-- "Toronto Police Homicide unit is investigating after a man a man in his early 30s was found dead inside a home on Blossomfield Drive near the Lawrence Avenue and Allen Road. There is no suspect description at this time." --NOTA BENE...
Contrary to local media, this murder took place, as do so many others... in a Toronto Community Housing building... not a home.How long before Toronto becomes Chicago?
-- "Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson will seek a second term as the Mayor of the city that repeatedly logs the nation’s highest number of homicides. For the 12-month period preceding September 4, there were 435 homicides reported in the city... the risk of being murdered in Chicago is 'already considerably higher than the risk of dying in a vehicle crash in the entire state of Illinois.'" --
Nota bene... Johnson, 50, said he plans to 'double down' on his progressive agenda.
THE MUSIC THAT SOOTHES MEN'S SOULS...
-- "Surveillance footage shows the 22-year-old rapper, real name Mikquale Cooper, strolling out of a BP gas station and into his white Tesla where his pregnant girlfriend was waiting." --In other Mayoral news...
-- "Georgia’s youngest elected Mayor, Jayden Williams was removed from office just 10 months after taking the job following allegations that he misused city funds and exchanged sexually suggestive messages and images with an 18-year-old high school student." --
-- "Immigration and Customs Enforcement snared nearly 2,200 illegal migrants — including convicted murderers, rapists and drug traffickers — in monthlong sweep “Operation Rotten Apple” across New York state. Agents nabbed 2,197 people between July 27 and Aug. 29, which Mullin noted was conducted 'with no help' from either Mayor Zohran Mamdani or Gov. Kathy Hochul." --Now do Chicago.
-- "The two no-cost trials are taking place in Chicago's 21st and 42nd wards, according to Block Club Chicago, which reported that there are discussions about expanding testing to the 5th, 29th and 38th wards." --
-- "The shootings happened on Juneteenth, a holiday that celebrates the end of slavery in the US." --And...
-- "At least 8 people were injured in a shooting, including four children, in Brooklyn's Coney Island, New York late on July 4th, police said." --
And 'White Flight' is once again becoming a thing.
-- "'It looks like Obama wants to use it as some kind of activism center, something that continues to promote his ideas and his political views. This isn’t a presidential library. It’s a Democratic headquarters on the South Side.'" --There's a reason it looks like a Nazi-era flak tower...
-- "At least 27 people were shot, five of them fatally, Friday into Saturday evening in gun-controlled Chicago, Illinois." --And the Bee weighs in.
-- "'I can feel the hate swelling in you,' smiled Obama. 'Give in to your anger. With each passing moment, you make yourself more my servant.' 'Sir, I'm literally paid to be your butler,' responded the aide." --
-- "All that fervor returned this week at the dedication and opening of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago. There was no controversy over whether it's ugly, whether there were local fights over its construction or the current question of whether all the minority subcontractors have been paid. There are no scandals in the warm glow of Obama Land." --
-- "Ward 6 Chicago Alderman Will Hall is calling for 'corporate' criminal charges against the pharmacy chain Walgreens for its plan to close a store on the city’s troubled South Side over concerns over retail theft and violence at the drugstore. Five Walgreens on the South Side permanently closed last year, with another three shutting down over the past 18 months." --
Meanwhile... back at the ranch.
-- "Alphanso Talley, 27, was charged with murder on Monday after killing 38-year-old Chicago Police Department officer John Bartholomew at Swedish Hospital on Saturday, and injuring another officer in a shooting." --
-- "Tesfaye Cooper, 30, and Mazi Pearson, 33, are accused of shouting 'GDs!' — or 'Gangster Disciples!' — before chasing the victim into a train station, punching and spitting at him, police told the station. Cooper, 30 — who spent seven years in prison for terrorizing and beating a mentally disabled man in Chicago in 2017 — was arrested on April 8." --NOTA BENE…. Tesfaye has his own Wikipedia page
-- "The Chicago Tribune noted that gun-related violence was up during the first quarter of 2026, with Chicago recording 105 homicides through the first week of April, up slightly from the 98 killings seen in the same time period in 2025.” --
-- "A Chicago dad who was expecting his second child was bludgeoned to death outside a bar in an early morning attack — as police seek to question four persons of interest who have eluded capture in the crime-ridden city for two weeks." --
-- "Decarlos Brown Jr. had been arrested earlier this year but was released without bail by a liberal judge. This was despite Brown having had 14 previous criminal charges, which include charges of armed robbery, felony larceny, and breaking and entering over the last 14 years. He was also imprisoned for five years stemming from a robbery with a deadly weapon charge." --And don't get me started on Chicago.
-- "Friends and family are mourning after 16-year-old Lilly Bova was shot and killed in an apartment in a wealthy suburb of Chicago. Information about a suspect has not yet been released and police say there is no ongoing threat to the community." --NOTA BENE...
-- "Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 'armed security' detail costs taxpayers $30 million a year." --
-- "Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) said that reparations are necessary for illegal immigrant children and families who faced deportation proceedings under the Trump administration." --And as Chicago swirls around the toilet bowl...
-- "Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson plans to 'gather lived experiences of harm of Black Chicagoans' as part of an effort to implement reparations for Black residents." --Easier than paying the bills, I guess...
-- "Chicago, the nation’s third-largest city, is facing a corporate fund budget gap of more than $1 billion." --
-- "A large teen gathering in downtown Chicago descended into chaos Wednesday night—prompting a curfew enforcement order and intensifying the debate over how to stop repeat takeovers in the Loop." --
-- "Jose Medina-Medina, 25, murdered 18-year-old Sheridan Gorman early Thursday morning while she walked along the Chicago lakefront with her friends, according to a DHS release obtained by Fox News." --
Self-professed 'progressive' Democrat Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order directing the Chicago Police Department to 'investigate' ICE agents and file criminal referrals against them for alleged 'misconduct.'" --
-- "The body of Megan Bos was discovered in April 2025 by officers with the Waukegan Police Department. The 37-year-old, who was reported missing a month earlier, was found in a container in a backyard belonging to Luis Mendoza-Gonzalez, a Mexican citizen. After a court hearing, Lake County Judge Randie Bruno released Mendoza from custody. He was eventually arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Chicago on July 19, 2025." --
