Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560: Why We Need to “Relentlessly” Make the Blue State-Red State Case
November 5, 2026
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Glennon raised the stakes of the moment in broader civilizational terms: “This election in Illinois is not about the usual pedestrian issues… it’s about nothing less than whether Western civilization survives in our democratic republic of America because [the left], just on the open border alone, will destroy the country, and now they’re bringing in the jihadists, frankly, into the party.” Audio and summary linked here.Audio and summary linked here.
New Trier High School made national headlines nine years ago as a “canary in a coal mine” for political indoctrination in public schools. The canaries lived.
Among the consequences of economic growth that badly lags national averages are billions of lost revenue every year. Yet denial reigns in Illinois, fueling the vicious cycle of demand for higher taxes.
This was puked into my email inbox this morning from Climate Cleric Rep. Bill Foster:
After the redistricting process, the new 11th District spans across eight different counties. As I always say, if you drive 45 minutes from O’Hare in any direction, you’ll end up somewhere in our district… or Lake Michigan.
This is an direct acknowledgment of the illegal Gerrymandering that pervades Illinois, right from a direct beneficiary of this Gerrymandering.
this is the deal that the states agreed to when they joined the union. Do they get to leave if the deal changes?
According to Abraham Lincoln, the answer is No, no they cannot leave, ever. It cannot be undone.
The solutions to this is electoral colleges by districts or counties in each state.
And until Illinois can elect 18 democrats out of 17 districts, nobody will notice or care.
I think that Illinois should have a map for US senators- one for Chicago, and one for the rest of the state.
IL has long been an adverse climate for fair politics.
Turnout won’t fix Illinois’s problem. An 8 point shift to the right did nothing, nothing at all, to change the state’s political situation.
Overall, you are correct. But it would make some difference for some areas of the state. My 17th Congressional district for example. However, this is increasing a non-White state and that means DEM control.
This piece is totally on target but will be ignored and/or dismissed by the MSM as it is dominated by the Left. It does not fit their agenda.