Tara Sun Vanacore

2 Illinois National Guard members speak out: "I won't turn against my neighbors" Staff Sgt. Demi Palecek and Capt. Dylan Blaha say they'll defy federal orders regarding Trump's immigration enforcement operation in Chicago.

👏 2 Illinois National Guard members speak out:

“We're not trained to assist ICE and help them just be violent in our communities.”

"I won't turn against my neighbors.”

“I believe this is the time to be on the right side of history."

Turn out if you can!!

Thank you for the repost! So glad my article resonates with you all!

"As a result of Trump's big, beautiful disgraceful bill, which made massive cuts to medicaid and the affordable care act, 15 million low-income and working class Americans are going to lose the health care they desperately need to stay alive." @sanders.senate.gov #NoKings

#freedc energy at the No Kings DC rally!

Opinion | Here’s What Trump Could Unleash by Invoking the Insurrection Act Why Congress should take up Insurrection Act reform.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

“The Insurrection Act was written for a different century and a different conception of the presidency,” Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith write. “It will be a tragedy if Congress does not enact reforms until after the law’s dangers have become undeniably clear.”

Thank you to @inkstickmedia.com for sharing the story of my community’s resistance!

Thank you for publishing this piece, @inkstickmedia.com!

Bowser welcomes federal law enforcement presence indefinitely Bowser issued an executive order Tuesday requiring local coordination with federal law enforcement “to the maximum extent allowable by law.” The order gives no expiration date.

Mayor Bowser, "shared priorities" with this administration means having masked agents disappear our neighbors in the middle of the night.

It means soldiers with assault rifles in our neighborhoods.

It means arresting children.

These are the priorities of a dictator. DC does not share them.

With cellphone cameras and tip lines, D.C. residents find small ways to fight ICE How neighbors and school communities are organizing against the immigration crackdown.

51st.news/dc-residents... great article by one of DC’s best, Martin Austermuhle at @51st.news! Thank you for highlighting the community organizing that makes our city so special.

bsky.app/profile/notu... and yes the signs have been replaced 🤬

Thank you @nuvoices.bsky.social for giving this essay a home! nuvoices.com/2025/07/01/h...

FY26 Budget Oversight Committee Testimony District of Columbia Public Schools Budget Oversight Hearing (Public Witnesses) June 6, 2025 Testimony of Tara Sun Vanacore: Harriet Tubman Elementary School PTO Board Member and parent, parent ally i...

Check out my submitted testimony, I’ll be speaking before DC Council tomorrow about cuts to Harriet Tubman Elementary’s budget during our move to a swing space: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Group 32! Onwards!

NüVoices does it again! It’s been wonderful to connect with Juliette and I’m so proud of her for winning the essay contest! And very excited to read the other two!

🚨 Potential ICE activity in DC today so far:
- Kennedy & 4th Ave NW at 7:45 AM. Agents attempting to enter building.
- New Hampshire Ave & Eastern NE at 9:30 AM. Agents detaining one person.
- Mt Pleasant & Kenyon NW at 10 AM. Agents congregating on the sidewalk.

Thank you so much for doing quality reporting and research for this piece!!

Why this Columbia Heights elementary school is facing massive budget cuts Harriet Tubman Elementary is facing almost a million dollar slash that teachers say could have a profound impact on the school's at-risk students. DCPS says the school will remain appropriately staffe...

Thank you to Sam Delgado at @51st.news for writing this article about Tubman Elementary, and for taking the time to speak with me! PS: Mike Johnson, bring the DC Local Funds Act for a vote in the House! 51st.news/harriet-tubm...

Done! Thank you for the helpful template!

Tell Speaker Johnson: Move the DC Funding Fix — Free DC The DC Local Funds Act has been sitting on Speaker Mike Johnson's desk for nearly three weeks. Send a letter to Speaker Johnson telling him to bring the bill to the floor NOW.

The #DCLocalFundsAct would restore DC's power to spend local funds, and everyone from the mayor to the president agrees it needs to pass.

But time is running out.

Send a letter to Speaker Johnson to say #HandsOff DC's money: move the DC funding fix NOW: freedcproject.org/house

DC Local Funds Act Call Script // March 20, 2025 Encourage Representatives to pass the DC Local Funds Act March 24, 2025 Contents Priority Members to Call 1 Call Script for DC residents 2 Call Script for People Outside DC 3  Priority Members to ...

docs.google.com/document/d/1...?

AOC please come to the Hill with all House Dems today!! We DC residents need you to join us in physical solidarity! Thank you for all you are doing 🔥

New Yorkers: Call Sen. Gillibrand’s office to vote NO on cloture and NO on the Republican Spending Bill.

They vote in the morning.
☎️: (202) 224-4451

From Councilmember @brianneknadeau.bsky.social 🙏🏾🔥, please call on behalf of DC!!

@brianneknadeau.bsky.social the Tubman Elementary School community appreciates your support! We request that Chancellor Ferebee restore at least half of the $1.2 million that he proposed cutting from our FY26 budget. Please act on the letter signed by 224 of your constituents!

Writing Workshop: Tremors in Time, Transforming Memory into Story with Karen Cheung · Luma There are some stories inside us that feel emotionally urgent, yet every time we try and write about them they fall flat on the page, or we only manage a few…

lu.ma/3kwia80s excited for this! 🩵

🚨ALERT 🚨 ICE activity has been reported at multiple locations in NW D.C. between 13th & 16th streets near Upshur Park. Please be aware of your surroundings.

Thank you to The Fantastic Other for including my story in your Winter issue! fantasticother.com/wp-content/u...

Lawsuit Takes On Musk Payment System Takeover on Privacy Grounds Giving DOGE access to the Treasury Department’s payment system violates the Privacy Act of 1974 and IRS statutes, three plaintiffs allege.

File a complaint with your Attorney General about Musk's takeover of Treasury.

"Under the Privacy Act, no disclosure of any record can be given unless the individual to whom a record pertains consents, or an exception applies." prospect.org/justice/2025...

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