2 more charged with murder after man shoved off moving train to his death in Chicago



An 18-year-old male and a 19-year-old female have been charged with murder after a man was shoved off a moving train to his death in Chicago earlier this month; a 15-year-old girl initially was charged with the victim's murder, but authorities were looking for more suspects.

Christian McBounds, 18, was charged with one count of first-degree murder, two additional murder counts, one count of aggravated battery of a transit employee, and one count of mob action, WMAQ-TV reported, citing Chicago police.

'He shouldn’t have bothered us.'

A detention-hearing judge on Wednesday denied pretrial release for McBounds; he's due back in court Oct. 7 on the charges, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.

Katlar Parchman, 19, also was charged with the victim's murder, WMAQ said, citing police. Parchman was booked Saturday into Cook County Jail with no bond, according to jail records; her next court date is Oct. 7.

The 15-year-old girl was arrested Sept. 11 and charged with felony counts of first-degree murder, mob action, murder by other forcible felony, and aggravated battery to a transit employee, WBBM-TV reported, adding that a judge ordered the girl detained until her next hearing in October.

The victim, 29-year-old Kyle Bickham, was riding home from work Sept. 7 on the Red Line train when McBounds, Parchman, the 15-year-old girl, and another male boarded the train at the 95th Street stop, WFLD-TV reported.

Surveillance cameras inside the train car captured what happened next, WFLD said, adding that multiple witnesses described what they saw.

Prosecutors said Bickham sat across from Parchman and started talking to her while the 15-year-old girl was walking back and forth through the car, WFLD noted. Soon Bickham got up and approached another passenger, and that passenger told Bickham to back off, the station said.

Bickham briefly got off the train at one stop, then boarded again, WFLD said, adding that he and the 15-year-old girl began arguing and moving around the car while yelling at each other.

With that, Bickham spit on the girl — but the spit also hit Parchman, the station said, citing prosecutors.

Then it was on.

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One of the men grabbed Bickham's arm while the girl punched him in the face, WFLD said, citing prosecutors.

Prosecutors said the four people involved — McBounds, Parchman, the 15-year-old girl, and the other male — surrounded Bickham and began punching him as they moved toward the back of the train car, WFLD reported. Police initially said there were three attackers.

One of the men began choking Bickham while the others, including Parchman, continued punching him and pulling at his head, the station said.

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According to prosecutors, there was a brief pause in the fight near the sliding train doors, during which Bickham reached down to pick up his headphones from the floor.

The two men then forced Bickham into the corner near the train car’s sliding doors, while Parchman and the teenager closed in around him. [...]

One of the men fighting Bickham pulled the emergency lever on the sliding door while the train was still moving, forcing it open.

WMAQ, citing prosecutors, said the 15-year-old girl grabbed Bickham by his head and shoulders and — with the help of one of the males — threw him out of the moving train; Bickham was hit by a train traveling in the other direction.

Witnesses allegedly heard Parchman say, “He shouldn’t have bothered us,” WMAQ reported.

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Last year a concealed-carrying garbage truck driver opened fire on 2 robbers, killing 1. The survivor just learned his fate.



Blaze News reported last year about a concealed-carrying garbage truck driver who turned the tables on a pair of would-be robbers in Chicago, fatally shooting one of them and wounding the other.

Chicago police told WLS-TV the incident occurred around 5:15 a.m. Jan. 31, 2025, just steps away from a high school in the Homan Square neighborhood on the city's West Side.

'The garbage collector disposing of more than just regular trash.'

The station, citing police, said a 28-year-old man garbage truck driver was outside in the 900 block of South Homan Avenue when two males approached him, showed a gun, and announced a robbery.

CWB Chicago reported that Aaron White and Kenneth Elliott approached the garbage truck driver near the back of his truck in an alley next to DRW College Prep — and the outlet said it obtained surveillance video showing what went down.

Elliott, 42, confronted the sanitation worker while White approached with a gun, CWB Chicago said, citing prosecutors and the video. The victim in the video appears to push White’s gun away with his forearm while struggling with Elliott, the outlet said.

The pair most definitely picked the wrong victim.

Police told WLS the victim had a valid Firearm Owner's Identification card and Concealed Carry License — and put it to use.

Because when White extended the gun again, the victim fired at least three shots, striking White, who fell to the ground, CWB Chicago reported, adding that Elliott continued fighting the victim and wrapping his arms around him.

But the victim fired additional shots until Elliott fell to the ground as well, the outlet said, adding that the video ends with the victim leaving the scene.

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Chicago police officers found White lying near the school with a gunshot wound to his neck, CWB Chicago said, adding that his arrest report indicated that he was still conscious and told officers he was lying on a gun. An officer rolled White over and secured the gun, the outlet noted.

WLS said the 42-year-old suspect — whom CWB Chicago identified as Elliott — was shot in the head and pronounced dead at the scene.

CWB Chicago added that according to court records, White pleaded guilty Monday to attempted armed robbery with a firearm — and Judge Domenica Stephenson sentenced him to eight years in prison.

"The garbage collector disposing of more than just regular trash," one commenter on the above news video stated. "Helping rid us of the two-legged garbage."

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Sanctuary cities’ get-out-of-jail fail



Advocates sell sanctuary policies as a public-safety boon. Keep local police out of immigration enforcement, they argue, and immigrant communities will trust cops, report crime, and make everyone safer. But New York, Fairfax County, Virginia, and Chicago tell a different story.

When local authorities refuse to transfer removable criminal aliens already in jail, they do not neutralize danger. They return it to the streets, where law-abiding residents become prey.

Order requires one standard in the jail and courthouse, not a local veto over federal custody. Sanctuary policies reverse those priorities.

New York is making a strong bid to become America’s leading sanctuary snake pit. In May, Governor Kathy Hochul (D) signed the “Local Cops, Local Crimes Act,” which bans 287(g) agreements and contracts to house civil immigration detainees. These jail partnerships do not authorize “street raids.” They let local officials screen people already booked on local charges and transfer removable offenders to ICE in a secure setting.

The law also established an Orwellian “Office of Immigrant Trust” in Attorney General Letitia James’ office to enforce compliance. James warned the 12 law enforcement agencies that still had 287(g) agreements and sued the Rensselaer County sheriff after his office refused to terminate its agreement. Fifteen elected sheriffs, represented by the Federation for American Immigration Reform, filed a federal lawsuit, while Hochul dared opponents to “bring it on.”

The “Local Cops, Local Crimes Act” will not deliver the community safety its backers claim to seek. Ending 287(g) does not keep “local cops focused on local crimes.” If ICE later arrests the same person, agents must find and arrest him at large, using more officers and accepting more uncertainty and danger than a transfer from custody would require. Albany’s law forbids the orderly custody transfers that these agreements facilitate. It has also pushed veteran sheriffs into federal court to defend tools they use to protect their communities.

Fairfax County, Virginia, shows what happens when the sanctuary slogan becomes operating procedure. Sheriff Stacey Kincaid refuses to hold an inmate past a local release date based solely on an administrative ICE detainer. Her office requires a judicial warrant before it will extend local custody, though ICE issues detainers as administrative requests. Records from the sheriff’s office show that Fairfax declined 615 transfers over 16 months — 448 in 2025 and 167 in the first four months of 2026 — while transferring only 11 people to ICE.

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The Justice Department opened a civil rights investigation into Commonwealth Attorney Steve Descano’s plea-bargaining, charging, and sentencing policy, which directs prosecutors to consider immigration consequences. The department is investigating whether that policy discriminates against U.S. citizens. It has not reached a conclusion.

A House subcommittee later questioned Descano and Kincaid under oath. The record includes people whom Fairfax released despite ICE detainers and whom authorities later charged with new crimes, including murder. Fairfax and ICE dispute responsibility for at least one such release.

Defenders respond that Fairfax is not “harboring” anyone because ICE can still make street arrests. But jail transfers give agents the safest opportunity to assume custody; street arrests expose officers, suspects, and bystanders to more risk. When a county rejects hundreds of detainers, it does not prove illegal aliens commit less crime. It releases people federal officers have identified as removable and leaves ICE to find them elsewhere.

Prosecutors compound the problem when they shape charging or plea decisions to avoid deportation. A justice system that treats otherwise comparable cases differently based on immigration consequences creates a two-track courthouse. The Justice Department is investigating whether Descano’s office gave noncitizen defendants preferential treatment that citizens did not receive; it has not yet answered that question.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) has used executive orders and litigation to limit police cooperation with federal immigration enforcement.

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During the migrant surge that defined his early term, Chicago spent $639.6 million to house and serve 46,282 arrivals; 42%, about $269 million, came from the city’s corporate fund. Chicago now faces an $882.4 million budget gap for 2027, although city officials cite several drivers unrelated to migrant spending.

Chicago already has plenty of homegrown problems. What did residents gain from spending $639.6 million on a crisis that strained police stations and city services? Johnson offers platitudes and accusations of racism to anyone who asks.

Communities are safer when jailers transfer a removable offender from local custody instead of releasing him and forcing federal agents to hunt him later. Cities protect their budgets when they put lifelong residents ahead of noncitizens.

Order requires one standard in the jail and courthouse, not a local veto over federal custody. Sanctuary policies reverse those priorities. Lawmakers and voters must remove this pox from America.

15-year-old girl accused of shoving man off moving Chicago train to his death after fight — but she's not the only suspect



A 15-year-old girl is accused of shoving a 29-year-old man off a moving Chicago train to his death after a fight — but she's not the only suspect.

The girl returned to court Monday to face murder charges, WBBM-TV reported, adding that the victim's family demanded that the other attackers, or their parents, come forward.

'Fix the trains. Whatever's happening with the trains, it shouldn't have been that easy.'

Chicago police told the station that they arrested the teenage girl Friday — four days after authorities said she pushed the victim off the Chicago Transit Authority Red Line train.

The girl was charged with felony counts of first-degree murder, mob action, murder by other forcible felony, and aggravated battery to a transit employee, WBBM reported.

The girl appeared in court Saturday, the station said, and a judge ordered her to stay in custody after finding probable cause on all counts. On Monday the girl again was ordered detained until her next hearing in October, WBBM said.

Police said the girl was one of three people who used force to push Kyle Bickham from a moving CTA train along the Dan Ryan Expressway last Monday around 2:30 p.m., which caused his death near 69th Street, the station said.

Police had not made any other arrests, WBBM said.

"Y'all took a part of me that I can't get back. Like, just turn y'all selves in," said the victim's brother, Christopher Bickham Jr., according to the station. "Like, I forgive y'all already."

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Bickham was on his way home from work at the time of the attack, WBBM said, adding that police said some sort of fight preceded the shove off the train.

Police said three people pushed Bickham onto the third rail, and he was hit by another train, the station said.

"I wish this pain on no one. No one else. I wish that no one else has to go through this," said the victim's father, Christopher Bickham Sr., according to WBBM. "Fix the trains. Whatever's happening with the trains, it shouldn't have been that easy."

Violence aboard Chicago trains is not a new problem.

  • In April, police said seven females and two males physically attacked a lone passenger aboard a Chicago train.
  • In January, prosecutors said a male recorded cellphone video of himself fatally stabbing a sleeping man on a Chicago train in an unprovoked attack.
  • In July 2024, an 11-year-old girl was arrested and charged with aggravated battery and felony robbery after eight to 10 youths brutally beat up a 63-year-old man on a Chicago train.
  • In January 2023, an armed man tried to rob a passenger aboard a Chicago train — but it turns out the suspect picked the wrong victim: a concealed carrier who pulled out his own gun and shot the suspect.
  • In July 2022, six robbers with weapons attacked and tried to rob a Chicago train passenger, but the victim pulled a knife and fought back. In the end, three of the suspects were wounded and hospitalized, all six were arrested — but the victim also was wounded and hospitalized.
  • Just days after the July 2022 attack, another robbery victim stabbed to death a 15-year-old male who pulled a gun on him aboard a Chicago train.

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Labor Day rules and rituals: Nobody actually knows why we do any of this



There is a certain kind of person, at a certain kind of barbecue, who announces, with the flat authority of Scripture, that white is not to be worn after Labor Day. No one has ever produced this law. It's enforced like a grudge: the offense long forgotten, the point being the enforcement.

That, it turns out, is the whole personality of the holiday: a house built on a foundation nobody can locate, in honor of a man history can no longer confidently name.

Labor Day has spent a century accumulating quirky social rules no legislature passed but nearly everyone obeys anyway.

The first Labor Day — not yet official, just an idea a union decided to act on — took place on September 5, 1882, in New York City. Someone willed it into being. Who, exactly, that person was is where the record gives out.

Credit for organizing it sits between Peter McGuire, a carpenter and the co-founder of the American Federation of Labor, and Matthew Maguire, a machinist and secretary of the Central Labor Union. While their unions were rivals, their surnames were just one letter apart, as if fate couldn't be bothered to keep them straight.

A former U.S. Department of Labor historian admitted in 2011 that she still couldn't say which one deserved the credit.

What is known is that it cost something. Workers reportedly forfeited about $75,000 in lost wages to march that day — the Central Labor Union even fined anyone who skipped it. Roughly 10,000 walked from City Hall to Union Square.

Even while most of the world marks the labor holiday on May 1, the U.S. wanted no part of it. A Haymarket Square rally in Chicago that began on May 1, 1886, ended in a deadly bombing three days later, turning May Day into a symbol of radicalism.

In 1894, President Grover Cleveland specifically pushed September into law instead so the holiday wouldn't become a memorial to the Haymarket radicals.

From that origin — sacrifice, spectacle, and a little deliberate amnesia — Labor Day has spent a century accumulating quirky social rules no legislature passed but nearly everyone obeys anyway.

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For one, the white clothes were never really a rule so much as a gatekeeping test, likely invented by old-money New Yorkers of the Gilded Age terrified of being confused with the flanks of the industrial nouveau riche nipping at their heels.

Fashion historians trace it to Newport summers, where white linen signaled you had servants to launder it and no hard labor to dirty it.

After Labor Day, pools close with the solemnity of a curfew, though the reason behind that practice — the school calendar — is rather dull. Roughly a third of the country's 309,000 public pools face shortages each year since so many lifeguards are teenagers who vanish the moment the school bell rings.

Mattresses also tend to go on sale at this time, but mostly because someone once noticed a day off is a day to shop — 30% to 50% across major brands.

And repetition, given enough years, effectively becomes law.

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VIRAL VIDEO: Christian claims Muslims want all Christians and Jews removed from Chicago



When organizers began preparing for a Jesus March in Chicago, they were shocked to find a large Muslim demonstration already taking place at the same location.

“We’ve got Muslims conquering Chicago as well now. They haven’t conquered the entire country, just most of it,” BlazeTV host Pat Gray comments. “So it’s good to see that they’re infiltrating Chicago as well.”

In a video posted to Instagram, Christian Sean Feucht revealed what he stumbled upon when he went to get ready for the Jesus March.

“Can’t make this up, guys, I am standing in the exact place where we are doing a Jesus March in one hour. And look who’s here. A massive march, a massive Muslim march where right now they’re singing over Chicago, ‘Muhammad is the only one. May Allah be lifted up,’” Feucht said.


“They’re declaring that all Jews and all Christians would be removed from this city,” he explained.

“Our cities in our nation are being fought for in the spirit. I don’t know if you need any more example than this right here. We didn’t make this happen,” he continued. “We literally just walked up to the exact place where we’re doing a Jesus March today in Chicago. There's a massive Muslim march where they have been declaring over the city.

“And you know what? The church in America is asleep. I’ve been saying it over the last week. This is a perfect example. The church in America is asleep. We need to wake up,” he added.

“Makes me want to vomit,” executive producer Keith Malinak says on “Pat Gray Unleashed.”

“Yeah, we should wake up here,” Gray adds.

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DOZENS of decomposing bodies found stuffed in closets and garage of funeral home, police say



A stretch of roadway near the South Chicago Chapel on East 95th Street was shut down as investigators continued to process the dozens of bodies found improperly stored at the funeral home.

Multiple law enforcement sources told WGN-TV that at least 50 decomposing bodies were found on Thursday stuffed into closets and the garage at the business in Chicago, Illinois.

She was cited for leaving bodies in an unrefrigerated area that had a 'rodent infestation, causing decomposition and maggot infestation.'

The Chicago Police Department said the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation called officers to the business on a "license investigation."

WLS-TV reported that the owner of the funeral home was recorded as Clark Morgan, whose name matches that of the person who ran Chicago Heights crematory. That business was shut down after more than 100 bodies were found improperly stored on trailers last year.

Morgan's wife, Johanna, was listed as the funeral director at South Chicago Chapel, but her license was suspended on Wednesday after a history of disciplinary action.

In one incident, she was cited for leaving bodies in an unrefrigerated area that had a "rodent infestation, causing decomposition and maggot infestation."

Residents near the funeral home said they smelled a very foul odor for about a year.

"Every time I come through here, I smell a foul smell in the air, and I was wondering what that smell was, and I kept thinking maybe it was the sewer," Frank Dower said. "That is so awful, but I hope they get it resolved. I hope they get it resolved and put the bodies away properly like they're supposed to be, and justice for the families."

"Oh man, it's awful," Valkiery Velez said. "I've lived here for about a year, and I could smell it this entire year. It's like dead rodents, dead animals. You can smell it, yeah."

Officials said that forensic pathologists found bodies in different states of decomposition.

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The families of the people at the funeral home have been left in limbo as the investigation continues.

"We don't know if Melody is in there or not," Patrice Halliburton said, referring to her sister, who had been cremated at the funeral home. "So right now, we're more fearful that she is than we are angry."

Local Alderman Peter Chico released a statement about the incident Friday.

"I was horrified when I found out about the bodies at the South Chicago Chapel Funeral Home," he said. "My thoughts and prayers go out to the families who may have had loved ones there."

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Seattle mayor reportedly asks police chief to resign



Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson has asked Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes to resign, KIRO-TV reported, citing sources.

The report comes days after a shooting at a city food festival in which three people were killed and four were wounded.

'I have been here working as hard as I can for this city from the day I got here. Do you got that?'

KIRO said Seattle Police had no comment about the chief, and the mayor's office had not yet responded to the station.

The station added that sources also confirmed that Assistant Chief Tyrone Davis — who's been with the department since 1999 — will be the next appointment, but it's not clear if that is an interim or permanent position.

The city of Seattle and its police department have come under scrutiny for waiting several hours Sunday before addressing the public or providing updates about the deadly shooting, KIRO said.

KIRO added that Barnes was out of town Sunday when the shooting took place — and was absent from the initial press conference held late Sunday night. He told reporters he was attending the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Officers conference in Dallas, the station said.

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Barnes was back in Seattle on Monday. KIRO said a local reporter during a news conference grilled Barnes about his travel schedule and splitting his time between Seattle and Chicago, where his family lives.

Then things got heated, with Barnes telling the reporter, "I don't have to tell you where I go. ... I have been here working as hard as I can for this city from the day I got here. Do you got that?"

Barnes defended his reaction at another news conference, saying he wouldn't have described the exchange as "heated" but rather that his "passion" was on display while he defended his integrity, the Seattle Times reported.

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KIRO 7 was set to interview Barnes on Wednesday to talk about his travel schedule, but it was rescheduled. According to other news outlets in the area, Barnes had several interviews scheduled for Wednesday, July 29, but they were all canceled or rescheduled.

KIRO 7’s interview was rescheduled for today, Thursday, July 30, but we have not heard whether Barnes will still be doing that interview.

A coalition of black community organizations in Seattle is coming together to support Barnes and oppose his apparent removal, the Seattle Medium reported.

The coalition includes the NAACP Seattle Branch, Community Passageways, the Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle, Seattle Clergy, Parents for Student Success, 100 Black Parents, Creative Black Brilliance Braintrust, the Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration Committee, and the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, the outlet added.

Barnes was sworn in on July 9, 2025, as the city’s 38th police chief, KIRO said, adding that he previously served as interim police chief starting in January 2025 following the departure of former Chief Adrian Diaz.

The Times said Barnes had been brought to the department as a "hard reset" following Diaz's firing, adding that former Mayor Bruce Harrell let him go amid allegations that Diaz covered up an affair with a subordinate.

After Diaz, the city opened the police chief candidate pool to a nationwide search, KIRO noted.

The Times reported that after Wilson defeated Harrell by just over 2,000 votes last fall, Wilson announced in December that she was keeping Barnes as chief.

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Hospital still promoting DEI and trans ideology despite federal funding



A hospital group in Chicago has quietly advanced a DEI agenda emphasizing transgenderism despite continuing to receive federal funds.

A new Consumers’ Research campaign has uncovered active DEI policies in the Rush University Medical Center hospital system. Rush CEO Omar Lateef previously said the hospital’s “commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion is a critical part of our DNA.”

‘Physical health can also be greatly affected from long-standing internalized stigma.’

Rush University President Robert Higgins, Rush University System for Health Chair Emeritus Susan Crown, and the Rush University Medical Center did not respond to a request for comment.

“Rush is betraying what should be every hospital's core mission by using its time, energy, and taxpayer support to promote radical woke activism,” Consumers’ Research Executive Director Will Hild said. “Not only does Rush have a history of prioritizing DEI, child sex-change procedures, and climate alarmism, the hospital also has a troubling history of questionable spending on nonmedical initiatives completely unrelated to patient care, like its partnership with the Chicago White Sox.”

The Rush University Children’s Hospital’s pediatrics department currently conducts “department-wide DEI retreats” as part of a broader anti-racism and LGBTQ curriculum, according to the department website.

Retreat topics included “Microaggression Workshops” and sessions on “Achieving Health Equity for LGBTQ People.”

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Four thousand staff and students completed Rush’s “LGBTQ-affirming care” training in 2025. Affirm: The Rush Center for Gender, Sexuality, and Reproductive Health teaches program participants that “physical health can also be greatly affected from long-standing internalized stigma.”

Rush intends to offer the training to all employees, according to its program recap.

Although Affirm paused hormone replacement therapy and puberty blockers to new patients in 2025, the hospital still offers some gender-related "services" to minors.

“Rush continues to provide mental health, behavioral health, and social services to gender care patients, regardless of age,” spokesperson Tobin Klinger told Block Club Chicago. “Rush will work to refer any patients to other programs for services we do not provide.”

Rush also propped up Pride parades in both 2025 and 2026.

“As Pride Month comes to a close, we continue to march forward, leading with love every step of the way. At Rush, we celebrate the vibrant diversity and unwavering resilience of our LGBTQ+ community, not just in June, but all year long,” the medical center wrote in a June 2023 Instagram post.

President Donald Trump’s “Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation” executive order in January 2025 restricted federal funds for hospitals that offer sex-rejecting interventions to minors.

Rush spent $194 million in federal funds for fiscal year 2025 while continuing its LGBTQ training programs, according to a June report by Save Our States.

The hospital system increased CEO Omar Lateef’s compensation by nearly $800,000 to $3.7 million between 2023 and 2024 while laying off an unknown number of employees due to “financial headwinds.” Rush began sponsoring the Chicago White Sox games in 2022.

Lateef also benefited from a personal housing allowance and subsidized membership dues for elite Chicago social clubs during this period.

Under Lateef’s leadership, Rush committed to using 100% renewable energy by 2030 and held “that climate change is fundamentally a human health issue.” As part of its environmental agenda, Rush participates in the Good Food Partnership Program to prioritize “suppliers who have experienced negative systemic social and/or economic impacts such as ‘people of color, across all supply chains and to the greatest extent possible.”

“This latest campaign by Consumers’ Research demonstrates that we will continue fighting for everyday consumers by holding woke hospitals like Rush accountable,” Hild told Blaze News.

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‘It’ll Be Violent’: Chicago Teachers Union Hosts Israel-Hating Communist Convention Where Radicals Call for Sabotaging US Ports, Backing Iran

The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) hosted a Marxist, virulently anti-Israel conference last weekend which openly celebrated terrorism, introduced fledgling activists to "the growing BDS movement," and called on its members to support Iran’s "axis of resistance" and prepare for violence against the United States and Israel.

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