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 fallacy here is that we imagine that the current in-power group gives a rat’s-patoot about “a fragile fiscal state”. They don’t. They are saddling the City with more debt at the same time they are building significant amounts of expensive new housing on the west and south sides–the edifices will survive bankruptcy. Detroit and Gary are role models and not cautionary tales. Bankruptcy is a blessing, a salvation, and not a curse. Spend until they stop you: Oopsie!