Read the full piece by @ShiaKapos here: https://t.co/tb6Dy3j5xs

Revenue proposals include a social media tax to fund mental health care for Chicagoans and a tax on Big Tech to avoid layoffs or property tax increases.

"Johnson's signature tax proposal, the "Community Safety Surcharge... affecting only the top 3 percent of businesses and raising an estimated $100 million annually... [for] violence prevention, youth jobs, domestic violence services and mental health care for first responders."

"To counter what he called Washington's abandonment, Johnson proposes the largest-ever city investment in public schools... Additional funds would go to City Colleges, libraries, and parks."

ICYMI: "His FY2026 'Protecting Chicago' plan leans heavily on progressive revenue measures, shifting the city's financial burden away from working families and toward the wealthiest corporations," @politico on @ChicagosMayor budget proposal.

Chicago's massive No Kings march stretched two miles through the Loop. https://t.co/fsnt79RxlG

They picked a fight with the wrong city. Chicago has been through worse than this before and we will come out of this federal invasion stronger and more united. Whether you are the descendant of slaves or immigrants, you belong in the greatest freakin city in the world.

The No Kings March in Chicago is one of the largest gatherings I’ve seen here. Looking down from by the river, the crowd stretches for blocks down Michigan Ave and wraps around Wacker Dr. This video is from a few mins ago & the end of the protest is nowhere in sight @BlockClubCHI

It was an audacious proposal, given that the U.S. has never held a true, nationwide general strike.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson calls for a general strike against the “tyranny” of Trump and the greed of the ultra-rich. An estimated 300,000 filled the streets for the “No Kings” march, powerfully rejecting the federal government’s “Operation Midway Blitz” against the city.

Read the full @BlockClubCHI story here:

From Block Club: “Johnson closed out his remarks by calling for a general strike. “‘If my ancestors, as slaves, can lead the greatest general strike in the history of this country, taking it to the ultra-rich and big corporations, we can do it too!’ @ChicagosMayor said.”

The Protecting Chicago Budget is going to invest in our Department of Law so we can fight Trump in court until every dollar his administration has stolen from Chicago is returned in full.

Read the full @Suntimes story here:

“Donald Trump is using ICE as his private, militarized occupying force,” Mayor Brandon Johnson (@ChicagosMayor) said. “But we are saying emphatically clear: we do not want troops in our city.”

We will not bend. We will not bow. We will not cower. Chicago will not submit to Trump's authoritarianism and I will use every resource at my disposal to Protect Chicago until Trump ends his war on the working people of our city.

The Protecting Chicago Budget will build sustainable and safe communities, not with a military occupation, but with investments in people.

Chicago’s fiscal leaders worked tirelessly alongside @ChicagosMayor to deliver a balanced & responsible FY2026 budget — one that protects Chicago’s services, programs & people. 📺 ICYMI: @ABC7Chicago covered the proposed “Protecting Chicago Budget.” Watch the full story below ⬇️

Trump’s OBBBA gave a $1 trillion windfall to billionaires and large corporations. My Protecting Chicago Budget asks them to reinvest those savings into the working people of our city, because we will either prosper together or flounder alone.

We will make the case that Chicago does not need or want National Guard troops on the streets of our city.