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.
Hmm….I thought BJ was an educator…..
Nice editorial, Trib. Will your next piece of advice be to tell Mayor Pinhead to play in traffic?
Which genius at the Trib wrote this embarrassing drivel? Praising a bullshit artist for his bullshit in order to criticize another bullshit artist for theirs is peak Tribune…bullshit.
Sorry, Johnson is not interested in anything beyond his particular flavor of progressivism. Try again with the next mayor.
Communist leaders are well known throughout history for their ideological diversity in their dictatorships. Lenin especially liked his rivals, right up until when they had their unfortunate accidents.