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Former Mayor Lori Lightfoot on ICE Accountability Project, Documenting Alleged Misconduct A new project is underway with the goal of holding accountable federal immigration agents accused of misconduct. Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is behind the initiative called the ICE Accountabil...

Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is behind the initiative called the ICE Accountability Project, which allows community members to submit their own documentation of incidents. Lightfoot joined “Chicago Tonight” to talk about the new project and its goals.

Former Mayor Lori Lightfoot Launches ICE Accountability Project To Document Agent Abuses
Her project will collect & vet alleged wrongdoing by fed agents on a new website to eventually help “someone with a grand jury subpoena.”
Mack Liederman/Block Club Chicago
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"New Poll: Americans Don’t See Unlimited Campaign Spending as Free Speech; Prefer Voters and Elected Leaders Set the Rules on Money in Politics" #ELB American Promise release: A new Ipsos survey conducted for American Promise shows Americans overwhelmingly reject the idea that unlimited political spending should be treated as free speech protected ...

“New Poll: Americans Don’t See Unlimited Campaign Spending as Free Speech; Prefer Voters and Elected Leaders Set the Rules on Money in Politics” electionlawblog.org?p=154028

Civics Made Easy "Civics Made Easy," breaks down the complex world of American government and civic participation.

"Civics Made Easy," hosted by Ben Sheehan, breaks down the complex world of American govt and civic participation.

www.pbs.org/show/civics-...

Love that Ben is expanding to new platforms!

School House Rock! Learned so much from this as a kid. A political but helped kids with civic lessons. Made it easy when I had to recite the preamble to the Constitution grade school

School House Rock! needs to be revised and put on air again. I learned a lot as a kid from it & it was entertaining. Great way to introduce civics to kids. Reciting the preamble to the Constitution was easy in grade school because of watching this. #freespeech #firstamendment #schoolhouserock

YouTube video by PBS Why Do So Many Americans Not Know How Their Government Works? | Civics Made Easy

Why Do So Many Americans Not Know How Their Government Works? | Civics Made Easy - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMqE...

Where Democrats Will Duel Next for the Party’s Future In Michigan, Maine and many other states, primary candidates will decide the party’s direction on a host of policy issues, and ultimately whether it has a center-left or left-wing vision.

In competitive primaries around the U.S. next year, candidates will decide the Democratic Party’s direction on a host of policy issues, and ultimately whether it has a center-left or left-wing vision for the future.

'Sem florestas, as cidades ficam mais vulneráveis', diz climatologista Francisco Assis Mendonça explica que o desmatamento e o aquecimento global intensificam fenômenos como o tornado que atingiu Rio Bonito do Iguaçu na noite de sexta-feira (7).

'Sem florestas, as cidades ficam mais vulneráveis', diz climatologista sobre tornado no Paraná

BBC’s Director General and Chief Executive Quit Their Posts

@nytimes.com I agree with the journalists and not the BBC leadership. The rioters *were* being encouraged www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/w...

A lot is happening right now. Make a note to yourself to remember, heading into the midterm elections in a year, that GOP senators & reps asking you to vote for them were willing to starve their constituents—your friends, family, maybe even you—for Trump.

Solidarity in Action: Protect Immigrant Rights, Build Collective Power · Indivisible As part of the Solidarity in Action series, this ACLU-led session will help allies show up for immigrant communities facing law enforcement encounters. Participants will learn their rights as bystande...

I'm attending Indivisible's event, “Solidarity in Action: Protect Immigrant Rights, Build Collective Power” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

New Montana Initiative Seeks to Use Corporate Law to Restrain Corporate Political Spending #ELB Veteran election leaders today unveiled “The Montana Plan,” a ballot initiative that seeks to eliminate corporate and dark money from Montana politics without running afoul of Citizens United. The ini...

New Montana Initiative Seeks to Use Corporate Law to Restrain Corporate Political Spending electionlawblog.org?p=150459

New Montana Initiative Seeks to Use Corporate Law to Restrain Corporate Political Spending #ELB Veteran election leaders today unveiled “The Montana Plan,” a ballot initiative that seeks to eliminate corporate and dark money from Montana politics without running afoul of Citizens United. The ini...

New Montana Initiative Seeks to Use Corporate Law to Restrain Corporate Political Spending electionlawblog.org?p=150459

And do they accept responsibility when their children end up with polio or the measles? I had a close friend who has this hubris... I feel sorry for the children and have broken with the parents.

Given that Republicans control the trifecta presidency, Senate, House of representatives--- they should stop blaming Democrats for anything. You now need to govern

Ten Surprising Things You Can Enjoy Online, Thanks to JSTOR A Ithaka Harbors, Inc. grant story from the Mellon Foundation.

What can you do on JSTOR besides read journals? A lot. 💡

Think Artstor’s museum-quality images, music journals, ready-to-use teaching tools, Spanish-language open books, and more.

@mellon.org rounded up 10 favorites to explore. See them here: https://bit.ly/46yw6Kt

And some libraries like the Chicago Public Library also have institutional access to JSTOR.

Immigration Raids Being Planned Around Mexican Independence Celebrations, Pritzker Says “It breaks my heart to report that we have been told ICE will try and disrupt community picnics and peaceful gatherings,” set to celebrate Mexican Independence Day this weekend, Gov. JB Pritzker said.

Immigration Raids Being Planned Around Mexican Independence Celebrations, Pritzker Says blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/02/i...

Editor resigns, subscribers cancel as Washington Post non-endorsement prompts crisis at Bezos paper The Washington Post says it is returning to an earlier tradition of not endorsing.

Kagan was the first to go, I believe…

www.semafor.com/article/10/2...

July 18: If we have a smart president, you're never going to let the dollar slide. If you have a dummy, that could happen.

July 25: A weak dollar makes you a hell of a lot more money. It doesn't sound good, but you make a hell of a lot more money with a weaker dollar than with a strong dollar

US Marine. This is what the Marines do to American citizens.

Trump’s DOJ Said the Epstein List Was on Their Desk. Now They Say It Never Existed. The Trump regime now claims the Epstein client list never existed—after months of promising to release it.

Nothing to see here, folks.

LA Galaxy supporters walkout in the 12th minute following the club's lack of response to the ICE raids in Los Angeles
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Do you remember when Governor Abbott put razor wire along the banks of the Rio?
Do you remember when he had razor wire wrapped around the buoys?

Meteorologists Say the National Weather Service Did Its Job in Texas DOGE cut hundreds of jobs at the NWS, but experts who spoke to WIRED say the agency accurately predicted the flood risk in Texas.

DOGE cut hundreds of jobs at the National Weather Service, but experts who spoke to WIRED say the agency accurately predicted the state's weekend flood risk. What’s more, they say it underscores the need to sustain funding to the crucial agency.

Looks like more people gonna get fired for telling the truth

Philly is in its first municipal strike in the social media age. Does that affect how events are unfolding? So far, the national press has largely ignored Philadelphia's first strike by city workers since 1986.

Philly is in its first municipal strike in the social media age. Does that affect how events are unfolding?

So far, the national press has largely ignored Philadelphia's first strike by city workers since 1986.

Donald Trump gives people permission to be their worst selves. His politics are not just representative, they are generative. His words seep into people’s souls and slowly corrode whatever potential for human decency ever resided there.

Apparently Texas sends mass “Blue Alerts” to phones every time a cop is in danger.

And a lot of people are so understandably sick of it that they’ve *turned emergency alerts off entirely*, meaning that they aren’t getting actually-useful notifications.

www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/f...