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.
Let’s see. IL, among the highest property taxes, highest sales and gasoline taxes, tops in corruption and crime, highest teacher salaries, and now, lowest education outcomes. As some other writer said, if it’s a positive category, IL is always near the bottom, if it’s a negative category, like corruption, IL is always at or near the top
Check out the book ” facing reality ” , this may answer the question.
I know it’s hard and difficult, but if you can’t come up with what private school costs you have to move to get your kids a basic education before it’s to late. Pritzker, the Teachers Union, and the Democrats just do not care about the failed education system they have created.
Intelligent, informative reporting.
But here’s the thing. The corrupt politicians and government apparatchiks of this state, who are thoroughly in bed with unions, do not care about outcomes.
I’m telling you. They do not care.
Communists and the corruptible only care about control. That is all.
You’re trying to raise awareness. To get the populace to bring about change.
That will only happen in the presence of free and fair, non-corrupted elections. This state does not have that.
It all starts with election integrity. Without that, IL (and our nation) has no future worth saving.