Chicago has the most lead pipes in the nation. We mapped them all. Easy tool to put in your address: Can’t wait to hear updates at the mid-year hearings!Me, seeing red all around us

Today’s CPS budget day, but these quotes from Johnson’s top advisor have me really interested in this introduced City budget where there’s $0 property tax, less TIF surplus & less fed $$. The Mayor’s proposed layoffs are about to be massive.

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On the layoffs of SEIU Local 1 custodians: “Much of the custodian’s frustrations comes from the lack of notice to workers ahead of the layoffs.” Folks w/o a union might underestimate the gravity: existence of union + relationship should’ve prevented this.

Something is so wrong with our country that we continue to see innocent children get hurt & decide we’re willing to gamble. Children prayed for ‘a future filled with hope.’ Then the gunfire began.

Cracker Barrel’s Logo Was Never the Problem: Interesting notes on CB’s origin story. What the backlash reveals about the power of branding: $700M rebrand 😱.

60% of voters oppose the US sending more military aid to Israel for their efforts in the war with Hamas, 75% of Dems & 66% of independent. 50%! of all voters think Israel is committing genocide. Drops in the Q below as well. Lots of other issues included.

Quigley, who’s eying the mayoral, coming in hot: Layoffs & less city services, unconstitutional cuts to pensions & bankruptcy. Wants to see how public responds! Crazy he’s been in gov’t so long & missed the memo, ppl want zero taxes AND all the services.

Interesting mix of folks.

Both sides are claiming that the other budget option will cause mid-year layoffs & someone is going to be right. CPS's CFO is trying to encourage board members to pass the proposed budget & IF they get into a midyear crunch, take out the loan then:

There are 50 members of Congress ages 75+ who are up for reelection next year. Of those, nearly 70% say they have plans to run again, according to interviews, public comments and official statements. Just over 70% of the lawmakers in this group are Dems.

Board member Ebony DeBerry, one of the elected members who signed the letter opposing the budget proposal, told Chalkbeat she plans to vote with her constituents. They have said they don’t want the district to take out another loan:

Federal immigration agents & possibly National Guard troops would operate out of a suburban Great Lakes naval base for much of next month as part of Trump’s plan to target Chicago:

Not the first time! Purging ‘Equity’ Programs, GOP Defunded Its Own Roads: Funding was yanked for transportation projects, 19/55 were set to be built in Repub districts. Delivering for rural constituents: closing hospitals, ending radio, crumbling bridges!.

Public Broadcast Cuts Hit Rural Areas, Revealing a Political Shift: Threatened w/political retribution, GOP agreed to cuts that imperil a lifeline of communication in rural Alaska. Many Alaska stations depended on CBP grants for >50% of the annual budget.

Cities are retreating from “harm reduction” strategies that have helped reduce deaths but which critics, including Trump, say have contributed to pervasive public drug use. 🧵 below on efforts much further down the line, Rhode Island’s program included.

UIC prof & self-described liberal Zionist on spending the month of June doing protective presence in the West Bank & insidiousness of settler tactics:

DNC rejects Israel arms embargo resolution, but in a surprise move, Chair creates a task force to continue discussing Gaza:

In latest special election, Iowa Democrats have flipped a Republican-held Iowa Senate seat, breaking the GOP's supermajority in the chamber.

The cryptocurrency industry stormed onto the political scene in 2024 with a lot of wins, turns out collaboration with AIPAC contributed to the wins:

Trump Calls for Death Penalty in All DC Murder Cases. The Supreme Court ruled that mandatory death sentences were unconstitutional nearly half a century ago.