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Your transportation related headlines for Tuesday, July 9th, 2024

CHICAGO, CHICAGOLAND, ILLINOIS HEADLINES

A Truly Dumbfuck Idea To Save Michigan Avenue — By Getting Rid Of Car Lanes — And Making It An All Day Traffic Jam — Just The Latest Bonehead Idea From The Car Hater Karen Crowd Creeps – Crain’s Chicago Business

First, Hamas-Terrorist-Supporters/Filthy-Antisemites — Adopting KKK ‘Night Rider’ Terror Tactics — Masked Thugs Surrounding The House Of Highland Park Jewish Congressman Brad Schneider — In A Jewish Neighborhood — At 2:00 In The Morning — Yelling Anti-Semitic Slogans — On The Anniversary Of The Highland Park Parade Shooting — Hamas Thugs Even Poured Animal Blood On The Sidewalk, Echoing The Dark History Of Antisemitic ‘Blood Libel’ Persecution Of Jews — Now, In A New Vile Act Of Hate, A Display Of Hostages Outside Rep. Schneider’s Office Was Vandalized – Patch Highland Park, Arlington Cardinal, Northwest Herald/Shaw Local, Fox News, New York Post, Washington Examiner, Daily Caller, CBS News, CNN, USA Today, The Hill, AOL, BBC, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Times Of Israel

DRIVER ALERT: DRIVERS SHOULD AVOID DOWNTOWN. SIGNIFICANT NASCAR CHICAGO STREET CLOSURES CONTINUE AFTER THE RACE. The July 6-7 Race Requires 19 Days To Set Up And Tear Down, Shutting Down Major Downtown Streets. All Streets Should Reopen By July 18 – Block Club Chicago

DRIVER ALERT: WEEKEND STREET FESTIVALS — West Fest In West Town, On Chicago Avenue Between Wood And Damen — Square Roots Festival In Lincoln Square, On Lincoln Avenue Between Montrose And –Wilson — Southport Arts Fest In Lake View, On Southport And Waveland Avenues — Sunday On State Street — Watch For Street Closures, Parking Restrictions, And Tow Warnings

CARJACKAPALOOZA: For The Months Of January Through June, Chicago Saw 482 Carjackings, According To The City Of Chicago’s Online Data Portal — At That Daily Pace Of More Than 2.5 Carjackings Every Single Day, Chicago Would See Nearly 1,000 Carjackings By The End Of This Year — That Would Make 2024 The Fifth Year In A Row Of 1,000 Or More Chicago Carjackings

THIN BLUE LINE: Chicago Cop Killer Wants New Trial – ABC 7 Chicago; City Inspector General Wants To Fire Police That Don’t Pass Political Ideology Test – Chicago Sun-Times; Buffalo Grove Police Chilling With The Community – Chicago Daily Herald

SOFT ON CRIME ILLINOIS DEMOCRATS: After 100 Shot Over 4th Of July Weekend In Chicago, Illinois Democrats Want To Ban Crime Fighting Traffic Stops – Second City Cop

CHIRAQ REPORT: Death Of Man Shot Sunday During Little Village Baby Shower Marks 20th Homicide Victim Of Holiday Weekend – Chicago Sun-Times; Hundreds Shot, No One Under Arrest – Second City Cop; After 100+ People Shot July 4th Weekend, City Leaders Call On Witnesses To Come Forward – Block Club Chicago; Mayor Johnson Ignoring The Violence In Chicago – WLS AM 890 Chicago; Chicago Mayor Blames Disinvestment, Republicans After Violent Weekend — EVEN THOUGH CHICAGO HASN’T HAD A REPUBLICAN MAYOR FOR 100 YEARS- Center Square; Mayor Blames Richard Nixon For Chicago’s Intractable Violence – CWB Chicago — Mayor Johnson Blames Richard Nixon For Chicago Shootings – Wirepoints Quickpoint; Johnson Uses 100 Shootings To Push For Another Biden Bailout – Chicago Sun-Times; Family Mourns 8-Year-Old Boy Slain In Greater Grand Crossing Mass Shooting: He Was Just Trying To Grow – Chicago Sun-Times

DOWNTOWN CRIME WAVE: Daytime Drive-By Leaves Man Injured On Near North Side – CWB Chicago

Chicago DNC Will Be Street Riot/CrimeThug ShitShow — But Chicago Is Trying To Spin It As A Revenue Win – CBS 2 Chicago — DNC Puts Johnson’s Mayoralty On The Line – Chicago Magazine

LAW AND ORDER UPDATE: Lincoln Park Mail Thieves Caught On Camera – CWB Chicago

GAS PRICE CRISIS: Illinois Average Gas Price Jumps To $3.86 Per Gallon — Chicago Average Gas Price Jumps To $4.32 Per Gallon — Diesel In Chicago Jumps To $4.49 Per Gallon – AAA Illinois Average Gas Prices — ILLINOIS HAS 7TH HIGHEST GAS PRICES OF ANY STATE IN THE US, AND THE HIGHEST GAS PRICES OF ANY STATE EAST OF THE ROCKIES — AAA State Average Gas Prices — National Average Gas Price Jumps To $3.52 Per Gallon – AAA Gas Prices — NATIONAL AVERAGE GAS PRICE WAS ONLY $2.39 PER GALLON WHEN BIDEN TOOK OFFICE IN JANUARY 2021 — BEFORE RISING BY 110 PCT — TO REACH AN ALL TIME HIGH OF $5.02 IN JUNE 2022

CHI-EXIT/IL-EXIT UPDATE: Chicago Office Occupancy Sees Another Drop — With Office Occupancy As Low As 30 Pct On Weekdays, Chicago Has Lower Occupancy Than Every Other Major City Besides New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco And San Jose – Kastle Systems; Even Though Chicago Is An Unflushed Toilet Of Crime And Economic Decay, City Hall’s Paid Gaslighters Are Telling You To Ignore Your Own Eyes – Crain’s Chicago Business; Loop Food Hall Folds – Crain’s Chicago Business

SANCTUARY SHIT SHOW: Illegals Stole Raided Ulta Store in Wicker Park, Taking Colognes Worth $1,740: Prosecutors – CWB Chicago; As President, Pritzker Would Continue Biden’s Open Border Disaster – WFIN AM 1330 Findlay, OH

New Reports Show Illinois Is A Drag On America’s Economy And Continues To Be A ‘Net Taker’ From The Federal Government – Wirepoints

Illinois Democrats Want Rent Control — An Idea That Has Failed/Backfired Everywhere It’s Bee Tried – The Real Deal

Chicago Homeowners Should Study Escalating Tax Bills – Loop North News

#MISEDUCATION: America No Longer Trusts Woke College Mis-Education – AP News

ANIMAL CRACKERS: Chicago Bird Alliance Announces Naming Contest For Piping Plover Chicks – Chicago Sun-Times; ‘A Better Life’: Dogs Rescued From Oklahoma ‘Puppy Mills’ Arrive In Suburbs – Chicago Daily Herald; Learn About Monarch Butterflies From An Expert – Chicago Daily Herald; Set Sail With Your Pooch On Lake Michigan: Boat Tour Company Launching Dog-Friendly Cruises – Block Club Chicago

GREEN GRIFTER ALERT: Green Grifters Want To Ban Plastic At The Grocery Stores – Audacy

THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE SCAM: EV Chargers Won’t Let You Charge Completely — Making EVs Useless For A Road Trip – Autoblog; California Green Gangsters Get Cucked By Math — Numbers On Gas Truck Ban Don’t Add Up To Cleaner Air – The Hill; GOP Slams Biden Ban On Gas Trucks – The Hill; Foes Of California’s Emissions Standards And EV Goals Take Case To U.S. Supreme Court – Autoblog

North Center Neighbors Say ‘NO’ To CTA Ashland Avenue Bus Plan That Would Bring Non-Stop Noise, Air Pollution, And Traffic, Along With The CrimeThug Element That Comes With CTA – Chicago Streetsblog

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: More Snowflake Cyclists Whine About Street Safety, Blaming It All On Drivers – Chicago Tribune — REALITY CHECK: 96 PERCENT OF CHICAGO BIKERS ILLEGALLY IGNORE STOP SIGNS, AND 70 PERCENT OF CHICAGO BIKERS ILLEGALLY IGNORE RED LIGHTS — MAKING STREETS MUCH LESS SAFE THAN THEY SHOULD BE — But One Cyclist Actually Seems To Have The Perfect Take On This — QUOTE: The Number Of People Who Transport Themselves By Cars Dwarfs Bike Riders. For Cyclists To Think The World Should Revolve Around Us Is Like Vegans Who Think All Food Should Revolve Around Them. Please. Get A Grip. And Some Perspective. Roads Were Designed For Cars, Not Bikes. The Fantasyland Many Bike Zealots Live In Fancies A Carless World. That’s Not Gonna Happen – Chicago Tribune

Illinois Mandates Car Insurers Detail Why Vehicle Is Totaled – Center Square

Bill On Pritzker’s Desk Could Allow Mobile Driver’s Licenses, State IDs In Illinois – NBC 17 Decatur

Illinois Democrats Are Letting You Drive A Truck Even If You Can’t Read English — WHAT COULD GO WRONG – Center Square

2024 NASCAR Chicago Street Race: Downtown Residents Divided Over NASCAR – Chicago Sun-Times; NASCAR Chicago Street Race Averages Nearly 3.9 Million TV Viewers, But Falls Short Of Last Year After Two-Hour Rain Delay – Chicago Tribune; Mayor Brandon Johnson Says ‘No Decision’ Yet On Moving NASCAR From 4th Of July Weekend – Chicago Tribune; Eco-Tards, Climate Pearl Clutchers, Car-Hater-Karens, Want To Cancel NASCAR – Chicago Tonight; Sparse Crowds See The Big Acts At NASCAR Chicago Street Race – Chicago Sun-Times

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Your transportation related headlines for Monday, July 8th, 2024

CHICAGO, CHICAGOLAND, ILLINOIS HEADLINES

Tinfoil Hat-Wingnut-Car-Hater-Crackpots, Alder AssWipes, Want To Wreck Traffic On 27 Miles Of Arterial Western Avenue With Bus Rapid Transit (‘BRT’) Boondoggle — The Same Dopey Idea For An Ashland Avenue BRT Was Shelved A Decade Ago — After Public Blowback — Over Turning A Vital 4-Lane Commuter Route — With Parking For Businesses, Residents, And Visitors — Into A 2-Lane All Day Traffic Jam — With 16 Miles Of No Parking And No Left Turns — Now That Same AssHat Crowd Is Trying To Do The Same To Western Avenue, As Part Of Their Lunatic War On Drivers — An Effort That Would Flush Billions Of Scarce Tax Dollars Down The Obsolete Transit Toilet — Instead Of Funding Real Transportation Needs – Chicago Tribune

First, Hamas-Terrorist-Supporters/Filthy-Antisemites — Adopting KKK ‘Night Rider’ Terror Tactics — Masked Thugs Surrounding The House Of Highland Park Jewish Congressman Brad Schneider — In A Jewish Neighborhood — At 2:00 In The Morning — Yelling Anti-Semitic Slogans — On The Anniversary Of The Highland Park Parade Shooting — Hamas Thugs Even Poured Animal Blood On The Sidewalk, Echoing The Dark History Of Antisemitic ‘Blood Libel’ Persecution Of Jews — Now, In A New Vile Act Of Hate, A Display Of Hostages Outside Rep. Schneider’s Office Was Vandalized – Chicago Daily Herald, Lake & McHenry County Scanner, Forward, JNS — Hamas ShitStains Arrested At NASCAR Chicago Protest – Fox News

DRIVER ALERT: DRIVES SHOULD AVOID DOWNTOWN. SIGNIFICANT NASCAR CHICAGO STREET CLOSURES CONTINUE AFTER THE RACE. The July 6-7 Race Requires 19 Days To Set Up And Tear Down, Shutting Down Major Downtown Streets. All Streets Should Reopen By July 18 – Block Club Chicago

DRIVER ALERT: WEEKEND STREET FESTIVALS — West Fest In West Town, On Chicago Avenue Between Wood And Damen — Square Roots Festival In Lincoln Square, On Lincoln Avenue Between Montrose And –Wilson — Southport Arts Fest In Lake View, On Southport And Waveland Avenues — Sunday On State Street — Watch For Street Closures, Parking Restrictions, And Tow Warnings

CARJACKAPALOOZA: Armed Carjackings Reported In West Loop, Edgewater, Albany Park – CWB Chicago; 19-Year-Old Man Charged In Beverly Rolls-Royce Carjacking – Patch Mt. Greenwood

Mail, Packages Reported Stolen From Postal Vehicles In Portage-Jefferson Park Area – Nadig Newspapers

SOFT ON CRIME ILLINOIS DEMOCRATS: 14 Year Old, On Pre-Trial Release, Committed Murder – CBS 3 Champaign

With Contract Winding Down, ShotSpotter Keeps Leading Cops To Guns, Evidence, And Shooting Victims – CWB Chicago, Second City Cop

‘Reformers’ Want To Ban Police Traffic Stops. Here’s What That Could Mean For You — And For Armed Criminals – CWB Chicago

A Former City Colleges Of Chicago Basketball Coach Has Pleaded Guilty To Forging Employment Records So People On Electronic Monitoring For Pending Criminal Cases Could Move Around The City For Jobs They Didn’t Really Have – CWB Chicago

CHIRAQ REPORT: 107 Shot, 19 Killed, In Chicago Fourth Of July Weekend Violence – Hey Jackass, CWB Chicago; With 2 More Days Remaining, Chicago’s Holiday Weekend Is On Pace To Be Among Most Violent In Years – CWB Chicago; A Violent Weekend By The Numbers – Second City Cop; Holiday Shootings July 4-5 Claim 11 Lives, Injure More Than 50 In Chicago – Center Square; Mayor Johnson MIA During Violent Start To Fourth Of July Weekend – Fox 32 Chicago

Boy, 16, Battered In Street Before Being Struck By Vehicle Overnight In Jefferson Park – Chicago Tribune

EXPRESSWAY SHOOTING SEASON: Driver Avoids Injury After Truck Hit By Bullets On Dan Ryan Expressway – Chicago Tribune — ISP Says The Number Of Chicago Area Expressway Shootings Down For Third Straight Year – Illinois State Police

CAREER CRIMINAL CORNER: Man Fired Shots At 2 Off-Duty Cops While On Pretrial Release For 2 Gun Cases: Prosecutors — Suspect Is The 19th Person Accused Of Shooting, Killing, Or Trying To Shoot Or Kill Someone In Chicago This Year While On Pretrial Release – CWB Chicago; Woman Accused Of Shooting At 2 People In River North This Week Was Accused Of A Similar Crime In January, But Prosecutors Rejected Felony Charges That Time – CWB Chicago

DOWNTOWN CRIME WAVE: Downtown Sunglass Hut Robber Got Away With Merchandise Worth $13,750: Prosecutors – CWB Chicago; Man Killed, Woman Injured In Drive-By Shooting In South Loop, Near Wintrust Arena — More Than 40 Shots Fired: Chicago Police – CWB Chicago

Chicago DNC Will Be Street Riot ShitShow – Second City Cop

LAW AND ORDER UPDATE: Chicago Police Looking For Group Of Males Involved In Series Of Robberies – WBBM AM 78 News Radio Chicago; EDITORIAL: Chicago’s Restaurant Scene Is Known Worldwide. To Keep It Thriving, City Must Bring Down Burglaries – Chicago Sun-Times; Burglars Stole Safe From Highly-Regarded Logan Square Restaurant During Nighttime Crime Spree – CWB Chicago; Edgebrook Businesses Among Those Reported Burglarized On July 4 – Nadig Newspapers; 3 Armed Robberies Reported In Uptown, Lake View Overnight – CWB Chicago; Sashay Away: Chicago Man Robbed Driver At Gunpoint, Tried To Evade Cops By Dressing As A Woman – CWB Chicago

Fake Prosecutor/Lazy Useless ShitBird Kim Foxx Refuses To Do Her Job – Second City Cop — The Only Ones Targeted By Her Office Are Police Officers – Second City Cop — Throw Root Beer On Kim Foxx? That’s A Felony. Pepper Spraying An Average Person? That’s A Misdemeanor – CWB Chicago

GAS PRICE CRISIS: Illinois Average Gas Price Is $3.80 Per Gallon — Chicago Average Gas Price Jumps To $4.32 Per Gallon — Diesel In Chicago Is $4.47 Per Gallon – AAA Illinois Average Gas Prices — ILLINOIS HAS 7TH HIGHEST GAS PRICES OF ANY STATE IN THE US, AND THE HIGHEST GAS PRICES OF ANY STATE EAST OF THE ROCKIES — AAA State Average Gas Prices — National Average Gas Price Is $3.51 Per Gallon – AAA Gas Prices — NATIONAL AVERAGE GAS PRICE WAS ONLY $2.39 PER GALLON WHEN BIDEN TOOK OFFICE IN JANUARY 2021 — BEFORE RISING BY 110 PCT — TO REACH AN ALL TIME HIGH OF $5.02 IN JUNE 2022

THE GREAT GAS TAX ROBBERY: Illinois Democrat Gas Tax Hike Now In Effect, At 2nd Highest Rates In US – Patch Illinois, WJOL AM 1340 Joliet, Nerd Wallet — Illinois Hikes Its High Gas Tax Rate On Top Of Its High Sales Tax Rate – Kiplinger — After Pausing The Tax Hike In 2022 Due To Inflation Concerns, Illinois Democrats Have Now Raised The Tax Rate Three Times. This Means That Illinois Drivers Are Feeling The Pinch Not Only From State Taxes But Also From Federal Excise Taxes On Fuel. Additionally, State Sales Taxes Are Applied After The State’s Fuel Tax Is Included In The Price, Leading To A Compounded Cost For Consumers – Vibes

CHI-EXIT/IL-EXIT UPDATE: Gov. Pritzker tells CNN That Jobs Are Coming Back To Illinois. The Number Of People Employed In Illinois Under His Watch Says The Opposite – Wirepoints — Pritzker Gaslights On Illinois Business Climate – Bloomington Pantagraph; Illinois’ High Tuition Costs Adding To Its Growing Outmigration – Center Square; Bears Still Have Plan To Dump Chicago For Arlington Heights – Chicago Tribune; COMMENTARY: We Taxpayers Have Had Enough – Lansing Journal — Property Tax Anger is Growing Across America – Newsweek

THE RACIAL GRIEVANCE GRIFTERS: Legally Illiterate Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul Defends Unconstitutional Race Based Quotas – Chicago Tribune

Illinois Democrats, Along With Democrats In Other States Are Funding Fake News Fraud Left Wing Propaganda – Reason

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Illinois Democrats’ Latest Vote Fraud Scheme Is Giving Driver’s Licenses To Illegals – Chicago Daily Herald

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Failing CPS Is A Beacon Of Ignorance — Canceling Columbus/American History, With School Renaming, Based On The Fake History Lies Of An America-Hating-Communist-ShitStain-Fraud, Howard Zinn – Chicago Sun-Times

#MISEDUCATION: Illinois Education In Crisis – Chicago Daily Herald

ANIMAL CRACKERS: EDITORIAL: Welcome Back, Piping Plovers! But We Have A Little Advice For You – Chicago Tribune; Libertyville Jumping Into Dog Days Of Summer – Chicago Daily Herald; Freshwater Mussels Keep DuPage River Clean – Naperville Sun

GREEN GRIFTER ALERT: LETTER TO THE EDITOR: The Green Grifter Hoax About Gas Oven Safety – Chicago Tribune

THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE SCAM: Illinois EV Maker Rivian’s Amazon Delivery Vans Are A Fire Hazard – Center Square; Illinois EV Battery Fire Ignites Proposed Law Regulating Battery Storage – Center Square; Why Automakers Are Dumping EVs – Car Coach Reports/National Motorists Association Blog

New Illinois Law (Bill Number: HB5559) Requires Auto Insurance Companies To Explain In Detail How They Decided A Car Was A Total Loss, Including Repair Costs, Salvage Value, And Market Value – ABC 20 Springfield

Text Message Scam Targets Illinois Tollway Customers Over Alleged Unpaid Tolls – Fox 32 Chicago

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Cyclists In Chicago Need Drivers To Do Their Part To Ensure Their Safety; CDOT’s Traffic Clogging Bike Lanes Have Made Streets More Dangerous; Both Drivers And Cyclists Should Be Ticketed For Running Red Lights, Ignoring One Way Signs, And Other Unsafe Behavior – Chicago Tribune

In River North, Chicago’s Newest Bike-Lane-Boondoggle/Pedal-Privilege-Pet-Project Makes Driving/Parking On Clark Street A Nightmare – Chicago Streetsblog

2024 NASCAR Chicago Street Race: Alex Bowman Wins Grant Park 165, Clinches A Playoff Spot – Chicago Sun-Times — Shane Van Gisbergen Out Of Grant Park 165 – Chicago Sun-Times; Rain Interrupted Sunday NASCAR Race – Chicago Tribune — NASCAR’s Chicago Race Weekend Is All Wet Again — But Let’s Not Give Up On It Yet – Chicago Sun-Times — Rain Showers Didn’t Dampen Fans’ Spirits At Sunday’s NASCAR Street Race – Chicago Sun-Times; As Chicago’s NASCAR Race Returns, Changes Abound, But Critics Wave Yellow Flag – Chicago Tribune; NASCAR Weekend Kicks Off As Organizers Prep For Dry, Warm Race Conditions – Block Club Chicago; ‘There’s A Lot Of NASCAR Fans In The Suburbs’: Brad Keselowski On Growing The Fan Base Ahead Of Chicago Street Race – Chicago Daily Herald; Chicago Firefighters, Paramedic, Police Protesting During NASCAR Street Race Saturday – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago; NASCAR Fans Revved Up For Second Chicago Street Race, This Time With Nicer Weather – Chicago Sun-Times; Shane Van Gisbergen Wins Again In NASCAR Xfinity Series Race In Downtown Chicago – Chicago Sun-Times; Kyle Larson Wins The Pole For The NASCAR Cup Series Street Race In Downtown Chicago – Chicago Tribune; Chicago Street Course Offers A Tricky Opportunity For Winless NASCAR Cup Series Drivers – Chicago Tribune; A Green Flag For Clean Power: NASCAR Unveils Its First Electric Racecar – Chicago Tonight; Israeli Driver Alon Day’s Hope Of Delivering Message In Chicago Detoured By Wreck – Chicago Sun-Times; NASCAR Village Offers Public Race Weekend Experience Without Having To Pay Race Organizers Displayed Different Stock Cars And Offered A Driving Simulator That Allowed Anyone To Experience The Loop 110 Race – Columbia Chronicle; Expanded Festival Field Offers A Taste Of Chicago At NASCAR Event – Chicago Sun-Times; Grant Park Vendors Still Waiting For NASCAR Buyout Checks After Being Forced To Close Due To Race – Block Club Chicago

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Your transportation related headlines for Friday, July 5th, 2024

CHICAGO, CHICAGOLAND, ILLINOIS HEADLINES

THEY HAD IT COMING: Once Again, For The Second Time In A Month, Toxic-Entitled Chicago ‘Critical-Mass Hole’ Bikers Pissed Off The Wrong Driver — By Blocking An Alley — They Picked A Fight — And Got Their White Privileged Biker Asses Beaten A Black Driver — Even After Ganging Up On The Driver (Like ‘Tough-Guy-Wannabes’ Usually Do), 10 Versus One — They Finally Shit Their Pants And Ran Away — After The Passenger — Exercising His Second Amendment Rights — Fired Warning Shots In The Air — Lucky That The Passenger Exercised Restraint — And Decided Not To Shoot Any Of Them In Self Defense – Chicago Sun-Times — See Earlier Report From CWB Chicago, Where Cyclists Themselves Slam The Bad Behavior Of Intentionally Provoking Conflict With Drivers — Streetsblog Offers Good Advice — Tells Critical Mass Traffic Blockers To Stop Provoking Road Rage – Chicago Streetsblog

More Reporting On Hamas-Terrorist-Supporters/Filthy-Antisemites — Adopting KKK ‘Night Rider’ Terror Tactics — Surrounding House Of Highland Park Jewish Congressman Brad Schneider — In A Jewish Neighborhood — At 2:00 In The Morning — Yelling Anti-Semitic Slogans — On The Anniversary Of The Highland Park Parade Shooting — Hamas Thugs Even Poured Animal Blood On The Sidewalk, Echoing The Dark History Of Antisemitic ‘Blood Libel’ Persecution Of Jews – Jerusalem Post — A Vile Act Of Hate: Display Of Hostages Outside Rep. Schneider’s Office Vandalized – Chicago Daily Herald — Hamas Supporters Plan Another Jew-Hate Protest At Chicago DNC – CBS 2 Chicago

DRIVER ALERT: SIGNIFICANT NASCAR CHICAGO STREET RACE CLOSURES HAVE BEGUN, AND WILL EXPAND AS RACE DAY NEARS. The July 6-7 Race Will Require 19 Days To Set Up And Tear Down, Shutting Down Major Downtown Streets – Block Club Chicago

CARJACKAPALOOZA: Chicago Man Charged With Armed Carjacking Of 83-Year-Old Woman – Fox 32 Chicago; 2 Men Get Lengthy Prison Sentences For Violent Carjacking – CWB Chicago; Giannoulias Awards State Grants To Combat Carjackings, Car Thefts – Weekly Citizen

Mail, Packages Reported Stolen From Postal Vehicles In Portage-Jefferson Park Area – Nadig Newspapers

Armed Robber Used Divvy Bike As Getaway Vehicle, Prosecutors Say – CWB Chicago — QUESTION: What Do You Call 1,000 Divvy Bikes At The Bottom Of Lake Michigan? ANSWER: A GOOD START – Second City Cop

THIN BLUE LINE: Paul Vallas: Chicago Has Too Few Police, Pays Too Much In Police Overtime – Illinois Policy Institute; No Days Off For Police – Second City Cop; Meet Meri, Skokie Police Department’s Comfort Dog: Cuddly And Awesome – Skokie Review; Another Jussie Smollett-Esque Fake Racism Hoax About ‘Racist’ Cops And Traffic Stops – Second City Cop

SANCTUARY CITY SHITSHOW: More Illegal Alien Crime – Second City Cop; 44K Illegals Dumped In Chicago In Last 2 Years – Chicago Tribune

Johnson Lies About ShotSpotter – Second City Cop — ShotSpotter Gives Cops Headstart After Gunmen Kill 2 Adults, Injure 3 Kids On Fourth Of July – CWB Chicago

RACE HUSTLE ALERT: Mayor Johnson’s Call For Reparations Ignores Chicago’s Most Serious Problems – Chicago Contrarian; Affirmative Action Suit Details How Northwestern Law School Blackballed Accomplished White Men, Opted For Unqualified Black Women – Daily Wire; Trust The Lies On Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion In Medicine – The Hill

CHIRAQ REPORT: At Least Eight People Have Been Killed And Over 40 Hurt In Separate Shootings Over July 4th Weekend – WGN 9 Chicago; At Least 33 People Shot In Chicago Since 12 A.M. Friday: Police – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago; 15-Year-Old Boy Among 6 Wounded In Austin Shootout – Chicago Sun-Times; 2 Women Dead, 3 Kids Critically Wounded In Greater Grand Crossing Mass Shooting – Chicago Sun-Times; Shootout Leaves 8 Injured On Near West Side, Murder Reported Nearby – CWB Chicago; At Least 3 Wounded Overnight In Shooting In Garfield Park Neighborhood – Chicago Tribune; Man Fatally Shot In Auburn Gresham – Chicago Sun-Times; Man Shot In The Head In Lawndale, Chicago Police Say – ABC 7 Chicago; Bicyclist Shot On Near North Side Overnight – CWB Chicago

CAREER CRIMINAL CORNER: Uptown Man Opened Fire On A Busy Street Corner While On An Ankle Monitor For Another Gun Case, Prosecutors Say – CWB Chicago

DOWNTOWN CRIME WAVE: Career Criminal Kidnapped Victim From River North Bar Strip, Forced Him To Make ATM Withdrawals En Route To Casino: Prosecutors – CWB Chicago

LAW AND ORDER UPDATE: Chicago Mayor Plans To Address Violence With More Spending, Guaranteed Income – Center Square; Chicago Alderman Pushes Harsher Penalties For Crimes Committed Wearing Facemasks – Center Square, CWB Chicago; Crash-And-Grab Crew Plows SUV Into Wicker Park Smoke Shop – CWB Chicago

GAS PRICE CRISIS: Illinois Average Gas Price Is $3.84 Per Gallon — Chicago Average Gas Price Is $4.33 Per Gallon — Diesel In Chicago Is $4.42 Per Gallon – AAA Illinois Average Gas Prices — ILLINOIS HAS 7TH HIGHEST GAS PRICES OF ANY STATE IN THE US, AND THE HIGHEST GAS PRICES OF ANY STATE EAST OF THE ROCKIES — AAA State Average Gas Prices — National Average Gas Price Jumps To $3.52 Per Gallon – AAA Gas Prices — NATIONAL AVERAGE GAS PRICE WAS ONLY $2.39 PER GALLON WHEN BIDEN TOOK OFFICE IN JANUARY 2021 — BEFORE RISING BY 110 PCT — TO REACH AN ALL TIME HIGH OF $5.02 IN JUNE 2022

Biden GasLights On Gas Prices — Cheers 1 Cent Drop In Gas Prices From July 4, 2023 To July 4, 2024 — EVEN THOUGH NATIONAL AVERAGE GAS PRICE ROSE 110 PERCENT, FROM $2.39 PER GALLON ON THE DAY HE TOOK OFFICE, TO A RECORD HIGH OF $5.02 – Fox Business

THE GREAT GAS TAX ROBBERY: Illinois Democrat Gas Tax Hike Now In Effect, At 2nd Highest Rates In US – Kane County Connects, WMOI 97.1 FM Monmouth; Tax On Gallon Of Gas Now More Than We Once Paid For The Gas Itself – Decatur Tribune; Americans Are Being Forced To Pay More At The Pump This Summer Thanks To Democrat Governors Like @GovPritzker. Another Day, Another Out Of Touch Democrat Policy – X/Republican Governor’s Association; Starting Today, Illinois’ Gas Tax Will Hit 47 Cents Per Gallon. Thanks To JB Pritzker’s Tax And Spend Agenda, We Now Have The Second Highest Gas Tax In The Nation – X/GOP Rep. Mike Bost

CHI-EXIT/IL-EXIT UPDATE: The Blue-State Wealth Exodus Continues – Wirepoints Cited In The Wall Street Journal; Law Firm Dechert Closing Chicago Office – Crain’s Chicago Business; Illinois’ 15 Metro Areas All See Unemployment Higher Than U.S. Rate – Illinois Policy Institute; Illinois Tied For Third Worst Unemployment Rate In Country – Center Square; Loop Movie Theater Shuts Down – Chicago Tribune; Suburban Mayors Push Back Amid Massive Increases In Property Tax Bills – NBC 5 Chicago; Researcher: Storm Looms Over Chicago Restaurants Because Of Increased Wages – Center Square

Illinois Democrats Trying To Micro-Regulate Landlords – Center Square; Pritzker/Preckwinkle Using Public Tax Dollars To Bail Out Private Debt – Center Square, ABC 7 Chicago

Here’s How Much Chicago’s Pension Debt Grew By In 2023 – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago

#MISEDUCATION: How To Fix Illinois Illiteracy – Illinois Policy Institute

ANIMAL CRACKERS: Young Dog Ready To Bring ‘Perfect’ Energy To Forever Home – Lake County Journal/Shaw Local; Koalas, Camels – Visitors Name Best Zoos In Illinois – The Scene/Shaw Local; Chicago’s 4 Piping Plover Chicks Need Names. Here’s How to Submit Your Ideas – Chicago Tonight

THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE SCAM: Ford Is so Desperate to Push EVs That It’s Making Managers Lease Them – Business Insider — The Electric Cars That Consumers Have Rejected – Business Insider; Bankrupt EV Maker Fisker Seeks Judge’s Approval To Unload Unsold Ocean EVs At $14,000 Per SUV – Reuters

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Snowflake Cyclists Whine About Street Safety, Blaming It All On Drivers – Chicago Tribune — REALITY CHECK: 96 PERCENT OF CHICAGO BIKERS ILLEGALLY IGNORE STOP SIGNS, AND 70 PERCENT OF CHICAGO BIKERS ILLEGALLY IGNORE RED LIGHTS — MAKING STREETS MUCH LESS SAFE THAN THEY SHOULD BE — How Chicago Caters To Privileged Cyclists — In A City Where Only 1 Percent Of Commuters Bike To Work – ABC 7 Chicago

Hoffman Estates Dealer Tech Firm CDK Global Restores Service To Most Auto Dealers. Now Comes The Hard Part – Crain’s Chicago Business — EDITORIAL: Ransomware Nightmare In Hoffman Estates Shows How Important Law Enforcement’s Cyber Efforts Are – Chicago Tribune

Mag Mile Landlords Get The OK To Tax Themselves/Improve Michigan Avenue — But Not Without A Delay – Crain’s Chicago Business

2024 NASCAR Chicago Street Race: Where’s The Best NASCAR Action? A Turn-By-Turn Guide To Chicago’s Street Race Course – Chicago Sun-Times; New To NASCAR? Get Up To Speed With This Beginner’s Guide To The Chicago Street Race – Chicago Tonight; NASCAR Chicago Street Races Start Saturday. Here’s Everything You Need To Know – Block Club Chicago; NASCAR Looks To Ease Disruptions During Chicago Street Race, But Businesses Have Mixed Feelings – Chicago Sun-Times; Loop-The-Loop: NASCAR Restarts Its Engines For Downtown Street Race – Chicago Daily Herald; NBC Gets Second Chance To Broadcast NASCAR Chicago Street Race For ‘First’ Time – Chicago Sun-Times; Skepticism About Chicago Street Race Was Once Widespread, But Its Success Parted The Clouds – Chicago Sun-Times; Shane Van Gisbergen Putting In The Miles To Become More Than Just A NASCAR Footnote – Chicago Sun-Times; NASCAR In Chicago: Will You Be Watching? And Should It Keep Coming Back – Chicago Sun-Times

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Your transportation related headlines for Wednesday, July 3rd, 2024

CHICAGO, CHICAGOLAND, ILLINOIS HEADLINES

Once Again, For The Second Time In A Month, Toxic-Entitled Chicago ‘Critical-Mass Hole’ Bikers Pissed Off The Wrong Driver By Blocking An Alley — They Got Their Asses Kicked — Plus Warning Shots Too – Block Club Chicago — See Earlier Report From CWB Chicago, Where Cyclists Themselves Slam The Bad Behavior Of Intentionally Provoking Conflict With Drivers

More Reporting On Hamas-Terrorist-Supporters/Filthy-Antisemites — Adopting KKK ‘Night Rider’ Terror Tactics — Surrounding House Of Highland Park Jewish Congressman Brad Schneider — In A Jewish Neighborhood — At 2:00 In The Morning — Yelling Anti-Semitic Slogans — On The Anniversary Of The Highland Park Parade Shooting – Fox News — Hamas Thugs Even Poured Animal Blood On The Sidewalk, Echoing The Dark History Of Antisemitic ‘Blood Libel‘ Persecution Of Jews Campus Reform — Rally Held In Response To Pro-Hamas Protest Outside US Rep. Schneider’s Home In Middle Of The Night – NBC 5 Chicago — Lazy, Useless ShitBird Fake Prosecutor Refuses To Prosecute Hamas Creeps Who Barricaded Chicago Art Institute, Attacked Police – ABC 7 Chicago

DRIVER ALERT: SIGNIFICANT NASCAR CHICAGO STREET RACE CLOSURES HAVE BEGUN, AND WILL EXPAND AS RACE DAY NEARS. The July 6-7 Race Will Require 19 Days To Set Up And Tear Down, Shutting Down Major Downtown Streets – Block Club Chicago

DRIVER ALERT: Planning On Traveling For The Fourth Of July Holiday? Here’s How To Avoid The Rush – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago — Record Number Of Drivers Expected This Fourth Of July Holiday In Illinois – Chicago Tribune — Some Under-Construction Streets And Expressways Will Open To Ease July 4th Traffic Congestion – Block Club Chicago — Busiest Day At O’Hare? Cheapest Gas? Here’s Four Getaway Tips For The Fourth – Chicago Daily Herald — Chicago Airports Expect Busier Crowds For Fourth Of July – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago

CARJACKAPALOOZA: Man On Probation Carjacked An SUV During Facebook Marketplace Meet-Up, Prosecutors Say – CWB Chicago; Chicago Man Arrested After Attempted Carjacking, Home Invasion In Little Italy – Fox 32 Chicago

Chicago Car Thefts Are UP 78%, 147% And 165% Since 2022, 2021 And 2020, Respectively – Second City Cop — Don’t Park In The South Loop – Second City Cop

EXPRESSWAY SHOOTING SEASON: 2 Killed, 1 Wounded In Separate Shootings Causing Extensive Delays On Inbound Stevenson: ISP – Chicago Sun-Times

THE LIVING SECOND AMENDMENT: Illinois’ Gun Ban Remains In Place, But Rights Advocates Say Days Are Numbered – Center Square; A Gun Club For Black Women Aims To Give Them Back Their Power – Wednesday Journal Of Oak Park And River Forest

THIN BLUE LINE: A 50/50 Chance For A Police Response To A 911 Call In Chicago Shows Total Dysfunction – Wirepoints On AM 560 Chicago’s Morning Answer

SANCTUARY CITY SHITSHOW – Migrant Bit Chicago Cop Twice During Arrest, While On Pretrial Release For Biting Another Cop: Prosecutors – CWB Chicago

Fact Checking Chicago Mayor’s Lies On ShotSpotter. In An Interview With Brandon Pope Discussing Gunshot Technology, Johnson Told Whopper After Whopper – Chicago Contrarian

Fake Prosecutor Kim Foxx Is Abusing The Justice System – Second City Cop

RACE HUSTLE ALERT: Another Hoax Claims That Chicago Crime Fighting Police Stops Are Racist – Chicago Sun-Times; Pastor Corey Brooks: Chicago’s Mayor Plans Race Based Reparations Task Force. I’m On The South Side And I’ve Got Loads Of Questions – Fox News; Lawsuit Challenges Affirmative Action In Hiring At Northwestern Law School – Chicago Tribune; Fiscally Broke California Will Still Spend Millions Of Tax Dollars On Unconstitutional Race Based Reparations – The Hill

CHIRAQ REPORT: Boy, 17, Critically Wounded In Englewood Shooting – Chicago Sun-Times; Man Shot In Neck Thwarting West Side Attack – Chicago Sun-Times

CAREER CRIMINAL CORNER: Huge Heart Tattoo Helped Cops Identify North Side Killer Who Was On Electronic Monitoring, Officials Say – CWB Chicago; 21-Time Convicted Felon Shoplifted At Macy’s, Prosecutors Say (as They Charge Him With Another Felony – CWB Chicago; 12-Time Convicted Burglar Broke Into Edgewater Apartment While On Pretrial Release For 2 Ravenswood Burglaries: Officials – CWB Chicago

LAW AND ORDER UPDATE: Gunmen Rob Construction Workers In Broad Daylight — Video – CWB Chicago; Suspect Charged With Allegedly Committing Armed Robberies While On A Bike – Nadig Newspapers; 31st Street Beach To Close At 9 PM For Next 10 Days After Recent Violence – Block Club Chicago; Thieves Remove Security Gate From Ashburn Liquor Store, Chicago Police Say – ABC 7 Chicago

Pride Parade Aftermath Was Unmitigated CrimeThug ShitShow – Second City Cop

GAS PRICE CRISIS: Illinois Average Gas Price Is $3.84 Per Gallon — Chicago Average Gas Price Is $4.33 Per Gallon — Diesel In Chicago Is $4.42 Per Gallon – AAA Illinois Average Gas Prices — ILLINOIS HAS 7TH HIGHEST GAS PRICES OF ANY STATE IN THE US, AND THE HIGHEST GAS PRICES OF ANY STATE EAST OF THE ROCKIES — AAA State Average Gas Prices — National Average Gas Price Jumps To $3.52 Per Gallon – AAA Gas Prices — NATIONAL AVERAGE GAS PRICE WAS ONLY $2.39 PER GALLON WHEN BIDEN TOOK OFFICE IN JANUARY 2021 — BEFORE RISING BY 110 PCT — TO REACH AN ALL TIME HIGH OF $5.02 IN JUNE 2022

Biden Tries To Rig Gasoline Prices/Buy Votes — By Selling Off America’s Emergency Gasoline Reserves, As His Campaign Hits The Skids – Daily Caller

THE GREAT GAS TAX ROBBERY: Illinois Democrats Hike Taxes On Gas And Everything Else Too – Wednesday Journal Of Oak Park And River Forest

CHI-EXIT/IL-EXIT UPDATE: UHaul, United Van Lines, The Census, The IRS — All Show That Illinois Is Losing People – Wirepoints Joins Tom Miller Of WJPF Carbondale; The Policy Shop: Illinois’ People Problem Is A Money Problem – Illinois Policy Institute; Jelly Belly Closing North Chicago Plant, Laying Off 65 Workers – Chicago Sun-Times; Lender Looks To Unload Distressed JW Marriott Chicago – Crain’s Chicago Business; Chicago’s Elimination Of Tipped Wage System Is Disaster For Restaurants – Chicago Tribune

Pritzker Hikes Illinois Taxes By Billions, While Lying Trump’s Record On Taxes – CBS 11 Little Rock — $35B In Federal Aid, Higher Tax Revenues Mask Pritzker Budgetary Blunders – Illinois Policy Institute

FLUNKING FEDERALISM: Illinois Democrats Trying To Legislate Social Policy In Other States – Advantage News

Chicago’s Worst-In-Nation Pension Crisis Strikes Again – Wirepoints; Chicago Headed For Pension Iceberg – Second City Cop

Chicago Hikes Taxes, Minimum Wages – Second City Cop

#MISEDUCATION: EDITORIAL: CTU Helps Write The Mayor’s Important Letters For Him. Who’s Running The City – Chicago Tribune

ANIMAL CRACKERS: EDITORIALS: Remember, July 4th Fireworks Freak Out Our Pets – Chicago Sun-Times — Here’s How to Keep Your Pets Safe During Fourth Of July Fireworks – Block Club Chicago; Gurnee Firefighters Rescue Owl Caught In Soccer Net – Chicago Daily Herald; With Nests On Telephone Poles, Once-Endangered Osprey Are Flying High In Cook County – Chicago Tribune; Delasol, Lincoln Park Zoo’s 33-Year-Old Bolivian Gray Titi Monkey, Dies – Chicago Sun-Times; Only Dementia-Joe Biden Could Come Up With The Idea Of Exterminating One Species To Save Another – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago

GREEN GRIFTER ALERT: NY Times Wants To Cancel Fireworks, Gas Cars, And Hamburgers – Biz Pac Review — NY Times Also Wants To Cancel The First Amendment – Fox News

THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE SCAM: Biden Tailpipe Emission/EV Mandate Rules On Shakier Ground After Supreme Court Ruling – Autoblog; Communist China Is The Biggest Winner From Biden’s EV Mandate – AP News; $5B For EV Infrastructure Yields Just 11 Charging Stations – Governing; Extreme Heat Just As Bad For EV Range As Extreme Cold – Jalopnik; Electric Amazon Delivery Vans Keep Burning Down, And Chargers May Be To Blame – Jalopnik

2024 NASCAR Chicago Street Race: An Insider’s Guide To NASCAR Chicago: What To Know If You Go – Chicago Sun-Times; Who’s Afraid Of NASCAR Traffic? Downtown Museums And Parks Will Be Open During Chicago Street Race – Chicago Tonight; NASCAR Is 1,000 Miles From Home — And It Shows – Crain’s Chicago Business; O’Donnell: Last Thing Downtown Chicago Needs Is NASCAR Race – Chicago Daily Herald; Best Bets: Buddy Guy, Lauren Alaina, Keith Urban At NASCAR’s Chicago Street Race Weekend – Chicago Daily Herald — Chicago Gears Up for Second NASCAR Street Race – The Caucus Blog/Illinois House Republicans

COLUMN: Police Warn Of Uptick In Road Rage Incidents – Aurora Beacon-News

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CHICAGO, CHICAGOLAND, ILLINOIS HEADLINES

More Reporting On Hamas-Terrorist-Supporters/Filthy-Antisemites — Adopting KKK ‘Night Rider’ Terror Tactics — Surrounding House Of Highland Park Jewish Congressman Brad Schneider — In A Jewish Neighborhood — At 2:00 In The Morning — Yelling Anti-Semitic Slogans — On The Anniversary Of The Highland Park Parade Shooting – Lake County News-Sun, Patch Highland Park — Jewish Comedian Michael Rappaport Appears In Glencoe, Defying Threats From Hamas ShitStains – Chicago Tribune

City Council DoucheNozzles Want To Impose A 25 MPH Citywide Speed Limit — REALITY CHECK: Data Shows That Draconian Speed Limits Only End Up Spiking Crooked, Corrupt, Predatory, Regressive, Revenue Robbery Speed Camera Ticket Revenue — And Doing Nothing To Stop Dangerous Speeders – WBEZ 91.5 FM Chicago

DRIVER ALERT: SIGNIFICANT NASCAR CHICAGO STREET RACE CLOSURES HAVE BEGUN, AND WILL EXPAND AS RACE DAY NEARS. The July 6-7 Race Will Require 19 Days To Set Up And Tear Down, Shutting Down Major Downtown Streets – Block Club Chicago

DRIVER ALERT: Planning On Traveling For The Fourth Of July Holiday? Here’s How To Avoid The Rush – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago — Record Number Of Drivers Expected This Fourth Of July Holiday In Illinois – Chicago Tribune

CARJACKAPALOOZA: Police Search For Carjacker Who Targeted Family With 3-Year-Old In Northwest Chicago Suburbs – CBS 2 Chicago

THE LIVING SECOND AMENDMENT: The U.S. Supreme Court Declined Taking Up The Cases Challenging Illinois’ Gun Ban, Saying They Aren’t Ready Yet But Also Criticizing An Appeals Court’s Rationale For Denying A Preliminary Injunction – Center Square

THIN BLUE LINE: After Another Fatal Shooting At 31st Street Beach, Alderman Asks Police To Boost July 4 Security – Block Club Chicago; Chicago Woman Bites Trooper, Spits On Officer While In Custody, Indiana Police Say – ABC 7 Chicago; Prosecutors: Woman Sideswiped Patrol Vehicle, Caused Crash During Chase – Chicago Daily Herald

SOFT ON CRIME SHITBAGS: Gianno Caldwell Announces Caldwell Institute For Public Safety. The Fox News Analyst, Whose Brother, Christian, Was Murdered In 2022 In Chicago, Has Launched A Campaign To Support Victims And Call Out Soft-On-Crime Politicians – Fox News

RACE HUSTLE ALERT: Illinois Democrat Law Sets Up Race Quotas For Non Profit Boards – Philanthropy Roundtable

Cancel Culture Creeps At ShitRag ‘Chicago Magazine’ Want Chicago To Cancel American History — Including Christopher Columbus, George Washington,Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Andrew Jackson, John Marshall, And Patrick Henry – Chicago Magazine

CHIRAQ REPORT: Man Fatally Shot In Austin – Chicago Sun-Times; Man Fatally Wounded In Shooting Tuesday Morning In West Garfield Park Neighborhood – Chicago Tribune; 67-Year-Old Man Critically Wounded During Gun Crossfire Monday Night In Woodlawn Neighborhood – Chicago Tribune

CAREER CRIMINAL CORNER: Huge Heart Tattoo Helped Cops Identify North Side Killer Who Was On Electronic Monitoring, Officials Say – CWB Chicago

LAW AND ORDER UPDATE: Phone Thief Killed 67-Year-Old Grandfather In Albany Park, Prosecutors Say – CWB Chicago; Chicago Restaurants Are Being Burglarized In Record Numbers – Chicago Sun-Times; Burglars Smash Into Englewood Liquor Store, Chicago Police Say – ABC 7 Chicago; Prosecutors Detail Disturbing History Of Domestic Violence By Man Accused Of Killing 11-Year-Old Jayden Perkins – Chicago Sun-Times

53 CrimeThugs Arrested During Pride Parade Afterparty, The Most Arrests At Any One-Day Event Since At Least 2013 – CWB Chicago

SANCTUARY SHITSHOW: Suspects In February CTA Pink Line Attack Due Back In Court. The Group Ganged Up On A 49-Year-Old Man And Beat Him Before Robbing Him. The CTA Surveillance Video Obtained Via FOIA By Fox News Shows The Men Corner The Victim In The Back Of The Pink Line Train Car, Where He Is Then Choked By One Of The Men While The Others Pick His Pockets And Watch. The Video Matches Police Reports That The Victim Lost Consciousness, But Later Recovered – Fox 32 Chicago; Gunman Shoots Man Outside Illegal Alien Shelter Near The Salt Shed – CWB Chicago

GAS PRICE CRISIS: Illinois Average Gas Price Is $3.84 Per Gallon — Chicago Average Gas Price Is $4.34 Per Gallon — Diesel In Chicago Is $4.43 Per Gallon – AAA Illinois Average Gas Prices — ILLINOIS HAS 7TH HIGHEST GAS PRICES OF ANY STATE IN THE US, AND THE HIGHEST GAS PRICES OF ANY STATE EAST OF THE ROCKIES — AAA State Average Gas Prices — National Average Gas Price Jumps To $3.51 Per Gallon – AAA Gas Prices — NATIONAL AVERAGE GAS PRICE WAS ONLY $2.39 PER GALLON WHEN BIDEN TOOK OFFICE IN JANUARY 2021 — BEFORE RISING BY 110 PCT — TO REACH AN ALL TIME HIGH OF $5.02 IN JUNE 2022 — Gas Prices Rise Ahead Of Independence Day – Gas Buddy Blog

THE GREAT GAS TAX ROBBERY: Illinois Democrat Gas Tax Goes Now In Effect, At 47 Cents A Gallon — ILLINOIS IS 2ND HIGHEST GAS TAX STATE – ABC 8 Quad Cities; Illinois Gas Tax Increase Now In Effect Will Hit Some Drivers Especially Hard – CBS 2 Chicago; Fourth Of July Travelers Weigh Their Options As A Gas Tax Increase Impacts Prices At The Pump – NBC 13 Rockford; Champaign Sees Higher Prices For Gas As Illinois Fuel Taxes Raise – CBS 3 Champaign; Starting Today, Illinois Imposes Second-Highest Gas Tax – Chicago Defender; On July 1st, Illinois Residents Will Pay The Nation’s 2nd Highest Gas Tax – ABC 17/Fox 39 Rockford, Gas Tax Just One Of New Democrat Laws – Patch Illinois, WROK AM 1440 Rockford

Biden Tries To Rig Gasoline Prices/Buy Votes, As His Campaign Hits The Skids – Audacy/WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago

CHI-EXIT/IL-EXIT UPDATE: The Many People Illinois Loses To Out-Migration Are Wealthy, The Few People We Gain Are Relatively Poor – Wirepoints On WLS’ Ramblin Ray Show; IRS: Illinois Loses $9.9B In Income As 87,311 Residents Move Out In 2022 – Illinois Policy Institute; Chicago Declares War On Struggling Restaurants – Block Club Chicago; Downtown Arts College Shutting Down – Crain’s Chicago Business; Loop Hotel In Danger Of Foreclosure Gets Bailout – Crain’s Chicago Business; Only A Few Brights Spots In Disastrous Loop Office Market – Chicago Tribune/Yahoo; EDITORIAL: Walgreens Could Join Other Major Retailers Fleeing High-Crime Parts Of Chicago – Chicago Tribune; Chicago Pension Debt Rises To $37 Billion As City Hunts For Cash – Crain’s Chicago Business; City Ponders New Tax Grab – Crain’s Chicago Business Daily Gist Podcast; Wolves In Chicago’s City Council – Eric Allie For Illinois Policy Institute; South And Southwest Chicago Suburbs To Be Hammered By Massive Property Tax Increases – Wirepoints — Chicago Heights Homeowner’s Property Tax Bill Skyrockets From $1,800 To Over $30K – Fox 32 Chicago; Pritzker Signs More Democrat Laws That Discourage Business, Kill Jobs – Center Square, Center Square; More Democrat Taxes Now In Effect – Illinois Policy Institute; Illinois Becomes A National Destination — For Easy Lawsuit Wins – Real Clear Politics

Crooked, Corrupt Illinois Democrats Shriek About ‘Saving Democracy’ — And Then Set Democracy On Fire — By Trying To Keep RFK Off The Ballot – Chicago Sun-Times — Billionaire Governor JB Pritzker Considered As Potential Biden Replacement Failed To Deliver Promised Jobs To Black Residents: Study – New York Post

#MISEDUCATION: Forced Agenda: Chicago Teachers Union Contract Aims To Dictate Radical, Costly Worldview To Chicagoans – Illinois Policy Institute — Chicago School Scores Drop After Doubling Spending – Newsweek — Illinois Democrats Turn Schools Into Crooked Union Indoctrination Camps – Center Square

ANIMAL CRACKERS: This Cat Was Rescued From The Streets And Now Needs A Good Home – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago; Gov. Pritzker Signs Federal And State Agreement To Protect Lake Michigan From Invasive Carp – Chicago Sun-Times; New Humboldt Penguin Chick Is Thriving At Brookfield Zoo Chicago – Chicago Sun-Times; Jumping Worms? Chatham Neighbors Fight Invasive Crawler In Community Garden – Block Club Chicago

GREEN GRIFTER ALERT: Court Blocks Biden Admin’s Ban On New Natural Gas Exports – Fox Business

THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE SCAM: Tesla Sales Fall For Second Straight Quarter Despite Price Cuts, As EV Demand Craters – AP News; Volvo EV Software A Disaster – Jalopnik

Hoffman Estates Based Dealer Tech Firm CDK: Dealers Should Have Full DMS Service By July 4 – Automotive News — Largest Public Dealer Groups Face 10% Hit To Q2 Earnings From CDK Cyberattack, Analyst Report Says – Automotive News — Dealerships Sue After CDK Cyberattacks, Outage – Automotive News

2024 NASCAR Chicago Street Race: Bag Policy, Transit, Last-Minute Tickets And More – Chicago Sun-Times; NASCAR Brings Its Renegade Past, Money-Driven Present To Chicago – Chicago Sun-Times; Local Restaurants Team Up To Offer Tons Of NASCAR Food And Beverage Options – ABC 7 Chicago; Metra Adds Extra Trains For NASCAR Chicago Street Race Weekend – NBC 5 Chicago

Milwaukee Avenue’s Reopening Delayed Again — Traffic Mess Continues — As Metra Misses Another Deadline For Its Mismanaged Project – Block Club Chicago

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CHICAGO, CHICAGOLAND, ILLINOIS HEADLINES

Hamas-Terrorist-Supporters/Filthy-Antisemites Adopt KKK ‘Night Rider’ Terror Tactics — Surrounding House Of Highland Park Jewish Congressman Brad Schneider — In A Jewish Neighborhood — At 2:00 In The Morning — Yelling Anti-Semitic Slogans — On The Anniversary Of The Highland Park Parade Shooting – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago, NBC 5 Chicago, CBS 2 Chicago, Chicago Daily Herald, Lake & McHenry County Scanner, The Record North Shore, Jewish Press, Israel National News — THE PUNCHLINE: Highland Park Cops Refused To Arrest Anyone

Once Again, For The Second Time In A Month, Toxic-Entitled Chicago ‘Critical-Mass Hole’ Bikers Pissed Off The Wrong Driver — Shots Fired – CWB Chicago

DRIVER ALERT: SIGNIFICANT NASCAR CHICAGO STREET RACE CLOSURES HAVE BEGUN, AND WILL EXPAND AS RACE DAY NEARS. The July 6-7 Race Will Require 19 Days To Set Up And Tear Down, Shutting Down Major Downtown Streets – Block Club Chicago

DRIVER ALERT: Planning On Traveling For The Fourth Of July Holiday? Here’s How To Avoid The Rush – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago

CARJACKAPALOOZA: Chicago Man Charged With Armed Carjacking Of 40-Year-Old – Fox 32 Chicago; Armed Carjacking Reported In North Beverly – Beverly Review; Man Fired Shot While Trying To Hijack A Disabled Car On Chicago Expressway: Prosecutors – CWB Chicago

THE LIVING SECOND AMENDMENT: CCL Holder Critically Wounds Man — In Self Defense — At Gas Station In Englewood Neighborhood, Cops Say – Chicago Tribune; Woman With CCL Shoots Teen Girl Who Stabbed Her, Near 31st Street Beach, Chicago Police Say – CWB Chicago

THIN BLUE LINE: Chicago Authorities Charge 2nd Teen With Murder Of Retired Officer – Center Square, CWB Chicago, Second City Cop — Funeral For Murdered Retired Chicago Police Officer, Pastor Larry Neuman At St. Michael M.B. Church – ABC 7 Chicago; 911 Calls Go Unanswered – Second City Cop; Cop Hater Hoaxsters/Race Hustling Frauds Want To Ban Police Patrols On South Side – Block Club Chicago; Lynwood Police Officer Shot, Wounded While Responding To Fatal Shooting – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago; What Happens When There Are Not Enough Police – Second City Cop, CWB Chicago

Another ShotSpotter Success – Second City Cop

SOFT ON CRIME SHITBAGS: Former Police Chiefs Disagree With Soft On Crime Democrat Reform Proposals Being Considered In Springfield – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago

BLM Rioter/Career Criminal Gets No Jail Times For Looting A Chicago Currency Exchange – CWB Chicago

Fake Prosecutor Kim Foxx Abuses The System – Second City Cop, Second City Cop, CWB Chicago

RACE HUSTLE ALERT: Professor Explains Difficulty Of Implementing Reparations Policies In Chicago – Center Square; Illinois Democrat Law Sets Up Race Quotas For Non Profit Boards – CBS 4/Fox 18 Quad Cities; Tractor Supply Dumps Race Based DEI – The Federalist

DISGRACEFUL: Only 1 Player On US Olympic Women’s Soccer Team Will Sing/Stand For The Anthem – New York Post

CHIRAQ REPORT: 34 Shot, 8 Killed, In Chicago Weekend Violence – Hey Jackass; Faith Leaders: Where’s The Money Going For Reducing Chicago’s Gun Violence – Chicago Tribune; 3 Killed In Grand Crossing Shooting – Chicago Sun-Times; 2 Men Wounded In Drive-By Shooting In Austin, Chicago Police Say – Chicago Tribune; Dozens Of Shots Fired During Rolling Shootout In Albany Park; Bystander Injured – CWB Chicago

PRIDE WEEKEND’S ANNUAL CRIMETHUG SHITSHOW: Cops Clash With Post-Pride Parade Crowd Sparking Mass Arrests – CWB Chicago

DOWNTOWN CRIME WAVE: ‘DON’T DEMONIZE DA YUTES!‘ — 16-Year-Old Stabbed, Robbed Another Teen In The Loop, Police Say – CWB Chicago; At Least 20 Cars Stolen While Parked In The Loop This Month, CPD Says – CWB Chicago

Chicago Democratic National Convention Chaos Will Be A Shitshow — DNC Host City’s Major Newspaper Calls Second Biden Term ‘A Ridiculous Idea’; Urges Him To Drop Out Of Race – Fox News — Chicago Will Ask Suburban Police Departments To Help Put Down DNC Riots – Chicago Tribune

LAW AND ORDER UPDATE: Lincoln Park Home Invasion, Knife Attack Was Completely Random, Officials Say; Charges Filed – CWB Chicago; Chicago Man Robbed Two Victims, One 18, The Other 81, In Under An Hour, Officials Say – CWB Chicago; ‘Give Me Your Money Or I’ll Kill You’: Man Charged With Committing 2 Robberies In 10 Minutes – CWB Chicago; Attorney General Kwame Raoul Has Charged A Cook County Man For His Alleged Participation In A Burglary Ring That Targeted Liquor Stores In DuPage And Cook Counties – My Suburban Life/Shaw Local; Gunmen Rob 2 Women In North Center – CWB Chicago

SANCTUARY SHITSHOW: 2 Illegals Face Felony Gun Charges, 1 Claims He Found The Weapon On A Beach – CWB Chicago

GAS PRICE CRISIS: Illinois Average Gas Price Is $3.85 Per Gallon — Chicago Average Gas Price Is $4.34 Per Gallon — Diesel In Chicago Jumps To $4.44 Per Gallon – AAA Illinois Average Gas Prices — ILLINOIS HAS 7TH HIGHEST GAS PRICES OF ANY STATE IN THE US, AND THE HIGHEST GAS PRICES OF ANY STATE EAST OF THE ROCKIES — AAA State Average Gas Prices — National Average Gas Price Is $3.50 Per Gallon – AAA Gas Prices — NATIONAL AVERAGE GAS PRICE WAS ONLY $2.39 PER GALLON WHEN BIDEN TOOK OFFICE IN JANUARY 2021 — BEFORE RISING BY 110 PCT — TO REACH AN ALL TIME HIGH OF $5.02 IN JUNE 2022

National Average Continues To Drift Higher As Oil Prices Rise – Gas Buddy Blog

THE GREAT GAS TAX ROBBERY: Illinois Democrat Gas Tax Goes Into Effect July 1 — ILLINOIS IS 2ND HIGHEST GAS TAX STATE – Chicago Tribune, ABC 7 Chicago, NBC 5 Chicago, WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago, WGN Radio AM 720 Chicago, Chicago Daily Herald, Advantage News, Peoria Journal-Star, ABC 8 Quad Cities, ABC 25 Evansville, WSEI 92.9 FM Olney, Fox 2 St. Louis, CBS 12 Cape Girardeau, Forbes

CHI-EXIT/IL-EXIT UPDATE: The Great Exodus Continues: Fresh IRS Data Shows Illinois Loses Residents To 40 Other States – Wirepoints; Migration Data Shows Illinois Is Down In Every Wealth Demographic – WLS AM 890 Chicago; IRS: Illinois Loses $10 Billion In Income From 87,000 People Moving Out – Center Square; White, Black Communities Lead Illinois’ Population Decline; Hispanic, Asian Communities Growing – Illinois Policy Institute; Illinois Has Worst Economic Health Of Any State In The US, New Report Finds – Springfield State Journal-Register; South Suburban Chicago Residents Not Pleased At All With Record-High Property Taxes – CBS 2 Chicago; Loop Movie Theater Closes – Block Club Chicago

New Study Finds Chicago Ranks Among Worst Run Cities In Country – Center Square

A LESSON FOR ILLINOIS/CHICAGO DEMOCRATS — Mandatory Wage Hikes Kill Businesses, Jobs — Just Ask California Fast Food Restaurant Owners, Employees And Customers – Yahoo Finance — Chicago Hikes Wages Again Today – Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times

CTU Is Rigging School Board Elections – Second City Cop — Understanding The Chicago Teachers Union Contract Demands – Illinois Policy Institute

Illinois Democrat Law Would Trash Rental Housing Market — Evanston Says Hold My Beer – Evanston Now

Pritzker Lies Again – Wireppoints

ANIMAL CRACKERS: Proud Piping Plover Parents Welcome 4th Chick At Montrose Beach – Block Club Chicago; Keeping Invaders At Bay: Battle To Protect Lake Michigan And The Great Lakes From Invasive Species Paying Off – Chicago Daily Herald; Hungry Rabbits Ruining Your Yard? Here’s The Fix – Chicago Tribune; Dogs Have Their Day At Abbey Farms In Aurora – Aurora Beacon-News

GREEN GRIFTER ALERT: Illinois Democrats Micro-Managing Soap And Shampoo – Advantage News; America’s Electric Grid Is On The Brink With Biden’s Clean Power Plan 2.0 – The Hill

THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE SCAM: As Illinois Subsidizes EV Industry, Auto Analyst Says Gas-Powered Engines Here To Stay – Center Square; LETTER TO THE EDITOR: EV Owners Are Sorry They Bought A Car They Can’t Charge – Chicago Sun-Times; Why Nearly Half Of EV Owners Want To Switch Back To Gas Vehicles After Major Buyer’s Remorse – Daily Mail; EVs Are Giving New Owners More Headaches, And Tesla Is A Big Reason Why: J.D. Power Study – Yahoo Finance

2024 NASCAR Chicago Street Race: What To Know About The 2.2-Mile Course Around The City – Chicago Tribune; COLUMN: Could NASCAR Teach Chicagoans How To Drive? Probably Not – Chicago Tribune; Riding The Chicago Street Race Track With NASCAR Driver Brad Keselowski – Chicago Tonight

IL Democrats Giving Driver’s Licenses To Illegals Starting July 1 – Chicago Tribune

Chicago Plans To Trash Traffic On Major Arterial Streets — For CTA Bus Lanes — Even Though CTA Ridership Is Never Going To Return – Mass Transit

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Your transportation related headlines for Friday, June 28th 2024

CHICAGO, CHICAGOLAND, ILLINOIS HEADLINES

Hamas Terrorist Supporters Have Made Chicago A Sewer Of Hate Crimes Against Jews – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago

DRIVER ALERT: WEEKEND STREET FESTIVALS — Chicago Pride Parade In Boystown — Millennium Arts Festival In Millennium Park — Watch For Street Closures, Parking Restrictions, And Tow Warnings

DRIVER ALERT: SIGNIFICANT NASCAR CHICAGO STREET RACE CLOSURES HAVE BEGUN, AND WILL EXPAND AS RACE DAY NEARS. The July 6-7 Race Will Require 19 Days To Set Up And Tear Down, Shutting Down Major Downtown Streets – Block Club Chicago

DRIVER ALERT: Planning On Traveling For The Fourth Of July Holiday? Here’s How To Avoid The Rush – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago

CARJACKAPALOOZA: He Killed A Man And Carjacked A Driver While On Pretrial Release For A Gun Case, Prosecutors Say – CWB Chicago; Park Ridge Police Looking For Carjacking Suspect – Chicago Daily Herald

Charges Filed In Logan Square Hit-And-Run That Left Father Of 4 Dead – CWB Chicago

THE LIVING SECOND AMENDMENT: DeSantis Says Florida Won’t Comply With Surgeon General’s Gun Violence Advisory – The Hill

THIN BLUE LINE: Police Reports: School Officials Blocked Cops Access to Video Surveillance and Discouraged Witness From Cooperating After Fatal Shooting on Campus – Illinois Answers Project; Authorities: Relative Of Man Killed By Police Threatened To Blow Up Station – Chicago Daily Herald

SOFT ON CRIME SHITBAGS: Are Cook County Judges Finally Seeing The Light In Exoneration Playbook – Martin Preib; Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office Lets Gun Offenders Slide – Second City Cop

Chicago Democratic National Convention Chaos Will Be A Shitshow — Police Will Not Be Allowed To Deal With Riots – Second City Cop

RACE HUSTLE ALERT: Johnson’s Call For Reparations Are Merely A Diversion To His Policies That Hurt the Black Community – John Kass News

Illinois Democrats Want To Force Religious Based Employers To Pay For Abortions, Ban Centers That Offer Non-Abortion Help To Pregnant Women – Center Square

CHIRAQ REPORT: 18-Year-Old Charged For Fatally Shooting Man In West Ridge Earlier This Month – Chicago Sun-Times; Man shot by scooter rider on South Side: CPD – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago

LAW AND ORDER UPDATE: Illinois Democrat Programs To Reduce Crime Are FAILURES – Center Square; LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Johnson Fails To Lead On Crime – Chicago Tribune; Career Criminal — Who Fake Prosecutor Kim Foxx Let Walk Out Of Jail — Stabbed Man During Home Invasion In Lincoln Park – CWB Chicago

GAS PRICE CRISIS: Illinois Average Gas Price Is $3.89 Per Gallon — Chicago Average Gas Price Is $4.37 Per Gallon — Diesel In Chicago Jumps To $4.45 Per Gallon – AAA Illinois Average Gas Prices — ILLINOIS HAS 7TH HIGHEST GAS PRICES OF ANY STATE IN THE US, AND THE HIGHEST GAS PRICES OF ANY STATE EAST OF THE ROCKIES — AAA State Average Gas Prices — National Average Gas Price Jumps To $3.51 Per Gallon – AAA Gas Prices — NATIONAL AVERAGE GAS PRICE WAS ONLY $2.39 PER GALLON WHEN BIDEN TOOK OFFICE IN JANUARY 2021 — BEFORE RISING BY 110 PCT — TO REACH AN ALL TIME HIGH OF $5.02 IN JUNE 2022

THE GREAT GAS TAX ROBBERY: Illinois Democrat Gas Take Takes Effect July 1 – Center Square, Lawndale News, Peoria Journal-Star

CHI-EXIT/IL-EXIT UPDATE: Breaking IRS Migration Data: Big Blue States Biggest Losers Of People, Wealth. Big Red States Biggest Winners – A Wirepoints 50-State Survey; EDITORIAL: City Council Has A Google Doc Full Of Wild New Tax Ideas And No Clear Plans To Review Spending. What A Shocker – Chicago Tribune; Even Though Chicago Is An Unflushed Toilet Of Crime And Economic Decay, Paid Gaslighters Are Telling You To Ignore Your Own Eyes – Crain’s Chicago Business

Greg Hinz: Tax Revolt Looms As Johnson Ponders How Much To Give His CTU Pals – Crain’s Chicago Business — CTU’s Crooked Move To Kill Selective Enrollment Schools – Chicago Tribune/Yahoo — Chicago Public Schools Employs 5,500 More Staff Members For 32,000 Fewer Students During Past Four Years – Illinois Policy Institute — Failing CPS Cancels Columbus/American History, With School Renaming – Block Club Chicago

ANIMAL CRACKERS: This Adorable Pup Can’t Wait To Play – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago; Beaver Rescued After Falling Into Evanston Construction Site – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago; Prospect Heights Officials Aim For Less Stringent Backyard Chicken Rules – Chicago Daily Herald; Geneva Council To Discuss Beekeeping – Chicago Daily Herald; PAWS Chicago Helps Rescue 18 Cats Displaced By Flooding In Iowa – Block Club Chicago; 4 Piping Plover Eggs Hatch On Lakefront In Waukegan – ABC 7 Chicago

GREEN GRIFTER ALERT: Illinois Democrat Wind-Doggles Are Failing – Center Square; Illinois Democrats Want To Micro-Regulate Shampoo And Soap – Center Square; Oil Industry Will Sue Over California Oil Drilling Ban – AP News

THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE SCAM: Biden Admin Slapped With Lawsuit Over Sweeping Vehicle Fuel Efficiency Rule – Daily Caller; EVs Fare Poorly In J.D. Power Quality Survey – Autoblog

Illinois Democrats Giving Driver’s Licenses To Illegals – NBC 13 Rockford

America First Legal: ‘There Is No Reason For A Foreign National To Be On’ Illinois Voter Rolls – Prairie State Wire

On Kennedy Expressway, Illinois Tollway, No Speed Cameras Are Watching Despite What Signs Say – Chicago Sun-Times

New Report Shows Traffic Jams Across US Cities Are Surging — Chicago Among The Worst Cities – Scripps News

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Your transportation related headlines for Thursday, June 27th 2024

CHICAGO, CHICAGOLAND, ILLINOIS HEADLINES

Hamas Terrorist Supporter/Squad ShitBag/Unapologetic Jew Hater, Jamal Bowman, Voted Out Of Office In New York – Daily Wire

Chicago Delays Its Latest Ticket Camera Revenue Robbery Ripoff — A Plan To Tax Drivers Trying To Pick Up/Drop Off Passengers/Packages, Where Mis-Designed Bus And Bike Lanes Block Building Access- Chicago Tribune

DRIVER ALERT: WEEKEND STREET FESTIVALS — Chicago Pride Parade In Uptown, Boystown — Millennium Arts Festival In Millennium Park — Watch For Street Closures, Parking Restrictions, And Tow Warnings

DRIVER ALERT: SIGNIFICANT NASCAR CHICAGO STREET RACE CLOSURES START TODAY. The July 6-7 Race Will Require 19 Days To Set Up And Tear Down, Shutting Down Major Downtown Streets – Block Club Chicago

DRIVER ALERT: Planning On Traveling For The Fourth Of July Holiday? Here’s How To Avoid The Rush – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago

CARJACKAPALOOZA: Delivery Driver Carjacked In Bucktown – CWB Chicago; Grant Money Issued To Illinois Law Enforcement Agencies To Combat Carjackings – Center Square

WTF?? DUI Driver Responsible For Crash That Killed His Back Seat Passenger Gets Probation – CWB Chicago

THIN BLUE LINE: EDITORIAL: Did Electronic Monitoring Failures Play A Role In Larry Neuman’s Murder – Chicago Sun-Times

SOFT ON CRIME SOCIALISTS: Crime Booms In Chicago Ward Represented By Anti-Police Ideologue. 35th Ward Residents Deserve Much Better Than Carlos Ramirez-Rosa – Chicago Contrarian

DOWNTOWN CRIME WAVE: Prosecutors: Shoplifting Team Raided 5 Lululemons, In Downtown Area And Vicinity, In 90 Minutes, Getting Merch Worth $17,374 – CWB Chicago; Charges Filed Following String Of Random Attacks, Carjacking Attempt In The Loop – CWB Chicago

Chicago Democratic National Convention Chaos Will Be A Shitshow — Chicago Announces Double Standard For Arresting Democratic Convention Protesters. Will Even That Work – Wirepoints

SANCTUARY SHIT-SHOW: SW Side Democrats Push Back On Pritzker’s New Illegal Alien Shelters – Capitol Fax

RACE HUSTLE ALERT: City Settles Race Hustle Lawsuit Shakedown — Pays Out Millions For Police Doing Their Job In Dealing With An Armed Offender – Second City Cop; Saying Good Morning Is Now Racist – Not The Bee

CHIRAQ REPORT: Man, 19, Slain In Washington Park Neighborhood – Chicago Tribune; Man, 40, Dies Wednesday Night After Being Wounded In Shooting On Far South Side – Chicago Tribune; 2 Teenage Boys Wounded Overnight In Separate Shootings On South Side, Police Say – Chicago Tribune

LAW AND ORDER UPDATE: McDonald’s CEO: ‘Not Nearly Enough’ From Johnson On Crime – Crain’s Chicago Business; Johnson’s Crime Problem – Chicago Tribune; Bring Back The Death Penalty – Second City Cop; Logan Square’s Red Star Liquor & Deli Hit By Tequila Thieves 4 Times In A Week – Block Club Chicago

GAS PRICE CRISIS: Illinois Average Gas Price Is $3.89 Per Gallon — Chicago Average Gas Price Is $4.37 Per Gallon — Diesel In Chicago Jumps To $4.45 Per Gallon – AAA Illinois Average Gas Prices — ILLINOIS HAS 7TH HIGHEST GAS PRICES OF ANY STATE IN THE US, AND THE HIGHEST GAS PRICES OF ANY STATE EAST OF THE ROCKIES — AAA State Average Gas Prices — National Average Gas Price Jumps To $3.51 Per Gallon – AAA Gas Prices — NATIONAL AVERAGE GAS PRICE WAS ONLY $2.39 PER GALLON WHEN BIDEN TOOK OFFICE IN JANUARY 2021 — BEFORE RISING BY 110 PCT — TO REACH AN ALL TIME HIGH OF $5.02 IN JUNE 2022

THE GREAT GAS TAX ROBBERY: Springfield State Journal-Register, Belleville News-Democrat, WFIW 1390 AM Fairfield — Illinois Fourth Of July Drivers Face 2nd-Highest Gas Taxes In The Nation – Illinois Policy Institute

CHI-EXIT/IL-EXIT UPDATE: Johnson Wants To Hike Taxes To Bail Out Chicago — But City Stands To Lose Businesses, Jobs, Residents As A Result – Illinois Policy Institute, Crain’s Chicago Business; Pritzker Touts Targeted Tax Breaks Amidst Illinois Being Named Least ‘Tax Friendly’ State – Center Square; Property Tax Pain Arrives For South Suburban Homeowners – Crain’s Chicago Business; Bears Could Still Dump Chicago For Arlington Heights – Chicago Daily Herald; Chicago Office Occupancy As Low As 29 Pct On Weekdays — Lower Occupancy Than Every Other Major City Besides New York, San Francisco, San Jose And Philadelphia – Kastle Systems; Empty Offices Risk Wiping Out $250 Billion In Commercial Property Value – Crain’s Chicago Business; Amid a Moody’s Report Describing Illinois As A Below Average Performer In Job And Income Growth, The Governor Is Set To Sign Legislation Opponents Say Will Open Business Owners Up To Frivolous Lawsuits – Center Square

Chicago AlderClowns Want The Rest Of Illinois To Adopt Chicago’s Job-Killing Tip Rules – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago

Biden Admin Pushes Sex Change Surgery For Kids – New York Times

GREEN GRIFTER ALERT: LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Lake County Solar Farm Will Be A ShitShow – Chicago Daily Herald; Denmark Is Taxing Cow Farts – AP News

THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE SCAM: Green Grifters Want To Ban Gas Cars In Illinois – Chicago Sun-Times; Connecticut Follows Virginia, As Second State To Abandon California’s Gas Car Ban/State-Suicide Pact – Road & Track; US Cities Nowhere Near Ready For Electric Car Charging – Axios; EV Charger Burns Down NFL Player’s Home – New York Post

Attention City Council — Extra City Fees For Food Delivery Will Kill The Delivery Business – Not The Bee

THE MODERN DAY GRAVE ROBBERS: Wingnut Bike Activists Cynically Use A Traffic Death — To Demand Tax Dollars For Their Bike Boondoggle Pet Project Wish List – Daily Southtown

New Speed Photo Enforcement Vans Coming To IDOT Work Zones – IDOT

Tollway Says ‘Construction Continuing’ Systemwide Despite Interchange Fumble – Chicago Daily Herald

June Auto Sales Could Take ‘Significant’ Hit From Hoffman Estates Based CDK Outage. Uncertainty About How Soon The Computer Systems Meltdown Will Be Resolved Means A Range Of Outcomes Are Possible – Crain’s Chicago Business — CDK Says Small ‘Test Group’ Of Dealers Back Online – Crain’s Chicago Business

Joint Venture Between VW And Illinois EV Maker Rivian Clouds Revival Of Scout Brand – Crain’s Chicago Business — Rivian Still Faces Cash Burn, Cooling Sales Despite $1 Billion Infusion From Volkswagen, Analysts Say – Crain’s Chicago Business — Opinion: Rivian Is Embraced By A Needy German Sugar Daddy – Crain’s Chicago Business

Supreme Court Ruling On Indiana Trucking Contract Bribery Case Could Affect Illinois Case Against Madigan – Fox 32 Chicago

Amazon Driver Unionization Effort Boils Over In Skokie – Crain’s Chicago Business

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Your transportation related headlines for Wednesday, June 26th 2024

CHICAGO, CHICAGOLAND, ILLINOIS HEADLINES

Pension Fund Sides With Hamas Terrorists — Divests From Illinois Based Mobile Equipment Maker Caterpillar, Over Sales To Israel – Crain’s Chicago Business

A Modest Proposal — Remove Democrat Socialists From All Government – Chicago Republican Party

DRIVER ALERT: WEEKEND STREET FESTIVALS — Chicago Pride Parade In Uptown, Boystown — Millennium Arts Festival In Millennium Park — Watch For Street Closures, Parking Restrictions, And Tow Warnings

DRIVER ALERT: NASCAR Street Race Closures Begin — MORE SIGNIFICANT CLOSURES START THURSDAY, JUNE 27 – City Of Chicago

THE LIVING SECOND AMENDMENT: Cook Co ‘Assault Weapons’ Ban Not Constitutional, Even Under Prior Appeals Court Ruling Upholding IL Gun Ban: Filing – Cook County Record

CARJACKAPALOOZA: Man Carjacked At Gunpoint In Elmhust – Elmhurst Doings

THIN BLUE LINE: ‘DON’T DEMONIZE‘ — How A 16 Year Old Career CrimeThug/Carjacker Murdered A Retired Police Officer In Cold Blood – CWB Chicago, Second City Cop; If You’re Shot, Robbed Or Assaulted In Chicago, There’s A 50/50 Chance There’ll Be No Police To Respond To Your 911 Call – Wirepoints; Junk Science, Faked-Data, Laughably Agenda-Driven-Drivel ‘Study’ Claims That Banning Cops From Chicago Schools Makes Them Safer – Chicago Tonight; Buffalo Grove Police Are Teaming With 7-Eleven For Operation Chill, Through Which Officers Will Give Away Coupons For Free Slurpees To Children As A Reward For Good Deeds, Constructive Activities And Acts Of Kindness – Chicago Daily Herald

Chicago Democratic National Convention Chaos Will Be A ShitShow – NBC 5 Chicago — City Hall Thinks Rioters Will Stick To A Deal For DNC Protest – Chicago Tribune

Chicago Firefighters Plan Protests At NASCAR, DNC Over Paramedic, Ambulance Shortages- CBS 2 Chicago

SANCTUARY SHIT-SHOW: Chicago Resident Fears Chaos After Pritzker Announces New Migrant Shelters – Center Square; Illegal On Illegal Crime – Second City Cop

RACE HUSTLE ALERT: SAY WHAT??!! Teen’s Family Doesn’t Qualify For Chicago’s Race Based Crime Victim Fund Because He Was Murdered Too Far Up North – CWB Chicago

CHIRAQ REPORT: Man, 24, Found Shot Multiple Times Overnight In Greater Grand Crossing Neighborhood – Chicago Tribune; 2 Shot Near West Side McDonald’s: Police – WBBM AM 780 News Radio Chicago

LAW AND ORDER UPDATE: Alderman Raymond A. Lopez: These Face Masks Are NOT Medical Devices – Chicago City Wire; Duo Who Beat, Robbed A Man On Christmas Morning Recorded The Attack On Their Phones: Prosecutors – CWB Chicago

GAS PRICE CRISIS: Illinois Average Gas Price Is $3.89 Per Gallon — Chicago Average Gas Price Is $4.37 Per Gallon — Diesel In Chicago Jumps To $4.45 Per Gallon – AAA Illinois Average Gas Prices — ILLINOIS HAS 7TH HIGHEST GAS PRICES OF ANY STATE IN THE US, AND THE HIGHEST GAS PRICES OF ANY STATE EAST OF THE ROCKIES — AAA State Average Gas Prices — National Average Gas Price Jumps To $3.50 Per Gallon – AAA Gas Prices — NATIONAL AVERAGE GAS PRICE WAS ONLY $2.39 PER GALLON WHEN BIDEN TOOK OFFICE IN JANUARY 2021 — BEFORE RISING BY 110 PCT — TO REACH AN ALL TIME HIGH OF $5.02 IN JUNE 2022

THE GREAT GAS TAX ROBBERY: Illinois Democrat Gas Tax Effective July 1 – Second City Cop, WLS AM 890 — Illinois Democrats Designed It So Illinoisans’ Gas Taxes Will Always Go Up — And They Never Have To Take A Vote On It – Wirepoints On WLS’ Ramblin Ray Show

CHI-EXIT/IL-EXIT UPDATE: Johnson Wants To Hike Taxes To Bail Out Chicago — But City Stands To Lose Businesses, Jobs, Residents As A Result – Chicago Tonight — LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Tribune Readers Blast Johnson, City Council, Over New Tax Grabs, Reparations Giveaways – Chicago Tribune; As Illinois Residents Flee High Taxes, Bad Business Climate, The Only Draw For Illinois Is Abortion On Demand – Crain’s Chicago Business Daily Gist Podcast

THE POLICY SHOP: How The Chicago Teachers Union Lobbies For Failure – Illinois Policy Institute

The K-12 Achievement Gap In Illinois Holds Low-Income Students Back – Illinois Policy Institute

Illinois’ Declining Labor Force Participation Rate Explains Stubborn Poverty Rate – Illinois Policy Institute

ANIMAL CRACKERS: COLUMN: Packed With Dogs And Cats, Aurora Animal Shelter Seeking People Who Need A Furry Friend – Aurora Beacon-News; Tips To Help Keep Scared Dogs And Cats Calm During July 4th Fireworks – ABC 7 Chicago

GREEN GRIFTER ALERT: Biden Wants To Force You To Set Your Air Conditioning At 85 Degrees This Summer – The Hill

THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE SCAM: For Many Models, EVs Won’t Save You Money Over A Gas Car – Autoblog

Chicago Has 5th-Worst Traffic In The World, Study Finds – Block Club Chicago

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Crime-Fighting License Plate Reading Cameras Only Capture Images In Public View On Public Roads — Perfectly Constitutional – Chicago Daily Herald

Illinois EV Maker Rivian Secures Up To $5 Billion From Volkswagen, Shares Soar 40 Pct – CNBC — VW’s Lifeline To Rivian Could Help Illinois Hang Onto Jobs – Crain’s Chicago Business

As Auto Dealer Meltdown Enters Second Week, Lawsuits Start To Fly — It’s Perhaps The Least-Surprising Development In The Computer Hack That’s Shut Down Auto Dealership Systems Nationwide: Lawsuits Seeking Class-Action Status Are Now Being Filed Against CDK Global Of Hoffman Estates – Crain’s Chicago Business — CEO At The Center Of The Auto Dealership Cybersecurity Storm Defends His Firm – Crain’s Chicago Business — In Wake Of CDK Hack, Automakers Tell Other Dealer Tech Companies To Expect Audits – Crain’s Chicago Business

Your Guide To NASCAR Chicago Street Race Weekend – Choose Chicago — NASCAR Chicago — Take 2 – Chicago Tribune

City Prepares For Large Crowds At Pride Parade – Chicago Sun-Times

ROAD TRIP: Suburban Events This Weekend Include Food Trucks, Parades, Car Shows, Car Cruises – Chicago Daily Herald — Weekend Car Shows To Be Held In Princeton, Mendota – Illinois Valley/Shaw Local — Niles, Morton Grove And Skokie To Hold Parades For July 4th – Skokie Review — Fourth Of July Celebrations Scheduled Throughout North Shore – Evanston Review

Council Members From The Southwest And Northwest Sides, With Wards Dominated By Single-Family Homes, Said Allowing Homeowners To Turn Attics, Basements And Garages Into Revenue-Generating Granny Flats Could Cause Security, Sanitation, Traffic And Parking Problems And Compromise The Integrity Of Those Neighborhoods – Chicago Sun-Times

Developer Gets City Council Committee To Allow It To Dump Parking On West Loop Streets — 559 Units But Only 225 Parking Spaces – Block Club Chicago

Parking An Issue For Edison Park Developments – Nadig Newspapers

After Driver Smashes Into Uptown Italian Restaurant, Local Business Community Launches Fundraiser – Block Club Chicago

City Council Committee Approves Plans That Would Wipe Out Sheffield Avenue Rooftop Clubs Near Wrigley Field – Block Club Chicago — Neighbors Vow To Fight Teardown Of Vintage Wrigleyville Buildings Despite Zoning Panel OK – Crain’s Chicago Business

TOXIC ENTITLEMENT ALERT: Streetsblog, Snowflake Cyclists, Want More Of Your Tax Dollars For Bike Lane Boondoggles That Clog Traffic, Eliminate Parking Spaces — A City Council Rule That Would Silence Neighborhood Opposition To Bike Lane Pet Projects — Plus A New Insanely Low 25 MPH Citywide Speed Limit That Would Strangle Traffic Flow On Chicago’s Arterial Streets – Chicago Streetsblog

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Your transportation related headlines for Tuesday, June 25th 2024

CHICAGO, CHICAGOLAND, ILLINOIS HEADLINES

After Hamas Supporters Vandalize Buckingham Fountain, CPD Warns Vandalism ‘Will Not Be Tolerated’ During DNC – NBC 5 Chicago; LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Pro-Hamas Protesters Are A Disgrace – Chicago Sun-Times; Bottom Line: Northwestern Lobbied Up Ahead Of House Hearing Looking Into How Northwestern Caters To Hamas Supporters On Campus – The Hill; Biden Appoints Hamas Supporting Cross Dresser As White House Communications Director – Not The Bee; LETTER TO THE EDITOR: How The Fake News Fraud Media Is In The Tank For Hamas – Wednesday Journal Of Oak Park And River Forest

DRIVER ALERT: WEEKEND STREET FESTIVALS — Chicago Pride Parade Fest In Uptown, Boystown — Millennium Arts Festival In Millennium Park — Watch For Street Closures, Parking Restrictions, And Tow Warnings

DRIVER ALERT: NASCAR Street Race Closures Begin — MORE SIGNIFICANT CLOSURES START THURSDAY, JUNE 27 – City Of Chicago

THE LIVING SECOND AMENDMENT: Recent U.S. Supreme Court Rulings Could Impact Illinois Gun Laws – Center Square; LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Blame Gangs, Not Guns – Chicago Sun-Times

THIN BLUE LINE: Retired Cop Died A Hero — Charges Filed – Second City Cop

North Side 46th Ward Alderman Wrongly Claims Her Ward Has ShotSpotter And Says It Doesn’t Work – CWB Chicago

Homeowner Uses Frying Pan To Deal With Burglar – Second City Cop

Chicago Democratic National Convention Chaos Will Be A ShitShow – Second City Cop

SANCTUARY SHIT-SHOW: Pritzker To Sign Bill To Evade Federal Immigration Law – Center Square

RACE HUSTLE ALERT: Chicago’s Slavery Reparations – Wirepoints Cited In The Wall Street Journal; Critics Slam ‘Racist’ Illinois Plan to Fund Colleges Based on Skin Color – Illinois Family Institute; Oak Park’s Racial Integration Program Is Out Of Money – Wednesday Journal Of Oak Park And River Forest

CHIRAQ REPORT: 1 Dead, 2 Teens Injured In North Lawndale Shooting – Chicago Sun-Times; Man Fatally Shot In Rogers Park – Chicago Sun-Times; Man, Teen Injured In South Chicago Shooting – Chicago Sun-Times

CARJACKAPALOOZA: He Carjacked A Man 6 Days After A Judge Took Him Off Electronic Monitoring In Another Carjacking Case, Officials Say – CWB Chicago; Illegal Carjacked By Illegals Outside Illegal Shelter: Report – CWB Chicago

GAS PRICE CRISIS: Illinois Average Gas Price Is $3.86 Per Gallon — Chicago Average Gas Price Jumps To $4.37 Per Gallon — Diesel In Chicago Is $4.44 Per Gallon – AAA Illinois Average Gas Prices — ILLINOIS HAS 7TH HIGHEST GAS PRICES OF ANY STATE IN THE US, AND THE HIGHEST GAS PRICES OF ANY STATE EAST OF THE ROCKIES — AAA State Average Gas Prices — National Average Gas Price Jumps To $3.47 Per Gallon – AAA Gas Prices — NATIONAL AVERAGE GAS PRICE WAS ONLY $2.39 PER GALLON WHEN BIDEN TOOK OFFICE IN JANUARY 2021 — BEFORE RISING BY 110 PCT — TO REACH AN ALL TIME HIGH OF $5.02 IN JUNE 2022

THE GREAT GAS TAX ROBBERY: Illinois Democrat Gas Tax Hike Takes Effect July 1 – NBC 25 Peoria, ABC 20 Springfield, CBS 23 Rockford, Hoodline, WBEA 99.7 FM Quad Cities — Illinois Already Has Second Highest Gas Taxes In US

CHI-EXIT/IL-EXIT UPDATE: KASTLE; Even Though Mostly Vacant, CrimeThug Infested Loop Is On Life Support, Paid Gaslighters Are Telling You To Ignore Your Own Eyes – Crain’s Chicago Business; Another Job Killing Democrat Law – Advantage News; Pritzker Tries To Tell Businesses That High Tax, Business Hostile, Fiscally Fucked Illinois Is Better For Biz Than Other States – The Daily Line, NBC 17 Decatur; New Property Tax Study: Chicago’s Commercial Property Tax Rates Dwarf Those Of Other Major Cities – Wirepoints; Illinois Third-Worst Unemployment Rate In The Nation – Illinois Policy Institute

Republicans Pounce On Failed Democrat Cities Like Chicago — And Why Shouldn’t They – Wall Street Journal

Ald Ed Burke Sentenced For Bribery, Racketeering – Illinois Policy Institute — City Council Shame: Ed Burke Is 10th Alderman Sentenced To Prison Since 2006 – Block Club Chicago

ANIMAL CRACKERS: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Thoughts On Cicadas – Chicago Tribune; Northbrook To Hold Puppy Adoption Event Saturday – Northbrook Star

GREEN GRIFTER ALERT: ‘We Get Overlooked’: Coal Country Not Buying Biden’s ‘Just Transition’ To Green Energy – Daily Caller; Climate Pearl-Clutchers’ Panic Plan — To Ban Air Conditioning At Paris Summer Olympics — Gets Cucked By Reality And Common Sense – Fox News

THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE SCAM: Arizona Toddler Rescued After Getting Trapped In A Tesla With A Dead Battery – The Verge

It’s Not Your Imagination. Chicago Traffic Has Gotten Worse Since The Pandemic, Report Finds — And Even Fewer Drivers Are Going Downtown – Chicago Tribune

Tollway Faces Temporary Restraining Order On Major Interchange Construction – Chicago Daily Herald

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