Category: Progressives, Page 20
Axios: Thanksgiving Meal Prices Rise To New Record High
Occidental Dissent - Nov 16th 2022 1:09pm ESTYou’re welcome, America. Axios: “Your Thanksgiving meal with all the trimmings is expected to cost 20% more than last year. … Driving the news: The survey, released Wednesday, found the average cost of this year’s holiday meal for 10 is $64.05 up from the 2021 average of $53.31. It’s the most expensive dinner in the 37 years of […]
2020 Autopsy: Colorado
Occidental Dissent - Nov 16th 2022 11:01am ESTCulture is king. We’ve already looked at the South. In the South, Democrats have four elected governors. The Virginia Senate is the only legislative chamber in the South that is controlled by Democrats. The norm in the South is Republican trifectas with supermajorities with token majority black House districts in places like Memphis. In Colorado, […]
Axios: Judge Strikes Down Georgia’s Six-Week Abortion Ban
Occidental Dissent - Nov 16th 2022 9:45am ESTThe fallout from Dobbs hurt Republicans more than anything else in the midterms by making abortion a more salient issue with Independent voters than it otherwise would have been. Axios: “A judge in Georgia on Tuesday struck down key provisions of the state’s six-week abortion ban, calling the ban unconstitutional. The latest: The state of Georgia filed an appeal […]
The Bulwark: Trump’s Authoritarian Promise
Occidental Dissent - Nov 16th 2022 8:43am ESTFOX News kept cutting away from Trump’s Revenge Tour announcement speech which went on for longer than an hour. I didn’t catch all of it, but here are some highlights. The Bulwark: 1. Trump vowed to use the military to crush BLM and Antifa riots 2. Trump wants speedy, one-day trials for drug dealers like […]
Live Thread: Punished Blumpf Announces 2024 Revenge Tour
Occidental Dissent - Nov 15th 2022 8:55pm ESTMiss me yet? Our King is about to announce the 2024 Revenge Tour on Hannity.
Republicans Take House
Occidental Dissent - Nov 15th 2022 8:04pm ESTRepublicans will take back the U.S. House of Representatives, @DecisionDeskHQ projects. https://t.co/b6FZzefUdj pic.twitter.com/pweaIQ7foD — NewsNation (@NewsNation) November 15, 2022 Decision Desk HQ projects Republicans have won a majority in the U.S. House with at least 218 seats. Final count pending calls in 14 outstanding races.#DecisionMade: 6:13pm EST Follow more results here: https://t.co/erllKAE1oN pic.twitter.com/xd1w6W9e28 — Decision […]
Joe Biden Requests $37 Billion In Emergency Ukraine Aid
Occidental Dissent - Nov 15th 2022 6:28pm ESTStudent loan debt relief … DEAD. $37 billion for Ukraine … INCOMING. AP: “WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is asking Congress to provide more than $37 billion in emergency aid to Ukraine, a massive infusion of cash that could help support the nation as Russian forces suffer battlefield losses in their nine-month-old invasion. The […]
Red Eagle Politics: Why Did Republicans Underperform In The 2022 Midterms?
Occidental Dissent - Nov 15th 2022 4:34pm ESTThis is holding up. Republicans are still winning the popular vote by 4.5 points. TAC: “Something odd happened on Election Day. In the morning, we were confident of my victory in Ohio and cautiously optimistic about the rest of the country. By the time the polls closed, that optimism had turned to jubilance—and lobbying. … […]
Kari Lake Loses in Arizona
Occidental Dissent - Nov 15th 2022 12:17pm ESTIt is official. This is why Charlie Kirk was panicking on Election Day. Axios: “Katie Hobbs has won the Arizona governor’s race against Trump-backed Republican Kari Lake, AP reported, and will become the first Democrat to win the post since 2006. Why it matters: Secretary of State Hobbs’ win comes as a further rebuke to former President […]
The 2022 Midterms: The South
Occidental Dissent - Nov 15th 2022 10:04am ESTCulture is king. As you have probably heard by now, the 2022 midterms were a disaster for the Republican Party. There wasn’t a Red Wave. It was a Red Trickle. It was a #Roevember to remember. Across Greater Dixie though, the story of the last two years which has been deepening polarization and balkanization with […]
Mo Brooks: Donald Trump Is “Dishonest, Disloyal, Incompetent, Crude”
Occidental Dissent - Nov 14th 2022 7:23pm ESTMo Brooks is correct. Al.com “As you might expect, Mo Brooks says Donald Trump should not be elected president again. It’s a Republican relationship that began imploding more than a year ago when Brooks – the outgoing congressman from Huntsville – said at a Trump rally in August 2021 that voters should take the Trump-objected 2020 […]
2022 Autopsy: Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma
Occidental Dissent - Nov 14th 2022 3:00pm ESTIn Kentucky and Oklahoma, Democrats lost ground in the state legislatures, but Democrats gained ground in the Missouri House due to a more favorable map drawn by a bipartisan commission. There was no change in the House and Senate. Republicans already dominate all three states. Kentucky In Kentucky, Republicans won 5 out of 6 House […]
2022 Autopsy: North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia
Occidental Dissent - Nov 14th 2022 11:49am ESTHuge win for the GOP: They’ve flipped the North Carolina supreme court. This will have huge implications for redistricting and civil rights cases gonig forward, including likely enable the GOP to gerrymander the state for 2024. — Taniel (@Taniel) November 9, 2022 Culture is king. In North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia, Republicans had a […]
Red Ripple = Independents
Occidental Dissent - Nov 14th 2022 9:39am ESTIt is really this simple. Wall Street Journal: “This year they didn’t. According to the national media exit poll, of the 31% of voters who identify as independent, 49% voted Democrat and 47% Republican. In the AP VoteCast survey, independents favored Democrats by four points. … The results are worse for Republicans in key races. […]
2022 Autopsy: Florida, Georgia, South Carolina
Occidental Dissent - Nov 13th 2022 5:37pm ESTFlorida In Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis put on “the armor of God” and crushed Charlie Crist in a historic landslide by nearly 20 points. It was unquestionably the worst defeat that Democrats suffered anywhere in the country. Florida has shifted from a swing state into a solid Red state. Little Marco Rubio rode his coattails […]
2022 Autopsy: Arkansas, Tennessee, Texas
Occidental Dissent - Nov 13th 2022 2:10pm ESTAAAAHHHH pic.twitter.com/474quYDkYZ — Nate Hochman (@njhochman) November 3, 2022 Culture is king. How did the midterms go in other Southern states? Arkansas Sarah Huckabee Sanders was elected governor in Arkansas with 63.1% of the vote. John Boozman was reelected to the Senate with 65.8% of of the vote. Republicans won the Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of […]
Axios: Democrats Hold U.S. Senate
Occidental Dissent - Nov 13th 2022 10:25am ESTAs I said before the election, I was judging the midterms by the outcome of the Senate races. By that standard, this is a disaster. We will dive into what went wrong for Republicans. Axios: “Democrats will keep control of the Senate after winning key races in Nevada, Arizona and New Hampshire and flipping a Republican-held seat […]
2022 Autopsy: Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana
Occidental Dissent - Nov 13th 2022 10:07am ESTCulture is king. I was confident that a Red Wave was going to hit in the midterms. I assumed that Republicans would easily take back the House and probably win a few Senate seats. I was wrong. This wasn’t a normal midterm election. The Red Wave crashed into cultural balkanization, redistricting, millions of dollars in […]
Jimmy Dore: #ForceTheVote 2
Occidental Dissent - Nov 12th 2022 2:24pm ESTIn exchange for supporting Kevin McCarthy as House Speaker, we need to get something in return.
Blake Masters Loses In Arizona
Occidental Dissent - Nov 12th 2022 10:24am ESTDecision Desk HQ projects Sen. Mark Kelly (D) wins re-election to the U.S. Senate in Arizona.#DecisionMade: 10:08pm EST Follow more results here: https://t.co/erllKAE1oN pic.twitter.com/R1XsJ9ARj3 — Decision Desk HQ (@DecisionDeskHQ) November 12, 2022 .@bgmasters Calls Out Mitch McConnell And Calls For Senators To Oust McConnell From Senate Leadership “You can stand with your constituents and stand […]
Massachusetts and Oregon Elect Lesbian Governors
Occidental Dissent - Nov 12th 2022 10:01am ESTBrad, You live in a bubble of rural and small town evangelical Christianity. White Christian Nationalism doesn’t sell in other parts of the country. Christianity is holding us back. People: “Democrats Maura Healey and Tina Kotek will make history as America’s first openly lesbian governors, with Healey easily winning her Massachusetts race on election night and Kotek fending […]
Tink Kotek Wins Oregon Governor Race
Occidental Dissent - Nov 12th 2022 8:42am ESTLooking back on the 2022 midterms, I am amazed by own coverage.
Axios: Student Loan Debt Relief Applications Pulled From Department of Education Website
Occidental Dissent - Nov 11th 2022 1:41pm ESTThat’s all, folks! Axios:
Democracy Defenders Lost The Popular Vote
Occidental Dissent - Nov 11th 2022 11:27am ESTIf your pre-election bingo card had a roughly R+4 national House vote and the House still not callable by the Friday after the election…congrats, you win. — Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) November 11, 2022 There was a Red Wave. Nationwide, Republicans are on track to win the popular vote by 4 points, which is exactly what […]
National Review: Unmarried Women Prefer Democrats
Occidental Dissent - Nov 11th 2022 9:43am ESTI’m expecting the usual flood of bad takes which are decoupled from reality from the people who insist that Christianity is destroying the White race. National Review: “The exit polling showed that more than two-thirds of unmarried women (68 percent) favor Democrats over Republicans. Three things to remember: (1) Women vote in greater numbers than […]