Mostly Cats Apparently

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Men yearn for the factories, apparently.

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This is what Trump has done to America’s house. VoteBlue & get involved in your community midterms. http://news.usaunify.org/TSmJmm

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BallotTrax Rules!

Got the "received and will be counted" email from BallotTrax. I'll get another when it's actually been COUNTED.

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tear it down

one missed sale at a time

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all religions, not just christians

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didn't see that coming...

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"While those working at private companies can at least earn a little money, they face possible punishment if they refuse, from being denied family visits to being sent to higher-security prisons, which are so dangerous that the federal government filed a lawsuit four years ago that remains pending [note: article is from 2024], calling the treatment of prisoners unconstitutional.

Though they make at least $7.25 an hour, the state siphons 40% off the top of all wages and also levies fees, including $5 a day for rides to their jobs and $15 a month for laundry.

Turning down work can jeopardize chances of early release in a state that last year granted parole to only 8% of eligible prisoners — an all-time low, and among the worst rates nationwide — though that number more than doubled this year after public outcry."

Alabama profits off prisoners who work at McDonald’s but deems them too dangerous for parole

No state has a longer, more profit-driven history of contracting prisoners out to private companies than Alabama.

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USA: More than 500 businesses, including McDonald's, Burger King and Walmart, allegedly using Alabama prisoners as cheap labour - Business a

Check out this page via the Business and Human Rights Centre

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Alabama outlawed forced prison labor in 2022, which is the violation the state is being sued for now.

Alabama Outlawed Slavery in Prisons. Is It Still Happening?

Two years after Alabama voters closed the slavery loophole in their state’s constitution, people are still being punished for refusing to wo

I had to look this up since I was surprised AL was one of so few states that have tried to address modern slavery, but of course they wouldn't actually give up their slaves.

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