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 make money in Chicago and live here and pay rediculous taxes or make money in Chicago while living in FL and pay no state income tax. Guess which one we picked. This is our familie’s FU to the Democrat cabal.
The significant factor is young people going away to college, seeing how more efficiently other states are run, and not returning to IL. Meantime, those who remain are getting older, a bigger drain on resources, and with no tax on retirement income, they stay. Much less income for state and local.
Let’s not forget the violence and incredibly mindless progressive woke policies of King Pritzker and Lightweight.