Category: Populists, Page 159

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  • 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. […]

  • The Political Cesspool: White Populism

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 20th 2021 9:10pm EST

    I 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 EST

    I 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 EST

    The 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 good news keeps rolling in. Gallup: “This year’s subdued national satisfaction ratings mask sharp partisan differences. The poll, conducted during President Donald Trump’s final weeks in office, finds Republicans (including independents who lean Republican) more satisfied than Democrats (including Democratic leaners) with all but two of the items, as is typical for the party […]

  • The Bulwark: To Save Democracy, Principled Conservatives Must Ally with Democrats

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 19th 2021 9:36pm EST

    I 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

    Neoliberal Joe is an imperialist. The American Empire is back. Those troop withdrawals from Syria, Afghanistan and Germany ain’t happening. We’re committed to staying engaged there forever. New York Times: “For anyone looking for evidence that boasts about “America First” — and the need for America to go-it-alone — are over, President Biden’s speech to […]

  • Karl Rove: Trump Smears Don’t Diminish McConnell

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 19th 2021 4:07pm EST

    Donald Trump shouldn’t listen to Karl Rove. Wall Street Journal: “Donald Trump presumably liked it when Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell voted to acquit him because the senator believes impeachment of a former president is unconstitutional. But Mr. Trump had a very different reaction to Mr. McConnell’s floor speech Saturday, when he rightly said the […]

  • Donald Trump Should Finish Off Conservatism, Inc.

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 19th 2021 12:31pm EST

    It 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 EST

    BlueBoxDave 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 EST

    NEW 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

    I’ve already stated my view of Big Tech. Destroying Big Tech is now our top public policy priority. The Hill: “Americans’ perceptions of big tech companies have steadily deteriorated over the past 18 months as titans like Facebook, Twitter and Amazon receive an avalanche of bipartisan criticism, according to a new poll. A new Gallup poll […]