Dave Stieber
@dstieber.bsky.social
Chicago Public Schools Social Studies/Poetry Teacher since ‘07, CPS Parent, & Spouse of a CPS Teacher.
Chicago Teachers Union member. Nationally Board Certified (NBCT) and Masters in Ed. Policy. He/Him.
Occasional writer https://davestieber.com/
Chicago Teachers Union member. Nationally Board Certified (NBCT) and Masters in Ed. Policy. He/Him.
Occasional writer https://davestieber.com/
“The Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness says the city’s official “point-in-time” count misses people living in abandoned buildings and cars, and those staying at a relative’s or friend’s home. The city’s next count is set for Thursday.”
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More than 58,000 Chicagoans were homeless in 2024, new report says
The Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness says the city’s official “point-in-time” count misses people living in abandoned buildings and cars, and those staying at a relative’s or friend’s home. The c...
chicago.suntimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:03 PM
“The Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness says the city’s official “point-in-time” count misses people living in abandoned buildings and cars, and those staying at a relative’s or friend’s home. The city’s next count is set for Thursday.”
chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/2026...
chicago.suntimes.com/chicago/2026...
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I’m not reposting Trump’s latest obscene racism, because it’s widely posted. If you don’t know what it is, look. It’s not news in terms of telling us who he is—if you didn’t know this by now, you’re not going to—but the blunt openness of it is a rhetorically violent escalation, & that is news.
February 6, 2026 at 1:01 PM
I’m not reposting Trump’s latest obscene racism, because it’s widely posted. If you don’t know what it is, look. It’s not news in terms of telling us who he is—if you didn’t know this by now, you’re not going to—but the blunt openness of it is a rhetorically violent escalation, & that is news.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Journalist Don Lemon is arrested after protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church.
January 30, 2026 at 1:19 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Journalist Don Lemon is arrested after protest that disrupted a service at a Minnesota church.
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Arresting a journalist for covering a story is fascism. And it’s not a coincidence the administration has targeted a Black man, Don Lemon.
January 30, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Arresting a journalist for covering a story is fascism. And it’s not a coincidence the administration has targeted a Black man, Don Lemon.
Spoiler-Italy is racist too “News that a unit of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement would be present during the upcoming Winter Games”
ICE unit to fill security role at Winter Olympics in Milan
www.espn.com/olympics/sto...
ICE unit to fill security role at Winter Olympics in Milan
www.espn.com/olympics/sto...
ICE unit to fill security role at Winter Olympics in Milan
Reaction to news that a unit of ICE would have a security role during the Winter Games in Milan set off concern and confusion in Italy on Tuesday.
www.espn.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Spoiler-Italy is racist too “News that a unit of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement would be present during the upcoming Winter Games”
ICE unit to fill security role at Winter Olympics in Milan
www.espn.com/olympics/sto...
ICE unit to fill security role at Winter Olympics in Milan
www.espn.com/olympics/sto...
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Video from this morning shows ICE agents deploying tear gas outside a Minneapolis preschool as parents shout, “This is a preschool! There’s kids here!”
January 27, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Video from this morning shows ICE agents deploying tear gas outside a Minneapolis preschool as parents shout, “This is a preschool! There’s kids here!”
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Amid growing calls for the abolition of ICE, Rep. Delia Ramirez is calling for the entire DHS to be dismantled. Highlighting how much experience the officers who killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti had, Ramirez said, “DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity.”
House Democrat Says Abolishing ICE Isn’t Enough — DHS Must Go, Too
“The problem isn’t ‘training.’ DHS was built to violate our rights,” said Rep. Delia C. Ramirez.
truthout.org
January 27, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Amid growing calls for the abolition of ICE, Rep. Delia Ramirez is calling for the entire DHS to be dismantled. Highlighting how much experience the officers who killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti had, Ramirez said, “DHS was built to violate our rights and has been empowered to act with impunity.”
America is where it is today because of anti-Blackness. ICE operates the way it does because of years of white America watching police harm/kill Black people. Policing budgets increased then just as ICE budgets increase now. Racism, Eugenics, & specifically anti-Blackness=America
January 27, 2026 at 1:42 PM
America is where it is today because of anti-Blackness. ICE operates the way it does because of years of white America watching police harm/kill Black people. Policing budgets increased then just as ICE budgets increase now. Racism, Eugenics, & specifically anti-Blackness=America
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On so-called allies calling the DEFUND movement unsuccessful…
“We have to move around those people. The protests in the wake of the killing of George Floyd were the largest on record… People were calling for the defunding of policing… for abolition as well.”
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“We have to move around those people. The protests in the wake of the killing of George Floyd were the largest on record… People were calling for the defunding of policing… for abolition as well.”
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The No Kings and anti-ICE protests don't feel Black or abolitionist • The TRiiBE
I reached out to Charlene A. Carruthers to unpack the tensions around race and allyship and understand why this current moment of rising resistance in America feels racially divided.
thetriibe.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:40 PM
On so-called allies calling the DEFUND movement unsuccessful…
“We have to move around those people. The protests in the wake of the killing of George Floyd were the largest on record… People were calling for the defunding of policing… for abolition as well.”
thetriibe.com/reshape/the-...
“We have to move around those people. The protests in the wake of the killing of George Floyd were the largest on record… People were calling for the defunding of policing… for abolition as well.”
thetriibe.com/reshape/the-...
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UPDATE — Minneapolis officials say federal agent fatally shot a 37-year-old man, who was a Minneapolis resident.
“How many more residents, how many more Americans need to die or get badly hurt for this operation to end?” Mayor Jacob Frey said.
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“How many more residents, how many more Americans need to die or get badly hurt for this operation to end?” Mayor Jacob Frey said.
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LIVE: ‘How many more Americans need to die?’ Minneapolis mayor asks after fed fatally shot man • The TRiiBE
This is a breaking news story.
thetriibe.com
January 24, 2026 at 6:07 PM
UPDATE — Minneapolis officials say federal agent fatally shot a 37-year-old man, who was a Minneapolis resident.
“How many more residents, how many more Americans need to die or get badly hurt for this operation to end?” Mayor Jacob Frey said.
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“How many more residents, how many more Americans need to die or get badly hurt for this operation to end?” Mayor Jacob Frey said.
thetriibe.com/2026/01/live...
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Snow is lightly falling over Chicago's Little Village neighborhood, where people have gathered for an emergency demonstration in response to federal agents killing Alex Pretti in Minneapolis this morning.
"We're gonna take this death as fertilizer to our soul," a speaker tells the crowd.
"We're gonna take this death as fertilizer to our soul," a speaker tells the crowd.
January 24, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Snow is lightly falling over Chicago's Little Village neighborhood, where people have gathered for an emergency demonstration in response to federal agents killing Alex Pretti in Minneapolis this morning.
"We're gonna take this death as fertilizer to our soul," a speaker tells the crowd.
"We're gonna take this death as fertilizer to our soul," a speaker tells the crowd.
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A legal gun owning white man was killed by ICE
The second amendment “what if we need to stop the government” crowd is silent
The NRA is silent
The “school shootings are fake. We need our guns” crowd is silent
The don’t tread on me crowd is getting tread on
The second amendment “what if we need to stop the government” crowd is silent
The NRA is silent
The “school shootings are fake. We need our guns” crowd is silent
The don’t tread on me crowd is getting tread on
January 24, 2026 at 10:19 PM
A legal gun owning white man was killed by ICE
The second amendment “what if we need to stop the government” crowd is silent
The NRA is silent
The “school shootings are fake. We need our guns” crowd is silent
The don’t tread on me crowd is getting tread on
The second amendment “what if we need to stop the government” crowd is silent
The NRA is silent
The “school shootings are fake. We need our guns” crowd is silent
The don’t tread on me crowd is getting tread on
As a teacher, parent, white person, human with a soul— I say Abolish ICE
January 24, 2026 at 11:15 PM
As a teacher, parent, white person, human with a soul— I say Abolish ICE
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As always, I recommend revisiting the Letter from a Birmingham Jail. He’s an audio recording of MLK reading the text
m.youtube.com/watch?v=7qF0...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=7qF0...
Martin Luther King, Jr reads his Letter from a Birmingham Jail
YouTube video by Beverly F. Horton
m.youtube.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:27 PM
As always, I recommend revisiting the Letter from a Birmingham Jail. He’s an audio recording of MLK reading the text
m.youtube.com/watch?v=7qF0...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=7qF0...
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When Botham Jean's brother hugged the cop that killed him, a WW on Twitter said that "restored her faith in humanity."
The (white) in that sentence was silent. Black people don't become "human" until they suffer w/o limit to redeem the myth of whiteness's inherent goodness.
The (white) in that sentence was silent. Black people don't become "human" until they suffer w/o limit to redeem the myth of whiteness's inherent goodness.
January 19, 2026 at 2:06 PM
When Botham Jean's brother hugged the cop that killed him, a WW on Twitter said that "restored her faith in humanity."
The (white) in that sentence was silent. Black people don't become "human" until they suffer w/o limit to redeem the myth of whiteness's inherent goodness.
The (white) in that sentence was silent. Black people don't become "human" until they suffer w/o limit to redeem the myth of whiteness's inherent goodness.
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The black and white pictures are meant to deceive you. It was not long ago. #MLKinColor
January 19, 2026 at 1:34 PM
The black and white pictures are meant to deceive you. It was not long ago. #MLKinColor
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"Negroes are not now merely a subject of change but an active organ of change. This is the new political equation in contemporary society."
Dr. MLK Jr. Forgotten Call for Economic Justice in 1966 published by @thenation.com remains evergreen. #MLK #blacksky
Dr. MLK Jr. Forgotten Call for Economic Justice in 1966 published by @thenation.com remains evergreen. #MLK #blacksky
MLK’s Forgotten Call for Economic Justice
“Jobs are harder to create than voting rolls.”
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January 19, 2026 at 1:28 PM
"Negroes are not now merely a subject of change but an active organ of change. This is the new political equation in contemporary society."
Dr. MLK Jr. Forgotten Call for Economic Justice in 1966 published by @thenation.com remains evergreen. #MLK #blacksky
Dr. MLK Jr. Forgotten Call for Economic Justice in 1966 published by @thenation.com remains evergreen. #MLK #blacksky
White people, if you haven’t posted about abolishing ICE-you shouldn’t be posting about MLK #MLKDay2026
January 19, 2026 at 2:07 PM
White people, if you haven’t posted about abolishing ICE-you shouldn’t be posting about MLK #MLKDay2026
What part of the poem is this?
Dark-money groups want a look at the Chicago Teachers Union’s finances. The Trump administration could help them get it. #handsoffmyteachersunion
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Dark-money groups want a look at the Chicago Teachers Union’s finances. The Trump administration could help them get it. #handsoffmyteachersunion
theintercept.com/2026/01/16/c...
Trump Is Helping Right-Wing Groups Target Chicago Teachers Union
Dark-money groups want a look at the Chicago Teachers Union’s finances. The Trump administration could help them get it.
theintercept.com
January 17, 2026 at 4:02 PM
What part of the poem is this?
Dark-money groups want a look at the Chicago Teachers Union’s finances. The Trump administration could help them get it. #handsoffmyteachersunion
theintercept.com/2026/01/16/c...
Dark-money groups want a look at the Chicago Teachers Union’s finances. The Trump administration could help them get it. #handsoffmyteachersunion
theintercept.com/2026/01/16/c...
Trump said civil rights led to white people being treated badly-as a white person and a history teacher this is absolutely ridiculous and disgusting. His racist idea is rooted in the great replacement theory which is rooted in eugenics.
January 14, 2026 at 12:54 AM
Trump said civil rights led to white people being treated badly-as a white person and a history teacher this is absolutely ridiculous and disgusting. His racist idea is rooted in the great replacement theory which is rooted in eugenics.
This fall people tried to get me fired from teaching after I said true statements about Charlie Kirk, now these same people are either silent or cheering while ICE terrorizes, harms, and kills people. #AmericanHypocrisy
January 12, 2026 at 1:44 PM
This fall people tried to get me fired from teaching after I said true statements about Charlie Kirk, now these same people are either silent or cheering while ICE terrorizes, harms, and kills people. #AmericanHypocrisy
You don’t say…
“A steep drop in homicides in…neighborhoods that had ShotSpotter sensors lasted a full year after Mayor Brandon Johnson scrapped the city’s controversial gunshot detection system, an updated analysis of Chicago crime data shows.”
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“A steep drop in homicides in…neighborhoods that had ShotSpotter sensors lasted a full year after Mayor Brandon Johnson scrapped the city’s controversial gunshot detection system, an updated analysis of Chicago crime data shows.”
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Steep Drop in Homicides Continued for Full Year After ShotSpotter Was Removed: Analysis
Supporters of the gunshot detection system said it helped officers save lives when shootings were not reported to emergency services. ShotSpotter was never used to dispatch paramedics.
news.wttw.com
December 30, 2025 at 2:46 AM
You don’t say…
“A steep drop in homicides in…neighborhoods that had ShotSpotter sensors lasted a full year after Mayor Brandon Johnson scrapped the city’s controversial gunshot detection system, an updated analysis of Chicago crime data shows.”
news.wttw.com/2025/12/29/s...
“A steep drop in homicides in…neighborhoods that had ShotSpotter sensors lasted a full year after Mayor Brandon Johnson scrapped the city’s controversial gunshot detection system, an updated analysis of Chicago crime data shows.”
news.wttw.com/2025/12/29/s...
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“Highly concentrated corporate wealth and economic inequality is a scourge on our city and society. Corporations should pay their fair share to support the public good. We’ve seen why this is necessary throughout history — over and over again.” @inthesetimes.com
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There Should Be No Debate. Corporations Should Pay More Taxes.
As Chicago's budget standoff continues, the issue of whether corporations should pay more taxes to support the public good should not be contentious.
inthesetimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:40 PM
“Highly concentrated corporate wealth and economic inequality is a scourge on our city and society. Corporations should pay their fair share to support the public good. We’ve seen why this is necessary throughout history — over and over again.” @inthesetimes.com
inthesetimes.com/article/bran...
inthesetimes.com/article/bran...
It’s the holiday season and our Chicago Alders want to give us the “gift” of privatized debt collection. Have they not learned from the failures of Chicago’s privatization past? Privatized debt collection is proven harmful and destructive. #ChicagoBudget
December 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
It’s the holiday season and our Chicago Alders want to give us the “gift” of privatized debt collection. Have they not learned from the failures of Chicago’s privatization past? Privatized debt collection is proven harmful and destructive. #ChicagoBudget
Dear Chicago Alders-privatizing debt collection is guaranteed to harm Chicagoans “One in three adults in this country has a debt that has been turned over to a private collection agency. Thousands of debtors are arrested and jailed each year because they owe money.”
December 19, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Dear Chicago Alders-privatizing debt collection is guaranteed to harm Chicagoans “One in three adults in this country has a debt that has been turned over to a private collection agency. Thousands of debtors are arrested and jailed each year because they owe money.”