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.
Why a “Presidents” golf tournament the he HATES the President!
Instead, open up the NASCAR track in Joliet that Pritzker shut down.
I watched last year’s. Cars going 40 mph into tire barricades as they couldn’t handle the turns. Night fall causing the race to get cut short. Empty bleacher seats because of their cost. Another financial fiasco for our fair city
NASCAR has a perfectly good track to run races on in Joliet (Chicagoland Speedway) that hasn’t held a NASCAR race since 2019. It has:
But there’s probably not enough chance for graft (AND NASCAR took Lori Lightfoot for a ride with the low sanctioning fees) running a race in Joliet so a downtown crash fest it is.
Bread and circuses has evolved into SNAP and NASCAR
The Hotel tax is effectively 17.39% split among City, County, State and other smaller taxing bodies. The ticket tax is 9% to City and sales tax of 10.25% on top of that of which the City, County and State are beneficiaries.. The City has the most hotels and the most events. As the generator of revenue for the County, the State and miscellaneous others, not sure what the problem is providing support to the City for the extraordinary expenses necessary to keep the party partying.
I do not get $5M on NASCAR in downtown Chicago. Just doesn’t make sense to me.
“… if it’s such a wonderful economic development program to bring these folks into town every year and it brings so much economic income to the city, why do we need to subsidize it?” DeWitte asked.”
Great question, too bad there wasn’t a great answer.
And where’s the proof for the claim by Dems that this event had an economic impact worth millions? Did they factor in the losses downtown business face due to the heart of the tourist district being shut down for nearly a month for NASCAR?
Actually, the city cleared a measly 50K after all costs and putting its residents through maddening traffic patterns.