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.
The problem that needs to be addressed to the leftist, economically illiterate, Economic Policy Institute, as well as to pandering Democrat politicians in Illinois and other grossly mismanaged states, and to Lizzie Seils, the author of this biased and glaringly one-sided press releas…er…article is simple. Corporations pay zero income taxes. Zero. Zip. Nada. You say, “See, Dear Railroader. see? That’s exactly what Lizzie and the EPI are saying!” Nay nay, I say. Our idealistic and underpaid reporter Lizzie and the perpetually enamored with the Soviet Union EPI are playing the class envy game, practiced for decades by the Democrat Party.… Read more »