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.
In the popularity contest politics has devolved into, AOC can count on dropping some hip schtick, do some coding while pandering to the room and stress the socialism her constituents ate up when she chased Amazon out of her district as her crowd swooned at the notion of getting a job.
The only people that think JB will win are the ones who are clueless about how bad IL has become economically. Imagine the damage he could do with trillions of dollars in federal freebies.
Run Putzger Run. We’ll be rid of him and then get to laugh as he gets humiliated in the elections