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.
How about building “affordable” housing on the governor’s block. Maybe the governor can re-install the toilets back into his spare mansions and turn them into section 8 housing. I’m sure the governor wouldn’t mind having a few of the mayor’s reparations recipients living in them. 🤔
Good start would be to REMOVE the 500,000+ ILLEGAL ALIENS taking up housing in the state.
The first premise is wrong–everyone doesn’t need to contribute to the state’s need for affordable housing–the state has absolute power to create and execute their budget priorities. If affordable housing is a priority for the state, make a budget for it and stick to it.. The very high property taxes that everyone pays could be redirected to creating housing units. Also, the “we can’t afford to stay in place” problem is mostly because they can’t afford the constantly increasing property and other taxes in Illinois–again something already within the state’s capacity to fix. The demand here isn’t for affordable housing,… Read more »
“NIMBY!” says the “ Hate has no Home here/ BLM/ There are no illegals “ yard sign crowd.
Affordability is in part influenced by forces outside the control of state and local government. For the things state and local governments can control to help with affordability, they often make decisions leading to less affordability. Pritzker raising taxes 57 times, for example. A budget 40% bigger than just 7 years ago for another. Charging $151 rather than $101 to renew car registrations…and so on and so on.
Why does no one look at the solution on how to spread prosperity so that more people can afford housing on their own? This way, fewer government-supported housing units would be needed.
Well I am sure plenty of people in Burr Ridge supported Pritzker so they should welcome this new housing initiative of his and I just know the AWFL’s will simply love it
I predicted local politicians would be against this bill from the get-go, because they feared taking the blame, and suffering the wrath of the voter, after the 8-flats packed with 20 families Somalis and Venezuelans arrived. They’re getting ahead of this awful bill as quickly as possible. But it’s not like any of this matters. 99 of 101 State’s Attorneys were against the SAFE-T Act and it made zero difference whatsoever. It’s not like anyone, not a single politician, lost their seat in Springfield for supporting the SAFE-T Act. The way the state is gerrymandered, it’s virtually impossible for any… Read more »