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Erasing history.

That IBB call by Marmol/Cards was trash.

4 ICE boats on Chicago River.

Def scary. And dumb. But this take from a friend is genius:

Trump threatens 'Apocalypse Now' style action against Chicago to boost deportations President Trump threatened the city with the deportation of undocumented immigrants, posting a reference to the film Apocalypse Now with the quote: "I love the smell of deportations in the morning."

JUST IN: Trump threatens 'Apocalypse Now' style action against Chicago to boost deportations

And communities that most suffer under more militarization and policing are our Black and Latine communities.

The call for national guard and ICE in Chicago is showing us how the narrative of a violent city and too much immigration are very intermingled. Chicago has been framed as violent for a long time and now it's intersecting with anti-immigration ideology.

El Grito Chicago Called Off As ICE Agents Sent To City: 'We Need To Keep Our Community Safe' The popular Mexican Independence Day festival in Grant Park this weekend was called off in consultation with state and city officials amid threats of widespread ICE raids.

Just endless terror for our immigrant communities.

ICYMI: A must-read for school people:

At @socialstudies.org Leader Institute, our guest speakers included @mcdonaldforkansas.bsky.social & Dr. Allen Reavis, both KS State legislators. Was able to share that my great-grandmother, Minnie Grinstead (“The Lady From Seward”) was the 1st female KS state legislators. #ncssnetwork

Networking with amazing @socialstudies.org leaders in Kansas City at Summer Leadership Institute. #ncssnetwork

Great, non-screen-based reading idea.

I got mine.

You?

LAPD STATEMENT: “The protests remained peaceful… without incident…”

Follow conversations relevant to #Journalism, #MediaLiteracy and fight against #misinformation and #disinformation with this #StarterPack we made: go.bsky.app/N8cVvMv

Urge your elected officials to support the Metropolitan Mobility Authority Act! Public transit is broken in Chicago, and our State leaders need to step up to save it by passing the Metropolitan Mobility Authority Act. Take a moment to email your representatives and urge them to s...

Chicago folks: Are you aware of the looming public transit budget crisis. Whether you drive, bike, bus, or train, you *will* be impacted. Pls contact your electeds to take action, provide more reliable, safer, more equitable transit for all. #TransitActionNow
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These are our two U.S. senators.

Mississippi hasn't had a Black U.S. senator since 1881, despite electing the first two Black senators in U.S. history: Hiram Revels + Blanche K. Bruce.

After Reconstruction ended, white supremacists went to work to permanently destroy Black political power in MS.

This is in Mississippi—the state with the largest Black population by percent.

Nearly 4-in-10 Mississippians are Black. Yet we have "Confederate Heritage Month" and "Confederate Memorial Day."

Oh, and our 8 statewide elected state officials look like this.

Mississippi Governor Declares April Confederate Heritage Month Gov. Tate Reeves declared April 2025 as Confederate Heritage Month in Mississippi, keeping alive a 32-year-old tradition that began in 1993.

NEW: Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has declared April 2025 as Confederate Heritage Month.

He did so at the behest of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, a neo-Confederate organization that espouses “Lost Cause” ideology, which whitewashes the role of slavery in the Civil War. 🧵

D. Final answer.

5 days later, this tracks.

Chicago people. Exhibit re: Great Migration at Chi Cultural Center thru 4/27.

Mentally substituting "civil rights" everywhere I see "DEI" is quite clarifying

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration programs protect the Great Lakes, a natural treasure that provides drinking water to millions of Americans.
 
The firing of staff puts these programs at risk. My colleagues and I are working to get answers.

Wait, was this not enough?

Leaked memo: DOGE plots to cut Social Security phone support Changes could break the system, former officials say.

So it appears DOGE has decreed that Social Security administration will no longer provide phone support. At all. This is in addition to shutting down a ton of local SSA offices. www.axios.com/2025/03/17/s...

Call in at 4pm CT if you have bandwidth. "Let the number of callers show we are paying attention."