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.
““We’re being investigated because we make improving the education, communities, and lives of our Black, Latine, and largely low-income student body our first order of business,” said the CTU leaders’ update.” If this is the case then why are test scores down?
Hopefully lawyers are not far left and will be objective and follow the law. Kamala’s husband’s law firm reviewed the Clinton foundation and found nothing. What a joke.
I hope they do the deep dive and not some superficial shit. This is when we go for throats.
What does that look like? Even if they found fraud and corruption they would just arrest the wrong doers and the union would just hold another election with new officers. Even if you could disband CTU completely, the teachers would just form CTU 2.0 and hold elections to decide new leaders. Nothing will come of this where the teachers won’t be able to vote for their union representation and collectively bargain as is their constitutional right.
Here you go PPF.
Yes, federal authorities can act against corrupt public sector unions, often using the RICO Act. While the government rarely fully “disbands” a union, it can impose trusteeships, force out leadership, or mandate court-appointed oversight—as seen with the UAW and Teamsters—to eliminate corruption and racketeering.
Thanks for the AI answer. Sure, impose “trusteeships” all you want. They could also ban certain people from ever holding a union office. However, nothing prevents those teachers from forming CTU 2.0 and electing new leadership under a new union charter. Even if you were to get the federal government to gain oversight, you couldn’t stop teachers from just forming the new union.
Nothing would change. Not sure what some of you think would happen but it appears to be more fantasy.