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.
One of the basic skills you must have to be a successful politician is you have to know how to count. Dick Phelan was the classic unqualified pol– lots of big ideas and he could not count votes and consequently could not pass any of his grandiose ideas. Brandon may be worse than Dick Phelan. It ain’t complicated. It is simple math. But “he can’t count ” is a label that sticks with you.
Of course BJ can’t count. He’s a CTU member and former CTU teacher. Counting is a skill vastly beyond any CTU member’s ability. Plus, the only thing that these vermin want to count is the piles of money that they are stealing from the taxpayers and the CTU parasites can only judge by the height of the piles.
Panicky staying the course. If things don’t go your way, deny, delay and then hide out to emerge days later and blame your mess on Trump, Nixon, global warming and white peoples in general.
Encouraging that the City Council is showing a little spine on this. Sure it’s a little easier with a feckless and detested mayor like BJ.
pure ****** bullshit
Any revenue increase should required a minimally equal budget cut.
He should propose a tax on moving van companies because they will be the beneficiaries of his singular obsession with raising taxes.
I’m sure Chicago already has a exit tax seems like all the towns do in Illinois from everyone bailing.
City gets 1.05% of all home sale transactions, so they have that covered…