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.
CPS and CTU officials should be given “sanctuary” in federal prison!
Please read today’s Trib article on Brandon Johnson’s campaign donations. Seems BJ is entirely funded by CTU, CTU outright, and its stealth-sponsored neighborhood activist groups organized and funded by CTU for purpose of channeling more CTU cash to BJ.
CTU needs every recently-arriving migrant school-age child to bolster sagging enrollments at poorly-performing CPS schools. CTU won’t educate those kids, only want to exploit them to keep underperforming and under-enrolled CPS schools open. Those CTU members’ BMW payments and exotic vacations depend upon it.
CTU terrorist wishes do not supersede Federal Law. If ICE wants to bust into a CTU haven and deport the criminal illegal alien staff, CTU parasite members and students there is nothing their woke wailing can do about it. Any CTU vermin that obstruct ICE will be committing a crime and will be tossed into prison. Good riddance.
One more reason to avoid teaching students – with the added attraction of rationalizing higher pay demands. Turn the gyms into a dormitory and add personnel to hand out towels after breakfast so parents can be fresh and well-groomed while panhandling until lunch hour.
I don’t understand how this is legal. Voters approved referendums to pay taxes to build schools and budgets passed by elected leaders include amounts for education; neither of those two include provisions for immigrant protections and, while I haven’t looked, protecting immigrants is not in the teacher’s job descriptions. Oh well I am sure the Chicago voters will straighten it out…uh, won’t they?
I would like to see an anonymous poll of the rank and file teachers as to how many are actually on board with Gates nonsense. I’ll wager the majority are being bullied to go with the flow, as in many other unions.
It’s more than half because the teachers voted for her.
It’s OK to blame voters for the city and state’s problems, but not blame the voters who elected union leaders?
Sadly, many of my fellow teachers are no different than your typical low-info voter. They respond to sound bites. And yes, there are many school level union reps who bully as well. But, if you have no alternate facts or thoughts of your own to push back with, is’s less bullying and more lemmings to the clifff.