[T. P. Pole]

an openness to immigrants

There seems to be little mention of that in the article. And based on some of the other "aside" comments, it reads a little like an attack. Indeed, much of the attack is on Washington as a whole, but there is a bit of lefty-support throughout.

Regardless, a mostly decent article.

[foreverfree]

Well, the article *does* cite a book by a writer for The Atlantic...

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