Even as Illinois Gov. Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson continued their press tour, condemning President Trump for proposing to fight crime in Chiraq, the body count in the city has passed 300 this year.

After 11 murders last week, Chicago hit the big 300. The next big round number will be 1,400 shot which at current rates, Chicago will likely pass by the end of this week.

September is already up to 8 murders. Probably more by the time you read this.

The media spent so much time platforming Pritzker’s lies that crime is down (it’s not, the 4 killed this weekend match the same weekend in 2024) or Johnson’s useless executive order refusing to cooperate with federal law enforcement that it completely ignored the minor story of the people actually being murdered.

At least 16 people have been shot, four fatally, in shootings across Chicago this weekend, police said. This weekend’s gun violence comes after at least 58 people were shot, eight fatally, across the city over the long Labor Day holiday weekend last week.

Nothing to see here. Just lots of bodies. And politicians desperately trying to spin this as public safety.