Everyone needs to be talking about this.
06.03.2026 03:39
👍 1344
🔁 684
💬 4
📌 1
Everyone needs to be talking about this.
never, ever, ever, ever accept "how will you pay for it?" as an argument against social programs.
We're phone banking for public schools AGAIN next Tuesday, March 10th, at 6pm! We’re raring to reach more voters to ensure they’re not misled by the deceitful pro-voucher question that’s on about 10% of Illinois primary election ballots.
Sign up here: bit.ly/3_10callsforschools
#EarlyVoting starts TODAY in all 50 Wards and the suburbs, and while the world is a dumpster fire and the Federal government is the worst, we've got a chance to fight back at the polls between now and the 17th. Whether you're in the City, in the suburbs, or in our new readership hotspot in Aurora...
This administration has vowed to “return education to the states”…unless they don’t agree with the state.
Rep. Al Green was holding a sign that reads "Black People Aren't Apes" at the State of the Union:
Rep. Al Green was holding a sign that reads "Black People Aren't Apes" at the #SOTU:
Hey Chicago NW Side….if you’re looking for good news!
NEWS:
Meta is about to start a $65 million midterms push — its biggest political effort in its 20 years in business.
Meta is standing up two super PACs that this week will drop money in races in Texas and Illinois to push A.I.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/t...
NEW: since last year, a pair of "highly trained" feds have been involved in an array of incidents attacking crowds with chemical weapons.
We used public records and open source analysis to identify Edgar Vazquez and Michael Sveum, alongside some other members of their tactical team.
Read more:
Join our partners on Feb. 5th to learn more about the federal voucher program & receive the tools to advocate for your state to opt out of this program — which harms our public schools, students, and communities:
🔗
us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
ICYMI: Watch a recording of @a4pep.bsky.social webinar, “Unpacking the New Federal Voucher Scheme,” featuring @edlawcenter.bsky.social’s Patrick Cremin. www.a4pep.org/unpacking-th...
GOP Rep. Thomas Massie: “How will we know if this bill has been successful? We will know when rich men are being perp walked in handcuffs to the jail. Until then, this is still a coverup.”
#EpsteinFiles
All of the artists speaking out against this fascist regime at the Grammys tonight makes all of the actors who won awards at the Golden Globes collaborators or cowards or both for not saying a single thing.
NEWS RELEASE from American Federation for Children (AFC), founded and funded by Betsy DeVos to promote anti-public school legislation and policies. Text: NEWS RELEASE with AFC logo (white circle with teal AFC inside) AFC Announces Launch of Affiliated National SGO, "AFC Scholarship Fund" Dallas, TX - The American Federation for Children and Odyssey are pleased to announce the official launch of the AFC Scholarship Fund, a national scholarship granting organization (SGO) with over $10 million in generous funding secured for the ambitious national awareness campaign necessary to make the federal scholarship tax credit (FSTC) a success. This national SGO will build upon AFC's work to empower parents and advance school choice. Odyssey's parent-centered, purpose-built infrastructure dovetails perfectly with our mission. Importantly, this will be available to serve as a platform for schools and scholarship granting organizations to utilize for expanded scholarship operations. Beginning in 2026, AFC Scholarship Fund will aggressively build out a fundraising and user base that will ensure the FSTC serves as many children as possible, as quickly as possible, especially those who need it most.
😱 ICYMI: American Federation for Children (AFC)—founded & funded by Betsy DeVos to promote anti-public school legislation & policies launched a nat’l scholarship granting organization (aka voucher middleman). $10M initial bankroll for “ambitious” Trump federal school vouchers awareness campaign.
school being canceled because the president sent armed thugs to harass and imprison the populace for voting against him should be the biggest domestic scandal in american history
When Google cuts off the headline at the proper place.
The Congressional Progressive Caucus, a group of nearly 100 House Democrats, will announce later today that it's formally endorsing legislation to strip $175 billion from ICE and put it toward affordable housing. www.huffpost.com/entry/doj-fe...
YES.
"A tax surcharge on incomes over a million dollars, modeled after Massachusetts, which Forbes reports saw a windfall of $5.7 billion during the first two years, is possible, he said." abc7chicago.com/post/illinoi...
UPDATE: Judge Menendez makes it clear she intends to rule on the emergency motion by protesters — seeking to halt key police tactics by ICE in Minnesota — by Thursday afternoon.
Hey Minneapolis ❄️—we're indie reporters here from Chicago. If there's anything you'd like us to know about community actions, vigils, or fed activity, please drop us a line on Signal at unraveled.66 📱
a packed house inside thalia hall for tonight’s meeting of the community commission on public safety and accountability.
Hundreds of people have packed into Chicago's Thalia Hall tonight for a community listening session on CPD collaboration with ICE/CBP.
Police district councillors who gathered petition signatures required to hold tonight's hearing are opening by thanking the community for showing out.
Photo of a woman in a green shirt with a gold neckless, red lipstick and blonde/pinkish hair
This is Renee Nicole Good, the 37 year old woman murdered by ICE in Minneapolis today
She was a wife, mother & a fellow writer
She was shot point blank in the head as she was attempting to drive away from armed masked thugs
Say her name. Share her photo. Do not let ICE & DHS control the narrative
I need you to recognize the true cruelty of this. A 🧵
Welfare today is the product of the 1996 Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, signed into law by Bill Clinton in 1996, which established TANF - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families 1/
Maduro was a brutal ruler, it’s true. So is Putin—who Trump supports. So was Bolsonaro, who Trump supports. So was the drug-trafficking former head of Honduras, who Trump just pardoned. So is Nayib Bukele in El Salvador. MBS. Bibi.
Stop pretending Trump cares about illegitimacy or brutality.
“A comprehensive anti-corruption, anti-oligarchy, pro-consumer movement would inevitably target the tech industry and its indifference to the harms it creates. Such a movement could be incredibly potent, and the tech barons would have no one to blame but themselves.”
@bsky.app @support.bsky.team This is Chicago's only Black owned media outlet and a crucial part of ICE/CBP reporting during an actual emergency. Unacceptable/please free @thetriibe.com
An incredible list. Losing Rob Reiner is a tragedy on so many levels. #RIP
Background graphic: a collage of open books with text on the pages Text in a tan semi-transparent square: "What the best and wisest parent wants for his child, that must we want for all the children of the community. Anything less is unlovely, and left unchecked, destroys our democracy.” --John Dewey; public schools, public good. Graphic in lower right corner: Illinois Families for Public Schools logo (outline of the state of IL with the text, Illinois Families for Public Schools, on wide ruled notebook paper)
In this season of gratitude, we give thanks to everyone fighting for public schools in Illinois and across the country. Together, let's continue to do right by our public schools, a public good that benefits ALL of us!
