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.
In two short years, Illinois jumped from #33 in 2019 to #10 in 2021 in Education? How is that possible? Did half the country shut down their schools?
In 2018, Illinois ranked #17 in Education. So Pritzker took over, tanked Education, then wants to take credit for our improved rankings a few years later? BS.
https://www.cnbc.com/top-states-past-year-rankings/
CNBC IMMEDIATELY discredited it’s ranking by saying Illinois has the best infrastructure in America!!! That shows the clowns in NY haven’t a clue!!!
So, per this ranking, IL, MA and MN are better places for business than, say, FL, AZ and WI. Hmm. It’s not an opinion survey, the methodology explains. Seems to me it is opinion — opinion of the NBC journalists who put this together.
When you selectively choose the attributes on which to rank something, it’s easy to come up with your pre-selected answer. Florida and Arizona are so far ahead of Illinois it is ridiculous.
The System as it’s called by outsiders all pushes the same message across all platforms. The System says red states bad, blue states good.
Nothing says a state is pro-business like shutting them down and putting businesses out of business for a cold virus. CNBC is one giant paid advertisement, wonder how much the PR firm got paid for this list?