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  • House Passes The PRO Act

    Occidental Dissent - Mar 10th 2021 2:48pm EST

    What do you think? This isn’t going anywhere because the “party of the working class” will unanimously oppose it like the $15 minimum wage or the $1,400 stimulus checks in the Senate. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce opposes the bill and elected Republicans out of instinct or habit or both seem to defer to the […]

  • David Shor on Why “Latinx” Men Shifted Right

    Occidental Dissent - Mar 10th 2021 1:16pm EST

    Almost NOTHING upsets me as much as watching 6 NON Hispanic/Latino people talking about a #LatinoVote autopsy on national TV! ANNOUNCEMENT I’ll be releasing OUR @NuestroPAC autopsy in a couple weeks. written, researched, presented by Latinos @Morning_Joe @MSNBC #datawontsaveus pic.twitter.com/NYZf6Pg6aW — Chuck Rocha (@ChuckRocha) March 10, 2021 As a Latino non-college educated, single father with […]

  • David Shor on Why “Latinx” Voters Shifted Right

    Occidental Dissent - Mar 10th 2021 1:16pm EST

    Almost NOTHING upsets me as much as watching 6 NON Hispanic/Latino people talking about a #LatinoVote autopsy on national TV! ANNOUNCEMENT I’ll be releasing OUR @NuestroPAC autopsy in a couple weeks. written, researched, presented by Latinos @Morning_Joe @MSNBC #datawontsaveus pic.twitter.com/NYZf6Pg6aW — Chuck Rocha (@ChuckRocha) March 10, 2021 As a Latino non-college educated, single father with […]

  • Poll: Joe Biden Gets Mixed Reviews

    Occidental Dissent - Mar 10th 2021 10:47am EST

    If Donald Trump’s campaign had listened to the wignats, he would still be president of the United States. He lost the 2020 election for the reasons we said he lost. CNN: “In the new poll, 61% support the $1.9 trillion economic relief bill proposed by Biden and expected to pass in the House Wednesday, and […]

  • Democrats Are Anxious About 2022 and 2024

    Occidental Dissent - Mar 10th 2021 10:07am EST

    Between 2016 and 2020, Democrats saw a 43% decline in their support from conservative Hispanics. Trump also narrowed the gap among moderate and liberal Hispanics. https://t.co/WAHpweEKs4 — Ryan James Girdusky (@RyanGirdusky) March 10, 2021 The Democrats are worried. The status quo has been extreme polarization and gridlock. White libs have been the dominant force in […]

  • Poll: No One Likes Mitch McConnell

    Occidental Dissent - Mar 9th 2021 11:45pm EST

    There isn’t much difference between Democrats and Republicans on Mitch McConnell. He is viewed favorably by 28% of Republicans and 19% of Democrats. Yahoo: “The 79-year-old Senate Republican leader, long known as the “Grim Reaper” for killing off numerous Democratic initiatives, ranked dead last among fellow Republicans in an Ipsos poll conducted for Reuters. All […]

  • Luke O’Brien Has Been Laid Off By Huff Post

    Occidental Dissent - Mar 9th 2021 7:26pm EST

    HuffPost employees, after a year of working through a pandemic that isn’t over, were invited to a meeting today with the password “spring is here,” where they were told 47 of them would be laid off. They would only know if they still had a job if they didn’t receive an email by 1 — […]

  • What We Have Gained By Losing

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 25th 2021 8:10am EST

    Editor’s Note: This is a work in progress. I’m struck by these trends. I’ve had to reevaluate my opinions in light of movement that I am seeing in the polls which is wholly positive and indicates a “rise in far-right domestic extremism.” Specifically, I am talking about the resorting of the electorate and the changing […]

  • Neoliberal Joe’s Slow Start

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 24th 2021 10:34pm EST

    I like the FDR comparison. FDR collaborated with white supremacy. FDR was elected president four times while Joe had to be carried through the Democratic primaries by Jim Clyburn. FDR had the support of the Solid South. Joe has a 50/50 Senate ruled by Joe Manchin. FDR realigned the electorate in a way that strengthened […]

  • House Holds Hearing On Media Disinformation

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 24th 2021 7:33pm EST

    Why shouldn’t social media be censored? Why shouldn’t a political litmus test be imposed on the military? Why shouldn’t the federal government launch a domestic “War on Terror”? Why shouldn’t FOX News, OANN and Newsmax be deplatformed by cable companies? Note: BTW, Blumpf was the “fascist.”

  • President Biden Signs Executive Order To Bolster U.S. Supply Chains

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 24th 2021 7:14pm EST

    Joe occasionally does things like this. He has done several things that I agree with which I have noted out of intellectual honesty. It is drowned out though by all the bad ideas and messaging. It is difficult to get past being accused of “domestic extremism” and oppressing minorities through systematic racism.

  • CBS News: Memes Are Dangerous Vehicles Of Misinformation

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 24th 2021 7:04pm EST

    The comedy industry is also a “pipeline” to “far-right extremism.”

  • Poll: Voter Priorities

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 24th 2021 5:03pm EST

    Thread on the new @EchelonInsights polling about voter priorities and what Republicans in particular are looking for. Unlike traditional “top issue” questions, here we asked people to rate EACH issue on how much it concerns them. We tested these issues with everyone… pic.twitter.com/sNRIx0J7sz— Kristen Soltis Anderson (@KSoltisAnderson) February 24, 2021 Of the issues we presented […]

  • Q Who?

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 24th 2021 9:34am EST

    In recent podcasts, we have wondered how long QAnon would survive after the Capitol Siege and into the Biden presidency before the same people just drop it and move on to the next thing as they always do. It seemed unlikely to me that QAnon would still be around in 2022.

  • Jimmy Dore Goes Off On Tucker Carlson Tonight

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 23rd 2021 9:27pm EST

    YES. This trick is getting harder and harder to ignore. Just look at Axios where they are doing it right now in between all the J.P. Morgan ads on “racial equity” and “systemic racism.” There is a reason this is being pushed so hard. Who is pushing this shit? It is oligarchs and the PMC […]

  • Newsweek: McConnell Plays The Long Game With Trump

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 23rd 2021 6:54pm EST

    How delusional do you have to be to believe this? Newsweek: “McConnell has it right. He realizes that normalizing crazy theories and excusing Trump’s behavior are not in the best interests of the GOP in the long term. His “long game” involves constructing a party broad enough to compete for votes in states where Trump […]

  • Rick Wiles 2024

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 23rd 2021 3:24pm EST

    After spending years claiming that Dems want to install a communist/socialist/Marxist regime in the U.S., Rick Wiles now says he may run for president in 2024 on a platform dedicated to seizing the wealth of billionaires and redistributing it to the poor. https://t.co/VOtSxLAz7m pic.twitter.com/y6Y1CgycMd— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) February 23, 2021 YES! This is exactly […]

  • The Atlantic: The Government Needs To Find Big Tech a New Business Model

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 23rd 2021 1:25pm EST

    BOOM! This is exactly what is needed to rein in Big Tech. Just as we don’t have creepy hall monitors invading privacy and opening letters, blacklisting people from using the Post Office, monitoring and intervening in phone calls to deplatform other Americans from having conversations, applying an arbitrary and politically charged litmus test to determine […]

  • President Biden Is Pivoting From The Middle East

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 22nd 2021 4:55pm EST

    I’m with Joe on this. The demise of MIGA is one of the upsides of the Biden administration. We heard a lot of talk about “America First” from Donald Trump but he had an Israel First foreign policy. I hope we get back into the Iran Deal. I’m also glad that Joe is ending support […]

  • Axios: Trump Will Assert Control Over The Republican Party At CPAC

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 22nd 2021 1:23pm EST

    Look 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,” […]

  • Neoliberal Joe Caves On $15 Minimum Wage

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 22nd 2021 12:13pm EST

    pic.twitter.com/KJtVEux5MU— Biden Voters Posting Their L’s Online (@BidenLs) February 21, 2021 pic.twitter.com/rwaTDKVsGy— Biden Voters Posting Their L’s Online (@BidenLs) February 22, 2021 pic.twitter.com/OlFmMgznxE— Biden Voters Posting Their L’s Online (@BidenLs) February 22, 2021 pic.twitter.com/M4qwRHZRQs— Biden Voters Posting Their L’s Online (@BidenLs) February 20, 2021 Sorry folks! We can’t get this done because the PMC wing […]

  • The GOP Is Becoming The Blue Collar Party

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 21st 2021 10:39pm EST

    Talk is cheap. We’re waiting to hear two things. NBC Narratives: “WASHINGTON — The exit of Donald Trump has brought back a more normal rhythm to politics in Washington, but outside the Beltway, deeper forces are reshaping the partisan landscape. Data from the NBC News poll shows that the composition of the two major parties […]

  • Poll: Trump Still Commands The Loyalty of GOP Voters

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 21st 2021 3:18pm EST

    I 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 EST

    AFPAC 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 […]

  • Democrat Big Tent Threatens Neoliberal Joe’s Agenda

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 21st 2021 11:03am EST

    You’re laughing. Joe’s coalition is already disintegrating and you’re laughing. New York Times: “As he ran for president last year, Joseph R. Biden Jr. contorted his campaign to appease both wings of the Democratic Party, trying to excite progressives with an ambitious policy platform while assuring moderates he opposed structural changes to the political process. […]