The FBI raided the office of a voting rights group in Ohio on Thursday, prompting immediate concerns the Trump administration is cracking down on such organizations ahead of the midterm elections.

If you are in Cleveland and want to fight Fascism, you may want to reach out to this voting rights organization to see how you can help. One single email / phone call.

For everyone else: this is a dry run for November.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/12/fbi-raid-ohio-voting-group-election

#USPol #Vote #NoKings #Resist #Ohio #Cleveland

It's a wonderful #Caturday to have an arts parade!

The The Cleveland Museum of Art's annual Parade the Circle is TODAY (Saturday, June 13)! We encourage you to University Circle to experience this free, community arts parade and festival brings hundreds of colorful home-made costumes, stilt dancers, and amazing displays!

See more: https://www.clevelandart.org/events/parade-circle

#Art #Parade #ParadeTheCircle #ClevelandMuseumOfArt #GiantPuppets #Costumes #Stilts #StiltWalkers #Cleveland #CLE #UniversityCircle #CMoA

#OTD (June 13)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.

#NewOrleans #Chicago #Cleveland #Brooklyn #Florida #ProvidenceRI #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

FBI raid of Ohio voting rights group stokes fear of pre-midterm crackdown

Agents seized phones and laptops of Ohio Organizing Collaborative, a group that does voter registration work

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/12/fbi-raid-ohio-voting-group-election

#TopNews #News #Ohio #FBI #Cleveland

The The Cleveland Museum of Art's annual Parade the Circle returns TOMORROW (Saturday, June 13)!

This display from a few years ago is giving us ideas for when we likely encore "Arlecchino, Emperor on the Moon" at Pennsic later this summer!

See more: https://www.clevelandart.org/events/parade-circle

#Art #Parade #ParadeTheCircle #ClevelandMuseumOfArt #GiantPuppets #Costumes #Stilts #StiltWalkers #Cleveland #CLE #UniversityCircle #CMoA

#OTD (June 12)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.

#NewOrleans #EllisIsland #NewKensingtonPA #Cleveland #Chicago #Tampa #Massachusetts #QueensNY #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

#OTD (June 11) in 1929, #Cleveland #Mafia boss Salvatore "Black Sam" #Todaro is murdered by relatives of previously slain boss Joseph "Big Joe" #Lonardo.

#History #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2017/06/vendetta-ends-life-of-black-sam-todaro.html

#OTD (June 11)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.

#EastHarlem #NewOrleans #Cleveland #Missouri #WarrenOH #NewarkNJ #Brooklyn #BuffaloNY #Massachusetts #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory