Posts by John Kugler
Gestapo in the Loop: ICE Clashes, CTA Fatality, and CPD’s Elite Escort
SubX.News®Street Report | Oct 14, 2025 (Chicago) — Gray clouds hung low over the skyline, trapping the noise of sirens, trains, and arguments in the air. The temperature sat in…
Read MoreChicago’s the City That Won’t Quit: Columbus Day Celebration, Shutdown, and Hopeful Horizons Amid Urban Pulse
SubX.News® | Street Report | Oct 13, 2025 (Chicago) — As the partial government shutdown dragged into its thirteenth day, the streets of Chicago carried a strange mix of noise…
Read More4 Teenagers Shot Over Weekend and Most Shootings on South Side of Chicago — 3 Homicides as of 3:00 a.m.
SubX.News® | Chicago Crime Report | October 13, 2025 (3am) Preliminary weekend data from Chicago Police Department reports show at least 14 people shot and three killed between Friday afternoon…
Read MoreThen and Now: The Art of Mockery and Fear
The “Great Republican Reform Party” was not an official political party in 1856, but rather a satirical term used in political cartoons to mock the new Republican Party and its presidential candidate, John C. Frémont. The name was meant to highlight and deride the broad, eclectic, and progressive coalition of groups that supported the Republicans in the 1856 election.
Read MoreChicago Burns: Where Wild Rules the Night and Walking Away is Here to Stay
(Chicago) SubX.News® | Street Report Oct 10–11, 2025 A City in Gridlock and Uncertainty Late Friday afternoon, Chicago’s arteries locked up under drizzle and construction. I-355 backed up from Army…
Read MoreThe Migrant Trap House Triangle: How Chicago Media Lied About South Shore, Phillips, and King Drive
(Chicago) SubX.News® Investigative Report South Shore: The Latest Lie When ICE agents stormed 7500 S. South Shore Drive on October 1, Block Club Chicago rushed to frame the scene as…
Read MoreAstroturf Accounts: How Social Media Pages Manipulate Communities
Intentions: Who Are They? Part I — Chicago’s X Astroturf Accounts SubXNews Oct 3, 2025 by @drkugler From our earliest Substance News days we’ve been calling this out: accounts that…
Read MoreThe City That’s Broke, While Feds Do the Dirty Work
(Chicago) SubXNews Street Report | Oct 1, 2025 The day began before dawn with federal helicopters and drones swarming 7500 S. South Shore Drive, where agents arrested 37 people in…
Read Morelabor day and september chicago violence reports
master labor day weekend sept month list (September 21, 2025 10:11 PM CDT) Person Shot100 block of N. Keeler on September 30, 2025 at approx. 10:30 p.m. – 11th DistrictPosted:October…
Read MoreTurning Tide: Raids, Cubs Win, Peddlers Hiding and Tents Banned
(Chicago) SubXNews Street Report | The Cubs knocked off the Padres 3–1 and Wrigleyville roared, but beyond the stadium’s glow, the rest of the city ran red. Celebrations in bars…
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