Category: Progressives, Page 19
The Atlantic: Chemo for Democracy
Occidental Dissent - Sep 8th 2023 11:09am EDTDemocracy Defenders are out in force this morning. In case you missed it, someone named Quinta Jurecic who is a fellow at the Brookings Institution and a senior editor at Lawfare, which is a journal about the use of the law as a weapon of conflict, has a new article in The Atlantic in which […]
Huck: 2024 Could Be The Last Election Decided By Ballots, Not Bullets
Occidental Dissent - Sep 7th 2023 9:27am EDTMike Huckabee warns that if Trump’s legal problems prevent him from winning in 2024, “it is going to be the last American election that will be decided by ballots rather than bullets.” https://t.co/ktwb4fyANo pic.twitter.com/0msd1gvD8i — Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) September 6, 2023 This is one of the biggest obstacles to me. I simply can’t imagine […]
USA Today: Unlikely Voters Back Trump By 2-to-1 Margin
Occidental Dissent - Sep 7th 2023 8:20am EDTIf Donald Trump could sweep the OD comment section again like in 2016, he could probably easily be elected president in 2024 USA Today: Donald Trump’s argument that the 2020 election was rigged has reinforced the views of Americans who are already disenchanted about politics, one factor in their inclination not to cast a vote next year ? […]
Proud Boys Leader Enrique Tarrio Sentenced To 22 Years In Prison
Occidental Dissent - Sep 5th 2023 6:21pm EDTBreaking: Though he was not at the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was convicted by a jury of seditious conspiracy and obstructing official proceedings. He has been sentenced to 22 years in prison, the longest for anyone charged over Jan. 6. — Andy Ngô ???? (@MrAndyNgo) September 5, 2023 […]
George Floyd’s Cultural Legacy
Occidental Dissent - Sep 5th 2023 11:38am EDTI’m feeling satisfied. Over the past week or two, the movement barfed up another vanguardist shooter in Jacksonville and Blood Tribe led a Neo-Nazi goon march in Orlando that got a lot of media attention, but for some reason these two events were not as impactful as they might have been in the past. Just […]
Elon Musk To Sue The ADL For Defamation
Occidental Dissent - Sep 4th 2023 8:11pm EDTTo clear our platform’s name on the matter of anti-Semitism, it looks like we have no choice but to file a defamation lawsuit against the Anti-Defamation League … oh the irony! — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 4, 2023 Interesting article https://t.co/zwdB7FRZzX — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 5, 2023 The richest man in the world is […]
CBS News: A National Divided
Occidental Dissent - Sep 4th 2023 9:55am EDTA NATION DIVIDED?‘Sunday Morning’ CBS News Poll: Do Republicans and Democrats see each other as political opposition or enemies? pic.twitter.com/fsz5Kj1xJw — CBS Sunday Morning ? (@CBSSunday) September 3, 2023 A NATION DIVIDED?‘Sunday Morning’ CBS News Poll: Should we divide the US into blue and red countries? pic.twitter.com/rePpFzE1FM — CBS Sunday Morning ? (@CBSSunday) September 3, […]
CBS News: A Nation Divided
Occidental Dissent - Sep 4th 2023 9:55am EDTUPDATE: Victor Davis Hanson: “We are in the middle of a cultural revolution.” If I said 10 years ago that in the future… nobody would believe it: • Biological men compete in women’s sports.• Saying there are only two genders can get you fired.• 2.3 million people illegally enter… pic.twitter.com/CzJg4mxe9y — KanekoaTheGreat (@KanekoaTheGreat) August 26, […]
The Atlantic: What Really Happens When Americans Stop Going to Church
Occidental Dissent - Sep 3rd 2023 11:20pm EDTThis was me in the early 2000s. The Atlantic: It seems clear that Christian nationalism attracts a lot of adherents who rarely go to church themselves. A PRRI survey published earlier this year showed that only 54 percent of Christian nationalists—and just 42 percent of those who are “sympathizers” with the ideology—attend church regularly. While […]
Portland Proud Boy Ethan Nordean Sentenced To 18 Years In Prison
Occidental Dissent - Sep 2nd 2023 2:30pm EDTEthan Nordean has been sentenced to 18 years in prison by the social justice system. Portland Punch Antifa Fight GIFfrom Portland Punch Antifa GIFs
Christopher Rufo: No to the Politics of “Whiteness”
Occidental Dissent - Aug 31st 2023 10:43am EDTCharlie Kirk’s recent tweet about how whiteness is great has been getting some pushback from Conservatism, Inc. Christopher Rufo has been working with Gov. Ron DeSantis to wage a war on wokeness in Florida. Rufo thinks we are trying to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. City Journal: In recent years, I have devoted […]
The Right Is Talking Itself Into Revolution
Occidental Dissent - Aug 30th 2023 10:31pm EDTYou see what’s happening? It’s not complicated. It’s un-American. pic.twitter.com/lDmXw2Zqti — Matthew J. Peterson (@docMJP) August 30, 2023 Norm after norm is being ripped up, destroyed, violated daily. And the supposedly responsible adults in the room are either for it or in denial. But you can’t be “moderate” and for civic peace and also be […]
David Frum: The Fourteenth Amendment Fantasy
Occidental Dissent - Aug 29th 2023 10:00am EDTDavid Frum has essentially restated my argument. If Section 3 of the 14th Amendment is used to remove Trump from the ballot in the 2024 election, it won’t stop there. It will be used against everyone who supported “the insurrection” on January 6. Imagine how broadly giving “aid and comfort” to Trump challenging the 2020 […]
Rep. Jamie Raskin: Trump Is Disqualified Under 14th Amendment
Occidental Dissent - Aug 28th 2023 3:56pm EDTHow lucky for Democracy Defenders! They don’t have to bother with winning the 2024 presidential election after all!
The Post-Alt-Right Moment
Occidental Dissent - Aug 28th 2023 1:04pm EDTPetty Nationalists on suicide watch. pic.twitter.com/slo06WO3kN — MarkBrahmin?? Orthodox Apollonian (@MarkBrahmin) August 26, 2023 This is what a fed op looks likepic.twitter.com/DtDfDKHbsT — Vector Logo File (@Wild_West_Art) August 27, 2023 Beware the Ralphacurse! @TheRalphRetort pic.twitter.com/DhnHQ0CRmy — Perspicacity (@SpeckPer) July 17, 2023 Tucker Carlson embrace vicarious nationalism and nostalgia in Hungary. In the U.S., he promotes […]
Steve Bannon: There Is No Coming Together
Occidental Dissent - Aug 26th 2023 10:36am EDTThose who decided to start using indictments, prosecutors & even mug shots as weapons in a political campaign have unleashed a destructive new era in American politics. Now, for years to come our criminal justice system will be used to target candidates in both parties & the… — Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) August 24, 2023 anybody […]
William Fears: Letter From a Charlottesville Jail
Occidental Dissent - Aug 25th 2023 9:20am EDTEditor’s Note: It seems appropriate that I should post this now. I found it in the P.O. Box two days ago. I haven’t had the time to set pen to paper and write a response. If anyone can reach out and help Brother Fears, even if it is just writing him a letter to cheer […]
1Donald Trump Arrested In Georgia
Occidental Dissent - Aug 24th 2023 10:38pm EDTNOW – Trump arrives at Fulton County Jail in Georgia.pic.twitter.com/unUDXKPRKo — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) August 24, 2023 Goes hard. pic.twitter.com/1owBPveSfm — Comrade Stump (@GranTorinoDSA) August 25, 2023 ? BREAKING: Donald Trump speaks after arrest: “This is a really sad day for America — It should never happen.” pic.twitter.com/Tc8rRDfMCb — Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) August 25, 2023 ? […]
Tucker Carlson Interviews Donald Trump
Occidental Dissent - Aug 23rd 2023 11:28pm EDTEp. 19 Debate Night with Donald J Trump pic.twitter.com/ayPfII48CO — Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) August 24, 2023 After beating around the bush for nearly an hour, Tucker asks Trump whether we are drifting toward a civil war or some type of open conflict. Trump kind of dodges the question.
Rudy Giuliani Arrested
Occidental Dissent - Aug 23rd 2023 8:13pm EDTI don’t even like Rudy Giuliani I know what time it is though. I know the political class in this country is sleepwalking into a monumental disaster
Charlie Kirk: Whiteness Is Great
Occidental Dissent - Aug 23rd 2023 12:51pm EDTWhiteness is great. Be proud of who you are. — Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) August 23, 2023 BOOM! Hail Charlie Kirk! Hail Our People! Hail Victory! Note: Sorry, LOL … As I said the other say, Richard Spencer jumped off the train at the very moment it was leaving the station.
Brion McClanahan: Do We Have Two American “Foundings”?
Occidental Dissent - Aug 22nd 2023 11:01am EDTBrion McClanahan stirred the pot shortly before the Southern Cultural Center conference with his video on young conservatives. I brought it up again on The Political Cesspool. As I said this weekend, we are further removed in time from the Confederacy than even most Southern Nationalists imagine. Brion McClanahan is correct that identity was muted […]
New York Times: Elections Are Bad For Democracy
Occidental Dissent - Aug 21st 2023 9:57am EDTSpeaking of crumbling norms and the end of normal politics, I nearly fell out of my chair laughing when I saw this op-ed in the New York Times this morning. New York Times: On the eve of the first debate of the 2024 presidential race, trust in government is rivaling historic lows. Officials have been working […]
Axios: Donald Trump Will Skip The Republican Debates
Occidental Dissent - Aug 21st 2023 9:37am EDTIn new Truth Social post, Trump says he won’t be doing debates (plural). pic.twitter.com/SaSD9ptGDv — Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) August 20, 2023 We’re going to spend some time checking the pulse of Our Democracy this morning. Axios: Former President Trump confirmed on his Truth Social account Sunday that he will not be participating in this week’s Republican primary […]
The Political Cesspool: Southern Cultural Center National Conference
Occidental Dissent - Aug 20th 2023 9:21am EDTHour One Hour Two Hour Three It has been a busy weekend. James Edwards, Jared Taylor, John Friend of American Free Press and others are here in the Montgomery area for the Southern Cultural Center National Conference. Naturally, we met up and were all on The Political Cesspool last night where we talked about how […]