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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.
People who aren’t in the know think their property taxes are for ongoing expenses like snow plowing, street repair etc. 80% of their tax dollars don’t go to services, they go for services already rendered i.e. pensions.
No changing now, higher and higher taxes (going to fund pensions) and lower services. The public sector greed has put Chicago and Illinois on a path downward that cannot be stopped now. It has gone past the point of no return. The only way out for the taxpayer and his family is to move out of state and let the chips fall where they may.