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[–] 7 points 11 hours ago

For anyone who doesn't know: Ona Judge's story is absolutely wild and shows how morally bankrupt and petty Washington was.

Very short version: Pennsylvania was one of the first abolitionist states in the nation. When Washington exploited a loophole to keep Ona from gaining her freedom in the state, she escaped and fled to Maine before the Underground Railroad had even become a thing yet. Then Washington spent his entire life trying to get her back.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 hours ago

    Trump whitewashed the President's House site so thoroughly that he had to slap forced-labor tariffs on Switzerland just to balance the books. Looks like Barron's lanky ass is spending his summer in Geneva, doing 14-hour shifts in the Swiss chocolate mines.

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