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.
It’s nice that Rivian makes cool stuff because their stock is down about 80% in the last 4 months, from $170 per share to about $30 per share. In the first quarter of this year, Amazon had a $7.6 billion write down and Ford a $5.4 billion write down to their earnings from this decrease in stock price. Both are partners with Rivian and Amazon a customer for 100,000 electric delivery vans.
Coolest thing that very few can afford so what good is it. Top of the line pickup is around 100K other models start around 72K. What will battery replacement cost down the road?
https://www.caranddriver.com/rivian/r1s
This article does not bode well for the company and Illinois
https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/2/22958066/rivian-price-increase-r1t-r1s-for-new-and-existing-reservations They are increasing prices by up to $20K even if you reserved one which Tesla does not do.
You’d be surprised on that who-can-afford-what topic. I know a few farmers who HATE paying more income tax than necessary so much that they’ll buy top-of-the-line pickup trucks costing $70,000-ish as their MSRP so it becomes a business expense. I remember one telling me his had a Corvette V-8 engine in it. That was maybe four years ago, and maybe such engines aren’t even available for pickups at this point for all I know. Again, its safe to saythe gasoline expenses for those 16 m.p.g pickups are a business expense as well. That’s how much they hate paying income taxes.