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.
IL is just behind NY for another #1 rating in the country for a horrible category: largest per capita wealth migration. Give us another six months, but I don’t know if our trophy room has any space left for another trophy.
Stop and think about this sports fans, look at your
property taxes and multiply them by 3 to 5
years. You have enough for a new car.
you are giving these idiots your new car
every 3 to 5 years.
when do you have enough to force a change?
The streets of Florida are paved with Gold and Bikinis. Sunny clean air and lots of beautiful people and low taxes. If you are from Illinois keep it to yourself, otherwise people will laugh at you because of where you lived. The whole country knows that Illinois is the most F—ed Up state in the country. Money is voting with their feet. My guess is Ted and Mark will both move out of Illinois one day.
Count me as happy enough living in IL. I don’t think living in the southern third of FL where the temperature beyond mid-morning is almost always disagreeably hot even in winter is my idea of Shangri-La. “Your mileage may vary,” of course.
Florida is great until you go through a hurricane. I decided to sell and move after Ian a few years ago. Realtor said we are called halfbacks because we move halfway back home. In my case I landed in far southern TN but spend more time in Huntsville since that’s the nearest Costco etc.
Yeah, that’s not much of a choice. Live in the highest-taxed state in the country or live in a state where there are so many hurricanes the insurance companies won’t insure your home.