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.
Aurora has the high property taxes,because socialist politicians , who have been in power here, think that it is only fair.
Woodstock IL property tax rates are now 3.5% of fair market value, down from recent 5% of fair market value. Imagine the effect on household conditions when median income households living in median value homes are required to pay over 9% of household income to property taxes? (All over America, families pay pay less than 4% of households income in property taxes). When 5% “extra” of household income is conscripted in taxes, what must that household give up? College savings for kids? Household pets? Certainly they must give up any local-economy discretionary spending. What value is this extra 5% of… Read more »