Chicago Corruption

Chicago’s Ghost Downtown, Hooker Tents, and the Morning Roof Standoff

January 7, 2026

An unseasonably warm weekday exposes downtown emptiness, sidewalk encampments, and strained crisis response across Chicago. SubX.News® Street Report | Jan 6, 2026 CHICAGO — On an unseasonably warm Tuesday, downtown Chicago appeared hollowed out—barren streets, persistent tent encampments, and mounting…

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First Monday of 2026: Crashes, Potholes, and Empty Streets While Chicago Mayor Supports Communist Drug Dealer

January 6, 2026

SubX.News® Street ReportJanuary 5, 2026 Downtown Chicago was empty on the first workday of 2026—a condition that said more than any press release. Mild January weather and clear streets offered no external explanation for what unfolded across the city. Chicago’s…

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Narratives Rather Than Facts: Christmas Shopping Over Public Safety?

December 16, 2025

CPD location reporting during the holiday season blurs downtown and transit-area violence SubX.News® Police Corruption | Dec 16, 2025 Chicago Police Department communications surrounding December 15, 2025 incidents illustrate an ongoing pattern: Narrative framing replacing clear, verifiable facts. CPD initially…

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Chicago’s Unhoused Crisis: New Tents, No Plan

October 21, 2025

SubX.News® Street Report | October 20, 2025 Chicago’s streets told the truth Monday afternoon — the city’s “plan” for the homeless and addicted isn’t a plan at all. It’s containment while crony corruption continues in City Hall. Downtown, City Hall…

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Mayor Brandon Johnson Refuses to Fire Corrupt Lawbreaking Advisor Jason Lee After Inspector General Orders Termination

October 16, 2025

SubX.News® Corruption Report Chicago’s own Inspector General says Mayor Brandon Johnson ignored a direct order to fire his senior adviser, Jason Lee, after Lee refused to cooperate with an official corruption investigation — and that Johnson’s office refused to issue…

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Monsters, Villians and Boats: the City Put on a Show at City Hall, but the Streets Told Another Story

September 26, 2025

Chicago SubXNews Street Report Sept 25, 2025 The morning began with violence. Around 5 a.m. in Washington Heights, two teenagers were shot near 101st and Aberdeen. A 16-year-old was found in a stolen Nissan with a gunshot wound to the…

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Paid Applause, Empty Democracy

September 25, 2025

Chicago City Council Meeting – September 25, 2025 Chicago, IL – The truth of City Hall leaked out in a single memo: staffers, not citizens, were ordered to fill the first two rows of today’s City Council meeting. Six seats…

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Defund the Police in Real Time: Collapse of Law Enforcement … Adams & Woods … Shows the Cost of No Control

September 23, 2025

(Chicago SubXNews) Scanner traffic out of the Near West Side last night was raw, profane, and telling. A TMA — a traffic management aide, not a sworn officer — came over the air at Adams and Woods with a plea…

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Less than a week before a crash-and-grab burglary crew killed an innocent man on the Magnificent Mile last Thursday, one of the men now charged with that murder donned a “peacekeeper” uniform and posed for a one-on-one picture with Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker.

Wanted in 4 States, Smiling with Pritzker — Days Before Killing a Man

September 18, 2025

Days before fatal Mag Mile crash-and-grab, accused man posed with governor at ‘peacekeeper’ event — while wanted in 4 states He posed with the governor as a “peacekeeper” while wanted by authorities in 4 states. Days later, prosecutors say, he…

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Chicago’s Vanishing Act: Billions Spent, Nothing to Show

September 3, 2025

SubX.News Street Report | September 2, 2025 Back to the regular grind after a bloody Labor Day weekend. Chicago doesn’t reset. It just lurches forward into more of the same — gridlock, grim streets, and an emptiness you can feel…

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