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.
Close 1/2 empty schools and fire teachers until you reach 24 kids in a class (like the rest of the real world does). Might actually try TEACHING students as well.
Bullshit…he isn’t cutting any jobs. Those are voters with families. Braindead talks a loud game but is a coward at heart
Spot on, in his defense no one else would have cut jobs. Once your hired in government you have a lifelong job, working or not working.
Voters will almost certainly lay him off next election, though he will return to CTU and his pension job there. Let us hope he doesn’t return to teaching. That’s over his head too.
No one or only a very small fraction of those with high-paid, cushy jobs will lose them in this budget reduction exercise. That means, as usual, the property taxpayer will get further abused.
Maybe disband some of his “committees” to study issues that are non productive. The committee’s only purpose is to employ his friends.
And “ No property tax increase!” slowly morphs into “ See what y’all made me do! Trump! Racism!”.
Good . No one ne is PROMISED A JOB FOR LIFE !!! This includes union and political hacks .
See earlier comments on the likelihood of any jobs being eliminated that would put even a noticeable dent in the budget.
How about closing under-utilized schools?
Exactly, low hanging fruit but Mayor BJ will never do that as his masters the Teachers union will never let that happen.
Just goes to show how Dems are just very very bad managers of the business of government.
It would take a man with balls and brains to do that. Pinhead has neither