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 can’t wait for John Deere to implement its DEI programs in Mexico! That will be fun to watch.
I think they’ll find that dealing with unions was preferable to dealing with the cartels…
Just goes to show you the leadership at Caterpillar is nothing more than Democrat globalist scum. Yes, Illinois sucks, we understand this, but they could have moved the factor 200 miles to the east or west, piece by piece, to a right to work state, and a good chunk of the work force probably would have followed them out of state. But they moved to Texas instead; Remember, America is just an economic zone to them, and if the economic zone isn’t earning a few more pennies, then they leave.
https://www.caterpillar.com/en/careers/why-caterpillar/diversity-inclusion.html
They’re just as woke as you can imagine too.
It’s not the rank and file, but the out of town, out of state Bosses who have their own agenda.
Caterpillar did this years ago in IL – outsource, open shop strategy, offshore, and bring in foreign H1B workers. Shawn Fain and Joe Biden and Pritzker can take a bow now.
Thank you Bill Clinton for signin NAFTA.
It took ’em long enough. Other major companies with manufacturing sites in IL shifted production south decades ago. I was an engineer for GE in the ’80s; then CEO “Neutron Jack” Welch made my job disappear, but left the buildings intact. Good ole Neutron Jack!