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.
If 1,000s of private sector jobs disappear, companies split for Wisconsin, etc basically nobody in Springfield (or lib media) cares. But if even ONE public sector union workers job is threatened from now spent ARPA-COVID funds, that was supposed to be for ONE TIME FUNDING NEEDS, then the Springfield machines demanding special sessions $771 mil “transportation cliff” funding……ONCE AGAIN, HAS EVEN ONE PUBLIC SEC UNION HERO BEEN LAYED OFF FROM ALL THOSE HIRED WITH ARPA-COVID FUNDS????….that dopey taxpayers are now being asked to pickup the tab for
To paraphrase the Ides of March hit song “ I L, goodbye! I L , said I’ll see you around now..!”.
How did this article, critical of Pritzker and Illinois, sneak past the Tribune’s editors?
Yes, this has an entirely different tone than most Trib news stories.
No surprise, Illinois ask for it. Illinois does EVERYTHING wrong to keep or attract business. Taxes will keep going higher and higher to fund pensions. No one wants to pay for the largest generational theft in history. See you later Illinois, best of luck is what the businesses are saying.
Interesting article. Should get more attention from local media, questions for Pritzker. But won’t happen, only rosy news from local media.