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All Trauma, No Treatment
concrete falling on main road into our downtown Chicago
$56 million NGO Scam
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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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 the mid-60s, but the mood felt colder — a city…
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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 and silence — drums and cheers now gone from the…
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Columbus Day commemorates the landing of Italian-born navigator Christopher Columbus in the New World—i.e., the Americas—on October 12, 1492. It is a federal holiday in the United States, observed on the second Monday in October. The day typically involves parades,…
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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 and Sunday night, October 10 – 12, 2025. The shootings…
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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.
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(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 Trail Road to North Avenue; I-80/94 crawled through Northwest Indiana,…
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Chicago SubX.News® Street Report Oct 3, 2025 Under 89-degree heat and gridlocked expressways, the city cracked open into scenes of violence across every corner. From a Little Caesars parking lot in Little Village, to a road-rage killing on the South…
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(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 federal overreach. Their headline painted the picture: “Residents Return to…
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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 look like harmless community feeds but are really platforms for…
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