Category: conservatism, Page 72
Politico: Pentagon Wades Into Political Minefield In Hunt For “Extremists”
Occidental Dissent - Feb 24th 2021 11:21am ESTThis is exactly what the professional class has done. They’ve transformed the U.S. military into a petri dish for exotic social experiments in wokeness, transgenderism and rooting out “right-wing extremism” which as America’s geopolitical rivals well know is defined as anyone who resents and objects to this absurd ideology. Politico: “The Pentagon is launching an […]
Newsweek: McConnell Plays The Long Game With Trump
Occidental Dissent - Feb 23rd 2021 6:54pm EST
Axios: Trump Will Assert Control Over The Republican Party At CPAC
Occidental Dissent - Feb 22nd 2021 1:23pm ESTLook at me, Mitch. I’m the establishment now. Axios: “In his first post-presidential appearance, Donald Trump plans to send the message next weekend that he is Republicans’ “presumptive 2024 nominee” with a vise grip on the party’s base, top Trump allies tell Axios. What to watch: A longtime adviser called Trump’s speech a “show of force,” […]
The GOP Is Becoming The Blue Collar Party
Occidental Dissent - Feb 21st 2021 10:39pm EST
Poll: Trump Still Commands The Loyalty of GOP Voters
Occidental Dissent - Feb 21st 2021 3:18pm ESTI feel like one of those people flying above the coast in a helicopter to get a first look at the damage after Hurricane Joe made landfall. USA Today: “If there’s a civil war in the Republican Party, the voters who backed Donald Trump in November’s election are ready to choose sides. An exclusive Suffolk University/USA […]
Steve King Is Speaking At AFPAC II
Occidental Dissent - Feb 21st 2021 2:12pm ESTAFPAC Speaker: @SteveKingIA https://t.co/Jg9jKI8n8j pic.twitter.com/e1hxDZSryn— Nicholas J. Fuentes (@NickJFuentes) February 19, 2021 Does anyone else find this bizarre? Why was Steve King drummed out of the Republican Congress? 92% of Trump voters think the mainstream media is identical with the Democratic Party 90% of Trump voters think America is losing faith in the ideas that […]
Politico: Trump Gears Up For War With “His Own Party”
Occidental Dissent - Feb 20th 2021 12:02pm ESTThe last four years were exhausting. In retrospect, it is obvious that a lot of mistakes were made. Hopefully, the 2020 election and the aftermath exposed most of those flaws and we can learn something from the experience and move forward again. It feels like we were stuck for four years and lost the momentum […]
The Bulwark: To Save Democracy, Principled Conservatives Must Ally with Democrats
Occidental Dissent - Feb 19th 2021 9:36pm ESTI totally endorse this move. We need all the virtue signaling, cosmopolitan, modernist, suburban neoliberals and neocons in one party. For the last 50 years, they have controlled both parties which has had the effect of degenerating our culture and redistributing wealth upward to themselves. The Bulwark: “Appalled by the GOP’s comprehensive degradation, a serious […]
Talent Returned to God: Rush Limbaugh
Occidental Dissent - Feb 19th 2021 4:07pm ESTThe title of the late Jerome Tuccille’s book about libertarianism was called It Usually Begins with Ayn Rand. For conservatives, the same could be said of Rush Limbaugh. Neocon or paleo, white advocate or “movement conservative,” Christian or agnostic, capitalist or protectionist, it’s hard to find anyone on the Right who didn’t spend some time listening […]
Donald Trump Should Finish Off Conservatism, Inc.
Occidental Dissent - Feb 19th 2021 12:31pm ESTIt is difficult to exaggerate how much a political liability that Donald Trump’s deference to Conservatism, Inc., the GOP establishment and their hidebound neoliberal agenda was after he defeated them in the 2016 election. This was one of the biggest mistakes he made as president. National Review: “Well, it’s on. Donald Trump ended his post-presidency […]
White Saviors
Occidental Dissent - Feb 19th 2021 9:09am ESTBlueBoxDave grasps why the suburban realignment to the Democrats is more of a huge opportunity for Republicans. The Federalist: “There is supposedly a schism in the Republican Party. You see it on TV, you read about it in the legacy conservative journals, and you see it discussed at length on social media. It isn’t real, […]
The Conservative Case for a $15 Minimum Age
Occidental Dissent - Feb 18th 2021 4:36pm ESTI support the idea in spirit. I’m not sure if $15 is the right amount for every state in the country. The federal minimum wage needs to be raised though. The ideal should be to have a Universal Basic Income that puts a floor under the working class and a Universal Maximum Income which puts […]
Neoliberal Joe Poised To Walk Into Immigration Disaster
Occidental Dissent - Feb 18th 2021 11:18am ESTI’m not worried about this. It has zero chance of passing a 50/50 Senate. The Trump base is also on fire right now: 65% want to reduce immigration, 62% want to deport illegal aliens, 89% want a federal E-Verify system and 86% want to build a wall. Anyone who votes for this in the House […]
Is It Time For The Republican Party To Split Apart?
Occidental Dissent - Feb 18th 2021 9:33am ESTIt seems unnecessary to me. In 2016, this was the demographics of the National Review audience. True Conservatism was in a demographic death spiral when Trump was elected president. Male – 81.4%Median Age – 66 years oldAges 15-54 – 18% of subscribersHousehold Net Worth over $1 million dollars – 34.4%Household Net Worth over $250,000 – […]
Poll: Most Alabamians, Including Half of GOP, Support Medicaid Expansion
Occidental Dissent - Feb 17th 2021 7:16pm ESTThere is no such thing as “Right Populism.” Right Populist voters are culturally conservative, economically moderate. Their cultural views absorb all the attention of the mainstream media, but these people are actually just populist voters. Al.com: “Most Alabama voters now support expanding Medicaid to cover low-income adults under the Affordable Care Act, including 50.6 percent […]
National Review: Trump vs. McConnell
Occidental Dissent - Feb 17th 2021 5:55pm ESTThe @NRO editorial: Trump v. McConnell https://t.co/eSNaeu19qC— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) February 17, 2021 He’ll be 84. I suspect this is his last term. But he’ll be the GOP Senate leader as long as he wants to be.— Dan McLaughlin (@baseballcrank) February 17, 2021 Republican voters DON’T WANT more True Conservatism. National Review: “He blamed McConnell […]
Rush Limbaugh Has Died Of Lung Cancer
Occidental Dissent - Feb 17th 2021 4:31pm ESTRIP 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 […]
Donald Trump Releases Statement Bashing Mitch McConnell
Occidental Dissent - Feb 16th 2021 5:26pm ESTTrump 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 […]
Mitt Romney Is Making Moves
Occidental Dissent - Feb 16th 2021 3:36pm ESTMitt 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 […]
Nick Fuentes: Trumpism Without Trump
Occidental Dissent - Feb 16th 2021 11:35am ESTNick 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 […]
Politico: Mitch McConnell’s Next Chapter
Occidental Dissent - Feb 14th 2021 2:25pm ESTWe 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
Does Right Populism Exist?
Occidental Dissent - Feb 14th 2021 1:31am EST
How Stable Is The Democratic Coalition?
Occidental Dissent - Feb 13th 2021 7:56pm ESTEric 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 ESTWhat 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 […]
