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.
I spend 15 minutes a day reading this stuff for amusement to find a couple of the most senseless or absurd things happening daily in Illini. Then I remember about what they say about going broke. “it’s just gradual and then its all of a sudden” Good luck.
Yes it does but it reigns among the voters.
An excellent piece from one of those fortunate enough to have escaped the manicured taxing fingers of JB the Hutt and pointy-haired, empty-headed Mayor Cliff Notes.
Illinois elects its dumbest.