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  • Thomas Frank Predicted This

    Occidental Dissent - Apr 1st 2021 4:12pm EDT

    Interesting. Years ago, I bought and read Thomas Frank’s book What’s The Matter With Kansas? when it came out in the 2000s when George W. Bush was president. I agreed with Frank’s critique of mainstream conservatism. Just read what I wrote about the Trump presidency for four years. It is basically the same idea. I […]

  • Jimmy Dore: Bernie’s Defense Of Biden’s Stimulus Shocks Progressives

    Occidental Dissent - Apr 1st 2021 3:03pm EDT

    Any “progressive” Dem who tweets about $15 min wage or Medicare for All but doesn’t force a vote on it is just as much an enemy of the working class as Nancy Pelosi, Joe Manchin and the Republicans are. Time to tear this two-party system down to the ground. Forever. — Prof Zenkus (@anthonyzenkus) April […]

  • Poll: Americans Support Raising Taxes On The Wealthy and Corporations To Fund Infrastructure Spending

    Occidental Dissent - Apr 1st 2021 1:59pm EDT

    I’m shocked to learn this. Independents are strongly opposed to Joe Biden’s immigration policies, but support him on how he is handling COVID, the American Rescue Plan and on raising taxes on the wealthy and corporations to build infrastructure. It is almost like Trump would have been reelected if 1.) he hadn’t made a fool […]

  • Time For A Labor Party?

    Occidental Dissent - Apr 1st 2021 12:27pm EDT

    Today’s Tories only talk about class to divert attention away from addressing racism, not because they want to address the grotesque economic inequalities that define work, housing, health, education and political power. — Owen Jones ? (@OwenJones84) April 1, 2021 Happy #TransDayOfVisibility. Solidarity with our trans siblings as they continue to suffer widespread discrimination and […]

  • CNN: “Biological Sex” At Birth Is A Misleading Way Of Describing The Human Body

    Occidental Dissent - Apr 1st 2021 11:10am EDT

    Speaking of a Big Lie … We wouldn’t want to “misgender” anyone. After discovering hard evidence that the White race is a social construct which has no biological basis, progressive activists have recently discovered at least 20,000 new genders over the past decade. CNN: “Though the two executive orders signed by Noem do not explicitly mention […]

  • NY Mag: Lil Nas X, Cardi B, and the Anti-Pop Conservative Outrage Machine

    Occidental Dissent - Apr 1st 2021 9:43am EDT

    As many of our readers probably remember, I was dialed out of politics in 2020. I was focused on aesthetics, culture and history. Specifically, I wanted to trace the root causes of America’s cultural degeneration to their source. How did my generation come to live in a culture of omnipresent filth? New York Magazine: “Pop […]

  • Baltimore Decriminalizes Drugs, Prostitution and Urinating and Defecating In Public

    Occidental Dissent - Mar 31st 2021 6:22pm EDT

    Wakanda wasn’t built in a day. CNN: “(CNN) – Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby says the city will no longer prosecute for prostitution, drug possession and other low-level offenses. Mosby made the announcement on Friday following her office’s one-year experiment in not prosecuting minor offenses to decrease the spread of Covid-19 behind bars. … […]

  • Shithole: Baltimore Decriminalizes Drugs, Prostitution and Urinating and Defecating In Public

    Occidental Dissent - Mar 31st 2021 6:22pm EDT

    Wakanda wasn’t built in a day. CNN: “(CNN) – Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby says the city will no longer prosecute for prostitution, drug possession and other low-level offenses. Mosby made the announcement on Friday following her office’s one-year experiment in not prosecuting minor offenses to decrease the spread of Covid-19 behind bars. … […]

  • Rising: The Matt Gaetz Gossip

    Occidental Dissent - Mar 31st 2021 4:59pm EDT

    I’ve never had any interest in Matt Gaetz. I think this episode is highlighting a big cultural disconnect though. Even if the allegation is true that Matt Gaetz dated a 17-year-old woman, the idea that this is a scandal, but the celebration of homosexuality, gender fluidity and transgenderism is not scandalous and that people in […]

  • Paul Krugman: Why Can’t Republicans Be Populists?

    Occidental Dissent - Mar 31st 2021 3:12pm EDT

    Paul Krugman is right. The GOP is held back by its antiquated economic policy agenda. New York Times: “President Biden’s American Rescue Plan is incredibly popular, even among Republican voters. We don’t have details yet on the next big Democratic initiative, but we can expect it to poll well, because we know that it will […]

  • Joe Biden Issues First Ever Presidential Proclamation For “Trans Day Of Visibility”

    Occidental Dissent - Mar 31st 2021 2:50pm EDT

    We wouldn’t want to marginalize our trans girls like Rachel Levine. Axios: “President Biden issued a statement to formally celebrate Wednesday as Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV), an international day first marked in 2009 as a way to commemorate trans lives and accomplishments. Why it matters: Biden is the first sitting U.S. president to issue a […]

  • Poll: Joe Has Some Major Vulnerablities

    Occidental Dissent - Mar 31st 2021 2:35pm EDT

    The polls are all saying pretty much the same thing now. In the case of gun policy, Joe’s disapproval is because nothing is happening. In the case of immigration, it is because of what is happening. Detroit News: Note: In the latest Gallup poll, it caught my eye that federal spending and budget deficit had […]

  • Axios: Changes To Capital Gains Taxes Omitted From Biden’s Infrastructure Plan

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

    BOOM! This is the realignment in action. Axios: “The carried interest loophole is beginning to look immortal. Driving the news: President Biden today will unveil a $2 trillion infrastructure plan that the White House hopes to pay for via changes to the corporate tax code. But it will not include any changes to individual income […]

  • Jimmy Dore: Buttigieg’s Idea To Screw Workers for Driving To Work

    Occidental Dissent - Mar 30th 2021 4:56pm EDT

    Jimmy Dore is my favorite leftwinger.

  • The 6 Converging Crises Of The Biden Administration

    Occidental Dissent - Mar 30th 2021 12:28pm EDT

    Editor’s Note: This is a work in progress. The Biden administration came into office and framed a volley of executive orders around the theme of “four converging crises” that were facing the country: COVID, the economy, racial justice and climate change. These were the four themes that they wanted to hit to unite their coalition. […]

  • Narrative Collapse: Many Capitol Rioters Unlikely To Serve Jail Time

    Occidental Dissent - Mar 30th 2021 11:18am EDT

    Let me get this straight. Are you saying that there wasn’t an “insurrection”? Are you saying that “insurrectionists” aren’t waging a guerilla war? Are you saying that this assault by the Biden DHS on our civil liberties including people who weren’t even there is based on nothing more than overwrought nonsense? Are you saying that […]

  • Poll: 64% of Americans See Cancel Culture As A Threat To Freedom

    Occidental Dissent - Mar 29th 2021 6:06pm EDT

    Hmm. Maybe the Republicans should go ALL IN and hammer the Democrats on this issue? I don’t think there is another culture war issue which has this much traction and potency. The Hill: “A majority of Americans say they view “cancel culture” as a threat to their freedom, according to a new Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll survey […]

  • Chicago Times: Activists Want Nick Fuentes Kicked Off The Internet. It Might Be Impossible

    Occidental Dissent - Mar 29th 2021 8:17am EDT

    I’ve shared my thoughts on Nick Fuentes plenty of times. This article in the Chicago Tribune though is a reminder that we don’t have to personally like each other to have the same enemies and interests. We lost sight of that in the Trump era. Chicago Times: “For someone who has been deplatformed as thoroughly […]

  • Joe Biden: Gun Control Legislation Will Happen

    Occidental Dissent - Mar 28th 2021 8:11pm EDT

    Gun control legislation isn’t going anywhere in the Senate. Joe will sign some new executive orders which will be inevitably challenged in federal court. Just the other day, the Sixth Circuit overturned Trump’s ban on bump stocks.

  • Brian Stelter: Are White House Reporters Out Of Sync With The Country?

    Occidental Dissent - Mar 28th 2021 5:19pm EDT

    I’m going to go out on a limb here. The public was less concerned about immigration in that Pew poll that was released in early January because Trump was still president. This was before Neoliberal Joe came in and blew up the border. COVID deaths also peaked in January in the middle of the winter […]

  • Jacobin: How The Democrats Became The Party of the Suburbs

    Occidental Dissent - Mar 27th 2021 8:57pm EDT

    I’m curious about this too. Why is Joe Biden being compared to FDR? The Democratic Party of 2021 has become what used to be the Republican Party. NY Mag: “One source of leftwing pessimism about Biden’s prospects for mounting a “transformational” presidency is the objective political and economic weakness of the American working class. When […]

  • Bill Maher: Private Schools: Education or Indoctrination?

    Occidental Dissent - Mar 27th 2021 10:11am EDT

    There was another good discussion last night on Real Time with Bill Maher about the elite private schools which have been transformed into brat factories. They are pumping out the brats who are taking over America’s elite institutions. Eventually, we all know that they are going to deepen the polarization and create so much division […]

  • Jen Psaki: China Is Weaponizing Private Companies To Stifle Free Expression

    Occidental Dissent - Mar 27th 2021 12:06am EDT

    Revealing answer by WH Press Secretary on the Censorship of President Trump by Twitter & Big Tech WH Press Secretary Psaki: “We’ve spoken to and [Biden has] spoken to the need for social media platforms to continue to take steps to reduce hate speech.” pic.twitter.com/jabB6hGl0R — The Columbia Bugle ?? (@ColumbiaBugle) February 1, 2021 Wait […]

  • The Elect: Neoracists Posing As Antiracists & Their Threat to Progressive America

    Occidental Dissent - Mar 26th 2021 8:36pm EDT

    Now watching.

  • New York Times: Google Podcasts Is A Buffet of Hate

    Occidental Dissent - Mar 26th 2021 7:33pm EDT

    The definition of “hate speech” is anything that progressive activists who represent 8% of the population find objectionable. If it is not good enough for the famously tolerant New York Times newsroom, no one else in the country should be allowed to download and listen to the content. There needs to be a hall monitor […]