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.
At no point did Johnson mention the increase in costs of electricity to consumers, the likely increase in residential water costs nor the plunging property values in the vicinity of a data center. Like JB, he’s all full of moonlight and canoes, but the reality is much different. IL residents of the St. Louis metro east area are up in arms over their increased costs of electricity courtesy of data centers.
Im getting a generator. With this states shaky electric grid and the dems pushing data centers, electric cars and no more gas stoves I think it maybe my best investment ever