Don Tracy, US Senate candidate from Illinois: "Memphis said yes to federal help. Chicago said no. The results tell you everything you need to know about what happens when politics overrides public safety." 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.
Everything is politics and about controlling the money spigot. Cruel outcomes from political decisions mount up in a desperate effort to cling to power. Dan Proft played a ludicrous exchange between a WTTW reporter and Mayor Johnson about police violence. She was concerned about 8 killed by police, not the 100’s killed by those empowered by the catch and release Democratically controlled City and County.
It’s too bad there’s no real opposition in Illinois.
“A Chicago nonprofit lost $3.7 million in federal funding for violence prevention.”
What’s the name of the nonprofit, and how do they “prevent violence”?
You prevent violence by locking up violent people!
Only 6% of major crimes result in arrests in Chicago. Let that sink in.
I said it before and I’ll say it again–Chicago is a haven for criminals. And Chicago is controlled by a corrupt mayor, gang members, and union thugs.
Chicago is no place to raise a family or to start a business or to own a home. It is just like Ken Griffin says–you can be hopeful again when you leave the crooked city.