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 don’t see state credit rating getting any better as COVID $ run out, and dem machine is more powerful than ever—so, do they assume now is good time to sneak in the “Tier 2 fix” on dopey taxpayer/voters? Or, is fix dead for now? Or, maybe wait til after nov elections?
The Dems in IL would never do anything that underhanded. That would be like taking a motion concerning children’s education and turning it into an initiative to keep Republicans off of the ballot. Oh, wait…
It is all smoke and mirrors, nothing changes until we vote out the commies and put in common sense republicans that turn off the
Money spigot. Wake up and vote!
Could not have said it better myself!
I don’t know that there are any “common sense” republicans left.
Over 60 percent of the Senate Republicans voted to put amendment 1 on the ballot. Republicans in Illinois aren’t really offering a different product.
As Rob M (a commentor on this site) once said, republicans are no different than democrats, they just wear more expensive suits. I couldn’t agree with him more.
Yes, Dems certainly don’t have the market on corruption, greed, and lack of required skill sets. If Republicans were in positions of leadership in Illinois and Chicago, would they be willing to implement the cost-cutting measures necessary to start moving Illinois and Chicago in the right direction? Sure, as long as those measures didn’t adversely affect them financially. In other words, no. Greed is more part of human nature and not party-specific. I hope I’m wrong on this, but it seems there’s a lot more kicking the can down the road that can be done before Illinois is forced to… Read more »
If we could transport TX or TN or OK or GA republicans to IL to run the state, it would turn around in less than a decade. There would be massive fake hysterics from the Democrats but it would work, and the evidence is how well run those Republicans states are. Everyone knows that most Republican states are well run. Even Democrats concede this. They just get upset because abortion is restricted.