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.
So what JB is saying is that after Trump the country will be better organized and laid out, just like Chicago was after the fire?
JB’s analogies don’t even make any sense. What embers are he talking about? What did they design with less than 60 days in office while Biden was there for fours. And given the revelation that the host of this event – Neera Tanden – was Biden’s senior advisor at the end of his term, and was promoted to head of the Domestic Policy Council – which put her in charge of the so-called AutoPen that signed all the flurry of crazy pardons and executive orders in the waning days of his term. She usurped presidential power for herself to issue… Read more »
The Democratic Party I’d the modern day equivalent of Mrs. O’Leary’s cow!
And what exactly is he building in IL other than abortion clinics, pot shops, OTB and casinos and possibly bordellos?
You forgot sex conversion operations in Illinois hospitals.
Face it big boy, the Tiny Dancer will derail your presidential aspirations at will and you are going to flop around from one end of IL to the other in a desperate attempt to stay relevant. You’d probably do cartwheels on demand if you could. You’re a sad, privileged clown.
Pritzker reminds me of Mrs. O’Leary’s big fat cow