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.
I don’t expect much of a change in Illinois due to the Janus decision. The government unions will seek extra-judicial remedies to claw back any lost revenues, including worker intimidation and assisting government employers to release non-compliant employees to make room for those eager to pay full dues.
The corrupt alliance between the Illinois Democratic Party and the government employee unions is too profitable and entrenched to be noticeably impacted by something as trivial as a SCOTUS decision.
There is no worker freedom in Illinois in any way shape or form. All working Illinois residents are forced to labor in the yoke of Government servitude to pay for the lavish salaries, healthcare, and pensions of their master overseers in the public sector. Their children are born into public debt slavery with the unconscionable, greedy public sector workers stealing food from their very mouths to feed their insatiable lust for unfair compensation.
The better headline would be: “Supreme Court protects Public Employees First Amendment Rights”