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 politicians saying they voted to pass bills in which they did not know what the cost would be? Were all these politicians graduates of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 4th grade math class?
Ah whats a few more 10’s of Billions to the state deficit….
classic State of Illinois SOP: mandate it either without knowing or significantly underestimating the cost to the taxpayer
lol, quadrupling an already huge pension debt-that is sure to end well.