Biden Signs Bill Making Juneteenth a Federal Holiday

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President Biden signed a bill Thursday making Juneteenth a national holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the U.S. The government said most federal employees would get Friday off to celebrate.

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The U.S. Office of Personnel Management said on Twitter Thursday that because the 19th falls on a Saturday this year, “most federal employees will observe the holiday tomorrow, June 18th.”

 

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But there’s still political slavery in the GOP. They believe that Trump won the elections & so they remain slaves to that Big Lie.

Great

To recall, show respect for or celebrate the end of slavery without first rendering an ApologyForSlavery is grandstanding. The party that fought vehemently to keep Blacks enslaved, and from voting (even into the 60's,) is now grandstanding in celebrating the end of slavery.

Support of human rights. President is kind

This like given a crying abused child with several broken bones a lollipop 🍭. No tangibles just another Symbolic gesture. Every body else seems to get actual laws and tangibles.

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Thank the Republicans!!

Seems a holiday to commemorate the end of the civil war would be more appropriate - and probably should have been done decades ago. I'd never even heard of Juneteenth until a couple of years ago.

Another day off for the do nothing federal employees. Excluding members of the military in the statement.

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horrible

When will the Democratic Party formally apologize for its past support for slavery?

Federal employees are celebrating Juneteenth by giving themselves a day off. Nice.

Great nations do not drone strike over 12 nations of black and brown people over 5k miles away. Biden is continuing Obama Bush and Trump era war crimes. Yet, citizens fall for this holiday which diverts attention away from the USA's crimes. American exceptionalism is gross

Remember, Trump's goal was to break up the bromance between Russia, the atheist EU, China, North Korea & Iran and bring Russia & North Korea to our side. The last thing the world needs is the Communist atheists & the Brotherhood countries united and in charge! a Holocaust 2.0!

Can reparations be far behind?

Federal employees are the only one who will benefit from this holiday. Lol

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