New Illinois mileage tax! You may soon pay as much as 30 cents a mile tax based on how many miles you drive in Illinois, if Illinois Democrats and JB Pritzker (D) get their way.
It’s called the “Road Usage charge act”. Illinois Senate bill 1938 calls for the following:
”mileage-based revenue”
The new law would assess a user fee on owners of motor vehicles starting on January 1, 2026 according to language in the proposed legislation: 
“ …..assess a user fee on owners of motor vehicles that is based on the number of miles traveled on public roadways in this State by those vehicles. “
In order to make this happen, the state of Illinois would require tracking devices on your vehicle to determine the mileage or check your odometer on a periodic basis to see how many miles you’ve traveled in a given period of time
Q: are you OK with the state of Illinois tracking your location 24/7?
Democrats in Springfield say this new tax would eventually eliminate the gasoline tax, but that is unlikely because local municipalities and other taxing bodies utilize gasoline sales to generate local sales tax, along with additional per gallon taxes on top of the sales tax.
Friday Firestorm: Blood on the Pavement, Flags from a Window, and a Mayor in Denial
Friday began with armed criminals harming innocent people going to work in the morning in an accident that twisted metal and pinned a passenger. At 31st and Lowe, a stolen Hyundai blew a stop sign and slammed into a Honda and an Infiniti.
The driver fled on foot, leaving his own passenger—a John Doe—trapped inside the wreck. Two guns were recovered from the crashed vehicle. The driver was taken into custody and transported to Insight Hospital, then hauled off to the 9th District lockup.
The female Honda driver, who had been knocked unconscious by her airbag, was taken to Stroger Hospital and later listed in good condition. The male passenger of the Hyundai underwent emergency surgery and remains in critical condition in Stroger’s ICU.
Just after 3 p.m., Mayor Brandon Johnson vetoed a city ordinance to allow emergency curfews—the first veto by a Chicago mayor since 2006.
His reason? He says crime is going down.
The same day, a man was dragged under a train, a woman was stabbed, and shootings erupted across every side of the city—including one downtown during the dinner rush, right outside Lou Malnati’s, considered one of the oldest and most well-known names in Chicago pizza, and a popular spot for tourists in River North.
CTA chaos continued to mirror the street-level collapse.
A man was found underneath the Pink Line at Cicero and Cermak after being struck and pinned beneath the train. It took emergency crews over 30 minutes to extract him from under the lead car.
Elsewhere at State and Lake, another overdose victim collapsed unconscious on the Red Line platform.
On the Blue Line, at Addison, another man that was doing drugs was thrown out of the a train by disgusted passengers and later found disoriented, stumbling across the platform.
Over in the West Side neighborhoods, the breakdown of basic family structures spilled out into police calls.
At 5049 West Potomac, a man told officers that his parents were trying to kill him. A few miles away at 630 North Avers, a woman used a kitchen knife to defend herself from her violent 21-year-old son.
In another report a woman was seen beating up a man in a wheelchair near 57th and State. Police were on the scene but no arrests were made.
The spiral of guns and open lawlessness continued through the evening.
A group of white males with rifles—one of them wearing jeans and sandals—were spotted brandishing weapons near 74th and Wolcott. There are videos. No arrests.
On South Indiana, a woman stabbed her brother-in-law in the back. He was left immobile until emergency crews arrived.
At 79th Street Red Line station, people were openly selling drugs and drinking inside the terminal. And in the underground connector tunnel between the Blue and Red Lines, a woman was punched in the face while several men were seen walking the tunnel unchecked.
Just after 7 p.m., gunfire broke out outside Lou Malnati’s, a popular pizza spot that draws tourists to River North.
Two men got into a fight on the sidewalk. One pulled a gun and shot the other in the arm. Bleeding, the victim stumbled into the restaurant where staff and customers tried to stop the bleeding until EMS arrived.
The shooter fled eastbound on an e-bike wearing a camouflage hoodie and red backpack. As of this writing, he remains at large. Shell casings and blood were left on the pavement just feet from the dinner crowd.
This was prime tourist turf—nobody was spared.
Earlier in the afternoon, a 26-year-old woman was shot in the leg while walking on South Kedzie. Then at 4300 West Dickens, a 34-year-old man was hit in the leg by gunfire near an alley. A responding officer applied a tourniquet to stop the bleeding. He was transported to Mount Sinai in good condition.
In both cases, no suspects were arrested.
At 6125 South Prairie, an elderly woman was robbed in an alley. The suspect had been hiding in the bushes. He took all her belongings and fled on a bicycle. Just blocks away, at 539 East 46th Place, a 1-year-old child was reportedly taken from a front porch. That same hour, on Lake Shore Drive, a case of road rage escalated when one driver threw a brick at another’s car window.
At 9:15 p.m., the once-iconic Rock and Roll McDonald’s sat almost completely empty, with what looked like more workers than customers.
On a Friday night, tourists were hard to find. Just loiterers, drug users, and mentally ill trespassers scattered across the property. The smell of weed clung to the sidewalk. The space didn’t feel commercial anymore—it felt surrendered.
What do you think it smells like when you get out of your car or walk by going inside this McDonald’s here?
It’s weed everywhere.
There are mentally ill people, there’s drug dealers, vagrants, and criminals right here on the property … not one of them was eating anything McDonald’s.
That’s what destroyed this business.
It didn’t happen because the food got worse. It happened because the city stopped enforcing anything.
The people outside weren’t customers—they were trespassers. Not one came for a burger. They came to loiter, get high, and take over.
As one longtime resident wrote, “I remember a time when you had to wait for a table at the OG RnR McD’s.”
On the same day the mayor said things were improving, two of Chicago’s most visible businesses—Lou Malnati’s, where a man was shot in broad daylight, and Rock and Roll McDonald’s, left abandoned and overrun—stood as proof that they’re not.
By sunset, more than a dozen major crimes had unfolded in the open. No resolution. No relief.
The same city that vetoed a curfew measure claiming “crime is going down” witnessed shootings in every quadrant—including River North, where tourism dollars are supposed to be sacred.
So far in 2025, thirteen people have been shot in the Near North Side—up from eleven at this point last year. Seven of those shootings happened in River North alone.
This isn’t a recovery. It’s a controlled demolition.
References
31st/Lowe Crash, Weapons Recovered (20 June 25 08:06) @SPOTNEWSonIG x.com/SPOTNEWSonIG/s…
Shooting – 1500 S. Kedzie (20 June 25 13:58) @SPOTNEWSonIG x.com/SPOTNEWSonIG/s…
Mayor’s Curfew Veto (20 June 25 15:20) …icityclerk.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public-1/…
Overdose – State & Lake Red Line (20 June 25 16:59) facebook.com/share/p/1BsFwk…
Shooting – 4300 W. Dickens (20 June 25 16:35) facebook.com/share/v/19KJFb…
Cicero/Cermak – Pink Line Pedestrian Struck (20 June 25 16:40) facebook.com/share/p/14E43P…
His Parents are trying to kill him Potomac (20 June 25 17:04) facebook.com/share/p/1CHLf6…
Driver waving an American flag out his window 1800 South Lake Shore Drive check them out you might be have a DUI (20 June 25 17:23) facebook.com/share/v/1AejeM…
Chicago Economy Crime and Migrant Update 530pm June 20 2025 facebook.com/share/v/1GXKWF…
21 year old son threatening her she used a kitchen knife to protect herself 630 n Avers Fri Jun 20, 5:32pm facebook.com/share/p/1ZZCaW…
White male threatening people at the pizza bar 405 n Dearborn (20 Jun 25, 17:34) facebook.com/share/p/1CHnFs…
Female is beating up person in a wheelchair 57 and State (20 June 25 17:35) facebook.com/share/p/1Ax4X5…
Security needs help 75th and Stony Island offender is very violent he’s in cuffs but need help (20 June 25 17:43) facebook.com/share/p/1TEsGR…
Road rage Lake Shore Drive One driver threw a brick at another driver (20 June 25 18:12) facebook.com/share/p/19HZ8s…
White dudes with guns and fatigues one has jeans and sandals on shooting caller has video 7491 Wolcott (20 June 25 18:14) facebook.com/share/p/16swBt…
Thrown off the Train … CTA overdose blue line Addison train 5227 we don’t have nobody to send (20 June 25 18:28) facebook.com/share/p/1EDmAj…
Lou Malnati’s Shooting (20 June 25 19:05) facebook.com/share/p/15qoAQ…
Stabbing – 6109 S. Indiana (20 June 25 19:13) facebook.com/share/p/1AgLtf…
robbery of ms brown elderly person took all her stuff Hispanic suspect in the alley was hiding in the bushes 6125 s prairie got away on a bicycle (20 June 25 19:25) facebook.com/share/p/19WUni…
Child Taken – 539 E 46th Pl (20 June 25 19:33) facebook.com/share/p/1BsaCe…
79th Street Red Line drinking and selling drugs inside the station (20 June 25 19:36) facebook.com/share/p/16Txr3…
River North Shooting Stats – CWBChicago (20 June 25 21:01) @CWBChicago cwbchicago.com/2025/06/man-sh…
Rock and Roll McDonald’s – Empty and Overrun (20 June 25 21:15) x.com/SubxNews/statu…
Person in Custody Clark and Lake CTA Blue Line 10pm June 20 2025 (20 June 25 22:00) x.com/SubxNews/statu…
Memory Quote – OG RnR McD’s (20 June 25 22:24) x.com/WindyCityDrive…
Groups of people on all different street corners Dearborn (20 June 25 23:25) x.com/SubxNews/statu…
female punched in the face in the tunnel between the blue and the red line (21 June 25 00:11) x.com/SubxNews/statu…
still some hidden spots in Chicago to explore might be small but they’re hidden (21 June 25 00:40) x.com/SubxNews/statu…
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Shooting outside Lou Malnati’s and then the victim ran into the restaurant to get aid and cover after he was shot 439 North Wells
So the story is from somebody that was that scene inside the restaurant is they heard shooting and then this guy came in the victim came into the restaurant bleeding and they helped them out to stop the bleeding until EMS came that’s why they called in a shooting inside Lu Malnati’s so that victim ended up inside the restaurant after he was shot …
so far the suspect is still on the loose black male in a camouflage hoodie with a red backpack riding an e-bike early on please thought he might jump on the CTA system to get away.
Person Shot 400 block of N. Wells on June 20, 2025, at approx. 7:05 p.m. – (18th District) Posted: June 20, 2025 8:01 PM CDT
In the 400 block of N. Wells at approximately 7:05 p.m., a 36-year-old male victim was on the sidewalk and involved in a physical altercation with an unknown male offender. The offender produced a firearm and fired shots at the victim, striking him in the left arm.
the victim has a GSW to the forearm, they say it looks like 2 guys were fighting, one pulled out a gun.
the crime scene is on the sidewalk, it consists of shell casings and blood.
The vicitm was transported to Northwestern Hospital in good condition. No one is in custody. Area Three Detectives are investigating.
Under a new order, CFD responding to all residential fires at buildings under 7 stories are to approach the art of fighting fires in the most risk-averse way.
This new order places restrictions under which CFD can enter a burning building.
In sum, the new guidelines state CFD must observe a victim inside or have confirmation from an OEMC dispatcher or on-scene witness a victim remains inside a burning structure before entering the building.
This new policy means CFD, who under ordinary circumstances would have likely entered the burning structure to aggressively battle the fire and search for occupants of the home, are now essentially spectators to structures burning to the ground.
This is what CFD now refers to as “Defensive Operations.”
In other words, if you are trapped in a fire in Chicago and you are not visible to CFD, you’ll have to fend for yourself.
The video attached captures a blaze on the NW Side of Chicago today.
This fire is believed to have started on a back porch, but there was no report of residents trapped in the home.
Note the number of CFD watching the inferno from the street.
This new guideline is motivated by the City of Chicago’s desire to reduce the number of injuries or duty-deaths sustained by CFD.
Bad policy, while no one wishes CFD to suffer grievous injury or death, there are hazards to the profession firefighters willingly accept when they are inducted into CFD. Like CPD, the firefighting profession requires men and women willing to put themselves in peril.
This new policy will reduce risk to CFD but increase the risk to citizens in burning buildings.
Aside from the risk to civilians, this new policy exposes Chicago to extraordinary liability. The cost in court is immeasurable. The City Council must address this. This new policy places our family members, neighbors and residents are now at greater risk and it is turning CFD into curious onlookers as buildings burn.
This is insane. We now learn that Minnesota Police just stood by and watched as Vance Boelter murdered Rep. Hortman in her home.
What. How is this possible?
Minnesota Law Enforcement Officials just reported that that two Minnesota Police officers were already on the scene watching before killer Vance Boelter ever stepped inside Rep. Hortman’s house. They saw the killer in the driveway wearing a halloween mask and fake police uniform and engaged him. Then after a short firefight the Police sat and WATCHED as Boelter entered the home, killed the Rep. and her husband and then the police let him escape out the back. All of this after Senator Hoffman was already reported gunned down.
The police didn’t stop him. This is obscene. Again, Minnesota Police stood by, let Boelter commit the murders, and escaped out the back. WHAT!?
You aren’t going to like this post, but it needs to be said about Vance Boelter.
Vance Boelter
At first, I assumed Vance Boelter was just another grifter in the NGO/activist space. He built a fake resume, floated around volunteer gigs, and set up shell organizations for clout. His “Red Lion Group” has no real paper trail. His side business in “security services” looks like a cash grab.
But the more I dug, the more different it looks.
Boelter was a 7/11 manager, but constantly promoted himself as a corporate executive. He claims the title “Dr.” based on a Ed.D. in Leadership. He chased every opportunity to get in front of an audience: volunteering for Governor Walz’s “Workforce Development” initiatives, speaking at conferences, anything to be seen as a leader.
And in videos of him in African churches, you see him light up. He’s performing. He’s preaching vague, positive platitudes to foreign audiences. He wanted to be somebody. He wanted to be followed.
There’s good reason to believe that @JamesHartline is right… he was remodeling that building below into a church. Not to serve Jesus, but as a stage for an audience that would never come.
I think he is a man addicted to attention and status, who tried to get it through a lot of means. And when that attention dried up (possibly whoever cut him off his funding in Congo), he snapped.
I believe Vance Boelter committed violence as a last, desperate attempt to be glorified: under the delusion that killing abortion rights activists would make him a martyr or hero.
This is not Christianity. I watched his sermons. They were designed to provoke emotional applause, not spiritual conviction.
His actions contradict the standard Jesus gave us to recognize false prophets:
“By their fruits you will know them.” – Matthew 7:15–20
Boelter bore no good fruit. Just narcissism, manipulation, and ultimately violence. He wasn’t an evangelical or MAGA. He was a man who couldn’t stand being ordinary.
He likely is a social justice as religion guy/NGO grifter with a side of mental illness
Illinois lawmakers told us taxpayers in 2017 that if we gave billions more to k-12 schools, our kids would be able to read and do math at grade level.
They called it Evidence Based Funding or EBF. Give districts 100% of the money they “need” and they’d show us the results.
It’s been a big failure. Years later and billions more spent, and yet our kids still can’t read. Check out the below table. Many schools have reached and exceeded 100%, and yet they continue to fail children.
Now Illinois lawmakers want the same failed EBF idea for Illinois universities. Illinoisans should understand that the only thing it will do is raise taxes, with nothing to show for it.
Don’t fall for EBF. See URL for more details. Via @Wirepoints
🚨 NEW ILLINOIS SERVICE TAX ALERT 🚨 The Democrat Super Majority in Illinois is no longer satisfied taxing just your goods—they are now coming after your services too.
Under their latest proposal, ALL of the services listed below will soon be taxed at a flat 6.25%—across the entire state. And don’t forget—many counties have their own additional sales tax stacked on top of that. 💸 That means working families and small businesses will be paying even more for everyday needs like haircuts, repairs, childcare, and more.
Here’s what they’re planning to tax: 📋 Full List of Services Set to Be Taxed (Thanks to “DeKalb Illinois Issues” for compiling the list) :
Former Secret Service Agent Comes Forward: Claims of Abuse and Decline in Biden White House By Jonathan Gregory| May 25. 2025
Former Secret Service Agent Drops Bomb on Biden White House
A former Secret Service agent assigned to Joe Biden just blew the lid off what she calls a “dysfunctional, abusive, and disturbing” scene behind the scenes.
Brought in under a diversity hire initiative, the agent says protecting Biden felt “less like guarding a president and more like babysitting an old man in freefall.”
She describes Biden as “bewildered, forgetful, and fading fast,” with First Lady Jill Biden acting like a “controlling handler” — even scolding him like a child, calling him a “dumb little boy”, and once allegedly slapping his hand and sending him to sit in a corner after a press conference.
In one international summit incident, Biden reportedly had an accident. Jill’s response? Locked him in a bathroom for hours, yelling “You’re a baby” and “You embarrassed the whole country.”
Staff looked the other way. The White House? Silent.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a development raising eyebrows across Washington, a former Secret Service agent assigned to President Joe Biden has come forward with troubling allegations about the President’s health and the dynamics within the First Family. The agent, who claims to have been brought in under a diversity and inclusion initiative, described her tenure as “less like presidential protection and more like elderly care under duress.” Her account paints a picture not just of cognitive decline, but of a private life dominated by what she describes as “controlling and at times in demeaning” behavior from First Lady Jill Biden.
According to the agent, President Biden’s frequent verbal slips and moments of confusion seen in public were only the tip of the iceberg. “What we saw behind closed doors was a man in visible decline, often bewildered, and increasingly isolated,” she reported. The most shocking claim, however, involves Jill Biden’s treatment of the President. “She’d scold him like a child after public mistakes,” the agent recalled. “I heard her call him a ‘dumb little boy’ more than once. After one press conference, she slapped his hand and told him to sit in the corner until he ‘could remember what century it was.’”
One particularly disturbing episode allegedly occurred during a high level international summit, when President Biden reportedly suffered a personal accident. Rather than calling for medical attention, the First Lady is said to have confined him to a bathroom for several hours, shouting phrases like “You’re a baby” and “You embarrassed the whole country.” The agent emphasized that other staff members seemed resigned to these episodes, brushing them off as “just how things are now.” The White House has not issued a formal response.
If this is true, we need to charge her with Treason and elder abuse. Disgusting @DrBiden ma’am if you did this.
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