Category: conservatism, Page 4
David French: America Can’t Go “Wobbly” On Ukraine
Occidental Dissent - Feb 20th 2023 12:52pm ESTThis is good news. By chiming in on the importance of Standing With Ukraine, David French will only ensure that support for it will continue to plummet on the Right simply by being associated with him. New York Times: “As we approach the first anniversary of Russia’s brutal and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, two ominous […]
Tucker Carlson: Joe Biden’s Equity Executive Order
Occidental Dissent - Feb 20th 2023 12:31pm ESTBefore jetting off to Europe and ultimately to Kyiv (Keev) to Stand With Ukraine, Joe Biden signed a new executive order on “equity” which will direct the federal government to discriminate against White people in every government agency.
National Review: Reagan Republicans Take On Putin Republicans
Occidental Dissent - Feb 20th 2023 12:11pm ESTThe standard bearer of Reagan Republicanism in 2024 is currently polling around 3 percent, 2/3rds of Republican voters are tired of Standing With Ukraine and over 1/2 of Republican voters say that Standing With Ukraine makes them less likely to support a Reaganite presidential candidate. We’re also around a year out from the Iowa Caucus […]
The Political Cesspool: The War In Ukraine and Trump 2024
Occidental Dissent - Feb 20th 2023 9:47am ESTLISTEN HERE I appeared on The Political Cesspool this weekend to discuss the very real possibility that the 2024 presidential election is shaping up to be a contest between Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis and Joe Biden and that Trump is the only candidate that could be running on getting out of Ukraine. Note: The rest […]
Mitch McConnell: Powerful Elites Determine Foreign Policy
Occidental Dissent - Feb 18th 2023 10:56am ESTNEW – McConnell: “Defeating the Russians in Ukraine is the single most important event going on in the world right now.”pic.twitter.com/H8RkVKAhno — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) February 16, 2023 Mitch McConnell on Fox News: “I’m gonna try to help explain to the American people that defeating the Russians in Ukraine is the single most important event going […]
Damon Linker: How To Be a Liberal Today
Occidental Dissent - Feb 17th 2023 10:52am ESTWhat is liberalism? Damon Linker: “I first remember “liberal” becoming an epithet back in 1988 when Republican presidential nominee George H. W. Bush mocked his Democratic opponent Michael Dukakis for being a “card-carrying member of the ACLU.” Over the next few years, Republicans made a habit of treating “liberal” as an insult. But that’s nothing […]
Poll Watch: Republican Voters Are No Longer Standing With Ukraine
Occidental Dissent - Feb 15th 2023 9:55am EST79% of Democrats say lawmakers from their party mostly agree about the Democratic Party’s values; 58% of Republicans say the same about Republican lawmakers. https://t.co/ZKPRLJOtBW pic.twitter.com/8Hc6iGiPpE — AP-NORC Center (@APNORC) February 14, 2023 21% of Republican voters support sending government funds to Ukraine. 39% of Republican voters support sending weapons to Ukraine. 58% of Republican […]
Nikki Haley 2024 Launches
Occidental Dissent - Feb 14th 2023 12:42pm ESTFor once, I agree. Nikki Haley should have ran for president in 2012. The Bulwark: “On paper, Nikki Haley should be a top-tier contender in the 2024 Republican primary. She’s a successful former governor from an important, early primary state. She has an impressive personal backstory, solid foreign policy chops, and great candidate skills, too. […]
The Big Sort: The Fastest Growing States In America
Occidental Dissent - Feb 11th 2023 9:31am ESTIt is not your imagination. There has been a noticeable surge in people moving from Blue States to Red States. Alabama is now one of the fastest growing states in America. The Hill: “More people moved to Florida than any other state in the country in 2022, according to a new report from the National Association of […]
Breaking Points: Pulitzer Journo: U.S. Blew Up Nordstream Pipeline
Occidental Dissent - Feb 10th 2023 9:49am ESTThis one was always a real mystery. Seymour Hersh: “The U.S. Navy’s Diving and Salvage Center can be found in a location as obscure as its name—down what was once a country lane in rural Panama City, a now-booming resort city in the southwestern panhandle of Florida, 70 miles south of the Alabama border. The […]