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.
Careful, Pastor. Jesse Jr. , newly reborn and hungry for public office, may float the idea of, er, rearranging your anatomy as his father did to Obama when he dared suggest black fathers need to take a more active role in the upbringing of their children. That was a “ hot mic “ moment for the ages.
Great interview. This guy speaks such solid common sense. He ought to have a national platform to get his o-so-good message out there more.