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Tuesday, November 17 - Migra Watch Training Wednesdays / How to Talk About Immigration 11/19 / Phone Bank for TN
Tuesday, November 17 - Migra Watch Training Wednesdays / How to Talk About Immigration 11/19 / Phone Bank for TN — Indivisible Chicago Alliance
indivisiblechicago.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Tuesday, November 17 - Migra Watch Training Wednesdays / How to Talk About Immigration 11/19 / Phone Bank for TN
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How about this: NO WAR ON VENEZUELA.
Period.
Period.
Trump has yet to make a decision on whether to attack Venezuela on land, a White House official and a senior US official said, as he hints a window may be opening for diplomacy.
Trump hasn’t made decision on striking Venezuela, officials say | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump has yet to make a decision on whether to attack Venezuela on land, a White House official and a senior US official said, as he hints a window may be opening for diplomacy.
www.cnn.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
How about this: NO WAR ON VENEZUELA.
Period.
Period.
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Local organizations are sharing lessons learned here and in Los Angeles with rapid-response teams in the Charlotte area, where federal agents began operations over the weekend. "Education is key," one organizer said.
As immigration enforcement surges in N.C., battle-tested Chicago groups share advice, whistles
chicago.suntimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Local organizations are sharing lessons learned here and in Los Angeles with rapid-response teams in the Charlotte area, where federal agents began operations over the weekend. "Education is key," one organizer said.
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Never forget Silverio Villegas Gonzalez
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Villegas González, a father and cook originally from Mexico, was shot at “close range” as he allegedly tried to flee a traffic stop Sept. 12, just days after the Trump administration announced an aggressive deportation campaign targeting the Chicago area.
Silverio Villegas González, killed by ICE agent in suburban Chicago, had cocaine in system, autopsy shows
chicago.suntimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Never forget Silverio Villegas Gonzalez
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The Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. has been moved out of the intensive care unit as he continues treatment for a neurological disorder. Jackson, 84, who has a long history of activism and founded the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, was admitted to Northwestern Memorial Hospital last week.
Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. moved out of the intensive-care unit
chicago.suntimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:16 AM
The Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. has been moved out of the intensive care unit as he continues treatment for a neurological disorder. Jackson, 84, who has a long history of activism and founded the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, was admitted to Northwestern Memorial Hospital last week.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
🌟 IC-SS News Nov 17-23: tinyurl.com/icss11-17-25
Step up for your community - step up for the people across the country!
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Step up for your community - step up for the people across the country!
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"[The enemy] may have started at the door of our undocumented neighbors, but he'll soon be coming for *all of us*. We're on the precipice of losing liberties & freedoms if we don't stand together as a community. Their fight is our fight!" says a faith leader at @thepeopleslobby.bsky.social rally.
November 17, 2025 at 4:47 AM
"[The enemy] may have started at the door of our undocumented neighbors, but he'll soon be coming for *all of us*. We're on the precipice of losing liberties & freedoms if we don't stand together as a community. Their fight is our fight!" says a faith leader at @thepeopleslobby.bsky.social rally.
State Sen @robertpeters.bsky.social's diverse district runs from Downtown to SE Side. "This beautiful district [is being] destroyed by ICE! It disgusts me to see them throwing teargas on the SE Side, ripping people out of their homes, doing propaganda videos in Millennium Park." AT&T, drop ICE!! ❌🧊
November 17, 2025 at 4:05 AM
State Sen @robertpeters.bsky.social's diverse district runs from Downtown to SE Side. "This beautiful district [is being] destroyed by ICE! It disgusts me to see them throwing teargas on the SE Side, ripping people out of their homes, doing propaganda videos in Millennium Park." AT&T, drop ICE!! ❌🧊
🎵 Well, I went down to AT&T, took back what they stole from me. Took back my dignity, took back my humanity. Ain't gonna let no system walk all over me! -- Now do DHS! -- At Chicago/Greektown AT&T store, @peopleslobbyusa.bsky.social, partners & supporters call on AT&T to end its contract with DHS
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November 17, 2025 at 2:04 AM
🎵 Well, I went down to AT&T, took back what they stole from me. Took back my dignity, took back my humanity. Ain't gonna let no system walk all over me! -- Now do DHS! -- At Chicago/Greektown AT&T store, @peopleslobbyusa.bsky.social, partners & supporters call on AT&T to end its contract with DHS
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❌🧊 AT&T, end your contract with Dept of Homeland Security; refuse to support their atrocities! Til then, the people UNITED won't buy/upgrade AT&T products. Peaceful rally in Chicago's Greektown, org by @thepeopleslobby.bsky.social. Music, chants, spectacle, powerful words from advocates & leaders!
November 17, 2025 at 1:16 AM
❌🧊 AT&T, end your contract with Dept of Homeland Security; refuse to support their atrocities! Til then, the people UNITED won't buy/upgrade AT&T products. Peaceful rally in Chicago's Greektown, org by @thepeopleslobby.bsky.social. Music, chants, spectacle, powerful words from advocates & leaders!
The Reverend Jesse Jackson, Sr is "in stable condition & is breathing without the assistance of machines. He remains under the care of physicians as he manages PSP, a neurological disorder with which he was diagnosed in April," reports his family.
🙏 We send prayers and good wishes to Rev. Jackson!
🙏 We send prayers and good wishes to Rev. Jackson!
Rev. Jesse Jackson remains stable in Chicago hospital, not on life support, family says
Civil rights activist Reverend Jesse Jackson's family issued a statement on his condition Sunday as he remained hospitalized in Chicago, saying he is not on life support.
abc7chicago.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:44 PM
The Reverend Jesse Jackson, Sr is "in stable condition & is breathing without the assistance of machines. He remains under the care of physicians as he manages PSP, a neurological disorder with which he was diagnosed in April," reports his family.
🙏 We send prayers and good wishes to Rev. Jackson!
🙏 We send prayers and good wishes to Rev. Jackson!
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❌🧊 2:00 pm TODAY in Greektown, Chicago (S. Halsted just south of Madison St). Tell AT&T to end its contract with DHS!
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We must resist the MAGA deportation machine. AT&T is enabling ICE to tear apart families and terrorize communities. Join us for a peaceful demonstration outside this AT&T store to demand they drop their contract.
📅 Sun, Nov 16
📍 15 S Halsted
⏰ 2–3 PM
https://ow.ly/1Ieq50XmJ7o
📅 Sun, Nov 16
📍 15 S Halsted
⏰ 2–3 PM
https://ow.ly/1Ieq50XmJ7o
November 16, 2025 at 4:32 PM
❌🧊 2:00 pm TODAY in Greektown, Chicago (S. Halsted just south of Madison St). Tell AT&T to end its contract with DHS!
INFO⤵️
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❌🧊 THIS SUNDAY, 11/16 - tell AT&T to stop supporting the Trump regime's atrocities against immigrants! Demand that AT&T end its contract with Dept of Homeland Security.
📢 Find an action in Chicagoland that YOU can join:
📢 Find an action in Chicagoland that YOU can join:
November 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
❌🧊 THIS SUNDAY, 11/16 - tell AT&T to stop supporting the Trump regime's atrocities against immigrants! Demand that AT&T end its contract with Dept of Homeland Security.
📢 Find an action in Chicagoland that YOU can join:
📢 Find an action in Chicagoland that YOU can join:
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NEW — Shirley Anderson is one of many West Siders still suffering from the aftermath of a 2023 storm that brought historic levels of rain and flash floods to Chicago.
Anderson has lived in her North Lawndale home for 22 years; Her personal belongings were destroyed.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/west...
Anderson has lived in her North Lawndale home for 22 years; Her personal belongings were destroyed.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/west...
West Side organization snags $3 million city contract to help with damage from 2023’s historic floods • The TRiiBE
The money from the Department of Housing comes as residents have complained that city and federal assistance haven't been enough.
thetriibe.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
NEW — Shirley Anderson is one of many West Siders still suffering from the aftermath of a 2023 storm that brought historic levels of rain and flash floods to Chicago.
Anderson has lived in her North Lawndale home for 22 years; Her personal belongings were destroyed.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/west...
Anderson has lived in her North Lawndale home for 22 years; Her personal belongings were destroyed.
thetriibe.com/2025/11/west...
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This is such a good comeback against Bovino
November 14, 2025 at 7:42 PM
This is such a good comeback against Bovino
Indiana voters let their leaders know they didn't want their state to be redistricted. Damn good news!
"Opponents of the effort kept up pressure on lawmakers. When one Republican senator, who said he was undecided on redistricting, held a listening session in his district this month, none of the more than 60 people who spoke expressed support for a new map..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/u...
Indiana Senate Says It Won’t Vote on Redistricting That Trump Sought
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Indiana voters let their leaders know they didn't want their state to be redistricted. Damn good news!
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Unless they’ve relocated to the ninth circle of hell, it isn’t far enough.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security closed its command center Friday afternoon at Naval Station Great Lakes in North Chicago. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/14/h...](www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/14/h...)
Immigration agents have reportedly left naval station: ‘A sigh of relief’
Gregory Jackson said he learned from an official at the naval base that DHS was leaving the building it has used as its command center since Sept. 5.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Unless they’ve relocated to the ninth circle of hell, it isn’t far enough.
The People's Unity Platform says: Chicago’s budget should protect the people who make this city run — not corporations who profit from it.
Chicagoans, read more & use this quick email form to tell your alder to support Mayor Johnson's Protecting Chicago budget: peoplesunityplatform.com/26budget
Chicagoans, read more & use this quick email form to tell your alder to support Mayor Johnson's Protecting Chicago budget: peoplesunityplatform.com/26budget
November 15, 2025 at 2:41 AM
The People's Unity Platform says: Chicago’s budget should protect the people who make this city run — not corporations who profit from it.
Chicagoans, read more & use this quick email form to tell your alder to support Mayor Johnson's Protecting Chicago budget: peoplesunityplatform.com/26budget
Chicagoans, read more & use this quick email form to tell your alder to support Mayor Johnson's Protecting Chicago budget: peoplesunityplatform.com/26budget
"The challenge is not what we want & who we want to benefit, it's who's going to pay for it. In this budget, those who have made a killing off the backs of working people - the ultra rich, big corporations - will finally pay their fair share in taxes."
~ Mayor Johnson, United Working Families rally
~ Mayor Johnson, United Working Families rally
"Justice Brandeis said we can either have democracy, or we can have wealth concentrated in the hands of the few. We can't have both. We must ensure our democracy continues to evolve. It's not returning back to what it was before Trump; it's about making it better." ~ @mayorofchicago.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 9:19 PM
"The challenge is not what we want & who we want to benefit, it's who's going to pay for it. In this budget, those who have made a killing off the backs of working people - the ultra rich, big corporations - will finally pay their fair share in taxes."
~ Mayor Johnson, United Working Families rally
~ Mayor Johnson, United Working Families rally
"Justice Brandeis said we can either have democracy, or we can have wealth concentrated in the hands of the few. We can't have both. We must ensure our democracy continues to evolve. It's not returning back to what it was before Trump; it's about making it better." ~ @mayorofchicago.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 9:14 PM
"Justice Brandeis said we can either have democracy, or we can have wealth concentrated in the hands of the few. We can't have both. We must ensure our democracy continues to evolve. It's not returning back to what it was before Trump; it's about making it better." ~ @mayorofchicago.bsky.social
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"If alders have other ideas, it is time to bring them forward so we can debate them," Mayor Brandon Johnson said. @wttw.bsky.social
Mayor Brandon Johnson Reduces Corporate Tax Hike Proposal as Crucial Votes Loom
The current proposed budget would impose a monthly $21 per employee tax on companies with more than 200 employees to generate $82 million to fund violence prevention and youth employment programs.
news.wttw.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:26 PM
"If alders have other ideas, it is time to bring them forward so we can debate them," Mayor Brandon Johnson said. @wttw.bsky.social
Support Mayor Johnson's Protecting Chicago Budget! Relieve working families and have big corporations pay their fair share. At the United Working Families 11/12 rally, we heard from Stacy Davis Gates @ctulocal1.bsky.social, Ald. @jessiefuentes.bsky.social, and speakers from UWF & Good Kids Mad City.
November 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Support Mayor Johnson's Protecting Chicago Budget! Relieve working families and have big corporations pay their fair share. At the United Working Families 11/12 rally, we heard from Stacy Davis Gates @ctulocal1.bsky.social, Ald. @jessiefuentes.bsky.social, and speakers from UWF & Good Kids Mad City.
Billionaires & corporations got record tax breaks while this govt was breaking people. BUT People have power! Stay united no matter how many lobbyists show up at our doorsteps or how many threats come from Washington DC. PROTECT CHICAGO. Support the mayor's budget! ~Ald William Hall, 11/12 UWF event
November 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Billionaires & corporations got record tax breaks while this govt was breaking people. BUT People have power! Stay united no matter how many lobbyists show up at our doorsteps or how many threats come from Washington DC. PROTECT CHICAGO. Support the mayor's budget! ~Ald William Hall, 11/12 UWF event
"The Mayor's budget asks the question: Do we tax large corporations that have made ballooning profits & billions in tax breaks, OR tax the rest of us thru increased garbage fees, grocery taxes, and property taxes?" ~Breanna Champion of Chicago Black Voter Project, 11/12 United Working Families event
November 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
"The Mayor's budget asks the question: Do we tax large corporations that have made ballooning profits & billions in tax breaks, OR tax the rest of us thru increased garbage fees, grocery taxes, and property taxes?" ~Breanna Champion of Chicago Black Voter Project, 11/12 United Working Families event
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Mayor Johnson revised his proposed 2026 budget reduce his proposed corporate tax hike to spare companies with fewer than 200 employees.
The change to tax to just 1.5% of Chicago businesses instead of 3% of city firms did nothing to mute intense opposition. @wttw.bsky.social
The change to tax to just 1.5% of Chicago businesses instead of 3% of city firms did nothing to mute intense opposition. @wttw.bsky.social
Mayor Brandon Johnson Reduces Corporate Tax Hike Proposal as Crucial Votes Loom
The current proposed budget would impose a monthly $21 per employee tax on companies with more than 200 employees to generate $82 million to fund violence prevention and youth employment programs.
news.wttw.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Mayor Johnson revised his proposed 2026 budget reduce his proposed corporate tax hike to spare companies with fewer than 200 employees.
The change to tax to just 1.5% of Chicago businesses instead of 3% of city firms did nothing to mute intense opposition. @wttw.bsky.social
The change to tax to just 1.5% of Chicago businesses instead of 3% of city firms did nothing to mute intense opposition. @wttw.bsky.social