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Dave Stieber

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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/

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Dave Stieber @dstieber.bsky.social · 14d

The Chicago Tribune Editorial Board called me an “Extremist Educator”.
The Morning Answer, Corey DeAngelis, Libs of Tik Tok & Chicago Alder Ray Lopez demanded I be fired for…using Free Speech
Grab a seat, class is in session—-
Time to Teach. My new piece
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The Chicago Tribune Editorial Board called me an “Extremist Educator”: Time to Teach

Brrriiinnnggg (school bell ringing), class is in session. Good morning everyone, my name is Mr. Stieber (sounds like Bieber) and I will be your teacher today. Across the country a…

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 14h

FINAL UPDATE — Around noon, the community responded to the presence of Border Patrol agents at 105th Street and South Avenue N., only a few blocks from the Walgreens.

Dozens of locals gathered at the scene after the agents were reportedly involved in a car crash.

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Feds gas Chicago neighborhood, detain young Black man amid day of Southeast Side raids • The TRiiBE

For the second time in less than a week, militarized federal agents deployed tear gas in Chicago residential neighborhoods. Nearby, they detained a young Black man onlookers insisted was a U.S. citize...

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Dave Stieber @dstieber.bsky.social · 9h

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Violet Miller @vimiller.bsky.social · 10h

NEW: Federal immigration agents’ use of Naval Station Great Lakes will continue through “at least December,” according to an email to leaders at Naval Station Great Lakes obtained by the Sun-Times.

Feds have been using offices there as a command center for operations and parking for 140 vehicles.

Federal immigration agents to continue to use Naval Station Great Lakes until at least December

Leadership at Naval Station Great Lakes have been informed that agents will be on base through "at least December," according to an email obtained by the Sun-Times.

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 9h

This is real. Chicago today.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 9h

Yeah, that is a tear gas canister being fired toward the retreating couple holding the baby

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 9h

There has always been a violence against immigrants that the Chicago Latine and larger immigrant community has experienced. But the intensity of it rn is beyond what we’ve seen before. And it’s coupled with a keen sense that it’s also a concerted attack on Chicago as a city and a city of immigrants.

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 17h

NEW — For the second time in less than a week, militarized federal agents deployed tear gas in a Chicago residential area.

Members of the media, Chicago police officers on the scene for crowd control, and the broader nearby community were also exposed to the tear gas.

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Federal agents gas Chicago’s East Side • The TRiiBE

For the second time in less than a week, militarized federal agents deployed tear gas in Chicago residential neighborhoods.

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Heather Cherone @heathercherone.bsky.social · 17h

NEW: A key Chicago City Council committee advanced a package of proposals on Tuesday designed to build more housing along Broadway in Edgewater and Uptown in an effort to make it more affordable to live along the CTA’s Red Line. @wttw.bsky.social

Key City Panel OKs Plan Designed to Build More Housing in Edgewater

Ald. Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth (48th Ward) said the proposals will revitalize Broadway, which has not seen any new housing built on its west side for two decades, by making the commercial district more a...

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 15h

LARES at UIC, a program to recruit and support Latino students at UIC, released a statement about the two people detained by ICE behind their building last week (down the block from another school as well). They affirm their support for immigrant students. UIC is a HSI, Hispanic serving institution.

Statement from LARES at UIC about the detainment of two people by ICE outside their building at UIC. This statement affirms their support for immigrant students and provides information about the supports available.

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Dave Stieber @dstieber.bsky.social · 14h

ICE = Terrorism

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Morgan Elise J @morganelisej.thetriibe.com · 16h

The feds are bringing war and poison and violence to marginalized communities. thetriibe.com/2025/10/fede...

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 16h

“Why you running?” the federal agent asks the young Black man underneath him.

As the young man attempts to answer, a person can be heard in the video screaming, “he’s a citizen!”

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Feds gas Chicago neighborhood, detain young Black man amid day of Southeast Side raids • The TRiiBE

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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 16h

UPDATE — Multiple witness videos today show an older white federal agent straddling a young Black man on the ground outside of a Walgreens on Chicago’s Southeast Side.

This is a developing story.

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Dave Stieber @dstieber.bsky.social · 23h

Chicago Teachers Union organized “Funds Not Feds” outside the Chicago headquarters of Google. They’re demanding an end to ICE raids and calling for federal funds to be redirected to schools, healthcare, food assistance and violence prevention.”

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“Funds Not Feds”: Chicago Protesters Demand ICE Funds Be Redirected to Social Programs

On Saturday, the Chicago Teachers Union organized a protest dubbed “Funds Not Feds” outside the Chicago headquarters of Google. They’re demanding an end to ICE raids and calling for federal funds to b...

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Dave Stieber @dstieber.bsky.social · 1d

“…the LANDBACK movement is about changing the power structures that created the possibility of our genocide & oppression in the first place. We’re fighting to return public lands to Indigenous people and undo the structures that allowed them to be taken”
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This Indigenous Peoples’ Day, We Don’t Need Celebration. We Need Our Land Back.

We’re fighting to return public lands to Indigenous people and undo the structures that allowed them to be taken in the first place. Join us.

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Dave Stieber @dstieber.bsky.social · 2d

Just a reminder #NoKingsOct18

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Great LakesQ @qglpolicywonk.bsky.social · 2d

#Chicago #music

Chance the Rapper
“Watch out for each other
Protect each other”

Great concert that brought our communities together. 💙 Chance

Always #Strongertogether

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Maria Langholz @marialangholz.bsky.social · 6d

Chicago native Chance the Rapper in DC: “FUCK ICE.”

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CatWoman @catwomanresists.bsky.social · 2d

Chance the Rapper in Chicago

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Dave Stieber @dstieber.bsky.social · 1d

Indigenous Peoples Day
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Dave Stieber @dstieber.bsky.social · 1d

Fighting Trump’s immigration blitz in Chicago, ward by ward

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Fighting Trump’s immigration blitz in Chicago, ward by ward

Some Chicago aldermen are adding new duties: getting tear-gassed and handcuffed, organizing legions of volunteers, and standing guard near elementary schools.

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Dave Stieber @dstieber.bsky.social · 2d

Just a reminder #NoKingsOct18

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 2d

Extremely funny that people think this is now a Pritzker hate account when all we've been doing is documenting the same police violence we've been documenting well before this ICE surge

Sorry for disrupting your worldview. Welcome to what cops are!!!

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Dave Stieber @dstieber.bsky.social · 3d

“The primary goal of these companies is to make money for the firm, which is unlikely to align with the academic goals of your university or its obligations as a not-for-profit organization,"
Big Ten: The conference's private equity risks

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Senator warns Big Ten of private equity risks

Senator Maria Cantwell sent a letter on Friday warning Big Ten presidents that a move into private equity could have negative consequences, including impacting the schools' tax-exempt status.

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CORE - Caucus of Rank-and-file Educators @coreteachers.bsky.social · 4d

From our CORE members, to our President Stacy Davis Gates, to educators and leaders across the country those who dare speak up are under attack. At CORE we believe in true Democracy. Please read our statement.

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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 4d

I passed by Funston Elementary in Logan Square, across the street from where people were tear gassed last week. And every corner around the school has an adult keeping watch for dismissal time. 🥹 Times feel bleak but also always reminders all the things people do to help.

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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.bsky.social · 4d

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

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