Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson Poised for Budget Veto, Braces City for Catastrophic Shutdown

CHICAGO IS ON THE BRINK OF TOTAL COLLAPSE. In an unprecedented act of political BRINKMANSHIP, Far-Left Mayor Brandon Johnson is THREATENING to VETO the city’s 2026 budget, risking the Windy City’s first-ever municipal shutdown and plunging millions into chaos unless his radical “head tax” on EVERY WORKING CITIZEN is passed.

Johnson SCATHINGLY attacked the council’s budget as “morally bankrupt,” exposing a DEEP and VIOLENT civil war within the city’s all-Democrat power structure. This isn’t just a budget fight—it’s a SOCIALIST TAKEOVER, with Johnson demanding corporations be PUNISHED for creating jobs.

The council’s budget is a DISASTER in its own right, proposing to TAX YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA USE and LEGALIZE GAMBLING MACHINES in family restaurants and airports to fund their reckless spending. HOW TRUMP CAN TURN THE TABLES ON THE LEFT WITH A RADICAL TAX PLAN

But Johnson’s vendetta goes deeper. He’s openly DEFIED Governor JB Pritzker, who called the head tax “penalizing employment,” and has LAUGHED OFF the Washington Post’s warning that “Chicago Has Lost Its Mind.” This is a mayor who believes HE ALONE is righteous, even as the city faces a projected $1.2 billion ABYSS.

Behind the scenes, the fight is being BANKROLLED by billionaire elites. Opposition to Johnson is led by aldermen funded by financier Michael Sacks, a Rahm Emanuel ally, proving this battle is between CORRUPT ESTABLISHMENT hacks and a RADICAL PROGRESSIVE intent on burning the system down. THE WASHINGTON POST FOR

The last mayor to wield the veto pen this ruthlessly was Harold Washington, who DIED SUDDENLY in office. Is Chicago cursed to repeat its most TRAGIC and DIVISIVE history?

If Johnson pulls the trigger, police, sanitation, and schools could GRIND TO A HALT by New Year’s. This is no longer politics—it’s an EXPERIMENT in anarcho-socialism, playing with the lives of millions. CHICAGO MAYOR CREATES ‘ICE-FREE ZONES’ TO BLOCK FEDERAL AGENTS FROM CITY PROPERTY

As the clock ticks down to December 30, one terrifying question remains: Is this the deliberate DESTRUCTION of a great American city? The final act of this tragedy is being written now, and EVERY American should be watching in HORROR. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP

The very survival of Chicago now hinges on a single, chilling question: When the government turns on itself, who will be left to pick up the pieces?