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  • Rush Limbaugh Has Died Of Lung Cancer

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 17th 2021 4:31pm EST

    RIP Rush Limbaugh. FOX News: “Kathryn Limbaugh, the wife of conservative talk radio icon Rush Limbaugh, announced his death Wednesday on his radio show to his millions of listeners.  Limbaugh died Wednesday at 70 years old from complications of lung cancer. He first learned of his cancer diagnosis in Jan. 2020. Former President Donald Trump awarded the […]

  • Washington Post: The Opportunity For Democrats In The GOP Civil War

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 17th 2021 11:33am EST

    Greg Sargent makes some good points in this article. The Washington Post: “The rage-addled statement that Donald Trump has fired at Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell plunged the GOP into worsening infighting. But as Republicans reacted to the former president’s missive, it also revealed a glaring tension in the story they are telling about his legacy.It’s […]

  • The End of America First?

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 17th 2021 9:16am EST

    Brad Griffin joins Richard Spencer for a discussion of the impeachment of Trump, the future of backlash politics within the GOP, and the strange story of Nicholas Fuentes, “America First,” and “Stop the Steal.” N.B.: This podcast was recorded before Trump avoided conviction in the Senate. Listen to “The End of America First?” on Spreaker.

  • Neoliberal Joe Shoots Down $50,000 In Student Loan Forgiveness

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 16th 2021 10:40pm EST

    BIG DEAL“I will not make that happen,” Biden said when asked whether he will cancel $50,000 in student loan debt, which his own Democratic colleagues have been pressuring him to do. https://t.co/OYar3Hp57z— Lauren Camera (@laurenonthehill) February 17, 2021 I’m not surprised. Business Insider: “President Joe Biden effectively rejected a Democratic plan put forward by Sens. […]

  • Joe Biden CNN Town Hall

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 16th 2021 8:48pm EST

    Now watching.

  • Donald Trump Releases Statement Bashing Mitch McConnell

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 16th 2021 5:26pm EST

    Trump has already won this fight. The fact that Lindsey Graham went on FOX News and called Mitch an albatross for the GOP in the 2022 midterms signaled it was coming. Hannity returned to the subject last night. Mitch & Co. seemed to have this idea that Trump would fade after losing the election. The […]

  • Poll: Majority of Voters Support Unbanning Trump’s Social Media Accounts

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 16th 2021 5:13pm EST

    Unban Trump. Democracy is dying in the darkness.

  • Mitt Romney Is Making Moves

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 16th 2021 3:36pm EST

    Mitt Romney has been reprogrammed. National Review: “Among the more amusing developments of the new Congress has been Senator Mitt Romney’s dogged attempts to do his job. Earlier this month, Romney made a deficit-neutral proposal that would provide Americans with cash allowances for every child they have. Today, Romney announced that he and Senator Tom Cotton would be coming forward […]

  • Poll: 62 Percent Say Third Political Party Needed

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 16th 2021 1:48pm EST

    “New Deal conservatism” isn’t as ridiculous as you might think. We’re clearly at the end of the Reagan era. The Hill: “Nearly two-thirds of Americans say the U.S. needs a third major political party because the GOP and Democratic Party “do such a poor job representing the American people,” according to a new Gallup poll. In […]

  • Nick Fuentes: Trumpism Without Trump

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 16th 2021 11:35am EST

    Nick Fuentes on “Trumpism” without Trump (thread).?: @NickJFuentes pic.twitter.com/KCkhQ2W6ew— America First Reels (@amfirstreels) February 14, 2021 (continued) pic.twitter.com/RzN4UM0Tzf— America First Reels (@amfirstreels) February 14, 2021 (continued) pic.twitter.com/Z1ArbmFyV7— America First Reels (@amfirstreels) February 14, 2021 (continued) pic.twitter.com/2raz7Twits— America First Reels (@amfirstreels) February 14, 2021 There is no such thing as Trumpism. Donald Trump is a narcissist […]

  • The Atlantic: The Capitol Rioters Aren’t Like Other Extremists

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 15th 2021 10:09pm EST

    It turns out that the people who were arrested at the Capitol Siege are a new type of “domestic violent extremist” … normie MAGA supporters who were at a Trump rally. The Atlantic: The best example of a “white supremacist” who was arrested there is Baked Alaska who is nothing but an attention whore who […]

  • Does Conservatism, Inc. Still Have a Pulse?

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 15th 2021 5:51pm EST

    Did Conservatism, Inc. die of COVID-19? I’m not the only one calling for a wellness check. This slew of recent polls has me wondering how far the demographic base of the whole racket has slipped since suburban voters have migrated over to the Democrats over the past five election cycles. You’ve got to wonder how […]

  • Portland DSA Condemns “Class Reductionism”

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 15th 2021 3:51pm EST

    For people clamoring to read the supposedly damning indictment of “class reductionism” from Portland DSA, here it is… As someone who’d probably be called a “class reductionist” by these people, I don’t really find this all that controversial. Sorry to disappoint. pic.twitter.com/eLKlEiUXNg— llama account (@LlamaAccount) February 15, 2021 Oh hey did the Portland DSA affirm […]

  • The Brats Are Coming

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 15th 2021 1:09pm EST

    We’re counting on them. They are highly skilled in the arts of aggravating, alienating and tormenting everyone around them, talking about themselves and virtue signaling on social media. We’re going to paint a gigantic political bullseye on them. Nothing is more unifying than shared hatred of these people. New York Times: “What happened in Peru, […]

  • Libertarians: You Will Be Very Sorry When We Are Gone

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 15th 2021 11:51am EST

    Are you kidding? Do these people have any idea how many people have been repulsed and alienated by their dominance in the Republican Party? There isn’t a bigger electoral albatross than the libertarian oligarchs. American Greatness: “A recent guest column in the Dallas Morning News offers new evidence that Conservatism, Inc. is bent on destroying conservative populism. The […]

  • Reports of the GOP Demise Are Greatly Exaggerated

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 15th 2021 9:55am EST

    There’s a lot in this piece about why GOP senators may have voted to save Trump. (I do think folks underestimate the possibility that many senators are fine with him.) Whatever the cause: This is Trump’s party, & he’s the 2024 GOP frontrunner for now https://t.co/32EhIeFnga— (((Harry Enten))) (@ForecasterEnten) February 14, 2021 Lotta talk of […]

  • Arrogant Coastal Elites Have Lost Their Power To Define The “Mainstream”

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 15th 2021 12:23am EST

    New: by rejecting consequences for Trump for the #CapitolRiots & welcoming #MarjorieTaylorGreene into their caucus Congressional Rs are crystalizing an ominous question: Has the extremist wing of the GOP coalition grown too big for the party to confront?https://t.co/JyATDSSXsc— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) February 14, 2021 “Ah, my friends, we say not one word against those who […]

  • Donal Tron Figured Out How To Win Latinx Voters

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 14th 2021 6:05pm EST

    How can the Republican Party win Latinx voters? It is as simple as changing their antiquated ideology and messaging. Reason: “If Hispanics swung for former President Donald Trump in some states and against him in others in the 2020 election, is there such a thing as a generic Latino vote? Among the most unorthodox answers—which […]

  • Jacobin: Capitalism Has Failed the Rural Working Class

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 14th 2021 5:22pm EST

    No shit. We live in a wasteland of Walmarts and Dollar Generals. Why doesn’t the Heartland Working Class vote for the Democrats? Turn on CNN or MSNBC and listen to those people for about ten minutes. It is because of the White upper middle class professional wing of the party and their toxic culture war […]

  • Politico: Mitch McConnell’s Next Chapter

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 14th 2021 2:25pm EST

    We are ruled by politicians who are on the cusp of senility. Politico: “Mitch McConnell voted to acquit Donald Trump, then publicly torched him — encapsulating the dilemma of the man who now must guide a GOP riven by infighting over whether it’s the party of Trump or the center-right party he wants them to […]

  • The Party of Lincoln

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 14th 2021 12:06pm EST

    In the latest issue of National Review, Baseball Crank has a big history lesson on the history of True Conservatism in the Republican Party. It was interesting to read in the context of something like 12% of Republican voters supporting Donald Trump’s impeachment and everyone from Ben Sasse to Liz Cheney to Bill Cassidy who […]

  • Does Right Populism Exist?

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 14th 2021 1:31am EST

    The real problem with the left-right alliance crowd is that some on the right (not all) seem eager to do populist left-wing economic policies and …. nothing else. Basically, “we can’t criticize BLM or our lefty allies won’t like us, so let’s stick to high taxes & regulation!” https://t.co/vImpmA3UPd— Allum Bokhari (@LibertarianBlue) February 14, 2021 […]

  • How Stable Is The Democratic Coalition?

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 13th 2021 7:56pm EST

    Eric Kaufmann isn’t a fool. He is one of my favorite authors. It was Kaufmann who sparked my interest in the history of modernism which I spent several months writing about last year. New York Times: “Democrats are riding high in Washington, with control of the White House and Congress. They got there with a […]

  • Trump Acquitted

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 13th 2021 5:42pm EST

    What exactly was accomplished by this charade? It was never realistically going to happen. It was performance art politics and a complete waste of time. It inflamed and unified Trump’s base. It confirmed Trump’s control over the Republican Party. It stepped all over Joe’s first 100 days by dragging out the Trump Show. It increased […]

  • Glenn Greenwald: The Journalistic Tattletale and Censorship Industry Suffers Several Well-Deserved Blows

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 13th 2021 2:20pm EST

    I won’t pretend to understand these people. They are humorless, hypersensitive, unfriendly middle class scolds and hall monitors who are obsessed with policing thoughts and words. They are the enemy of all independent minded people. These people are massive control freaks who are obsessed with micromanaging things which ultimately don’t matter as opposed to practical […]