March 6, 2026
[image: image.png] opening thoughts:All President Trump had to do to completely discredit his war on immigrants in the eyes of the American public was to wage it. Once our citizens realized it would mean the disruption of law-abiding families and communities, as well as the decimation of nontrivial economic sectors like food cultivation and processing, they turned against it in record numbers. In the words of the press release that accompanied the Gallup poll <news.gallup.com/poll/692522/surge-concern-immigration-abated.aspx> released last Friday, “a record-high 79 percent of U.S. adults say immigration is a good thing for the country.” Despite years of Goebbels-esque xenophobic and Great Replacement propaganda from right-wing social media, the Murdoch network, and MAGA politicos, nothing has propelled Americans into a pro-immigrant posture like Stephen Miller’s orgy of deportations… harold meyerson the american prospect part one: Anders Croy Communications Director for Florida Watch and the DeSantis Watch accountability project topics: Alligator Alcatraz firm donated to Florida GOP before getting a contract The Texas-based company donated $10k to the Republican Party of Florida in June. Florida is fronting the $450M cost of Alligator Alcatraz – a legal scholar explains what we still don’t know about the detainees Funding shortfalls leave gaps in Florida’s rural health care Rural counties will see a fraction of the funds proposed by lawmakers this year part two: Arthur “Art” Jipson is an Associate Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work at the University of Dayton. For eleven years he was the Director of the Criminal Justice Studies Program.
*What is the ‘Seven Mountains Mandate’ and how is it linked to political extremism in the US? *
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Attitude with Arnie Arnesen,Harold Meyerson, Gallup, Stephen Miller, immigration, Anders Croy, Alligator Alcatraz, rural hospitals, Trump, Art Jipson, extremism, Seven Mountains Mandate, holy war