Category: conservatism, Page 74
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 […]
CNBC Poll: Republicans Want Trump To Remain Head of the Party
Occidental Dissent - Feb 13th 2021 9:28am ESTThe party of Jeff Flake is dead as a doornail. CNBC: “A CNBC survey conducted in the days before former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial finds a large share of Republicans want him to remain head of their party, but a majority of Americans want him out of politics. The CNBC All-America Economic Survey shows 54% of Americans […]
GOP Exodus
Occidental Dissent - Feb 12th 2021 5:32pm ESTThe good news keeps rolling in. New York Times: “In the days after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, the phone lines and websites of local election officials across the country were jumping: Tens of thousands of Republicans were calling or logging on to switch their party affiliations. In California, more than 33,000 registered […]
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Has Embraced Neoliberal Joe
Occidental Dissent - Feb 12th 2021 1:06pm ESTGood riddance. This is a huge win for Republicans. Politico: “Washington’s most powerful trade group is having a political identity crisis. Over the past month, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has taken a series of steps that have enraged its traditional Republican allies. It applauded much of President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion plan to Covid […]
Tucker Carlson: Oligarchs Want To Shut Down FOX News
Occidental Dissent - Feb 12th 2021 9:25am ESTFascinating comments about Fox News just now from Fox CO Lachlan Murdoch: “We believe that where we are targeted, to the center-right, is where we should be targeted. We don’t believe we should go further right… and absolutely we won’t go to the left.”— Alex Weprin (@alexweprin) February 9, 2021 There is only so far […]
The GOP Should Start Acting Like a Working Class Party
Occidental Dissent - Feb 11th 2021 2:56pm ESTThis is also my take. There has been a dramatic resorting of the electorate. Some White working class Independents and Democrats are now Republicans. Meanwhile, some suburban Republicans have now gone over to the Democrats. The PMC ratio in the Republican Party isn’t what it used to be. The voters have changed. The rhetoric and […]
Neoliberal Joe Ends Border National Emergency
Occidental Dissent - Feb 11th 2021 1:24pm ESTJoe is already off to a great start doubling down on all of the mistakes of Barack Obama’s second term that sent MAGA voters fleeing into Donald Trump’s arms. Politico: “President Joe Biden on Thursday formally terminated former President Donald Trump’s two-year-old declaration of a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border, calling the order by […]
Reuters: Dozens of Former Republican Officials In Talks To Form True Cons Third Party
Occidental Dissent - Feb 11th 2021 12:22am ESTThis is fantastic news. It is the best news since that poll came out which showed 64% of Trump voters now believe that their race is very, extremely or somewhat important to their identity. Reuters: “(Reuters) – Dozens of former Republican officials, who view the party as unwilling to stand up to former President Donald […]
GOP Eyes Working Class Future
Occidental Dissent - Feb 10th 2021 5:02pm ESTI used to laugh at the idea of a multiracial, working class, populist Republican Party. I thought there is no way that something like that could work. I’m not so sure now though. Axios: “Republicans, long reliant on big business and the rich, see a post-Trump future centered on working class white, Hispanic and Black […]
Axios: GOP Eyes Working Class Future
Occidental Dissent - Feb 10th 2021 5:02pm ESTI used to laugh at the idea of a multiracial, working class, populist Republican Party. I thought there is no way that something like that could work. I’m not so sure now though. Axios: “Republicans, long reliant on big business and the rich, see a post-Trump future centered on working class white, Hispanic and Black […]
Poll: Trump Voters Control The GOP
Occidental Dissent - Feb 10th 2021 2:24pm EST
