Illinois now claims the right to dictate where federal authority can be exercised and makes federal authorities liable for violating specified state safe zones. "Good luck with that." 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 want to see the Chief or Sheriff (not counting Dart) who has the guts to tell his/her officers to interfere with, or arrest, a federal agent. Or a rank-and-file officer who would follow through on such an order. Remember, an officer need not obey an order he/she believes is illegal.
Claim being the key word.
Apparently Illinois government has no recollection of the civil war.
There is a certain amount of pleasure in seeing Lucky, his sidekick Kwame and various judges get their, er, stuff get kicked into the dirt when they try to circumvent Federal statutes . Upon losing, they will certainly hurl their favorite epithets ( Nazi, racist, colonizer) , lick their wounds for a while and come back with an even more ludicrous scheme. They are running out of bullets- trans rights/ re – gendering minors are roundly rejected by an overwhelming majority, Hamas cheerleaders have shriveled up and blown away and people made their feelings known about an army of illegals… Read more »
Well let’s just park down the block . Nail their asses on the street
The defining characteristic of JB Pritzker, Brandon Johnson, and the progressive leftists: infinite hubris.
Brain dead politicians