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.
Galena IL had a problem of vacant store fronts several decades ago. They turned it around by filling the stores with restaurants and quaint, kitschy knick-knack shops, and now it’s a shopping destination in an old, historic town. Can Englewood and Norwood Park do the same?
That’s funny!
While the storefronts remain vacant, owners get a substantial real estate tax break.
Higher taxes would incent owners to find some productive use, or sell to someone who will. Probably would be more effective than this curious grant program.
Hmm, if entrepenures could make a profit those store fronts wouldn’t be vacant. Gee, why can’t they make a profit? I’ve got a few thoughts on this phenomenon BJ.
A $3 mil equity hustle joke…pathetic