Dan Montgomery
@DanJMontgomery
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Illinois Federation of Teachers president, educator and activist, committed to the best education and public services for all and racial & social justice.
Joined June 2010
The College Board Capitulates to Trump https://t.co/uEIkfPnOvl Well reasoned by Kahlenberg. And abominable capitulating in advance by College Board.
washingtonmonthly.com
The College Board abandoned its race-neutral "Landscape" tool under DOJ pressure. Here's why that will weaken class-based diversity efforts.
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He’s absolutely right. That’s why @iftaft has organized over 20 new units and 8,000 new workers in last 3 years! Happy Labor Day! @AFTunion
https://t.co/Sf6VcQWYQk
freep.com
America is in a new Gilded Age of billionaire greed. This Labor Day, the way forward is clear: join a union, organize, and demand real change.
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Illinois Federation of Teachers Statement in Response to Trump Excluding Undocumented Children from Head Start 📰 Read the full statement from @DanJMontgomery: https://t.co/YjAWbNSV5A
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Read this piece on Moyers as your July 4 celebration. Civic Duty? It says everything about where we are but also about what we must do. https://t.co/5rfrcEAKJx
motherjones.com
The “secular preacher” of TV journalism was also a ferocious critic of corrupt politicians and corporate titans—and the spineless media that enable them.
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The rumors are true. Today, I filed to run for the U.S. Congress IL-9. I will be officially launching my campaign July 8th in my statehouse district among my friends, family and supporters who voted to send me to Springfield. @TinaSfon
https://t.co/NwuDTrBu9q
chicago.suntimes.com
Huynh calls the 9th Congressional District “the Ellis Island of the Midwest.” He joins a Democratic primary that already includes seven other candidates.
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A tremendous affront to hard working Americans. We must resolve to make Independence Day a commitment to our independence from oligarchs who don’t believe in democracy. #Organize . Organize. Organize.
"We are urging the Education Department to do the right thing and release these critical resources now. If they don’t, we are considering filing a lawsuit to compel them to release this funding." -@rweingarten on Trump admin illegally freezing essential funding to K-12 programs
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Hungary is the 1st EU nation to ban Pride—yet its people responded with the biggest march in history. @EU_Commission, it's time to act. 🏳️⚧️⚖️ #DefendDemocracy @eduint, @psiglobalunion More at
cbsnews.com
More than 100,000 people marched from Budapest City hall and wound through the city center before crossing the capital's Erzsébet Bridge over the Danube River.
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Men lie, women lie, numbers don’t. Our strategies are working, so now is the time to double down on the progress we’ve made until Chicago is the safest and most affordable big city in America.
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SCOTUS continues its entirely ideologically driven destruction of separation of church & state. Expect corrosive effects on schools & freedom of all children to learn Supreme Court Requires Schools to Allow Opting Out From L.G.B.T.Q. Stories https://t.co/7hJow0uc3I via @NYTimes
nytimes.com
Maryland parents have a religious right to withdraw their children from classes on days that stories with gay and transgender themes are discussed, the court ruled.
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So this is a sound proposal—rational and fair to all. Why won’t IL lawmakers do it, I wonder??? Hmm. Well, for starters, they need to hear from us that we demand fairness. Illinois is leaving money on the table with structurally unsound tax policy
chicago.suntimes.com
The state should be taxing all consumer services, as Iowa and Wisconsin do, to raise much-needed revenue.
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Trump’s order to strip federal workers of their bargaining rights was the biggest act of union-busting in history. Senate Republicans want to sneak a provision into the budget bill to finish the job. We urge senators to oppose this union-busting proposal.
aflcio.org
AFL-CIO opposes the budget reconciliation proposal from the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, which is straight-up union-busting.
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Growing up in a mostly white suburb of Detroit, I knew little about Juneteenth. When I moved to Chicago - the greatest frigging city in the world to quote @mayorofchicago.bsky.social - I learned the meaning of this holiday and what joy,fun & history it brings. Happy Juneteenth!
Today we celebrate Juneteenth, the holiday commemorating the end of slavery two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation, and commit to continuing the fight for inclusivity, equity, and the common good. #CelebrateFreedom
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👀 Essential information from @icirr on what to do if you encounter I.C.E.—from legal rights to emergency planning. Share this with your community! #KnowYourRights More resources : https://t.co/k7gYVwNIO2
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Trump’s assault on black & brown ppl damages education for ALL our children. He’s intent on destroying US public educ. every way he can. Immigration Raids Add to Absence Crisis for Schools
nytimes.com
New research shows that after recent deportation sweeps, parents kept their children home — with big impacts on how all students learn.
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Tremendous turnout of democracy defenders in Joliet today! 1000s lined Jefferson & Larkin for blocks. Joyous, safe resistance, insistence on democracy. #NoKingsDay @AFTunion @iftaft
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Tremendous turnout of democracy defenders in Joliet today! 1000s lined Jefferson & Larkin for blocks. Joyous, safe resistance, insistence on democracy. #NoKingsDay @AFTunion @iftaft
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The nearly 15 million working people of the AFL-CIO and our affiliated unions demand the immediate release of @CaliforniaLabor Vice President and @seiucalifornia and @seiuusww President David Huerta. https://t.co/BDXmjePDr5
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Over and over again Trump tells us that he thinks the Nazis were the good guys in the story.
MERZ: Tomorrow is the D Day anniversary, when the Americans ended a war in Europe TRUMP: That was not a pleasant day for you? This is not a great day MERZ: This was the liberation of my country from Nazi dictatorship
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