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.
I’m not sure why all these loonies are collecting in Evanston. The Mayor is nuts. The City Council is frittering away almost $20 million on reparations payments so a bunch of oppressed folks can rehab their bathrooms and sod their yards (both of which must have a solid impact on alleviating past oppression). Heck, this town was so conservative you couldn’t even buy a beer there until the late 1970s. What’s next– banning all those nasty polluting cars and trucks? What’s going on up there?
Another Climate Cleric demands public funding of his religion. The Religion of Cliimate is just another excuse to reach into taxpayer wallets and confiscate more taxpayer money. Never mind that much of the price spikes we see here in Illinois are directly tied to fuel taxes at all levels. Never mind that fuel is something that every taxpayer, from the rightest of the right to the looniest of the left needs every day. Yes, even pathetic Evanston lefty Robyn Gabel needs fuel to deliver her soy lattes and Pinot. Corporations of all stripes never pay income taxes, fuel taxes, amusement… Read more »
Leave it to the climate nutjobs to create another reason for industrial employers to leave Illinois.