excuse to bring back child labor.

It’s part of a horrifying trend: Since 2015, child labor violations have risen nearly 300%.

Are profits really more important than the safety of children? pic.twitter.com/cTjBaCkEzb https://t.co/UnDxlDvPlq
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) August 9, 2023

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Duvan Tomas Perez, a 16-year-old Guatemalan immigrant, died in a Mississippi poultry plant on July 14. As a minor, his employment at the plant was a violation of federal law. Meanwhile, some GOP state legislators are trying to roll back child labor laws.https://t.co/tPj9JlrUQh
— Ibram X. Kendi (@ibramxk) August 2, 2023

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August 13, 2023 by V Leigh

Everyone needs to see what I saw in Eagle Pass today. Clothing stuck on razor wire where families got trapped. Chainsaw devices in the middle of buoys. Land seized from US citizens. Operation Lone Star is barbaric — and @GovAbbott is making border communities collateral damage.

Everyone needs to see what I saw in Eagle Pass today.

Clothing stuck on razor wire where families got trapped. Chainsaw devices in the middle of buoys. Land seized from US citizens.

Operation Lone Star is barbaric — and @GovAbbott is making border communities collateral damage. pic.twitter.com/PzKyZGWfds
— Joaquin Castro (@JoaquinCastrotx) August 8, 2023

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August 12, 2023 by V Leigh

Having a job is often not enough in a system that requires homelessness and poverty to function.

Welcome to the USA where disabled patients are wheeled out to the street corner and discarded like trash. pic.twitter.com/ZXErfE5zvk
— 🥀_ Imposter 🥀 (@Imposter_Edits) August 5, 2023

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Having a job is often not enough in a system that requires homelessness and poverty to function. pic.twitter.com/QHh8ReW043
— Ahmed Ali (@DrAhmednurAli) July 25, 2023

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Houston Food Not Bombs (which has been around since 1994) has now been ticketed at least 30 times for sharing free food with unhoused neighbors.

Each ticket is $2000!

It specifically says “feed homeless” on the citation. pic.twitter.com/Ih46KEnb5h
— Claire Zagorski, MSc, LP (@clairezagorski) July 23, 2023

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Today marks an unfortunate anniversary. The last time the federal minimum wage was raised was July 24, 2009.

This is the longest time that the federal minimum wage hasn’t gone up in U.S. history.

At $7.25/hour, the federal rate is also the minimum wage in 20 states.
— Chris Lu (@ChrisLu44) July 24, 2023

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actors are on strike, writers are on strike, teamsters are on strike, hotel employees are on strike, grad students are on strike, health care workers are on strike… can we realize there are deep systemic issues in this country yet
— wells santo (searching for alternatives) (@WellsLucasSanto) July 13, 2023

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Every time I see that minimum wage figure, I’m reminded of my first job. I made $7.25 in California … in 1999. I’m aware we made more than other states, but it isn’t lost on me that that figure is still around 20 years later. https://t.co/XkGiLjIRfe
— Jo Von M. McCalester, PhD (@DrMcCalester) July 11, 2023

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“While it will be up to members to decide on the contract, at least one lesson should be clear: Strikes, or the real threat of strikes, work.”https://t.co/aaQr40Zsn1
— UAW (@UAW) July 27, 2023

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Boomers are going to move into assisted living retirement communities owned by private equity, and all this wealth will be completely stripped out of the population. pic.twitter.com/NwcU1ACuvz
— My weight class is Karen (@InsightTweeting) July 13, 2023

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“Every time I walk through that door, I don’t know if I’m going to come out in a body bag.” – testimony from worker at Ultium Cells, one the many EV battery companies receiving billions of $$$ in taxpayer handouts while employing workers in dangerous conditions at poverty wages. https://t.co/sgoXfm2XhA
— Chris Brooks (@chactivist) July 31, 2023

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The average student debt payment is $400+ and you cannot file for bankruptcy if you default. https://t.co/2S5dV60diS
— The Debt Collective 🟥 (@StrikeDebt) July 30, 2023

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August 11, 2023 by V Leigh

NEWS: Amid record-breaking heat, Republicans are introducing legislation to block any president from declaring a climate emergency. Fossil fuel donors funneled more than $5 million to the bill sponsors — and some of the lawmakers are oil/gas investors.

NEWS: Amid record-breaking heat, Republicans are introducing legislation to block any president from declaring a climate emergency. Fossil fuel donors funneled more than $5 million to the bill sponsors — and some of the lawmakers are oil/gas investors.

🚨NEWS: Amid record-breaking heat, Republicans are introducing legislation to block any president from declaring a climate emergency.

Fossil fuel donors funneled more than $5 million to the bill sponsors — and some of the lawmakers are oil/gas investors. https://t.co/l5p4GblIS0
— David Sirota (@davidsirota) July 19, 2023

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The forced acceptance of 1.1 million people dying over 3 years, the U.S. government and media pushing a return to normal without reckoning with systemic failure, is the plan for climate disaster. You will go to work. Your rent will be due. Survival will be your responsibility.
— Dana White (@ItsDanaWhite) May 16, 2023

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Climate emergency in #Iraq: “What is happening here is a window into a future that is now coming for other parts of the world – if we continue to fail in our responsibility to take preventive & mitigating action against climate change” – @volker_turk https://t.co/Zw35PR6z55 pic.twitter.com/AHDUGvK8hW
— UN Human Rights (@UNHumanRights) August 9, 2023

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“This salt water has destroyed my childhood, school, and life.”

Thousands of Bangladeshi women face reproductive health issues caused by the increasing salt content in the waters in which they live and work. https://t.co/AdaKlvclE0
— NBC News (@NBCNews) August 10, 2023

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I’d rather ExxonMobil build up tolerance to lower profits. pic.twitter.com/fGmrHzYe9b
— Jamie Henn (@jamieclimate) July 30, 2023

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August 10, 2023 by V Leigh

Today is the 9th anniversary of Mike Brown’s killing. He would be alive today if the institutions of racism and white supremacy were eradicated. He should be alive today. We will never forget. We will continue to fight for justice and accountability.

Kansas City police department claims that two of the cops in this clip have been “disciplined” for attacking a man they assumed didn’t pay for a $5 pizza.

Not only did he have a receipt showing he paid, he was also not legally required to show it.

It would be wonderful to… pic.twitter.com/YoPsMM0d2n
— 🥀_ Imposter_🥀 (@Imposter_Edits) July 10, 2023

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A police dog mauled a Black man in Ohio during a traffic stop after he surrendered with his hands raised in the air following a “lengthy pursuit,” officials said

“Do not release the dog with his hands up!” a trooper can be heard yelling multiple timeshttps://t.co/sSOrrGznX2
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) July 24, 2023

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Six White former Mississippi cops, who nicknamed themselves the “Goon Squad,” have pleaded guilty to an assault in which they entered a home without a warrant, assaulted two Black men with a sex object, used a taser on them, and shot one in the mouth.https://t.co/2e6lfr58Vx
— Ibram X. Kendi (@ibramxk) August 8, 2023

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Today is the 9th anniversary of Mike Brown’s killing.

He would be alive today if the institutions of racism and white supremacy were eradicated.

He should be alive today.

We will never forget.

We will continue to fight for justice and accountability. pic.twitter.com/7E2svmNMOb
— Cori Bush (@CoriBush) August 9, 2023

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August 9, 2023 by V Leigh

O’Shae Sibley, a gay Black man, was fatally stabbed at a Brooklyn gas station. He and his friends were vogueing when some men approached, called them homophobic slurs, and told them to stop dancing. O’Shae was stabbed after he stood up for his friends.

O’Shae Sibley, a gay Black man, was fatally stabbed at a Brooklyn gas station. He and his friends were vogueing when some men approached, called them homophobic slurs, and told them to stop dancing. O’Shae was stabbed after he stood up for his friends.https://t.co/nN3xwwVaAs
— Ibram X. Kendi (@ibramxk) August 3, 2023

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O’Shae Sibley, the Brooklyn dancer killed after he was reportedly attacked by men who said his voguing offended their faith, is being remembered as an advocate for social justice https://t.co/9MN4luw4FJ pic.twitter.com/2lHQoIRF4m
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) July 31, 2023

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A ball is happening at the gas station where O’Shae Sibley was killed. pic.twitter.com/MuQEdtsMuk
— Sunny Ng (@_blahblahblah) August 4, 2023

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A teen has been charged with a hate crime for the anti-Black and anti-gay killing of O’Shae Sibley

This is truly tragic beyond words. My deepest condolences to the family of O’Shae Sibley. A reminder of the work that remains to counter this bigotry & hatehttps://t.co/dv0BnKtwTP
— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@QasimRashid) August 6, 2023

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Seeing all the videos of #OshaeSibley dancing & seeing protesters vouging in support, made me think of all the little Black, Queer boys out there & what it means to find joy in the simplest things like dancing. We won’t let bigots dim their light. Queer lives matter. RIP Oshae pic.twitter.com/VInaJSOc4Y
— I appreciate you. (@DeeLaSheeArt) August 5, 2023

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August 8, 2023 by V Leigh

Freedom vs. Compelled Birth: Dorothy Roberts on Abortion Fights in Texas, Ohio & Across the U.S.

Texas’ infant death rate has gone up by 11.5% since last year.

Is this what being “pro-life” looks like? https://t.co/sdwiRh9Luz
— Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) July 21, 2023

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A Nebraska teenager has been sentenced to jail and charged as a felon after ending her pregnancy with abortion pills. She faces up to five years in prison.

🔗https://t.co/oSv3tcCr8t pic.twitter.com/PkiUGEgfci
— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) July 21, 2023

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Issue 1 in Ohio is a right wing attempt to subvert democracy AND undermine abortion rights. Vote NO tomorrow! #VoteNoOnIssue1 https://t.co/N8esRZZPIY
— Our Revolution (@OurRevolution) August 7, 2023

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Turnout is off the charts for the Ohio special election Republicans conjured to try and kneecap a statewide ballot measure on abortion rights this November. @SusanRinkunas: https://t.co/4ZTbwFzlyZ
— Laura Bassett (@LEBassett) August 7, 2023

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Tomorrow Ohio will vote in one of the most important elections in the country this year.

They’ll decide whether or not it should be harder to change the state constitution, and harder to protect abortion.

Ohio: vote NO on Issue 1. Say no to billionaires who want minority rule. pic.twitter.com/ECNTP6JWT6
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) August 7, 2023

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Freedom vs. Compelled Birth: Dorothy Roberts on Abortion Fights in Texas, Ohio & Across the U.S. https://t.co/eDOQvEJuax
— Democracy Now! (@democracynow) August 7, 2023

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August 7, 2023 by V Leigh

Solitary confinement is inhumane and must be abolished. We must end this sadistic practice. That’s why I introduced, along with colleagues and survivors, the #EndSolitary Confinement Act.

For the past seven summers, Kwaneta Harris has lived in solitary confinement without air conditioning—where cells reach 110 degrees

In these conditions, women in her unit have heart issues at alarming rates. Officials don’t report them as heat-related
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— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) July 29, 2023

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Solitary confinement is inhumane and must be abolished.

We must end this sadistic practice. That’s why I introduced, along with colleagues and survivors, the #EndSolitary Confinement Act. pic.twitter.com/HuK08tEt8X
— Congresswoman Cori Bush (@RepCori) July 28, 2023

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‘It’s torture because it eats at the human soul’ — Here’s what to know about solitary confinement and the movement to end it

(with @MrJohnnyPerez & @NRCATtweets) pic.twitter.com/tr2fsPHnDX
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) August 3, 2023

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August 5, 2023 by V Leigh

#ReparationsNow This is how Check out ReadyForRevolution’s video! #TikTok

#ReparationsNow

This is how

Check out ReadyForRevolution’s video! #TikTok https://t.co/flgKTC7dFG
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) July 21, 2023

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August 5, 2023 by V Leigh

What Abbott is doing at the border is barbaric. This is a grave violation of human rights. Migrants deserve to be treated with human dignity.

Really important that this story not get lost today. https://t.co/r94IHE5x9c
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@SIfill_) August 3, 2023

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BREAKING: Feds sue Abbott over drowning devices in Rio Grande.

Let’s keep up the pressure.

We want the buoys & netting removed, the razor wire under the water & on the banks removed and for DPS to respect Border Patrol authority.

Now, before more die. https://t.co/qerH29eXsM
— Beto O’Rourke (@BetoORourke) July 21, 2023

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Two people found dead in Rio Grand https://t.co/kc7jb2tKQx
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) August 3, 2023

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How long can we allow this to continue? How many more innocent lives must be lost? Immigration policy is set at the federal level, and the federal government must take action.

Join me in demanding that the Biden administration put a stop to these horrific and inhumane practices.… pic.twitter.com/Vgle2HKVzh
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) August 3, 2023

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What Abbott is doing at the border is barbaric. This is a grave violation of human rights. Migrants deserve to be treated with human dignity.https://t.co/pjrRFhZrsP
— Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (@RepRashida) August 3, 2023

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Oppression Monitor Daily

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Month: August 2023

Businesses are now using the “labor shortage” as an excuse to bring back child labor. It’s part of a horrifying trend: Since 2015, child labor violations have risen nearly 300%. Are profits really more important than the safety of children?

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Everyone needs to see what I saw in Eagle Pass today. Clothing stuck on razor wire where families got trapped. Chainsaw devices in the middle of buoys. Land seized from US citizens. Operation Lone Star is barbaric — and @GovAbbott is making border communities collateral damage.

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Having a job is often not enough in a system that requires homelessness and poverty to function.

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NEWS: Amid record-breaking heat, Republicans are introducing legislation to block any president from declaring a climate emergency. Fossil fuel donors funneled more than $5 million to the bill sponsors — and some of the lawmakers are oil/gas investors.

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Freedom vs. Compelled Birth: Dorothy Roberts on Abortion Fights in Texas, Ohio & Across the U.S.

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Solitary confinement is inhumane and must be abolished. We must end this sadistic practice. That’s why I introduced, along with colleagues and survivors, the #EndSolitary Confinement Act.

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