Category: Populists, Page 158
The Political Cesspool: White Populism
Occidental Dissent - Feb 20th 2021 9:10pm ESTI would like thank James Edwards and Keith Edwards for having me on The Political Cesspool tonight. We’re trying to wrap our minds around all the good news on the explosion of White identity and populism that is showing up in recent polls since Neoliberal Joe became president. Does it make any sense to label […]
What Went Wrong For Democrats?
Occidental Dissent - Feb 20th 2021 2:48pm ESTI was dialed out of politics in 2020. From my perspective, the Democrats were running on toppling statues, censorship, Antifa and Black Lives Matter burning down cities, “Abolish ICE,” “Defund the Police,” systematic racism, open borders, trans issues, etc. The White upper middle class progressive wing of the party was losing its mind. I figured […]
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 […]
Poll: Republicans Sour On Corporate Power
Occidental Dissent - Feb 20th 2021 3:34am EST
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 […]
Neoliberal Joe: America First Is Over
Occidental Dissent - Feb 19th 2021 5:29pm EST
Karl Rove: Trump Smears Don’t Diminish McConnell
Occidental Dissent - Feb 19th 2021 4:07pm EST
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, […]
Poll: Half of Republicans Back Joe Biden’s COVID Relief Plan Because of Stimulus Checks
Occidental Dissent - Feb 18th 2021 9:27pm ESTNEW POLL: As Amazon workers in Alabama vote to form a union, we find a bipartisan majority of voters have their backs:• Voters support Amazon workers unionizing by 50-point margin• Voters oppose Amazon’s anti-union scare tactics by 26-point marginhttps://t.co/BIZ542wV7j— Data for Progress (@DataProgress) February 18, 2021 69% support Amazon workers’ unionization efforts (nice), 19% oppose. […]
Poll: Big Tech’s Public Image Has Severely Deteriorated
Occidental Dissent - Feb 18th 2021 6:35pm EST
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 […]
Jacobin: The Politics of a Second Gilded Age
Occidental Dissent - Feb 18th 2021 1:40pm ESTThis is an excellent article. I’ve been thinking along the same lines. There came a point when the parallels with the bitterness and emptiness of Gilded Age politics because so blindingly obvious that it became impossible to ignore. In the last two months, we have witnessed 1.) soaring support for wealth redistribution in the polls, […]
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 – […]
Glenn Greenwald: The False and Exaggerated Claims Still Being Spread About the Capitol Riot
Occidental Dissent - Feb 17th 2021 10:10pm ESTWe barely survived the QAnon Shaman and Baked Alaska’s attack on “our democracy.” The “insurrectionists” left the Capitol when asked to do so after walking around, snapping selfies and touring the building. One guy even lit up a joint. The whole thing was over in less than two hours. 1776 didn’t commence again. It was […]
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 […]
Washington Post: The Opportunity For Democrats In The GOP Civil War
Occidental Dissent - Feb 17th 2021 11:33am ESTGreg Sargent makes some good points in this article. The Washington Post: “The rage-addled statement that Donald Trump has fired at Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell plunged the GOP into worsening infighting. But as Republicans reacted to the former president’s missive, it also revealed a glaring tension in the story they are telling about his legacy.It’s […]
The End of America First?
Occidental Dissent - Feb 17th 2021 9:16am ESTBrad Griffin joins Richard Spencer for a discussion of the impeachment of Trump, the future of backlash politics within the GOP, and the strange story of Nicholas Fuentes, “America First,” and “Stop the Steal.” N.B.: This podcast was recorded before Trump avoided conviction in the Senate. Listen to “The End of America First?” on Spreaker.
Joe Biden CNN Town Hall
Occidental Dissent - Feb 16th 2021 8:48pm ESTNow watching.
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 […]
