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.
This is a statewide problem. When the TIFS are started the populace oooohhh and ahhhhh about the “wonderful benefits” that these TIFs provide including those awesome streetscapes guaranteed to reelect the standing politicians. Then, years later, as taxes that should have gone to the schools, police and infrastructure are sitting in the TIFS which are arguably slush funds for the status quo politicians. The Chicago schools are broke and begging for money yet plenty sits in the TIF account and in Johnsons so called “City Development Fund.” The money is there folks…make the politicians spend it appropriately for a change