It’s beyond time to tax the rich so regular people can afford to live. Everything costs more so it’s imperative to tax the ultra wealthy instead of continuing to tax regular people. Pass Mayor Johnson’s Protecting Chicago Budget. Call & email your Alder asking them to support it

Trump is continuing to dismantle the Dept of Ed, after attacking Chicago’s Black Student Success Plan. Groceries and gas costs rising. Workers struggling YET some Chicago Alders are too afraid to tax 1.5% of Chicago’s wealthiest businesses. Pass the Budget www.cnbc.com/2025/11/18/t...

The Pentagon pulled 200 CA National Guard troops from Portland & 200 TX Guard troops from Chicago after federal court orders stopped them from carrying out any operations & CBP Dick Greg Bovino lit out of town headed for Charlotte not with a flashbang but a whimper. www.npr.org/2025/11/16/n...

Chicago City Council Voted with Ultra Wealthy Corporations and Against Chicago’s Families Today, Now They Have to Actually Present Their Own Ideas

“There are already countless hurdles facing anyone leaving prison: the struggle to find work and housing with the stigma of having been incarcerated, coping with the trauma of their arrest and incarceration, acclimating to the changes of the outside world.” chicago.suntimes.com/2025/11/12/w...

In Chicago we have a chance to tax the 1.5% of our most wealthy businesses so we don’t have to raise taxes on all of us, regular Chicagoans. Some Alders don’t care & want to raise your taxes. Contact your Alder & tell them to vote yes to Mayor Johnson’s Protecting Chicago budget!

Grocery taxes, garbage taxes, beer taxes, property taxes, rising rents — Chicagoans can’t shoulder any more. City Council has a choice: protect Chicago’s working families OR give in to ultra-wealthy corporations. ctu.sh/budget

Trumpet Papi hit the Belmont Cragin Blue Line with one question: who should pay for Chicago’s budget? And the message was clear: Chicagoans want the wealthiest corporations to pay their fair share, working families have paid enough. Tell your alder to vote yes on the Protecting Chicago Budget.

There’s at least one cop for every protester, and every protester has a respirator at this point.

Approved, with Alds. Marty Quinn & Raymond Lopez voting no In all, 12 cases alleging Chicagoans were hit or killed during a police chase that violated department policy cost taxpayers more than $83 million to resolve since January, according to @wttw.bsky.social

Let’s make CEO’s invest just a little more into Chicago, which helps everyone, instead of taxing regular Chicagoans more. We need progressive budgets for the people not more corporate welfare and tax breaks for the wealthy.

“Why is there such a proclivity to defend billionaires but not working people?” Emanuel killed it. Johnson wants it back. Chicago’s corporate head tax debate is about more than money thetriibe.com/2025/11/eman...

Always remember that when this crew opposes something— it’s actually good for Chicagoans

“Between 2010–2013, Chicago's job growth rate was 66% above the national rate—despite having had a head tax. This employment data does not support the claim that the head tax was a ‘job killer,’” southsideweekly.com/johnsons-bud...

Between 2010–2013, Chicago's job growth rate was 66% above the national rate—despite having had a head tax. “This employment data does not support the claim that the head tax was a ‘job killer,’” wrote Julie Dworkin, a member of the mayor's budget working group. 🖋️@leighgiangreco.bsky.social

In Chicago we have a chance to tax corporations just a little bit more so we, regular Chicagoans, can all benefit. Trickle down doesn’t work. Tax those who can afford it. Yes to Mayor Johnson’s budget. Protect Chicago. #budget #chicago #mayorjohnson

“Similar to the way that I terrorized Afghan villages during my time in the military following 9/11, ICE has been terrorizing my town.” ICE Is Functioning Like an Occupying Army. I Know Because I Served in One. via Rory Fanning @truthout.org truthout.org/articles/ice...

“The current $473 million price tag now includes $172 million spent in Los Angeles..almost $270 million for the occupation of Washington, D.C…nearly $15 million for Portland..and more than $3 million for Memphis,” and almost $13 million for Chicago, which both began last month.”

Since people are talking about Gov. JB Pritzker today… the fellow Democrat is pushing back on the corporate head tax as well. Pritzker had stated that the head tax penalizes more employment and makes it hard to attract companies to the city. thetriibe.com/2025/11/eman...

#tdih Veterans Day Read about African American veterans who fought overseas and, on return to U.S., were murdered in fight for democracy and human rights. Also, resources about vets organizing against war and Lincoln Brigades. ⬇️ 🧵#TeachOutsideTextbook www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ve...

Shout out to my beard trim place Bespoke for having these signs on their doors. ICE isn’t welcome in Chicago www.bespokemensgrooming.com

Trump’s Military Occupations of U.S. Cities Cost $473 Million and Rising Trump’s campaign to quell dissent by deploying the American military to U.S. cities comes at an immense price theintercept.com/2025/11/11/c...

I mean, Ohio soldiers have been causing D.C. headaches since the Civil War, why should this go around be any different? ;)

For Veterans Day, we share stories about African Americans who faced terrorism in the United States before and after their deployment, soldiers who organized against War…” @zinnedproject.bsky.social #VeteransDay www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ve...

“These people remind me of the soldiers I patrolled with in Afghanistan, only the average ICE agent has less training than the average soldier. It seems like every neighborhood in the U.S. is now subject to an armed and potentially violent confrontation with federal troops.“

You know whats better than helping disabled vets? Not making more of them.

About Face seems like a very very useful org to support right now aboutfaceveterans.org

“ICE Is Functioning Like an Occupying Army. I Know Because I Served in One.”Former Army Ranger Rory Fanning via @truthout.org #VeteransDay #AbolishICE truthout.org/articles/ice...

“I swore an oath to the Constitution, not a person. I just really, really implore my peers and everybody outside looking in, to just think about that…And if there are questions, ask them. Keep talking." National Guard members question Trump deployments www.npr.org/2025/11/10/n...

“This is just not what any of us signed up for, and it's so out of the scope of normal operations,” says J, a member of the Ohio National Guard. #RightToRefuse #VetsSayNo #NoICE #NoCuts #NoOccupation www.npr.org/2025/11/10/n...

On this Veterans Day I’m thinking about my dad and many other military and combat veterans that I’ve met who have decided to use their voice after combat to call for an end to militarism and war. #VeteransDay www.tiktok.com/@d_stieber/v...

“Remember the dead, all of them, from all countries, civilians and military. Dead because of the military model.” written by my dad a Vietnam veteran #VeteransDay www.huffpost.com/entry/a-viet...

“Barry Romo was a member of Vietnam Veterans Against the War and rallied at countless antiwar demonstrations in Chicago and across the U.S” #VeteransDay chicago.suntimes.com/obituaries/2...

“Veterans For Peace calls on all veterans & allies to reclaim Armistice Day as a day of truth and resistance. Let us honor not only the dead of past wars but the living who still suffer under empire…”@veteransforpeace.bsky.social #VeteransDay #ArmisticeDay www.veteransforpeace.org/pressroom/ne...

If you are a National Guardsperson or active duty member and you’re concerned about the moral, ethical, or legal implications, you’re not alone. Use the encrypted form below to request support exploring your options. @vetsaboutface.bsky.social #VeteransDay aboutfaceveterans.org

“A former Army Ranger says he doesn’t want to be thanked for his service—he wants politicians to stop sending young soldiers off to die.” #VeteransDay @inthesetimes.com inthesetimes.com/article/vete...

I won’t believe it til I see it. Been pure terror for two months for immigrant communities.

“Now that we’re all in this together, it’s time to take a definitive stance against the expansion of the police state…We must do all we legally can to immediately disarm and disband law enforcement agencies complicit in violating civil and human rights. “ thetriibe.com/2025/11/the-...

NEW — Columnist Bella BAHHS is back with a message for everyone joining the resistance in Chicago and beyond. What some non-Black Chicagoans are now experiencing is what Black folks have faced for generations: policing as a tool to protect power and profit. thetriibe.com/2025/11/the-...

Since Sept. I count 5 documented times in Chicago in which the “official” story first put out by ICE has been a blatant lie. Am I missing any? ICE has lied about being shot at and attacked and not using tear gas (multiple times) and not using force. #AbolishICE (sources provided)

Who is keeping track of all the times that ICE has lied in Chicago this fall?

Girl Scouts in a Chicago Suburb hosted a food drive. But the girls encountered masked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents with weapons. "ICE turned it into a scary and what felt like an unsafe environment for us to be out with these kids" chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

CPD should not be helping ICE

Alderman Sigcho Lopez’s recent IG live is worth a watch. 22 min of him talking as he follows federal agents. He talks about what happened today in Little Village and this week. He calls out CPD for protecting ICE at one point & also speaks to an escalation in the attack on our communities.

Masked men pulling guns on Chicagoans

Bovino went into popular Carniceria Aguascalientes in heart of Little Village. “They said they were just here to buy something,” said Elizabeth Gutierrez. “I told them we wouldn’t serve them and escorted them out. Bovino seemed upset, but I don’t care.” www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/08/c...

CBP/ICE was supported by the FBI this morning in Little Village, with reports of plainclothes feds seen in vehicles across the area. This also included using Chicago FBI HQ for staging. Bovino is seen here doing rock paper scissors with another agent for the DHS cameras, as people yell insults:

It is honestly kind of a big deal for one of our major papers to even be using the word "allegedly" when referring to an initial police statement.

the chaos is entirely on the side of the feds

ICE agent in Chicago draws and trains a firearm on protestors armed with iPhones. Trump's America in 2025.