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.
Illinois taxpayers need sound, ethical, financial stewardship at the municipal, county, and state levels. You would think such stewardship would be a requirement, but, apparently, it’s not.
Why not borrow from CTU?
CPS is taking a ‘payday loan’ What assets does CPS have for collateral? The same property owners who have been repeatedly abused.
More Generational theft.
Good Lord. Cook County taxes property owners to death. The public schools fritter away billions of dollars of taxpayers’ money. Then the total incompetents at the district can’t plan the cash flow properly, and the fools at the County can’t even collect the rake on time. These Democrats are simply not capable of running a basic municipal operation with any level of professionalism.
Ugh, and I just posted a comment on how aggravating it is to continually read articles on Chicago, Cook County, and Illinois mismanaging taxpayer money. It happens so frequently, it’s hard to stay current. And many times, we’re talking about large sums of money.
Yep, that’s $1,000,000,000.00. And that’s just for this year. They have no intention to ever pay it back – they’ll just throw up their hands and say the federal government will have to cover it.