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Gotion, an electric vehicle battery manufacturer with ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has suspended its permit application to build a plant near a Michigan National Guard base following fierce opposition. The fight continues, however, to stop the one Gotion plans for Manteno, Illinois. 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.
Now if they would help IL fight Gotion and JB.
I think that’s coming. Congressmen who oppose Gotion will now turn their attention to Manteno. And an anti-Gotion slate took over the village government in yesterday’s election.
As I see it the anti-Gotion slate only won 2 of the 3 trustee elections it needed to win in order to control the board. I think the new mayor will be out voted 4-2 in the new board configuration.
The anti-Gotion people in Manteno believe the uncounted mail-in ballots leave 3 of the seats undecided at this point, and they think they will likely win 2 of those three seats for the board. Mayor would then be tie-breaker, and new mayor is anti-Gotion.
It looks like 2 of the trustees have been elected with one left to be determined. Shaw is reporting that the Freedom Party (anti-gotion) will only get 2 of the 3 trustee positions they needed to control the board. The last seat to be determined is between 2 Freedom Party candidates.
https://www.shawlocal.com/daily-journal/news/2025/04/03/lamore-tops-gesky-for-manteno-mayor/