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  • 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 […]

  • White Woman Resigns In Protest From Smith College After Suffering Horrific Racial Abuse

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 19th 2021 7:47pm EST

    H/T Rod Dreher I’m boosting this. “Dear President McCartney: I am writing to notify you that effective today, I am resigning from my position as Student Support Coordinator in the Department of Residence Life at Smith College. This has not been an easy decision, as I now face a deeply uncertain future. As a divorced […]

  • 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 […]

  • Neoliberal Joe Shoots Down $50,000 In Student Loan Forgiveness

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 16th 2021 10:40pm EST

    BIG DEAL“I will not make that happen,” Biden said when asked whether he will cancel $50,000 in student loan debt, which his own Democratic colleagues have been pressuring him to do. https://t.co/OYar3Hp57z— Lauren Camera (@laurenonthehill) February 17, 2021 I’m not surprised. Business Insider: “President Joe Biden effectively rejected a Democratic plan put forward by Sens. […]

  • Joe Biden CNN Town Hall

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 16th 2021 8:48pm EST

    Now watching.

  • The Brats Are Coming

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 15th 2021 1:09pm EST

    We’re counting on them. They are highly skilled in the arts of aggravating, alienating and tormenting everyone around them, talking about themselves and virtue signaling on social media. We’re going to paint a gigantic political bullseye on them. Nothing is more unifying than shared hatred of these people. New York Times: “What happened in Peru, […]

  • Arrogant Coastal Elites Have Lost Their Power To Define The “Mainstream”

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 15th 2021 12:23am EST

    New: by rejecting consequences for Trump for the #CapitolRiots & welcoming #MarjorieTaylorGreene into their caucus Congressional Rs are crystalizing an ominous question: Has the extremist wing of the GOP coalition grown too big for the party to confront?https://t.co/JyATDSSXsc— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) February 14, 2021 “Ah, my friends, we say not one word against those who […]

  • Rolling Stone: Meet The Undercover Anti-Fascists

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 14th 2021 7:39pm EST

    You’re a survivor. America survived Ricky Vaughn’s memes and Baked Alaska’s attack on democracy. The healing can begin now. We’ve spent the last four years living through literal “fascism.” We barely survived the blowhard who sat in the White House for four years tweeting about how unfairly he was being treated by the media while […]

  • Ezra Klein: California Is Making Liberals Squirm

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 12th 2021 12:14pm EST

    I’ve never been to California. I have no plans of going anytime soon. I imagine it being like a Third World country ruled by awful people without any of the upsides of living in Alabama or Mississippi. New York Times: “You may have heard that San Francisco’s Board of Education voted 6 to 1 to […]

  • Project Veritas Has Been Banned From Twitter

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 11th 2021 5:09pm EST

    Project Veritas suspended from Twitter Was only a matter of time before doing real journalism would become illegal here pic.twitter.com/DnX7CiqKf7— ELIJAH SCHAFFER (@ElijahSchaffer) February 11, 2021 Right-wing extremists on Telegram exploited the de-platforming of Parler to direct users who were looking for their next digital home toward violent and hateful content.An in-depth look from my […]

  • Morning Consult Poll: Joe Biden’s Executive Orders Ranked By Popularity

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 10th 2021 9:06am EST

    New from me: @MorningConsult has polled 28 executive actions issued by @POTUS since Jan. 20. His move to expand the refugee cap is the first one that is actually unpopular: 39% support it and 48% oppose it.https://t.co/pwfZKkXQ3t pic.twitter.com/yr8wPKG6jY— Cameron Easley (@cameron_easley) February 10, 2021 I’ve covered all of Neoliberal Joe’s executive orders. My take on […]

  • The New Republic: The Comedy Industry Has a Big Alt-Right Problem

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 9th 2021 5:33pm EST

    The Left used to be funny. I’ve noticed this has changed since the rise of wokeness. They’re not funny anymore. They’ve become the Joke Police … a bunch of unfriendly, hysterical, miserable, humorless scolds who live in terror of people who have different opinions and values and who relish lording it over them. The New […]

  • Elizabeth Warren Embraces a Wealth Tax

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 9th 2021 1:40pm EST

    Huey Long best clips 4/13 pic.twitter.com/4c3JpylAdv— Queenfish Sadie Long (@MrsHueyLong) January 19, 2021 HAPPENING NOW: Reagan cuck gets destroyed by the Kingfish Gang https://t.co/KybntDWxbF pic.twitter.com/JIEG1fSLtb— Queenfish Sadie Long (@MrsHueyLong) January 26, 2021 Elizabeth Warren has embraced a watered down wealth tax. I’ve just now realized this because it never occurred to me to vote for […]

  • AP Poll: Few Americans Say Democracy Is Working

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 8th 2021 10:34pm EST

    I had a good laugh watching the show tonight. AP: “WASHINGTON (AP) — Only a fragment of Americans believe democracy is thriving in the U.S., even as broad majorities agree that representative government is one of the country’s bedrock principles, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Just 16% […]

  • Neoliberal Joe Begins To Retreat On Economic Promises

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 8th 2021 5:46pm EST

    Who could have ever predicted that? How did you just know that the issues where Joe Biden would disappoint his base would be the $2,000 stimulus checks, the $15 minimum wage, free college and the $50,000 of student loan debt relief and Universal Health Care? How did you know that he would come out of […]

  • Chris Hayes: The Republican Party Is Radicalizing Against Democracy

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 8th 2021 11:45am EST

    Tried to order my thoughts on where things stand politically right now. My basic takeaway: the entire ideological basis of post Reagan conservatism has crumbled. It’s left the GOP with no real coherent program other than retaining power at all costs. https://t.co/INIHV8X87t— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) February 8, 2021 I enjoyed this article. It helped me […]

  • Democrats Considering Lowering Eligibility Of $1,400 Checks

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 7th 2021 9:50pm EST

    Unbelievable. There are some Dems who want to lower the income eligibility for direct payments from $75,000 to $50,000 for individuals, and $150,000 to $100,000 for couples. In other words, working class people who got checks from Trump would not get them from Biden. Brilliant!— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) February 7, 2021 It is absurd that […]

  • Two NY Times Reporters Resign

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 7th 2021 7:35pm EST

    Now that Donald Trump is gone, I am telling you it is coming: “I’m betting this sort of politics will be shown to be a dead end. The unhappiest, the unfriendliest, the most hateful, humorless and intolerant people in the country by far who live “back East” will do what they always do and alienate […]

  • Go Strong Woman Go

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 6th 2021 9:13am EST

    Transgender Navy SEAL: President Biden’s executive order repealing a Trump-era transgender military ban is “going to give a lot of other individuals that chance to finally be themselves” https://t.co/fzZSK1kwn8 pic.twitter.com/HScD9oECM3— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) February 6, 2021 I’m looking forward to seeing her stepping back into the ring to wrestle with the other women. Daily Mail: […]

  • PMC Hysteria

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 5th 2021 8:40pm EST

    So many targets. Now that Donald Trump is gone, what is there to fight about? Personally, I didn’t think he was doing a good job, but he is no longer the president. Joe is the president. PBS: “As Republicans adjust to their diminished stature in Washington, they have been consumed by infighting over the party’s […]

  • MSNBC Casually Discusses Launching Drone Strikes On “Extremist” Trump Supporters

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 5th 2021 2:36pm EST

    Suggesting drone strikes on American citizens with a straight face and no consequences.pic.twitter.com/tbblO1v6KJ— TRHL (@TRHLofficial) February 5, 2021 How am I a “domestic extremist”? I’ve never gone on national television and suggested launching drone strikes on people who disagree with my politics. I don’t want to KILL Trump supporters. That’s insane. There isn’t any “insurgency” […]

  • Black Lives Matter Has Been Nominated For The Nobel Peace Prize

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 4th 2021 9:29pm EST

    White shame doesn’t just predict lower warmth towards whites *relative* to racial/ethnic minority groups, it’s also the best and only predictor in my data of outright rating whites in the negative (< 50) region of the 0-100 feeling thermometer scale #DissertationResearch pic.twitter.com/IwhDJJULc1— Zach Goldberg (@ZachG932) February 4, 2021 My measures of negative collective emotions for […]

  • Neoliberal Joe Delivers First Major Foreign Policy Speech

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 4th 2021 4:35pm EST

    Donald Trump didn’t start a war as president. He came close to starting a war with Iran. He was pushing his luck and we will never know how a Trump second term would have turned out. After rejoining the World Health Organization and the Paris Climate Agreement, Joe Biden is off to a mixed start […]

  • What Is The Left These Days?

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 4th 2021 12:08pm EST

    “Solidarity” featuring @TuckerCarlson, @ggreenwald, and @jimmy_dore: pic.twitter.com/CIuQgRJltT— Eli Valley (@elivalley) February 2, 2021 People who have argued “It’s okay to go on Stormfront TV to challenge their views” + “It’s okay to go on Stormfront TV to get Trump to pardon Assange” ought to contend w/going on Storrmfront TV *today* to salute demagogues and recite […]

  • Alexandria Ocasio Smollett Trends On Twitter

    Occidental Dissent - Feb 3rd 2021 4:00pm EST

    JUST IN: AOC was not in the U.S. Capitol building during her “near death” experience. She claims to have been in her office, which is located in the Cannon Building. Rioters did not breach the Cannon Building.— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) February 3, 2021 pic.twitter.com/sRyi6mqVzB— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) February 3, 2021 Big, if true. Yesterday, she was claiming […]