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.
Most of the Oak Park council is comprised of insufferable, smug, far left people, including the mayor. They have an anti police narrative not consistent with local reality. Their false narrative allows them to feel righteous among their local echo chamber, such as the local defund group Activate Oak Park. This letter to the editor is 100% accurate. The last chief had enough of the previous board and left. This board if far worse. Has the current chief had enough? Will this mayor lose two chiefs in a row? Surely the last few boards have inspired cops to seek, if… Read more »
In about 5 years watch and see , Oak Park will be one of the most crime ridden areas around. Then those liberals will start moving and it will be a future slum .
Well, that’s the point, isn’t it? Have a force composed of dreadlocked, neck tattooed, youngsters and overweight women to administer justice in the “ holistic, activist “ model. Watch for the increase in lawsuits when these SJW police start making poor, unprofessional decisions resulting in death and injury.
Oak Park is a third world village along with Evanston