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.
In the private sector, if you owned a major corporation and put people in charge who had little background or skills related to their jobs, your revenues and profits would go south quickly. Eventually, your corporation would cease to exist.
In the public sector, you have the advantage of mismanaging huge amounts of taxpayer funds. That way, it takes longer for your demise, since you can almost always get more taxpayer money to minimize or at least seem to minimize your mistakes.
Where are the Alderman telling him he’s killing this city. Hell they’re as bad as him