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 Democratic 2024 convention site team hasn’t even been here and Fox is saying Chiraq is going to host the convention? That’s weird. There hasn’t been sufficient time for those cash filled envelopes to change hands, nor have the site team members had an opportunity to cut some of those back room secret deals. And Lori hasn’t figured out how she is going to humiliate herself and the city as well with her nasty and execrable behavior.
Will this be a repeat of 1968? https://www.history.com/topics/1960s/1968-democratic-convention. Then the Vietnam war was raging. Now different wars are raging within our country. Abortion/Immigration/Crime/Energy/Shortages/Nonstop Covid response and boosters to no avail/Nonstop misinformation campaigns from media/Fearmongering/Medical Mandates imposed by politicians based on a one sided science with no opposing debate/Supply chain issues/Divisiveness within each political parties and between each party/School curriculum protests/Mass shootings daily/etc.Will the police take a “Let it Burn” position and just stand back? Then we had Walter Cronkite. Now we have media puppets and marionettes telling us on how and what to think. We’ll see what happens.
Good point, Freddy. This is a violent time and there may be particularly angry divisions by then within the Democratic part, just like 1968.
Abbie Hoffman and Tom Hayden are dead, but Bill Ayers and Bernandine Dohrn are still available. And their adopted son Chesa Boudin should also be available to attend.
Chicago is the perfect place to show what liberal policies can do. Not sure why they want to highlight the segregation, extreme violence and fiscal mismanagement but have at it.