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The Case for Donald Trump In 2024
Occidental Dissent - Aug 6th 2023 10:17pm EDTI’ve been watching public affairs on a macro level for decades. I’ve come to this conclusion in mid-2023. We in the US have two realistic options: 1) a national divorce; or 2) a civil war between nationalists and communists. If there’s a viable third option, please tell me. — J. M. Hill (@JMH12061951) August 6, […]
Donald Trump Speaks Following Arrest
Occidental Dissent - Aug 5th 2023 12:36pm EDTDonald Trump was here in Montgomery last night.
Peter Turchin: Elites and the Path To Political Disintegration
Occidental Dissent - Aug 4th 2023 10:59am EDTI’m currently reading Peter Turchin’s new book End Times and will have a review up shortly. Back in 2020, I read Peter Turchin’s previous book Ages of Discord and was impressed by this chart of what he calls the Political Stress Index. Obviously, it has gotten much worse under Joe Biden. Rampant inflation has been […]
Trump Arrested In DC
Occidental Dissent - Aug 4th 2023 9:43am EDTNot AI. This is a real photo of Donald Trump today taken by the New York Times. The Man vs. The Storm ?? Epic ?? pic.twitter.com/q0FlWynNCo — Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) August 4, 2023 CNN’s @jaketapper: “A sad day, really, even if one supports the arrest and arraignment of the former president” pic.twitter.com/CASw67A70d — Tom Elliott […]
Harry Enten: The Chance of Trump Winning In 2024 Is Very Well
Occidental Dissent - Aug 3rd 2023 10:21am EDTTrump is currently polling better than ever against Joe Biden in the general election and he only lost by a few thousand votes in the swing states which he should have lost decisively. CNN: Donald Trump is facing two indictments, with the potential for more. Political wisdom may have once suggested the former president’s bid for a […]
Donald Trump: The Real Victim of the Russiagate Hoax Wasnt Me. It Was You
Occidental Dissent - Aug 3rd 2023 9:32am EDTDonald Trump has an editorial in Newsweek. Newsweek: The report by Special Counsel John Durham makes clear beyond a shred of doubt that the Russia Hoax was the most atrocious weaponization of our government in American history. It was a crime like no other. Seven years ago, I ran for office taking on all the […]
Ross Douthat: From Jacobites To Populists
Occidental Dissent - Aug 2nd 2023 3:15pm EDTRoss Douthat omits a crucial detail from his historical analogy in this article. New York Times: “There were also plenty of opportunists, familiar from the grifter politics of our own day — smugglers and privateers seeking relief from a centralizing British state, bankrupt gentry seeking relief for their accumulated debts. But at the same time […]
The Fourth Turning: Oppenheimer or Barbie?
Occidental Dissent - Aug 2nd 2023 12:11pm EDT“The esoteric watcher will notice that in Ken’s Kendom, both the Barbies and the Kens achieved eudaimonia. But in Barbie’s Barbie Land, the Barbies achieved happiness — not true eudaimonia — precisely because the Kens were reduced to a slave class. They were denied their thumos:… pic.twitter.com/QPLNt1K4bm — ?????? ????? ? (@EdmundSmirk) July 28, 2023 […]
Review: The Fourth Turning Is Here
Occidental Dissent - Aug 2nd 2023 10:45am EDTNeil Howe, The Fourth Turning Is Here: What The Seasons of History Tell Us About How and When This Crisis Will End I loved this book. It is thought provoking, insightful and poetic at times even though it mostly rehashes the ground covered in the original book. While I don’t fully buy into Neil Howe’s […]
Trump Indicted
Occidental Dissent - Aug 1st 2023 7:25pm EDTSpecial Counsel Jack Smith said former president Donald Trump tried to obstruct “a bedrock function of the U.S. government” — the certification of the presidential election results. Smith said the Department of Justice is committed to a speedy trial, and that the investigation… pic.twitter.com/sY9i9nnUF0 — The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 1, 2023 Here we go. […]
David Frum: The First Great Crisis of a Trump Second Term
Occidental Dissent - Aug 1st 2023 11:16am EDTEven if “Our Democracy” chooses to reelect Donald Trump as president in 2024 (a very real possibility in light of the RCP average), David Frum believes it “would settle nothing.” Democrats intend to move forward with taking out a sitting president through the legal process. The Atlantic: Both his supporters and and his opponents assume […]
New York Times: The Radicalization of the Young Right
Occidental Dissent - Aug 1st 2023 9:52am EDTInfluencer Hannah Pearl Davis drops her new track ‘Why can’t we talk about the Jews?’ which she dedicates to her favorite white supremacist. Davis has nearly 2 million YouTube subscribers. This is where we’re at now. pic.twitter.com/NryNI9gEnF — Jaime Kirzner-Roberts (@jaimekr) July 21, 2023 Funny article. I haven’t commented on the Nate Hochman sonnenrad or […]
1Chuck Todd: Prepare To See Trump on Trial During 2024 Primaries
Occidental Dissent - Jul 31st 2023 12:50pm EDTIn case anyone was wondering, here’s the latest calendar for Trump’s upcoming trials paralleled with Republican primaries. pic.twitter.com/NdSyuAUxiK — Ratched RN?? (@theratchedrn) July 25, 2023 As I said last night on the phone with a friend, three things appear guaranteed to happen in 2024: 1. Trump will be the Republican nominee. Biden will be the […]
Whatifalthist: Why America Will Have Its French Revolution
Occidental Dissent - Jul 31st 2023 11:07am EDTFair warning. I don’t agree with Whatifalthist on everything. I do agree with him though on some big picture things like historical cycles, cultural demography and where current trends are headed. Note: I have covered a lot of the same ground for over a decade here.
Jeff B: Hunter Biden Deal Reveals Our Miserably Corrupt Democratic Ruling Class
Occidental Dissent - Jul 31st 2023 10:39am EDTNew pics have surfaced of Hunter Biden smoking crack and driving 172mph on his way to Las Vegas pic.twitter.com/Zixd7I6gIK — KFC (@KFCBarstool) July 3, 2023 I had a good laugh at this. It is Jeffrey Blehar – Jeff B. from Twitter – National Review columnist, 2016 Never Trumper, well known establishment RINO figuring out just […]
Sinead O’Connor 1966-2023
Occidental Dissent - Jul 30th 2023 9:47pm EDTAnother One Bites the Dust SighAnother attention seeking, more than a bit confused, all over the map pop music celebrity Sinead O’Connor has left us…Or as Freddie Mercury of the UK rock band “Queen” once noted:“Another One Bites the Dust” Link Sinead O’Connor’s life was pretty much just “look at me”, “I need attention”, “I’ve […]
VDARE: Invictus Arrested For Tiki Torch Parade
Occidental Dissent - Jul 28th 2023 11:10am EDTi’m not a journalist, but THIS is breaking news. peter cytanovic, pictured below, is being held as a political prisoner for his peaceful involvement in the charlottesville unite the right rally 6 YEARS AGO. an inside source received news of his wrongful arrest this morning: pic.twitter.com/wI1UK4UhIQ — mary morgan (@maryarchived) July 27, 2023 except peter […]
Justice Department Piles More Charges On Donald Trump
Occidental Dissent - Jul 28th 2023 10:45am EDTThis is interesting. I’m starting to get out of my writing slump. While Donald Trump ran for president in 2016 and 2020, we have never had a presidential election where the leading opposition candidate is facing spending the rest of his life in prison. This has also never happened before in a political atmosphere as […]
Justice Department Drops Campaign Finance Charge Against Democratic Donor Sam Bankman-Fried
Occidental Dissent - Jul 27th 2023 11:17am EDT??Huge money-in-politics news. The Southern District of New York is dropping its federal prosecution of Sam Bankman-Fried on campaign-finance charges, per new letter from prosecutors. “The Government does not intend to proceed to trial on the campaign contributions count.”… pic.twitter.com/lnJ25NcB6M — Teddy Schleifer (@teddyschleifer) July 27, 2023 In an all too convenient turn of events?? […]
America First Optics
Occidental Dissent - Jul 26th 2023 11:46am EDTDo you remember the Optics War?
The Deep State
Occidental Dissent - Jul 26th 2023 10:47am EDTThis is the most alarming political ad I’ve seen this year. I encourage you to give me your reaction. https://t.co/k2rmNHfhxT — Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) July 25, 2023 Interesting. Back in 2020, Donald Trump ran on the Platinum Plan and assassinating Iranian generals and the lowest black, Hispanic and Asian unemployment rate in history. The tone […]
Jason Aldean’s “Try That In a Small Town” Charts At No.2
Occidental Dissent - Jul 26th 2023 10:10am EDTpic.twitter.com/YPZAWtFDlE — ?? (@____worldtour) July 25, 2023 For lack of anything else to do, I might start shining a spotlight on all the trends that I see swirling around and leading to national disintegration. New York Times: In May, the country star Jason Aldean released a single, “Try That in a Small Town,” with lyrics […]
Poll Watch: Most Americans Favor Restrictions on False Information
Occidental Dissent - Jul 25th 2023 11:45am EDTIn related news, Democrats now believe that it is up to the government to determine what is true and false and to censor “misinformation” on the internet. Pew Research Center: 65% of Americans support tech companies moderating false information online and 55% support the U.S. government taking these steps. These shares have increased since 2018. […]
Poll Watch: Youth Sour on America
Occidental Dissent - Jul 25th 2023 10:31am EDTAre we headed toward a waterfall moment? If you look around, the evidence is really everywhere. Axios: By the numbers: Overall, 39% of U.S. adults say they are “extremely proud” to be American in the most recent poll. Meanwhile, only 18% of those aged 18-34 said the same, compared to 40% of those aged 35-54 and […]
Review: Oppenheimer
Occidental Dissent - Jul 24th 2023 10:31pm EDTWe made a spur of the moment decision this weekend to go see Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer. Here is a brief, spoiler free take and recap of what to expect: 1. It is way too long. 2. Good production. Good acting. We enjoyed it. 3. The usual Hollywood sex scenes. 4. In retrospect, it is faithful […]