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.
He only has friends in CTU. No one else likes him
Johnson will put a CTU puppet into that position.
Mayor Cliff Notes lied again?? Say it isn’t so! The real reason no one wants the ‘Sir Topham Hatt’ seat at the CTA is that hard choices must be made. Aspiring bureaucrats don’t appreciate having to solve actual problems, preferring instead to tout ‘equity’ and ‘service enhancements’, things that are easier to sell to the Chumbolones and help pad their feeble resumes. The one to be the ‘un-Santa Claus’ will not be much beloved by the political animals, CTA employees, or the few remaining customers the CTA retains, resulting in bad press from the useless Chicago media. This will not… Read more »