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.
Here’s the take away for PPF and the other Public Sector Union leeches: “Opinions by bankruptcy courts in Stockton, California, and Detroit, Michigan, confirm that federal Bankruptcy Code would take precedence over the Illinois constitution’s pension clause. It would also empower the city to renegotiate other corrupt deals.” Get ready for the loss of your stolen loot.
This is a state run for public employees and the plaintiff’s bar. Why are the rest of Illinois voters such suckers?
Austin Berg attempts to blame JB the Hutt’s latest cup of financial bleach he funneled into taxpayers’ gullets. The problem isn’t just this one bill. It also isn’t just the massive public PBO the PPF so immovably defends. It’s the entire catalogue of spending that Illinois’ political animals just can’t say ‘No’ to. Everyone wants to be Santa Claus. Santa gives out free stuff and the bill to pay for it all never arrives. JB the Hutt is only missing the proper colored suit and the beard. Mayor Cliff Notes and the rest of the Santa Claus Caucus must have… Read more »
It seems to get down to bailout or bankruptcy. If Trump keeps or increases the Republican majority in Congress, I think bailout will be off the table. The trajectory will then be toward bankruptcy. And that could solve a LOT of problems. For example, pension haircuts for the public pension millionaires. Clearly, we should protect the pensions of the less fortunate. This is the way the PBGC protects private pensions. This is the way Social Security caps benefits. Kicking the can on pensions is meant to secure the public pension millionaires for as long as possible. The retired superintendents are… Read more »
Chicago Bankruptcy ASAP
It has already failed; there is no hope now. Death by public sector greed. The courts will have to figure this mess out. The taxpayers will be the biggest losers of all. The public sector has destroyed the private sector businesses, much too expensive and risky to build a business in Chicago.
Trump to CHI “Drop Dead!”. Mayor Prozac and JB Trust Fund deserve nothing less.
JB and BJ and all of the CTU leeches are too vastly dumb to understand your historical reference.
If one city gets bailed out of bankruptcy, then a thousand more will follow
Detroit, now Chicago.