In a statement released today, the auto racing giant said that, despite some progress, time had run out on its negotiations with state and local officials about restarting the Chicago Street Race next year. 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.
The Bears were just the first to abandon Hellinois.
Good. It was a stupid idea to begin with
Chicago, Joliet, does it really matter? The state gets their cut either way, and a dead of night, back room deal makes sure CHI gets their beak whetted as well, much like hanging the debt of the RTA/CTA around the necks of the rest of IL. Perhaps a little less grift for the CHI connected will be had, but I wouldn’t bet on that either.