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.
“Assurances from Chicago leaders?”
Well, you’re screwed.
Turn Downtown Chicago into Section 8 housing for the poor.
Chicago is a goner, DOA.
No hope for Illinois or Chicago.
All the cops want to do it take their HUGE PENSIONS to Florida and live in a luxury home.
Check it out, you may not be able to find 1 retired cop living in the Shitty Of Chicago.
I attended a zoom neighborhood meeting about crime in the south loop. Over 100 concerned citizens attended. They were not allowed to speak. Questions were asked in advance and any questions critical of looters, tearing down statues, aggression of beggars, and other crime issues were not addressed. Sophia King and her sycophants were allowed to sugar coat the rising crime in the south loop with the commander doing the same. When I wrote an email complaining about the meeting I was given a lecture about first amendment rights of Jamal green who blocked traffic on Roosevelt and Columbus for 6… Read more »
Yep. It’s not just the politicians elected, it’s the people who elect them. Sometimes people just go bad and it’s best not to be around those people.
Sure, just as soon as the Trib comes up with a way to “socially distance” on an elevator. I propose bulldozing all those high-rise covid incubators downtown, along Lake Shore Drive, Marine Dive, Sheridan Rd etc. and then using the rubble to build those islands out in Lake Michigan that old man Daley’s Lakefront Plan called for. I am quite sure that the liberals that populate those pestilential palaces will be more than happy to do their fair share and give them up without asking any recompense in return. Now, I ask you, how much more sustainable can you get… Read more »