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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Roses Still a Rose in the Alley, in the Trash City Hall Throws Chicago Away

September 25, 2025

Chicago SubXNews Street Report September 24, 2025 The day moved like a siren. National shocks bled into local streets, then back again — a loop of institutions failing in different keys. By rush hour you could feel it in the…

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Morning Rampage, Nighttime Nightmare: Chicago’s Downtown Unravels – 24 Hours of Chaos

September 24, 2025

(Chicago) SubXNews Street Report Sept 23 2025 From a shovel-swinging maniac at dawn, to a woman stabbed in the heart of the Loop, to a teenager shot over a juice bottle at night — it was 24 hours of collapse…

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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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Crime is Technically Worse in Chicago: Weekend Crime Reality Check – September 19–22, 2025 … 4 Doubles and One Triple

September 22, 2025

(Chicago) SubXNews Weekend Crime Reality Check – September 19–22, 2025 Chicago logged 27 people shot, 4 of them killed over the Sept 19–21 weekend. That includes the West Loop homicide at Halsted, the 8-year-old girl shot in Auburn Gresham, and…

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Obese Migrants, White Dopers and Park Squatters: Who’s in Control?

September 19, 2025

(Chicago) SubXNews Street Report | Sept 18, 2025 Thought it was Friday all day. Even said “happy Friday” in the morning. Turned out it was Thursday, so the plan was to take it easy — stick with the radio calls…

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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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It’s Getting Worse in Chicago: Multiple Police Shootings, Alley Robberies, and Another CTA Stabbing

September 18, 2025

(Chicago) SubXNews Street Report | Sept 17, 2025 Sad news came in as the mother and two children pulled from Lake Michigan over the weekend were identified. Authorities confirmed 31-year-old Drake Patton, her one-year-old daughter Jream Washington, and six-year-old son…

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Remembering those lost on 9/11

September 11, 2025

Honor & Remembrance The American Legion pauses to remember those killed during the terrorist attacks 24 years ago.On Sept. 11, The American Legion pauses to remember the terrorist attacks 24 years ago, pay tribute to first responders whose actions that…

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For Better or For Worse: Assassination, Brinks Shootout, Sheriff Squads, and Rat Alerts

September 11, 2025

(Chicago) SubX.News Street Report | Sept 10, 2025 Remember and Honor the Victims of 9-11 Chicago carried assassination headlines, a Brinks truck shootout, sheriff squads boxing Wabash, and rat alerts all in one day. From downtown to McKinley Park, the…

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