The Kansas City Defender

BREAKING: Kansas City is one of seven "mega centers" in ICE's planned nationwide concentration camp network. A local real estate company, Platform Ventures, sold a taxpayer-subsidized warehouse to make it happen. Federal agents are already terrorizing KC residents. 🧵

This year's grantees include Wyoming Today, @KCDefender, @MSTODAYnews and @CalMatters, along with independent journalists Larkin Smith, Eryn Davis and Amanda Purcell.

@differencemakin Thank you so much Ken!

A lot of us wouldn’t have known about what happened to Ralph Yarl without the courage and journalism of @KCDefender. Much love and light to Ralph and his family as they continue to heal and hold people to account.

She Spent 40 Years Collecting 20,000 Black Books. We Refused to Let Them Disappear. How a 22-year-old, 40 organizers, and a newsroom fought to save Missouri’s oldest Black bookstore — and what comes next. kansascitydefender.com/kansas-city/mi… | @KCDefender

@CinemarxismBret Thank you! We also have a web version kansascitydefender.com/justice/platfo…

Reposting this incredible write up from @KCDefender about the Kansas City ICE Warehouse. The PEOPLE won!

Read the full piece here; kansascitydefender.com/national/kansa…

The federal government could pursue locations in neighboring Grandview, unincorporated Jackson County, or across the state lines. Even with the moratorium, the federal government has vast authority to override local ordinances through eminent domain and the Supremacy Clause.

BREAKING: Kansas City is one of seven "mega centers" in ICE's planned nationwide concentration camp network. A local real estate company, Platform Ventures, sold a taxpayer-subsidized warehouse to make it happen. Federal agents are already terrorizing KC residents. 🧵