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Juneteenth is officially a federal holiday.
— President Biden (@POTUS) June 17, 2021
Arizona voting system data has been taken by truck to a so-called "secure powerful laboratory" in rural Montana to be "forensically evaluated."@GaryTuchmanCNN visits the area to investigate. pic.twitter.com/Om5fW19Wx5
— Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) June 17, 2021
BREAKTHROUGH:
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) June 17, 2021
Stacey Abrams tells @JohnBerman on @NewDay that she supports Joe Manchin's voting rights compromise
Shorter Republicans: here, take this Juneteenth holiday but we’re gonna make it illegal to ask what Juneteenth is because it would involve insulting slave owners. Also y’all can’t vote anymore. Happy Juneteenth!
— Joy-Ann (Pro-Democracy) Reid 😷 (@JoyAnnReid) June 17, 2021
Watch this parent absolutely obliterate Critical Race Theory at an Illinois school board meeting:
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) June 17, 2021
“How do I have two medical degrees if I’m sitting here oppressed?” pic.twitter.com/gmCRJaphXt
Today @POTUS will sign the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, establishing June 19th as a federal holiday. As the 19th falls on a Saturday, most federal employees will observe the holiday tomorrow, June 18th.
— U.S. Office of Personnel Management (@USOPM) June 17, 2021
its kinda amazing: juneteenth is gonna be a federal holiday for reasons teachers won't be allowed to explain to their students out of fear critical race theory backlash
— Astead (@AsteadWesley) June 16, 2021
Nearly a dozen Fox News guests presented as concerned parents or educators who oppose the teaching of so-called “critical race theory” in schools also have day jobs as Republican strategists, conservative think-tankers, or right-wing media personalities https://t.co/aycIAqD8ce pic.twitter.com/RcPbNgiCch
— Media Matters (@mmfa) June 17, 2021
Wow. @GOPLeader McCarthy is leading a pro-slavery party. His members — in double digits — are voting against celebrating the emancipation of slavery in America. #JuneTeenth2021
— Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) June 16, 2021
It’s Juneteenth AND reparations.
— Cori Bush (@CoriBush) June 17, 2021
It’s Juneteenth AND end police violence + the War on Drugs.
It’s Juneteenth AND end housing + education apartheid.
It’s Juneteenth AND teach the truth about white supremacy in our country.
Black liberation in its totality must be prioritized.