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  • Brian Stelter: Chris Wallace Is Defecting To CNN

    Occidental Dissent - Dec 12th 2021 1:25pm EST

    Big news on Reliable Sources this morning. Chris Wallace is leaving FOX News Sunday to join CNN+. Is this the first bombshell to drop in the new model of “journalism” that will save American democracy from authoritarianism? What does it say about the radicalization of FOX News? Note: Before he was hired at FOX News, […]

  • Poll: Republicans Take 10 Point Lead on Generic Ballot

    Occidental Dissent - Dec 11th 2021 9:24am EST

    2022 Generic Ballot TrendsCNBC | Hart R. | @POStrategies (R) • October PollDEM: 43% (+2)GOP: 41% •December PollGOP: 44% (+10)DEM: 34% •That’s a 12 point shift towards Republicans • GOP holds the largest NBC Polling lead in 20 years — InteractivePolls (@PollsandOdds) December 10, 2021 New CNBC poll: Biden approval 41 / disapprove 50Biden economic […]

  • The Atlantic: Democrats Are Losing The Culture War

    Occidental Dissent - Dec 10th 2021 8:48am EST

    As we have previously reported, Ronald Brownstein is one of the top Jews in the Democratic Party and now he is sounding the alarm that woke college educated progressive activists (i.e., the shitlibs) have dragged the party too far to the Left on intensely polarizing racial, cultural and gender issues. This is more than offsetting […]

  • Charlottesville’s Statue of Robert E. Lee Will Be Melted Down

    Occidental Dissent - Dec 9th 2021 12:08pm EST

    I don’t have much to say about this. This is a fitting end to “Charlottesville” though. This reflects the mindset of the woke progressives who live in Charlottesville. Back in 2017, I went there with the League of the South because I loved the statue and opposed the people who wanted to tear it down. […]

  • David Brooks: Conservatism: An Elegy

    Occidental Dissent - Dec 9th 2021 9:10am EST

    Editor’s Note: This is a work in progress. David Brooks has written a eulogy for American conservatism in the latest edition of The Atlantic. The great hope over there is to persuade the True Cons or suburban moderate center-right voters that Donald Trump is such a unique authoritarian threat to liberal democracy that they need […]

  • The Atlantic: Trump’s Next Coup Has Already Begun

    Occidental Dissent - Dec 7th 2021 10:44am EST

    In the main, I don’t really disagree with Barton Gellman’s new cover story at The Atlantic, as I have been excitedly documenting and covering these developments for well over a year now on this website and anticipated it was coming long before the “January 6th insurrection.” My bet was that it would be better for […]

  • Christian Picciolini Gives Up On His DeRad Grift

    Occidental Dissent - Dec 2nd 2021 11:54am EST

    I would give up too. If I were doing this and for every 1 White Nationalist who was deradicalized and converted to woke progressivism another 10,000 normies in small towns and rural areas was alienated and radicalized by Wokeism, I would do the math and see that I was losing the argument. Salon: “I’ve been […]

  • Jack Dorsey Resigns From Twitter

    Occidental Dissent - Nov 30th 2021 9:35pm EST

    not sure anyone has heard but, I resigned from Twitter pic.twitter.com/G5tUkSSxkl — jack?? (@jack) November 29, 2021 In an interview last year, the incoming CEO of Twitter, Parag Agrawal, made it clear that free speech is not a priority for the company, and that his platform would not be “bound” by the First Amendment. https://t.co/Ng9kV2g07c […]

  • Poll: Republicans Have a 13 Point Edge In The Generic Congressional Ballot

    Occidental Dissent - Nov 16th 2021 3:15pm EST

    If the elections for #congress were held today, Republicans would win with voters 51% to 38%.#breakingpoll #genericballot@TheDemocrats @HouseGOPhttps://t.co/4tirvMEi03 pic.twitter.com/t8CkBxnaZR — Rasmussen Reports (@Rasmussen_Poll) November 16, 2021 Unaffiliated voters congressional candidate choices:Rep. – 48%Dem. – 26%#breakingpoll #genericballot@TheDemocrats @HouseGOPhttps://t.co/4tirvMEi03 pic.twitter.com/CNBpodHxpp — Rasmussen Reports (@Rasmussen_Poll) November 16, 2021 I apologize for being so fascinated by these polls. Do […]

  • Ezra Klein Show: How Far Right Extremism Invaded Mainstream Politics

    Occidental Dissent - Nov 16th 2021 9:52am EST

    Editor’s Note: This is a work in progress. I wasted an hour of my time listening to this. I’m also interested in this question: why does it seem like our ideas are spreading more rapidly than ever before while the organized movement is facing more state repression, lawfare and censorship than ever before? Shouldn’t “far […]

  • You’re The Republican Base Now

    Occidental Dissent - Nov 15th 2021 9:46am EST

    It is sad, but true. We have finally gone mainstream. Congratulations, you’re the Republican base now. BTW, if you didn’t vote for Trump in 2020 and you think the system is rigged and that there is “no political solution” and that “voting by people like me doesn’t really affect how government runs things,” these views […]

  • Poll: Trump Tops Biden By 11 Points In Iowa

    Occidental Dissent - Nov 14th 2021 10:15am EST

    Your Favorite President is returning in 2024. If nothing else, you know Trump will run again for the grift, but the temptation to run again when you can win outright and settle scores is going to be irresistible for him. The Hill: “Former President Trump leads President Biden by 11 points in a hypothetical head-to-head matchup in Iowa, according […]

  • Kyle Rittenhouse Testifies In His Own Defense

    Occidental Dissent - Nov 12th 2021 11:45am EST

    I wish there was more that I could say about the Kyle Rittenhouse trial. I haven’t written anything about it though for the same reason that I haven’t written about the ongoing Sines v. Kessler trial. There is nothing that I could add that hasn’t been said here a hundred times before about people like […]

  • Breaking Points: Kamala Harris Hits All Time Low In Approval Rating

    Occidental Dissent - Nov 10th 2021 12:38pm EST

    NEW – Kamala Harris asks NASA if they are able to “track trees” by race as part of “environmental justice.”pic.twitter.com/zFMayeTbhJ — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) November 6, 2021 RACISIM & ROADS: Pete Buttigieg says racism is built into some of the United States infrastructure. The Fact Check Team looks at historic examples and local communities to find […]

  • Sen. Ted Cruz Is Open To Secession

    Occidental Dissent - Nov 10th 2021 12:15pm EST

    Ted Cruz is just giving lip service to Texas secessionists who are now a huge part of his base and probably a majority of Texas Republicans and Independent voters. I don’t see Red State secession happening anytime soon though because the Democrats pulled the pin on the grenade and now are falling apart and the […]

  • Jacobin: Does “Wokeness” Really Alienate Voters?

    Occidental Dissent - Nov 9th 2021 7:25pm EST

    A useful definition of “woke”: a pseudo-religious belief system which is organised around the sacralization of racial, sexual & gender minorities and which prioritises subjectivity & lived experience over objectivity and empirical evidence. https://t.co/gLrl5Gjaao — Matt Goodwin (@GoodwinMJ) November 9, 2021 Can the Democrats be convinced that Wokeism is a major albatross for them? Republicans […]

  • Tucker Carlson: This Is Joe Biden’s Main Problem

    Occidental Dissent - Nov 9th 2021 9:11am EST

    Joe Biden and the Democrats are dead in the water at 38% in the polls. Independents have shifted Right. The 2022 midterms will be a red wave election. Joe has lost everyone but Richard Spencer.

  • The Atlantic: How Virginia Democrats Fell Victim To History

    Occidental Dissent - Nov 7th 2021 10:03am EST

    This is an important point. We can talk about how different demographic groups like non-college educated White women shifted between the 2020 election and the 2021 elections, but explosive Republican turnout and those “Assad-like margins” in rural areas had more to do with McAuliffe’s defeat in Virginia. It seems that the latter is more likely […]

  • New York Times: Democrats Haven’t Hit Rock Bottom In Rural White America

    Occidental Dissent - Nov 6th 2021 2:40pm EDT

    You’re laughing. The Democrats haven’t hit rock bottom with White voters in rural America and you’re laughing. New York Times: “HOT SPRINGS, Va. — The increasingly liberal politics of Virginia had been a sore spot for residents of this conservative town of 499 people nestled in the Allegheny Mountains. But this past week, as Republicans […]

  • CNN: Don Lemon Defends Wokeism and Cancel Culture

    Occidental Dissent - Nov 5th 2021 6:08pm EDT

    It goes well beyond elections. Wokeism suppresses the legitimacy of all institutions and particularly the mainstream media. It suppresses the audience of Star Trek: Discovery and Hollywood award shows. Over half of Southern Republicans would support dissolving the Union. Clearly, they don’t grasp the breadth and depth of the resentment that they are creating. Powered […]

  • Ross Douthat: Republicans Schooled the Left in Virginia

    Occidental Dissent - Nov 3rd 2021 8:49am EDT

    CRT is taught to elementary school kids in Loudoun County, Virginia. White kids vilified based on skin color.“My 6 yr year somberly came to me and asked if she was born evil b/c she was a white person, something she learned in a history lesson at school.”pic.twitter.com/GCPvLJcIku — Marina Medvin ?? (@MarinaMedvin) October 27, 2021 […]

  • Brian Stelter’s Ominous 2022 Prediction

    Occidental Dissent - Oct 31st 2021 1:03pm EDT

    This little fat man never fails to crack me up with his effeminate voice.

  • David French: A Christian Defense of American Classical Liberalism

    Occidental Dissent - Oct 31st 2021 10:58am EDT

    Editor’s Note: This is a work in progress. I sent an email about this article to Brion McClanahan. We will see if he responds to it with his own take. I’ve been criticizing David French for years. I was doing it long before it became popular. When French whines about how the Alt-Right came after […]

  • Glenn Youngkin Is Probably Better Than Terry McAuliffe

    Occidental Dissent - Oct 30th 2021 10:48am EDT

    Editor’s Note: This is a work in progress. Is Glenn Youngkin our guy? No. Is the Virginia governor’s race the most important election ever? Hardly. As I thought about this while at work yesterday, I came to the conclusion that I was setting aside my usual neutrality and indifference in this race. We actually do […]

  • Merrick Garland Gets Roasted On Capitol Hill

    Occidental Dissent - Oct 27th 2021 6:08pm EDT

    This was good political theater. Progressives no longer believe in the First Amendment. If you think this was heated, you have to wonder what Cotton and Hawley’s constituents think about Merrick Garland’s despotism back home. What are those folks thinking?