Category: Progressives, Page 121
Secular Talk Spills The Beans On Rising Drama
Occidental Dissent - Jun 2nd 2021 7:30pm EDTI never bought the idea that Krystal and Saagar built up a platform with 1.2 million subscribers which was on the corporate algorithm and wasn’t throttled like all the other channels … and just walked away from it. I’m sure that had nothing to do with their wonderful boss Jerry Finkelstein.
Axios: 2022’s War Over Racism
Occidental Dissent - Jun 2nd 2021 6:47pm EDTI’m not a Republican. I’ve always been a White Independent swing voter. Axios: “With or without Donald J. Trump atop the party, the Republican strategy for the 2022 elections and beyond virtually assures race — and racism — will be central to political debate for years to come. … There’s a massive gulf between how Republicans […]
American Greatness: The New Secession Crisis
Occidental Dissent - Jun 2nd 2021 3:54pm EDTJeremy Carl has this historical analogy backwards. It is Joe Biden and the Democrats who are the true heirs of Abraham Lincoln and what was known at the time as “Black Republicanism.” Then as now, the South was the conservative section of the Union which had placed its faith in the Constitution and it was […]
Jacobin: Woke Merchants of Death
Occidental Dissent - Jun 2nd 2021 1:16pm EDTWhat is the Left? It is getting harder and harder to ignore the disconnect between the people who associate “Left” with social democracy (people like Jimmy Dore or Ben Burgis) or with liberalism (people like Thomas Frank) and woke progressivism (people like Sadie Farrell). These conflicting visions of what “Left” means are naturally in extreme […]
National Interest: The Danger of Attempting to Harness Trumpism Without Trump
Occidental Dissent - Jun 2nd 2021 11:48am EDTpic.twitter.com/TgR8wGUx6Z — Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) June 1, 2021 David Dorn died on this day a year ago. In case anyone has forgotten how much of a disappointment Donald Trump was as president (rest assured, no one on this website has forgotten), Pedro Gonzalez would like to refresh your memory before we succumb to another round […]
Washington Post: Anarchists and Increase In Violent Crime “Hijack” Portland’s Social Justice Movement
Occidental Dissent - Jun 2nd 2021 10:53am EDTAntifa rioters set the monument honoring Oregon trail pioneers on fire. They say it is a statue of colonialism and white supremacy. pic.twitter.com/rsQeriDFon — Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) July 3, 2020 What would Plato or Aristotle say about this? My guess is that their first question would be to ask how children are being educated in […]
Thomas Frank: If The Wuhan Lab-Leak Hypothesis Is True, Expect a Political Earthquake
Occidental Dissent - Jun 2nd 2021 9:14am EDTThomas Frank asks an excellent question. If the lab leak hypothesis turns out to be true, what are the implications for liberalism which has wrapped itself in the cloak of technocracy and professional class expertise? What if it turns out those people are corrupt, self serving liars who have been laundering their politics as “science”? […]
Biden Interior Department Suspends Oil and Gas Leases In Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Occidental Dissent - Jun 1st 2021 6:58pm EDTFossil fuels are dirty. Polar bears are cute animals. We will power the country with solar energy and windmills and everyone will drive electric vehicles and eat soylent and cricket bars and live in harmony with Mother Earth. Such is the depth of these people. Politico: “The Biden administration is suspending all oil and gas […]
Antifa Vandalize Rep. Nancy Mace’s Home In South Carolina
Occidental Dissent - Jun 1st 2021 5:02pm EDTIn the early morning hours of Memorial Day, my home, where I’m raising my two children, was vandalized with Antifa symbols and profanity. Although my kids and I are thankfully fine, these criminal acts are unacceptable no matter your politics. pic.twitter.com/OIN5byPp0I — Nancy Mace (@NancyMace) June 1, 2021 We should all be able to feel […]
Vladimir Putin Will Press Joe Biden On Human Rights Of Capitol Stormers
Occidental Dissent - Jun 1st 2021 4:06pm EDTRussian Foreign Minister Lavrov: we are closely watching the persecution of people involved in storming of the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021. Suggest the human rights, rights of opposition are being violated pic.twitter.com/cf3rJA7c4y — Liveuamap (@Liveuamap) May 31, 2021 Donald Trump hung these people out to dry. The Biden administration has arrested nearly […]
Secular Talk: Poll: Shocking Views On Israel/ Palestine
Occidental Dissent - Jun 1st 2021 3:45pm EDT‘Who is more responsible for the violence in the Mideast – Israel or Hamas?’ All:Hamas: 60%Israel: 40% 18-34:Israel: 60%Hamas: 40% 35-49:Israel: 51%Hamas: 49% 50-64:Hamas: 72%Israel: 28% 65+:Hamas: 76%Israel: 24% Harris Poll / May 20, 2021 / n=1945 / Online — Polling USA (@USA_Polling) May 30, 2021 Yep. Those of us who suspected that was the […]
Joe Biden Recognizes #Pride Month2021
Occidental Dissent - Jun 1st 2021 2:43pm EDTPride stands for courage, it stands for justice, and most of all it stands for love. As we recall the trials the LGBTQ+ community has endured and celebrate the trailblazers who’ve bravely fought for equality, let us recommit to the work that remains. Happy Pride Month! — President Biden (@POTUS) June 1, 2021 The U.S. […]
Liberal Larry Celebrates #PrideMonth
Occidental Dissent - Jun 1st 2021 1:26pm EDTThere were a lot of things which were overshadowed in 2020. Pride Month and the explosion in violent crime in the big cities were overshadowed by COVID, the George Floyd riots and the economic collapse. Joe Biden has restored a sense of normalcy in America. Normally, there is a full on parade of corporate virtue […]
Axios: Israel Requests $1 Billion More In Emergency Military Aid
Occidental Dissent - Jun 1st 2021 12:59pm EDT“Appeasing terrorists doesn’t produce peace.”@TedCruz accused President Biden of showing “weakness” toward Hamas.https://t.co/lbt4BTYwrZ — Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) June 1, 2021 I’m in Israel and I’m seeing the results of Hamas terrorism. A Hamas rocket destroyed this home and killed an elderly woman’s caretaker. pic.twitter.com/uuFTgTRwKg — Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) June 1, 2021 WATCH: Prime Minister Benjamin […]
Breaking Points: Why Krystal and Saagar Left The Hill
Occidental Dissent - Jun 1st 2021 11:45am EDTI completely understand the sentiment. Who wants to be “le corporate shill” under a pushy Jewish boss? When you don’t control your own platform, you can’t be completely honest with your audience. You can’t explore the topics that you want to explore. You have to always be looking over your shoulder and temper your takes. […]
New York Times: Joe Biden Aims to Rebuild and Expand Legal Immigration
Occidental Dissent - Jun 1st 2021 11:04am EDTThis is exactly what White Independent swing voters are crying out for at the moment. We need more legal and illegal immigration to compete with American workers. New York Times: “WASHINGTON — If President Biden gets his way, it will soon be far easier to immigrate to the United States. There will be shorter, simpler […]
The Vanguard: Krystal Ball & Saagar Enjeti Leave The Hill’s “Rising
Occidental Dissent - May 31st 2021 8:27pm EDT
Blue’s Clues Kicks Off Pride Month Early
Occidental Dissent - May 31st 2021 7:06pm EDTThis is f**king perfect. This is a rip off of “When Johnny Comes Marching Home” which is a civil war song.
New York Post: Surprising Number of Americans “Not Sure” If Fighting Nazis Was Good
Occidental Dissent - May 31st 2021 4:54pm EDTAmerican intervention in ALL of these wars was a mistake. New York Post: “In the realm of global conflicts, World War II is often viewed as the quintessential battle between good and evil. Nonetheless, a whopping one-third of Americans either believe that it was a mistake or remain unsure about the US’s involvement in the so-called […]
Secular Talk: January 6th Commission Blocked By GOP
Occidental Dissent - May 31st 2021 3:39pm EDTBingo. Nothing is happening. Joe’s agenda is stalled in Congress. This is kabuki theater designed to distract attention from the fact that infrastructure is stalled and even that likely isn’t getting done until the fall or winter. As the clock ticks down, the chances of passing the follow up bill via budget reconciliation which would […]
Joe’s Memorial Day Speech
Occidental Dissent - May 31st 2021 2:44pm EDTDemocracy itself is imperiled. The threat is coming from the Electoral College, the Senate and the states controlling their own elections. The threat is coming from the Constitution which puts Democrats at a structural disadvantage due to their brand in rural states dominated by White working class voters.
The Atlantic: Unfortunately, Some Cicadas Taste Like Nature’s Gushers
Occidental Dissent - May 31st 2021 1:06pm EDT
The Spectator: There Is No Appetite For The Paul Ryan Doctrine
Occidental Dissent - May 31st 2021 12:19pm EDTThe real obstacle to Republicans reclaiming the majority in Congress isn’t the Democrats. It is their own obsolete ideology. It is the donors, think tanks, elderly politicians and the policy agenda. It is conservative elites who are pining to go back to the days of having a two party PMC system. Spectator: “After whispering a […]
CNN Host Eats Brood X Cicadas On Live Television
Occidental Dissent - May 31st 2021 9:38am EDTSome of you thought that eating bugs was a meme.
Black Panther Militants March Through Tulsa
Occidental Dissent - May 30th 2021 9:57pm EDTtulsa black nationalists 1 pic.twitter.com/ELzABzs20r — pine_tree_riots (@pine_tree_riots) May 30, 2021 2 pic.twitter.com/o19BwF450Z — pine_tree_riots (@pine_tree_riots) May 30, 2021 pic.twitter.com/51WxgIwrbm — pine_tree_riots (@pine_tree_riots) May 30, 2021
