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 federal government is the second largest single employer in Illinois behind the state’s government. Illinois is also the second-largest employer of federal workers in the Midwest.”
Translation: Government is the single largest employer in Illinois. This is a recipe for disaster. This violates the leftist tenet of ‘sustainability’ with aplomb.
With private employers leaving Illinois in droves, JB the Hutt wants to keep dollars from Uncle Fed rolling in by any means necessary.
Pritzger is chafing at the idea of the jobs he created to garner votes are going away.
This guy is a joke, an obese inherited billionaire giving career advice to federal workers LOL
Has Pritzker ever sided or spoken up for the Illinois taxpayer? I can’t think of one time where he’s spoken up.
Hallmark of third world societies: government is the largest employer.
Fred Flintstone in shoes probably has done a ton of research on the pro’s and con’s of the buy out offer. Why else would he feel empowered to comment on Federal employees choices while his own state employees are so many and so unproductive.
Keep going Pritzker do you not pay attention to what is going on around the country, take a hint start cutting in Illinois stop your ludicrous spending binge you are just putting the last few nails in your coffin. Take your losses and move on Pritzker the people in Illinois deserve better than you and your goons in Springfield.